Harlan Pic's

[drmeece]

We had a great time riding with you guy's thanks a lot

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[chris_dishmon]

wow. harlan is def. on my list.

[Rubi06]

Looks like you all had a good time. Next year i'll have to try and make it down.

[94Dodge Truggy]

Thanks for the great pics. DRMEECE ! Had a great time and hope to make it back soon! Next trip after Danco transmission will be haspin and then big rock and a winter teardown of truggy and rebuild for next year.

[drmeece]

I lots of video's I'll post later

[mckeddie]

was great meeting all the core guys that i did. wish i could have got to wheel with ya'll. stopped by your camp late saturday and talked to sarge and the group there for awhile. we had a bit of carnage. friday, i found out my spring retainers were loose on can opener, when my springs all popped out at once, that was interesting. not sure how i missed those when double checking everything before leaving. took out the entire drivers side of the jeep on that one too, it was great though. then on saturday night, i ripped my lower links off on middle rock garden taking the line all way to the left. that took the rest of the night to get the jeep off the trail and back to camp. loved every second of it though. we didnt' get to run nearly as much stuff as the other times i've been there, mainly because there was a line on most of the good obstacles. we really just ran profanity, upper rock garden, bruiser, pony hill and little grapevine on friday, then on saturday, we ran white tail, something ridge, and middle rock garden. we trail rode all day everyday though, which was still better than day at work.

sean and pete beat the piss out of pete's TJ all weekend, and butch had no probs either, except his computer is occasionally throwing his timing in the 5.0 off.

drmeece, we passed you in construction in kentucky, the bus seemed to be doing ok through the mountains the whole time i was behind you.

i'll try and get some of our pics up tommorrow if i get time.

greg

[drmeece]

Here's some of the video's
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[drmeece]

Well that didn't work...try this
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L8l9en6IY_k
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0srBie_gYsg
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WSq0tOQswdg
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=OD-0a3ZC7U4

http://youtube.com/watch?v=S3PE4x4VQ9g
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xI1sV_y4xBc

[tjjeepjeep]

We had a great time as well!! Have no doubt we'll be headed back to Harlan many times in the future.

[80_blue_cj7]

was great meeting all the core guys that i did. wish i could have got to wheel with ya'll. stopped by your camp late saturday and talked to sarge and the group there for awhile. we had a bit of carnage. friday, i found out my spring retainers were loose on can opener, when my springs all popped out at once, that was interesting. not sure how i missed those when double checking everything before leaving. took out the entire drivers side of the jeep on that one too, it was great though. then on saturday night, i ripped my lower links off on middle rock garden taking the line all way to the left. that took the rest of the night to get the jeep off the trail and back to camp. loved every second of it though. we didnt' get to run nearly as much stuff as the other times i've been there, mainly because there was a line on most of the good obstacles. we really just ran profanity, upper rock garden, bruiser, pony hill and little grapevine on friday, then on saturday, we ran white tail, something ridge, and middle rock garden. we trail rode all day everyday though, which was still better than day at work.

greg

Sounds like you need to go back to leaf springs :)

[mckeddie]

Sounds like you need to go back to leaf springs :)

we had that discussion, they were so much simpler and durable on the front of the old rig. i'm thinking some 1.25" evo's should do the trick though. should have went with em in the first place, but couldn't bring myself to pony up the cash, so i went with the 3/4's everyone i know has been running with no probs, unfortunately, i was the first to have probs. hell, butch hasn't even broken one yet, he's bent em, but never blew one apart like mine.

greg

[mckeddie]

here are some of my pics, i only had the camera with us for a couple of hours on friday, forgot it at the house the rest of the weekend. only got can opener and profanity on video and digitals.

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[mckeddie]

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[itbrokeagain]

Can Opener is a good one. When you look at it you dont think anyone can make it through.

[carwash]

canopener is awesome to look at...

mason jar looks near impossble...

lion's den i cant wait just to see someone try it.

[fabricator]

canopener is awesome to look at...

mason jar looks near impossble...

lion's den i cant wait just to see someone try it.

MasonJar must have changed a lot since i have seen it.
So, about when ya gonna be ready?

[94Dodge Truggy]

I was denied on can opener and the climb below lower rock garden! :(

[carwash]

i saw railbed deny you as well... so don't forget that one, or maybe that's what you meant by "climb below lower rock garden..." ... hahahahahahahha

just messing with you man.

[carwash]

i have more incentive now than i have had all along. going to work on it tonight in fact...

[tjjeepjeep]

I was denied on can opener and the climb below lower rock garden! :(

You thinking of Little Jagger on Sat?

[mckeddie]

walked the rail bed waterfall last time i was down there in the YJ, didn't get to try it this year, we were headed there after middle when i broke. can opener wasn't bad, except for my springs popping out at the most inopprtune time. i was 3/4 of the way through when they popped, and had to back out, then i got hung uip on my roll cage. a little gas, and it bounced right out.
mason jar is alot easier than it looks, don's TJ on 35 mtr
and only locked in the rear crawled right up it.

greg
greg

[tinbeater]

i saw railbed deny you as well... so don't forget that one, or maybe that's what you meant by "climb below lower rock garden..." ... hahahahahahahha

just messing with you man.

The one right below the lower rock garden is little Jager. I didnt see or hear of anyone making it. They are more rolls on it then any other one in the park. I heard you guys had some awsome trail guides.:D LOL.

[hardluck]

great pics and videos everyone, looks like you all had fun.

and all i have to say is thank god for roadrunner or it would take me an hour to load all these pics

[Stang849]

I heard you guys had some awsome trail guides.:D LOL.



We had the "Hey kids... Parliment, Big Ben syndrome going on for a while." Tjjeepjeep just kept waving to people as we went through their camp for the second, third, and fourth time. On the third time through they started offering food, water, and asked if we needed a place to stay for the night. I think our guides were holding out for the free beer. When the beer wasn't offered on the fourth time though, they decided to proceed onward, looking for the ever elusive beer girl.

I noticed as we started our second round of "Hey Kids.... Big Ben, Parliment", our guides, well in to their cooler now, were giving directions to other bewildered trail riders. God help those poor souls. I even over heard them talking to a couple of trees, and a squirrel or two, lucky for them they didn't understand our guides beer gibberish. Wait maybe they were peeing at the time and talking to their..... nevermind, this needs to stay family and work safe. :D :D

All kidding aside we had a great time driving the trails on saturday. I think if we would have all stayed together we wouldn't have covered nearly the ground we did.

[94Dodge Truggy]

The one right below the lower rock garden is little Jager. I didnt see or hear of anyone making it. They are more rolls on it then any other one in the park. I heard you guys had some awsome trail guides.:D LOL.

I had little jagger in the bag and was damn near to the top of it when it sucked me down and a rollover was close! With the help of sarge and my winch I came back down greasy (trans. fluid) side down! I think I could have done it but was afraid of breaking early and holding up the group. I was wanting to tackle lions den with tinbeater. Maybe next time. I was also denied on rail bed but made it further than I thought on it and winched up the rest of the way.

[drmeece]

wow It took a long time but there done..Here's the rest of my video's
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PestRegzen4
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[fabricator]

Nice work...
Harlan is three hours from
the Flyin J
isn't to hateful of a drive.

[KargoMaster]

MasonJar must have changed a lot since i have seen it.
So, about when ya gonna be ready?

I was thinking the same thing when I read CW's comment... Has Mason Jar changed that much since I did it in the snow in Feb '06?

[carwash]

i dunno, looks nuts to me. but then again, when we came across it, that huge orange bronco on rockwells was broken on it. perhaps im just a little puss.

[94Dodge Truggy]

What did the rockwelled bronco break? :confused:

[blazerbrad]

For Mason Jar, maybe it depends on what line you were looking at. At the beginning of the hill if you go straight at it their are two huge rocks to climb...saw a Jeep on 38.5's bend the front driveshaft and then another Jeep on 42's break a stub on the first rock. If you "bypass" those rocks to left it was not bad when I saw it (right at one year ago)...looks nasty but a guy in our club in an XJ with 35's and lockers went up it with minimal issues.

I heard Railbed was getting much worse. Again, last year we had guys with 33's and lockers going up it.

[94Dodge Truggy]

Railbed wet was tricky. Dry may have been different though.

[carwash]

scott you came damn close to making it...

the bronco's ignition went south on him. no power to the coil. not sure how he fixed it, but it powered back up, and he put on a good show.

[RuffedUpXJ]

Ha I have wheeled with CrawlDad before at Haspin. Harlan looks aweosme I will be definately heading down there once the XJ is on a trailer.

[mckeddie]

Ha I have wheeled with CrawlDad before at Haspin. Harlan looks aweosme I will be definately heading down there once the XJ is on a trailer.

i think everyone in the eastern us has wheeled with dan at one time or another somewhere. i met him at slade, and have wheeled haspin, slade and harlan with him more times than i can count. he's a hell of a spotter, and it amazes me everytime what the mitsu makes it through. he broke a front shaft saturday morning ending his weekend.

greg

[itbrokeagain]

Mason Jar is very do able. Just not when its wet.


Lions Den is a great trail. When you get to the tree just remember to stay left. If you dont you are in HUGE trouble.

I like the middle rock garden a lot. The railbed isnt too bad either

[94Dodge Truggy]

Mason Jar is very do able. Just not when its wet.


Lions Den is a great trail. When you get to the tree just remember to stay right. If you dont you are in HUGE trouble.

I like the middle rock garden a lot. The railbed isnt too bad either

The tree was on the right correct?

[mckeddie]

The tree was on the right correct?

tree to the right, huge rock on the left, kinda like can opener, only a tree on the left instead. we got butch's jeep wedged in there good, and ended up having to pull the cable to get him out. after seeing him, i realized i was too wide to fit with my winch not working so i didnt try it. kinda sad when your rig is 6" wider than one on full width rockwells, it is stable as hell though.

greg

[tinbeater]

wow It took a long time but there done..Here's the rest of my video's
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PestRegzen4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUl7QxvB3PQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEqr5AMvKoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frxxmcH1FVw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbIzdMPWLCM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnrrBxVtjOE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1SwqVI4Luo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHSzj-JjVhc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf9vUzbmW6Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSeZ117N4OM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aT-RsSoWqw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyFfmbOU_eQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLCSUbIuAeE


Nice work Melvin.:D Going to Slade with us Thanksgiving?

[drmeece]

Nope not going to make Slade :( Thanks for the invite though