Post by Carl McFly on Sept 6, 2009 10:02:34 GMT -5
Eve and I were at the NEA cut n run on Sept 5 (no Josh 
). I’d say the new trail we cut is BSJ friendly, the problem will be getting to it. To get to the cut we had to do a lot of travel on the low lying area, which was pretty much a swampy pit. I spent a lot of the day on my frame rails. Eve parked her rig for the day, maybe 100 yds into the swamp, we picked it up later. When I say 'picked it up' I mean we winched us out 75 feet at a time. Tied a strap between her rig and mine and then winched us both.
We actually did OK going in, the problem is, every time you stop - even if it's for 10 - 15 seconds - you get sucked into the pit and whatever traction you had is toast.
I'll call the day a success! Had fun, met some great people and found out my Smittybilt is tough as nails. And my new skids paid for themselves!
One of the drier spots on the trail
Even the 400 lb Zuuuuk had to be picked up and carried
Post run, actually not bad. A few times I was so deep in da muck my sliders were imersed. I'll be dropping about $20 at the self serve car wash today, the underside of my rig has mud in places where I didn't even know I had places!
He was strapped by a TJ with a Chevy 350. LOL, a little wheelspin in da muck!
). I’d say the new trail we cut is BSJ friendly, the problem will be getting to it. To get to the cut we had to do a lot of travel on the low lying area, which was pretty much a swampy pit. I spent a lot of the day on my frame rails. Eve parked her rig for the day, maybe 100 yds into the swamp, we picked it up later. When I say 'picked it up' I mean we winched us out 75 feet at a time. Tied a strap between her rig and mine and then winched us both. We actually did OK going in, the problem is, every time you stop - even if it's for 10 - 15 seconds - you get sucked into the pit and whatever traction you had is toast.
I'll call the day a success! Had fun, met some great people and found out my Smittybilt is tough as nails. And my new skids paid for themselves!
One of the drier spots on the trail
Even the 400 lb Zuuuuk had to be picked up and carried
Post run, actually not bad. A few times I was so deep in da muck my sliders were imersed. I'll be dropping about $20 at the self serve car wash today, the underside of my rig has mud in places where I didn't even know I had places!
He was strapped by a TJ with a Chevy 350. LOL, a little wheelspin in da muck!
