Fatkid isn't the only one who wheels around here:D

The chute...... Hats off to you guys that run muddy rocks, what a difference a little water makes. Randy fought this chute for an hour!

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/DSCN8489.JPG


http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/DSCN8490.JPG

A quick way to make a convertible.........

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/Dscn8516.jpg

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/Dscn8520.jpg

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/DSCN8534.JPG

Here's why you don't see many fullsizes on the trails. No dents before...

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/DSCN8541.JPG

I hope he's not married......

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/DSCN8550.JPG

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/DSCN8551.JPG

Much better fit :D

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/DSCN8567.JPG

Some of the smaller rocks, we call em pebbles in Arizona.........

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/Dscn8600.jpg

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/Dscn8605.jpg

You're like the only other person I know who wheels as often or more then myself.
Isn't it great :D

The water in the chute looks interesting.

How about some hydraulic articulation? Tracy's rig is awesome and very small in person.

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/Dscn8632.jpg

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/Dscn8633.jpg

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/Dscn8646.jpg

Some more pebbles....

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/Dscn8651.jpg

I need bigger tires.....

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/Dscn8653.jpg

35 spline Dana 60 (twisted the splines too)

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/Dscn8657.jpg

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/Dscn8675.jpg

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/Dscn8688.jpg

Here's the guy who bent my cage....

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/Dscn8697.jpg

Remember the Blazer? Well he made the passenger side match the drivers side :eek:

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/Dscn8713.jpg

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images/2002/1-02armageddon/Dscn8718.jpg

That should hold you guys over till next weekend. If not there are a Lot more pictures on my site.

Originally posted by JackA
You're like the only other person I know who wheels as often or more then myself.
Isn't it great :D

The water in the chute looks interesting.

Oh man, the water made it really hard. I thought we were never going to get past that spot. The wife worked this weekend so I was just staying out of trouble :D

add a bit more mud, some roots, and a little rain and that'd be like wheeling a few of the trails around here not to many have that many rocks usually a lot more mud...
Nice pics as always

Originally posted by Azrckcrawler
Hats off to you guys that run muddy rocks, what a difference a little water makes.

Amen. Here's a couple shots of a ditch we tackled this weekend - the side we're climbing was actually rock (it was down there, somewhere) with about 3 inches of loose soil on it, and isn't hard to scale normally - except that it rained a lot this week. It was WAY muddy.

Here's me in the ditch: (Trade 33" MT/Rs for Boggers, anyone?)
<img src="http://home.off-road.com/~mithrandir/trails/01-20-02/Jan20_43.jpg" width="480" height="360">

A sandrail converted to mud use with a locking diff, and some 33" swampers cut into paddles:
<img src="http://home.off-road.com/~mithrandir/trails/01-20-02/Jan20_38.jpg" width="480" height="360">

OUR straight-bodied Blazer... a little closer to stock? Yes Damaged his sheetmetal on trail? Yes.
<img src="http://home.off-road.com/~mithrandir/trails/01-20-02/Jan20_34.jpg" width="480" height="360">

A guy with boggers tried to climb this hill, and started sliding just a *little*:
<img src="http://home.off-road.com/~mithrandir/trails/01-20-02/Jan20_28.jpg" width="480" height="360">

This trail actually uses *THE RIVER* as an obstacle. In case you were wondering, it's more fun to drive in the river, than fish in it :rolleyes:
<img src="http://home.off-road.com/~mithrandir/trails/01-20-02/Jan20_25.jpg" width="480" height="360">

Where are the sammy pics? Uh, he was supposed to come, but backed out beacuse it was 'going to be too muddy'. I wish I had - can I come live at your place for a couple months, and wheel on rock? Pleeeeeeeeeeze? A tree stole my marker light, and I (re)dented every panel. But the gas door is still straight, and the windows roll down.

Originally posted by JackA
You're like the only other person I know who wheels as often or more then myself.
Isn't it great :D

The water in the chute looks interesting.

I was just a little depressed......now I'm way bummed:( :( :(

Originally posted by Mithrandir



A sandrail converted to mud use with a locking diff, and some 33" swampers cut into paddles:
<img src="http://home.off-road.com/~mithrandir/trails/01-20-02/Jan20_38.jpg" width="480" height="360">




You have to wear a wet suit when driving this thing? That's hardcore

Originally posted by Azrckcrawler


That should hold you guys over till next weekend.

You guys make me SICK :barf:
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So if I leave Thur night, call in :barf: SICK :barf: Friday, I can be there by Saturday morning.......
OK, where do we meet :D :D :D :D

All of my group have their trucks down. So you are really killing me here!! :crybaby2:
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Originally posted by Yota_san


Here's me in the ditch: (Trade 33" MT/Rs for Boggers, anyone?)
<img src="http://home.off-road.com/~mithrandir/trails/01-20-02/Jan20_43.jpg" width="480" height="360">


I think you'd be along better than you are now if you either put it in 4x4, or got a front locker....;)

Originally posted by 0ILBURNER


I think you'd be along better than you are now if you either put it in 4x4, or got a front locker....;)
3 tires out of 4 isn't bad. :rolleyes:

But yeah... front locker (and twinstick so I can turn) goes in after the solid axle does. A lockright for the V6 3rd member is only $197! And lockrights seem to hold up really well in Toyota axles, unlike Jeeps.

I was actually moving pretty good when that picture was taken - but the photo looks like I'm sitting still spinning my tires... a little motion blur wouldn't be too much to ask, would it?

Oh, Chris - it looks like you're running a Ramsey 8K up front now, correct? What - weren't you up to the challenge of mounting an 8274 on that thing? :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Originally posted by Yota_san

3 tires out of 4 isn't bad. :rolleyes:


Oh, Chris - it looks like you're running a Ramsey 8K up front now, correct? What - weren't you up to the challenge of mounting an 8274 on that thing? :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Nope, 5k, keeping it light.

Originally posted by Azrckcrawler


35 spline Dana 60 (twisted the splines too)



I saw the pictures on your web page... Awesome :nuke:

You gotta love coilovers! They make for some incredible breakage.... :D :D

Originally posted by JackA
You're like the only other person I know who wheels as often or more then myself.
Isn't it great :D

You guys need to get some girlfriends...........................:flipoff2:

Originally posted by Bad Karma


You guys need to get some girlfriends...........................:flipoff2:

My wife might get a little :mad3:

Just be careful, then. :D

As always, GREAT pics. That squeeze looked brutal for everybody bigger than your zuk, how'd your rig fit?

Originally posted by Azrckcrawler

<img src="http://home.off-road.com/~mithrandir/trails/01-20-02/Jan20_38.jpg">
You have to wear a wet suit when driving this thing? That's hardcore
The two guys riding in it were dressed in full rain gear on top of a set of waders - They were prepared. They even had a storage compartment specifically for a towel to wipe their faces off with. :D

... And it's gotta be weird looking over your shoulder and seeing the shock mounted right there.

Originally posted by scwafish
As always, GREAT pics. That squeeze looked brutal for everybody bigger than your zuk, how'd your rig fit?

That would be the picture under the Blazer in the first sequence. Could have gone thru with a door open :)

Were the mud pictures taken in the Covington Pike Bottoms?

I thought they were closed down (I used to live in Memphis...moved to Kentucky 2 1/2 yrs ago).

I had a lot of fun down there.