Our annual Slade trip

blazerbrad · 11-09-2009, 01:12 PM

Full trail report to come, but we just had our annual fall trip down to Slade this last weekend. Friday was spent on what I call the regular trail area (Widowmaker, Slider, Rattlesnake, Carb, etc...). On Saturday we had Charles Booth guide us around. I had never ridden on any of these trails and included Attention Getter, Hairpin, Upper and Lower Staircase and a few other obstacles that I don't know if they are named or not.

Attention Getter looked to have not been tried in quite awhile, and Charles stated that he hadn't seen anybody on it in awhile. 78Buford was able to make it with the combination of the long wheelbase, 460, and 42" tires. The only other vehicle to try was the mucho-modified Sami with around 100" wheelbase, close to 400 HP 302, and 35's. After a couple of attempts he wound up laying on the roof. A couple minutes to winch him over and a ratchet strap to hold the hood down was all that was needed to get him going. Didn't even have to add any fluids.

When I get the chance I will write up more.

11-09-2009, 01:12 PM	#1
blazerbrad - CORE Member - Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 831 Images: 6	Our annual Slade trip Full trail report to come, but we just had our annual fall trip down to Slade this last weekend. Friday was spent on what I call the regular trail area (Widowmaker, Slider, Rattlesnake, Carb, etc...). On Saturday we had Charles Booth guide us around. I had never ridden on any of these trails and included Attention Getter, Hairpin, Upper and Lower Staircase and a few other obstacles that I don't know if they are named or not. Attention Getter looked to have not been tried in quite awhile, and Charles stated that he hadn't seen anybody on it in awhile. 78Buford was able to make it with the combination of the long wheelbase, 460, and 42" tires. The only other vehicle to try was the mucho-modified Sami with around 100" wheelbase, close to 400 HP 302, and 35's. After a couple of attempts he wound up laying on the roof. A couple minutes to winch him over and a ratchet strap to hold the hood down was all that was needed to get him going. Didn't even have to add any fluids. When I get the chance I will write up more.