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[turboexplorer]

Sector9 from dragging his rear bumper climbing the rock in the picture above.

My X up the same spot but different line.

Great pictures of the trucks and the beautiful place we are wheeling.

 

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You can see the St. George airport from up on the west rim.

Few flex shots.

 

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Last obstacle of the day.

The V makes for some fun wheeling.

 

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Have video of this one as well. Several angles.

 

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I am going down to St. George with the X again this weekend to play then will leave it there for 2 weeks until I go back down on the March 1st weekend to play again! Can't wait for 2 out of the next 3 weekends wheeling. All the stuff above was what we would do in stock form minus the harder things and lines along the way. This time I am pairing up with a few built Jeeps of Dixie 4X4 and will run some of the best St. George has to offer! Will be a blast!

 

[cmhaah06]

My phone kept going off telling me I had new emails coming in. I just checked all your new pics and needless to say, the back drops are awesome and your rig is lookin pretty sweet.

Oh, and I think your brother and I have the same paint jobs on our rigs.

 

[gmanpaint]

Amazing pics! The rig looks great! Flex's & articulates just awesome! Congrats again on all that hard work you poured into this rig. It surely has paid off!

 

[turboexplorer]

My phone kept going off telling me I had new emails coming in. I just checked all your new pics and needless to say, the back drops are awesome and your rig is lookin pretty sweet.

Oh, and I think your brother and I have the same paint jobs on our rigs.

Both 91's to.

Amazing pics! The rig looks great! Flex's & articulates just awesome! Congrats again on all that hard work you poured into this rig. It surely has paid off!

Paid off is the right way to describe it. Been a blast. Still work to be done. Few things like shock hoop cross brace, FOX bump stops, winch, bumpers, spare tire stuff etc. But at least its fully road worthy and fully able to play! You can't ask for a prettier place to wheel on slick rock then St. George. Everything is up on the bluffs so you have an awesome view 360* around everywhere you go.
Can't wait to wheel St. George again this weekend! Can't hardly stand it!

 

[brnbomr]

wow that place is beautiful!i have never heard of this place. what would you say the difficulty level is? looks like it has some potential.

 

[GRNMACHINE]

Considering un-subscribing to this thread. 33's and a Bodylift have never felt so insubstantial.....

 

[turboexplorer]

wow that place is beautiful!i have never heard of this place. what would you say the difficulty level is? looks like it has some potential.

There is anything you can imagine. From a stock Explorer of any Gen on 31's to guaranteed body damage places requiring monster meats, lockers, sliders etc. You can see that 91' of my brothers got through on 31's but in different places.

Considering un-subscribing to this thread. 33's and a Bodylift have never felt so insubstantial.....

Sector9 feels that way to when we wheel together. As of now though he can take sand whoops much faster than me.

 

[turboexplorer]

Broke the right front u-joint and that ruined the outer stub shaft. So will have to grab a few parts and fix and wheel again in 2 weeks

 

[james t]

Tack weld the caps. Or cut the shafts so you can run the full circle clips.

 

[DB_1]

Ex is lookin' good You ever do some wheelin' at Sand Hollow State Park? Looks to be pretty close to St. George where you wheel at.
I saw a thread over on Pirate of some guys wheelin' there and it looks insane. They are wheeling the extreme stuff but said there's some mild trails as well.

Here's a link:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/trail-rides/1160889-rock-crawlers-heaven.html#post16100714

 

[turboexplorer]

Tack weld the caps. Or cut the shafts so you can run the full circle clips.

Yup! I am going to clearance the shafts to run full snap rings this next weekend before we hit the rocks again. There is plenty of shaft there, no strength issues with taking a bit off. After reading some bit its a very common problem for them to spit the little half clip out then the cap falls out. Lol, I would have done it in the first place but didn't know. O well will be fixed, $68 shaft, some new u-joints, a few clips and we are good to go.
Snap Rings

Ex is lookin' good You ever do some wheelin' at Sand Hollow State Park? Looks to be pretty close to St. George where you wheel at.
I saw a thread over on Pirate of some guys wheelin' there and it looks insane. They are wheeling the extreme stuff but said there's some mild trails as well.

Here's a link:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/trail-rides/1160889-rock-crawlers-heaven.html#post16100714

Yes I have, in fact that's where we always go. I have seen almost all of those rocks they are climbing. In fact I ran several of those this last weekend. The pic on that forum.........this one, (he is in a bad spot here though, not the right line)

This is the trail I was running, its called John's trail. I broke the Joint right before this obstacle. I would have gone to the right of this, still super hairy and off camber but not quite like this. Where he is there is a big risk of body damage and I am not willing to risk that yet. I have video of a Yellow heep that is a buggy on 39's go through this spot though. After i broke we left it on the trail and went with our friend in a LJ and wheeled the rest of the day in his rig. Bummed I broke about 25% of the way into what we wheeled that day. O well, still finding things! Should be good to go the weekend of March 1st. 2 of the rigs we were with where on 42's 1 on 39's and the rest on 37's with one LJ that was running 35's but locked front and rear.
Here is one of the rigs on 42's going through the same spot as pic above.

In post 27 on that thread he mentioned John's trail being hairy. 35's and a rear locker and stout sliders are a must. Then you can pick your lines through it all. As with anything lines are everything.

 

[turboexplorer]

I got everything ordered and its on its way to St. George. So when i show up there Thursday night I hope to start on the axle snap ring mod. Then wheel the crap out of it on Saturday March 1st.

Here is a few pictures from last weekend. Feb 16th, 2013. You already saw the picture of the ruined stub shaft and u joint.

First climb on the trail. Most of the trail is videos not pictures.

 

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This is the LJ we rode in the rest of the day after the joint broke.

 

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This is where the truck sat most of the day with its wounded leg.