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Scuba
10-25-2009, 03:53 PM
All Pro Offroad put on a second edition of the FJ cruiser challenge from last year and called it "Getting Hammered with Allpro". The main event was yesterday the 24th..

Sunrise on the way to JV :
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1422.jpg

I believe we had 16+ trucks on the trail "aftershock" in the Hammers, Johnson Valley.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1433.jpg

We got on the trail at around 10 am, before we hit trail head we checked out the very last obstical section of the trail, Mainly to let all the panzys give up before.. :P
This is the last section:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1431.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1432.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1430.jpg

Random pic on the way to trail head
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1437.jpg

Anyway, Near the first obstical we had our first break of the day an 09 Dcab taco blew his rear 3rd. Left that truck on the sidelines and driver took shotty in someone else's rig..
This was a different truck on said obstical, 3-4' climb, This is where my short wheel base rules, I walked right up
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1442.jpg

Couple O FJ's
No the green one isnt a 2010. The green one has a lefty tcase, and ended up shearing something in the low range gears, 4H and 2H was fine, he turned around and went out.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1450.jpg

With this many trucks it was a tight squeeze
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1453.jpg

Yeah my truck is actually there.. :flipoff:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1454.jpg

John with a nice poser pic
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1456.jpg

Wyatt showing off
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1457.jpg

Just another one of the sections
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1458.jpg

John blew a CV in his Dcab, I think thats why he got winched backwards.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1459.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1460.jpg

See, My chit was there. :flipoff:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1463.jpg

Pep's passing me up
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1464.jpg

Once we got to "depreciation knob" (the last section) JonB in his FJ40 go up no prob, Then an FJ80 on 35's was trying and got denied. The decision was made to have the whole group turn around. It was 630, we had already been wheelin for 8 hours and it was getting dark. With gravity on our side we made it down relatively problem free. I ended up leaning into a rock on my passenger side and got a smaller then dollar bill sized scratch, It blends in with the rest of the body damage.

Once we got back to JonB's cabin we really "got hammered"
And this is what I woke up to
:rofl:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1467.jpg


Other then my small body damage and smashing one of my front turn signals, I had no breakage or any major problems :thumbup:
I think total carnage was the Taco rear diff, FJ Tcase, 2 CV's joints, Some rock rash, Pepe's bed got tweaked and the tie rod on an FJ80 got tweaked.

All and all it was a good time. And if you give me crap for turning around, well :flipoff: :asshat:



Look for me in the Jan/Feb edition of 4WDTO mag :D
troyboy162
10-25-2009, 04:03 PM
F yeah thats what im talkin about!! nice job Steve!

aftermarket gears in that guys diff? i dont get how rear diffs are going but that cruiser had one go in the sand of pismo too
YotaFun
10-25-2009, 04:04 PM
Sweet!
Hope to do that some time!
Though I hope to be SAS'd by then cause I hate my CV's after this weekend...

thanks for sharing and hope to see you in the Mag
Scuba
10-25-2009, 04:55 PM
F yeah thats what im talkin about!! nice job Steve!

aftermarket gears in that guys diff? i dont get how rear diffs are going but that cruiser had one go in the sand of pismo too

AFAIK it was stock gearing. IDK what's wrong with those things, but it's still under warranty. Man you would have had a blast out there.



Sweet!
Hope to do that some time!
Though I hope to be SAS'd by then cause I hate my CV's after this weekend...

thanks for sharing and hope to see you in the Mag

Better hurry on that sas than, last I heard the Hammers area of JV is getting taken over by the marine corps in 2012. I'm sure ill be back out there by then. Im just happy I got to go this once.
And thanks, I hope to see me in the mag too, That would be badass !
YotaFun
10-25-2009, 05:05 PM
dang really, I guess I will have to try to get out there really soon!!
Crinale
10-26-2009, 09:19 PM
aftermarket gears in that guys diff? i dont get how rear diffs are going but that cruiser had one go in the sand of pismo too

i think it may be that those fj's are still using the same 8" diff that the 2nd gen v6's used (at least the e-locker fjs)... only they are now using a 265 hp 4.0L V6... lol
toyNG
10-26-2009, 09:24 PM
great pics and writeup Scuba. looks like you guys had a blast
bigarms23
10-26-2009, 10:14 PM
looks like fun nice size crowd and thanks for the pics
Scuba
10-26-2009, 10:22 PM
There's more pics coming from everyone else, I will post those asap.

in the time being you can look here.
http://www.moranton.com/webgallery/allpro/

and there are a few here
http://s323.photobucket.com/albums/nn480/ajirousek/The%20Hammers%20-%20Aftershock/
Scuba
10-27-2009, 05:17 PM
Guess who got Rookie of the year... :smokin:


http://www.allprooffroad.com/events/trail-reports/490-get-hammered-with-all-pro-trail-report
Seanz0rz
10-27-2009, 05:27 PM
congrats froto!
YotaFun
10-27-2009, 05:37 PM
Nice Steve!!!
troyboy162
10-28-2009, 05:58 AM
i knew you would kick some butt up there. wish that guy didnt get stuck in deception knob. i bet you could have made it
Scuba
10-28-2009, 10:23 AM
I woulda been scared as chit to try depreciation..
But you and I will have to go up there and at least wheel the trail up and down..
troyboy162
10-28-2009, 11:38 AM
I woulda been scared as chit to try depreciation..
But you and I will have to go up there and at least wheel the trail up and down..

ill have a winch and a locker and spare cv soon so we definitely gotta go. Scotts gonna have his 5.29's soon too so we gotta all go up there and check it out. maybe jen/joe and tony can come play as well
Scuba
10-28-2009, 12:37 PM
That sounds like a nice way to spend a day..

Guess what biotch.
Im running Bull Frog 11/7 :tongueout:
strykersd
10-28-2009, 12:54 PM
Once we got back to JonB's cabin we really "got hammered"
And this is what I woke up to
:rofl:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1467.jpg


Any story behind this one?
troyboy162
10-28-2009, 01:00 PM
That sounds like a nice way to spend a day..

Guess what biotch.
Im running Bull Frog 11/7 :tongueout:

well you'll just know the trail better for when you take me out there lol. remeber pics or it didnt happen :)
troyboy162
10-28-2009, 01:01 PM
Any story behind this one?


haha i bet that was there way of taking his keys lol
YotaGirl
10-28-2009, 01:07 PM
Sounds like fun to me! I've been wanting to tackle depreciation knob!
Scuba
10-28-2009, 01:51 PM
Once we got back to JonB's cabin we really "got hammered"
And this is what I woke up to
:rofl:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1467.jpg


Any story behind this one?


They just pulled the valve stem cores. Just a joke I guess..
I got them back shortly after I work up..
Scuba
10-28-2009, 01:51 PM
Sounds like fun to me! I've been wanting to tackle depreciation knob!


In what the red raisin ?
troyboy162
10-28-2009, 02:00 PM
Sounds like fun to me! I've been wanting to tackle depreciation knob!

whats the scoop on it? these guys wanted to try it with stretch limo tacos so it must be fine for normal rigs. i heard this trail is the easiest up there other then fissure Mt trail.
Scuba
10-28-2009, 04:41 PM
Lower big Johnson and claw hammer are a few of the easiest from what I've heard

honestly, depriciaton hill, the last 100 yard section of aftershock looked very challenging. Jenn replied to a question I had in the recent gold bull planning thread. Fwiw I wouldn't want to try it on anything less then 35s locked F/R
troyboy162
10-28-2009, 04:49 PM
Lower big Johnson and claw hammer are a few of the easiest from what I've heard

honestly, depriciaton hill, the last 100 yard section of aftershock looked very challenging. Jenn replied to a question I had in the recent gold bull planning thread. Fwiw I wouldn't want to try it on anything less then 35s locked F/R


bah then what were all those stretch limos headed toward it then? i saw pics though and its gonna be hard as heck but lets try it!
Scuba
10-28-2009, 05:21 PM
You first..
X-Tool Pimp
10-28-2009, 05:52 PM
I wanna watch
troyboy162
10-29-2009, 05:49 AM
You first..


damn its really that bad? haha is it gonna be tippy or we just need more ground clearance?
Scuba
10-29-2009, 09:03 AM
GC/More Flex..


This is the first part of that section..
http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn480/ajirousek/The%20Hammers%20-%20Aftershock/TheHammers-Aftershock021.jpg
And once you get up this part, You have depreciation / The squeeze, The guy at the very top of the picture is standing on the rock thats on the right in picture 2.

http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn480/ajirousek/The%20Hammers%20-%20Aftershock/TheHammers-Aftershock021.jpg

Then this
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/DSCN1430.jpg
Okie81
10-29-2009, 09:57 AM
I love seeing all those toyotas in one place (that's not a dealership), nice pictures!
troyboy162
10-29-2009, 10:11 AM
where the heck is the image of that fj80 climbing steep from your group? i thought that was the hard part. i know pics never do anything justice but heres the fj80 in there and some other angles.
P.S pictures stolen from here http://s929.photobucket.com/albums/ad131/stansburiana/AllPro%20Tacoma%20Challenge/
and here http://www.allprooffroad.com/events/trail-reports/490-get-hammered-with-all-pro-trail-report

heres the fj hung up on something that im not sure of. take note of the rock with the brown birth mark to see where he is in the lower pic
http://www.allprooffroad.com/images/gethammered/dsc_4464.jpg

this ones leading up to it. looks like a line on the far left
http://i929.photobucket.com/albums/ad131/stansburiana/AllPro%20Tacoma%20Challenge/DSC_5704.jpg

and here a better angle of the area. guy in red is standing where the fj80 is hung up
http://i929.photobucket.com/albums/ad131/stansburiana/AllPro%20Tacoma%20Challenge/DSC_5706.jpg

im sure ill crap myself but it looks possible. the rock section after it looks like it will take along time too.
Scuba
10-29-2009, 11:47 AM
Like I said, you first :tongueout:
Scuba
10-29-2009, 11:49 AM
Oh and, there's a diff catcher that's right under that 80 that you can not see..
X-Tool Pimp
10-29-2009, 11:53 AM
Like I said, you first :tongueout:


Ill be there for recovery purposes :hillbill:
Crinale
10-29-2009, 12:18 PM
id like to see this.. haha
troyboy162
10-29-2009, 12:44 PM
Ill be there for recovery purposes :hillbill:


is it impossible?
this is the part i think would be the worse after you get into the squeeze. pic stolen from http://www.rockaholics.com/trails/tcas00/gal/gal.html

http://www.rockaholics.com/trails/tcas00/gal/tcas08.jpg
X-Tool Pimp
10-29-2009, 09:16 PM
nothings impossible........ just challenging :thumbup:
Crinale
10-31-2009, 12:33 AM
Like I said, you first :tongueout:


Ill be there for recovery purposes :hillbill:


not if you sell your truck :-P
X-Tool Pimp
10-31-2009, 08:57 AM
Like I said, you first :tongueout:


Ill be there for recovery purposes :hillbill:


not if you sell your truck :-P


Wanna bet?? Ill just be in a different rig :tongueout:
troyboy162
10-31-2009, 09:07 AM
Like I said, you first :tongueout:



Ill be there for recovery purposes :hillbill:


not if you sell your truck :-P


Wanna bet?? Ill just be in a different rig :tongueout:


3rd gen runner!!! do it!!!
X-Tool Pimp
10-31-2009, 05:26 PM
yeah right
YotaFun
10-31-2009, 07:39 PM
yeah right


Come on Tony, You know you want to SAS a 3rd gen :P