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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Redwood City
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Dec 19, 2018 - 02:02pm PT
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most 4wheelers should know this lake...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 19, 2018 - 06:21pm PT
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Out there innit.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 23, 2018 - 09:50am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 23, 2018 - 10:09am PT
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Who says we don’t have seasons in SoCal?
The Old Ridge Rd, built in 1915!
“Yaar! We’re listing, matey!”
Still my favorite dirt road... (Mürren, Suisse)
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Jay S
Mountain climber
Silver Gate, Mt
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Dec 24, 2018 - 10:13am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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More rock than dirt. jess sayin’...
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ruppell
climber
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Reilly,
This is what more rock then dirt really looks like:
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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THAT’S NOT A ROAD! 🤪 La Femme got out and walked three times on our hiway.
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ruppell
climber
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Funny story.
This was supposed to be the road to Defense Mine in the Panamint Valley. My buddy had the gpx plot all mapped out on his iPad. The trails rated as difficult so we figured it would be a fun time for some fully built rigs.
After about 1/2 mile we get to the section I posted. It's difficult for sure. We go another 2 miles up this wash, past 5 really hard obstacles, and the wash just stops. It pretty much becomes a goat path up a very narrow ravine.
WTF? My buddy looks at his iPad and starts to laugh. About 2 1/4 miles back is a turn to the right we missed that actually takes you up to Defense Mine. We ended up in the drainage south of it. Best mistake we could have made because the actual Defense Mine trail was easy for our rigs.
We turned around and headed back up to Defense Mine. The correct way. lol
Here's a shot of a quick recovery on the way out of the wash. My rig made it up this waterfall no problem. Coming down I was going super slow. About a foot before my front wheels hit the ground my truck just slid like it was suddenly kicked into neutral. That ended up with me firmly planted but unable to move.
I couldn't go forward or reverse. The engine would rev but the tranny wouldn't engage. I thought for sure it was just a snapped linkage but when I got out the check the linkage was fine. I got a quick tug back to level ground and my rig drove just fine.
Turns out the transmission pickup line is in the back of the trans. That angle I was on was just enough to push all the fluid forward and starve the transmission. So next weeks project is to pull the pan and move the pickup to the center. lol
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 18, 2019 - 08:25pm PT
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Goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go?
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
sawatch choss
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Feb 19, 2019 - 09:19am PT
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 19, 2019 - 12:58pm PT
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jonnyrig
climber
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Feb 19, 2019 - 06:57pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 24, 2019 - 02:52pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 27, 2019 - 08:42pm PT
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County line and Bear Creek Dam, Corps of Engineers flood control.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Feb 28, 2019 - 02:14pm PT
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In the years I've owned my ranch the hairest drive out was in 3' of fresh powder that was coming over the hood blinding me a fraction of a second after the wiper passed.
A week ago we had a warm storm that put over an inch of rain onto the 2' of accumulated snow.
I had driven south that day and the rain got my 4x4 cleaner than its been in years.
But then I went to the ranch on Friday,..
The ground was a bog!
Sinking to the axles I kept going into and out of opposite lock. As a result I hit the worst holes I normally avoid but, fearful of losing momentum, I just kept at it trying not to spin my wheels and get buried.
When I got out my 4x4 was unrecognizable.
Nobody could guess the make.
I went to the carwash and pumped quarters.
When I was nearly clean I left.
Several hundred pounds of mud remained undrained,..
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 1, 2019 - 10:51pm PT
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yeah dude the mud season is upon us up here in the E central part of CO Plateau too. fug.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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2007 in darkest Idaho.
up
& down
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