yep went down to ice breaker at gore va, hosted by bigdogs.... so there is this new trail (no one had run it yet) called insanity...Skip says, were goin... i say ok lets go see it... :eek: we started off with 6 vehicles.... you drop off a 4 foot ledge, then proceed down.... next part is a shear cliff with boulders the entire distance down..... we decided to winch down, 2 rigs decided to back out (cant blame em) as im being wiched down, my front tire falls into a hole, and if not for the winch i would of endo'd. (at least thats what im told) so we all get down... make a right turn and thats where all the carnage started and didnt end till the trail ended.... i cleared the first obsticle (they were one right after another) then almost had the second one cleared when the left front joint let loose and took my inner shaft, (yes i have ctm;s but my warn shaft was 1 inch too short and wouldnt contact my carrier splines :rolleyes: so i used my stock spare) new 760 joint moser shaft and warn stub, back on the trail..... i go a little distance, get some good bady damage :D then as im dropping off a 5 foot boulder, while turning right, my hub explodes into many pieces. new hub on rollin again.... almost at the end... broke the 760 joint, egged the moser shaft, maybe the warn too, and pulled the new ball joints out of my knuckle......... ohh yeah ripped an upper front controll arm mount off too..... lol never hit my driveshafts though :D guess im lucky.... another guy broke several stock 44 stubs (he was running ctm's) and three rear driveshafts.... ended up with no wheel drive, and burnt up an 8274 pulling himself out, along with a superwinch burnt up too.... another broke a hub, inner shaft, and a few outters, he limped out in 3wd.... i limped out after some trickery with a winch cable to keep the wheel on... and then my buddy in his bronco (what used to be) made it out with very little damage... a broken heim joint.


this is one fawked up insane, crazy assed trail, which i will be on again, as soon as my one ton shit is under my rig...

sorry no pics, left the digi at the camp site.... but will scan some when we get the 35mm developed....

for those of you that know bam bam at paragon............. childs play to this trail!

That sounds great! I want to run this trail. I am putting it on my list of trails to run! Lets see the pictures!

Originally posted by badassjeepguy
then almost had the second one cleared when the left front joint let loose and took my inner shaft, (yes i have ctm;s

Are you saying you snapped a CTM?

Originally posted by Chris Geiger
That sounds great! I want to run this trail. I am putting it on my list of trails to run! Lets see the pictures!


as soon as i get em, ill scan em.... yeahh bring some california guys out this way...... all i can say is there will be lots of people this year breakin there junk on this trail..... that is if they got the balls to run it.. :D i think youd fall in the got balls catagory from what ive seen........

Originally posted by racinhound


Are you saying you snapped a CTM?

read the entire thread, i wasnt running a ctm on that side due to the wrong size warn shaft.... i ran my stock axle and joint the ctm's just are not gonna break :D one guy was running on one front axle, with 45inch good year tractor tires.......... the ctm would not break, he was flanged, the stock 44 outer let go.... the joint was fine...

Dude,

You have a major black cloud following your Jeep around!

Sounds like a fun trail! Giddy up!!

How long is the trail? How long did it take you guys with all the carnage? Sounds awesome. I might have to plan a road trip.:D

wholy shit wow

Hey man, are we missing another thread? I think so!
Jim

Oh wow, oh my god, wholy crap.
Oh jeeze!

Originally posted by Red FJ
Hey man, are we missing another thread? I think so!
Jim

nahh Jim, its on the general chit chat.... i brought it back to the top....

Originally posted by syko
How long is the trail? How long did it take you guys with all the carnage? Sounds awesome. I might have to plan a road trip.:D

its pretty short, id guess 400 yards or so, took from 930 to 6pm to get 4 vehicles out!

Originally posted by wngrog
Dude,

You have a major black cloud following your Jeep around!

Sounds like a fun trail! Giddy up!!

you maybe right but i have a few things in the mix to change that cloud........... ill give ya a hint.......... 60's :D

Originally posted by badassjeepguy


you maybe right but i have a few things in the mix to change that cloud........... ill give ya a hint.......... 60's :D





Smoke weed:smokin: :rasta:

Originally posted by FroadALicious






Smoke weed:smokin: :rasta:

You. Are. A. Retard.

Man, that sounds tough! :)
I really need to get my shit together to run some of these trails oneday...soon!!
Boss

Originally posted by Red FJ
Hey man, are we missing another thread? I think so!
Jim


Ha ha ha.... blah blah blah :flipoff2:

I'll have you BOTH know I had a wonderful time at TPE playing in the blue goo with a cute Squaw who squeeled everytime I flopped the cow on her side..... SO :p


:flipoff2:

ahh hell ya, this was a serious ass trail, I can't wait for the best of the best!

there is no way anyone would be able to drive down that shear boulder cliff without a cable on their ass.

best of the best will get real interesting when they havto winch there self down or drive it woo that will take some serious balls!!

:eek:

yeahh i want to see some one fo down in there without a winch... :eek: better have medics on hand.....

2.3 ft per minute for 8.5 hours, now that's slow!:eek: It's nice to know there's some bad-ass wheelin' right down the road. Too bad it's only open 3 or 4 times a year.:(

Hey BAJG... Actually Luis's (tractor tires) front right axle wasn't the outer shaft. He sheered the ears off the inner shaft. Cleanly at the flange area. So much for High $$ Dynatrac axles. The CTM's are fine, though.
I ended up with 2 bent leaf springs, 2 broken outers, 1 u-joint, and 1 broken inner. Not bad for 8 1/2 hours.
Did you all go out on Sunday?

ya, john (bronco) and i went out sunday on a 7/8 trail, we didn't have a winch so we went on an easy trail.

we almost rolled it on a totally flat dirt road, tried to squeeze through two trees and the right front tire caught the tree and drove right up it, a little sapling the size of my wrist kept us from going over, i could walk under my sides front and rear tires after we got out to take some pictures, I ll get bajg to post them when I get them from john!

bajg didn't make it out on sunday.

Man, that sounds awesome...can't wait to see it. Maybe I'll give it a shot in June.

CJ

Originally posted by Tommy
Hey BAJG... Actually Luis's (tractor tires) front right axle wasn't the outer shaft. He sheered the ears off the inner shaft. Cleanly at the flange area. So much for High $$ Dynatrac axles. The CTM's are fine, though.
I ended up with 2 bent leaf springs, 2 broken outers, 1 u-joint, and 1 broken inner. Not bad for 8 1/2 hours.
Did you all go out on Sunday?

wow, wasnt his outer a stock stub,,,, doesnt say much for dyna? seems warn got the right set up, they seem to stay together the most.... too cool to see the ctm's just keep on takin the beating.... i was gonna run shot gun in a rig, but i just kicked back relaxed and looked at my pretty new rr60 in the bed of my truck :D see ya in june