UKMyers
07-14-2007, 06:16 PM
I just got home from a 3 day trip to the Con with TTORA. We ran Loon to Tahoe. It was my first time up there and holy crap that trail is gnarly!! We had some pretty heavy carnage in our group. I broke a tie rod end and didn't have a spare nor did anyone else in the group. It sheared right where the tapered part goes through the steering arm. We ended up drilling a hole through where the grease zerk went and using a Tacoma body mount bold and nut to hold it all together. I was shocked it actually worked and got me all the way from just past Buck to the staging area.
Besides the trail repair my rig did awesome. I took a lot of the harder lines besides soup bowl and little sluice. Big sluice is really gnarly right now and Cadillac Hill sucked in the pouring rain.
Here are a few pics.
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2240.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2241.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2248.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2238.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2229.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2208.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2206.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2197-1.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2190-1.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2174-1.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2274.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2205.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2136.jpg
Here's a couple videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMj2tFN5-rI
The same obstacle in an IFS truck on 33's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JQOAYjQE0E
The only thing I tried and didn't make. This was very early on and I was still learning what I could get away with. I should have tried a little harder but I wasn't feeling real balsy in the first mile of a 3 day wheeling trip. The guy filming should have spotted me from the sounds of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOoxG__ACQ
One more of the final obstacle at Slick Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RGe6o9zB6Q
Besides the trail repair my rig did awesome. I took a lot of the harder lines besides soup bowl and little sluice. Big sluice is really gnarly right now and Cadillac Hill sucked in the pouring rain.
Here are a few pics.
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2240.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2241.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2248.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2238.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2229.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2208.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2206.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2197-1.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2190-1.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2174-1.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2274.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2205.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z186/NKAWTG/IMG_2136.jpg
Here's a couple videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMj2tFN5-rI
The same obstacle in an IFS truck on 33's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JQOAYjQE0E
The only thing I tried and didn't make. This was very early on and I was still learning what I could get away with. I should have tried a little harder but I wasn't feeling real balsy in the first mile of a 3 day wheeling trip. The guy filming should have spotted me from the sounds of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOoxG__ACQ
One more of the final obstacle at Slick Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RGe6o9zB6Q