Steve is saying ~Larry "THOUGHT" his family jules were THIIIIIS big! http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/lrfrew/ZUKIEMELT06/rolledZukatcamp.jpgHad a GRATE time but did kinda destroy the body on my Tin Top. Did a complete ROLL over on to the top down by the pond right bellow the house.Was trying to go up the ledge and Fell right off the rock and flipped upside down squishing the top right down to the steering wheel. I do have a roll bar in it so that kept it off my Head. Was still running and had to turn the key to get it off. Every on pitched in to get me out, un jammed my seat belt and grabbed me by the legs and hauled me out !! was a little shaken up from the LANDING and hanging UP-side down (not a good position for an old fat man to be in)and got a skinned arm but was other wise ok.
Every one helped flip the Zuk back on all fours and after checking out the motor to make shure it was ok we fired it up and it started with no problem!! Tim ,Steve Norm and another fellow jumped up on the Zuk and managed to pull the window frame up far enough so I could see and after Lisa did some VERY wonderful and entertaining :smokin: first aid on my bleeding arm we took off back to camp. Managed get a little more wheeling in after that then Headed for home Sunday!!! Gotta get out the Hammers and go to work on the Zuk or get another body for it.!!!!!
I had my cam corder strapped to my hood and got the roll over from the inside and Steve had his going and got it from the out side. We will get a clip up some time in the future but I will be leaving for parts unknown in the morning and Steve has a lot of catching up to do at work as well so we'll get it don when we can!! It IS a CLIP WORTH WAITING FOR!!!!!!:D

Glad to hear your OK.....no rolls or tail stands this year for me!
Had a great time and got to whel with a great bunch of guys from Texas. My only carnage was a rear shock, front D-shaft and T-case arm. Most of that came from the last day (except for the shock, poped that getting off the trailer....lol).

What color was your zuk Larry? This year was my first year and I had a blast in my stocker. Met up with some guys from Ohio after they pulled me out from being stuck on a hill against a tree near the dunes where that crappy sandy peagravel crap was. After that I hung around them for the rest of the melt goin on a few trails, playin in the creek and the tunnels and then gettin in their rigs and goin through the orange trails. I had a great time but hopefully next year I will have my spoa done and tires and maybe if I'm really lucky transfer case regeared.

It's a Gunmetal Gray ~Now a very Crinkled Gun Metal Gray! If I can straighten things out enough to get some glass back in place I think I'll do a camouflage Job on it!

It's a Gunmetal Gray ~Now a very Crinkled Gun Metal Gray! If I can straighten things out enough to get some glass back in place I think I'll do a camouflage Job on it!


Hey larry.. I have a decent windshield if you want it. It's got a chip in it, but it's in good shape other than that.

I had a tail stand. Came back down luckily.

Busted a few misc things. Clutch cable, rear shock mount twice, exhaust, birfs are popping, knuckles are pissing tons of fluid, etc. Lots of fixin to do.

I was there Thurs and Fri. I looked for your rig purevil never saw you . Every year I go it seems like I hardly ever see anybody out on the trails everyone must stay in the quarry . My buddy I was wheelin with hydro locked his jeep on Thursday so me and my wife just wheeled till noon on Friday and came home . I had planned on coming back on Sat. but I lost a trailer wheel on the way home Fri. and I am still looking for a new wheel seems I have a rare size wheel if it weren't for bad luck I wouldn't have any . Other than that I had a great time .

Hay, tks Chinweasle
~I would definitely be interested, am going to try and straiten the windshield frame out and see if I can get it close enough to get one back in . If I do I'll get in touch!!!!!

Had a awesome time! Great job Izook!
Pics---> http://www.zukikrawlers.com/gallery/zookimelt2006

Hay, tks Chinweasle
~I would definitely be interested, am going to try and straiten the windshield frame out and see if I can get it close enough to get one back in . If I do I'll get in touch!!!!!


sent you a PM larry.

I was there Thurs and Fri. I looked for your rig purevil never saw you . Every year I go it seems like I hardly ever see anybody out on the trails everyone must stay in the quarry . My buddy I was wheelin with hydro locked his jeep on Thursday so me and my wife just wheeled till noon on Friday and came home . I had planned on coming back on Sat. but I lost a trailer wheel on the way home Fri. and I am still looking for a new wheel seems I have a rare size wheel if it weren't for bad luck I wouldn't have any . Other than that I had a great time .

Yea, we spent a lot of time down in the quarries and on the orange trails. Followed the Texas guys around some as well. If you saw the big ol chopped up bus parked in the Family Campgrounds, that was us!
Hope ya get your trailer fixed OK. We're having a run over at Haspin the end of Aug, you'll have to come wheel with us then.

It was a great one for me won the ramp comp 951 :flipoff2: & won the grand prize LIFE IS GOOD.

It was a great one for me won the ramp comp 951 :flipoff2: & won the grand prize LIFE IS GOOD.


:smokin:

what were the prizes?

It was a great one for me won the ramp comp 951 :flipoff2: & won the grand prize LIFE IS GOOD.


Bastard! I won an EGR valve that doesn't even work on my motor.

$100.gift certif.. from hawk $100. gift certif.. from ZOR & grand prize from Rockyroad a Tmax winch a winch bumper & towbar. Sold the bumper & towbar & my old warn6000 ,The cash from that & the hawk certif.. will get my 6.5:1 gears:smokin:

Bastard! I won an EGR valve that doesn't even work on my motor.
Yep, I won a set of door straps and I dont use doors:D

Yep, I won a set of door straps and I dont use doors:D
I won a clicky starter Fix~~ ain"t got a clicky starter:shaking: Oh well Gave it to Norm He Still has a clicky starter:eek:
Betcha I had the BEST roll over AS well!!!:evil: :smokin:

$100.gift certif.. from hawk $100. gift certif.. from ZOR & grand prize from Rockyroad a Tmax winch a winch bumper & towbar. Sold the bumper & towbar & my old warn6000 ,The cash from that & the hawk certif.. will get my 6.5:1 gears:smokin:

That just ain"t Right!!!!!!!:rolleyes: Congrats! kinda added a LOT of icing to the Zukiemelt cake for you !!!:D

I guess I missed your roll. When was it? :shaking:

OKIE_ZUK i didnt see ur rig there?? I wheeled around in my green stocker looking for you.. i was hoping 2 see ur truck

OKIE_ZUK i didnt see ur rig there?? I wheeled around in my green stocker looking for you.. i was hoping 2 see ur truck
He did the rock competition.

http://www.zukikrawlers.com/albums/zookimelt2006/PICT0151.sized.jpg

Here he is again...
http://www.zukikrawlers.com/albums/zookimelt2006/PICT0090.sized.jpg

I guess I missed your roll. When was it? :shaking:
Sat. afternoon!!

Sat. afternoon!!

I was gonna say, every time I saw you, your rig looked pretty good (and had windows..lol)

Benji and his Pirate salute:

I recommend roll cages. Here's one rolled on a hill under 6' tall:

zuki 06, I hung with the Texas guys, since I wheel with them back home. We setup camp next to east fence:

one of these days I will get my junk together for zuki melt.

one of these days I will get my junk together for zuki melt.

Get your junk together. Anytime you wanna go we can get a bunch of people together and have a mini-melt.

Get your junk together. Anytime you wanna go we can get a bunch of people together and have a mini-melt.


it's probably be a while... it's a bare frame laying on the floor right now.

my to do list

#1 Build house

#2
rebuild the D44's
frame extension
build motor mounts
wire everything for the 4.3
buy some wheels/tires
cut up body
x-members
spring hangers
etc.....

I recommend roll cages. Here's one rolled on a hill under 6' tall:

Scott told me that guy had won one of his DIY cages two years earlier and hadn't put it in yet. Bet he wishes he had it now!!

yeah okie i seen everyone down there.. i camped down a few tents down from them against the fence in a tiny yellow and brown tent. i was gonna stop by to get my brake stuff from tx_zuki but my stocker compared to everyones truck there it just didnt feel right lol. would have felt really odd. o well though i put jb weld around the master cylinder and havnt had any problems yet

Scott told me that guy had won one of his DIY cages two years earlier and hadn't put it in yet. Bet he wishes he had it now!!

Yeah...cage stuff ought to be high on the priority list of things to get done,imo. In fact, I wouldn't let my boys ride in mine till I got the cage done....They were not happy that we missed a few rides, but I wasn't taking any chances.

After seeing some other people's rigs after a roll, I am glad to have mine in. That said, I am planning on a few mods to make mine a little better.

The Melt was a great time....Looking forward to 2007!

The Melt was a great time....Looking forward to 2007![/QUOTE]


I won the Hawk Sweatshirt thing, size is a medium and I am a double XL. I would have been happy with the starter fix, I can always find a use for an extra 30 amp relay with a harness. I liked the way the Yellow stretched zuk looked with hammered gray dash/ rollcage. Hopefully there will be more people that come to the 07 melt.

I had a great time, only vacation I get this year :)

The yellow one was a friend of mine, Wayne Fling.:D

Are you talking about this one JbMotorSports04??? http://www.izook.com/zookimelt/zm2006/images/melt%20(9).jpg

a few guys I met were parked across from it so we drooled over it for a while

yeah okie i seen everyone down there.. i camped down a few tents down from them against the fence in a tiny yellow and brown tent. i was gonna stop by to get my brake stuff from tx_zuki but my stocker compared to everyones truck there it just didnt feel right lol. would have felt really odd. o well though i put jb weld around the master cylinder and havnt had any problems yet
Why feel odd? We wheel with everyone & anybody, big rigs small rigs, it doesn't matter.
I would even swap rigs with you for a while! I figured you weren't there since I never saw you.
Do I need to send this MC to you?

I just feel odd around bigger trucks. I feel like I hold them up somtimes on the trails. It's probly cuz around here everyone has jacked up trucks with huge boggers and they think it's the only way to go and my truck being foreign and a small engine and small tires they underestimate it and then I usually show them up and then don't want to be seen around me cuz my truck can go through more and not get stuck as much lol I dunno what it is....as far as the MC goes...I shouldn't need it I jb welded the hell outta mine and it seems to work fine. thanks a ton though. I can't wait till next years melt. I will probly go to the badlands before the next one just to test my spoa and tires when I get them done.

Hey man some time's it's fun pickin on the big truck's. I've got this truck for hard core shit http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/roktex/Project%20Super%20Frog/SuperFrog1.jpg but sometime's it's I like takin this one to give my bubby's a hard time http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/roktex/Commanche%20Ridge/BooDog.jpg

I can't wait till next years melt. I will probly go to the badlands before the next one just to test my spoa and tires when I get them done.

Let me know when you are ready to go. I try to get to the badlands at least once a month.

good deal. I was hoping som1 would say somthing like that I don't like going alone because not only is it a tad bit boring but if you need help you got it. I don't know when I will go. It will probly be as soon as I get my spoa done. As long as u don't mind goin with a stocker I'm all up 4 it

good deal. I was hoping som1 would say somthing like that I don't like going alone because not only is it a tad bit boring but if you need help you got it. I don't know when I will go. It will probly be as soon as I get my spoa done. As long as u don't mind goin with a stocker I'm all up 4 it

I don't care either way. Stockers can make it down the orange trail. If you aren't skeered. :flipoff2:

haha I will be more willing with my spoa, rubber and gears. also I will probly bring it on a trailor this time. Last time I drove so I couldn't do anything big in fear I wouldn't have a ride home... so no I'm not skeered I just wanna get home lol.

haha I will be more willing with my spoa, rubber and gears. also I will probly bring it on a trailor this time. Last time I drove so I couldn't do anything big in fear I wouldn't have a ride home... so no I'm not skeered I just wanna get home lol.

Im the same way. I have to drive my junk to and fro. Sucks butt but I can't afford a truck until I pay off my credit cards. Im only 2 hours away though so if I break I can generally fix it enough to get home. If not then a tow truck will get me home. I can't wait until I get a trailer and a truck though.

I'd like to get back up to Attica again later in the Fall. Possably after the Mud Mash he have over at Haspin.
Be fun to get a group of locals together for a run.

I wanted to get some locals and go wheeling at attica but I don't know of any Sammi guys in northern Indiana near me. But if you guys would want I could do that. I wanted to wait for the fall because it won't be as hot...

I'd like to get back up to Attica again later in the Fall. Possably after the Mud Mash he have over at Haspin.
Be fun to get a group of locals together for a run.

Mud Mash? Detailers plz! Im an hour and fiteen from Haspin Hillbilly Acres.

I'd be up for another run at Attica I'm only about 50 mins south as long as I'm off work . Lately it's been more work than play

Had a Blast at the Melt this year! Anytime you are at the Melt, and wanna' find us....just ask around for the Bedford Boys! We are easy to find!!(especially now with the chopped schoolbus tow rig!!). We always like to meet new people!

The Mud Mash this year will be Aug 26-27 At Haspin Acres in Laurel Indiana.
We will have a page with maps, and more details up on our website shortly. Link is below!(balls-deep site)

I'm ready for another run at the Badlands. I also try to get there once a month. I am planning on going early august, before i leave for college on the 19th.

I'm not sure when I will go back. I want to get my spoa done...quick question? if I done my spoa done would it be really unsafe if I kept my 28's on?? I don't want anymore than a 2 - 4 inches of lift 5 at the most

The Melt was a great time....Looking forward to 2007!


I won the Hawk Sweatshirt thing, size is a medium and I am a double XL. I would have been happy with the starter fix, I can always find a use for an extra 30 amp relay with a harness. I liked the way the Yellow stretched zuk looked with hammered gray dash/ rollcage. Hopefully there will be more people that come to the 07 melt.

I had a great time, only vacation I get this year :)[/QUOTE]


The yellow LWB and Bill Johnson both wheeled with us at Disney for the LJ meet last weekend. Robert I'll see if someone took pix.

I'm not sure when I will go back. I want to get my spoa done...quick question? if I done my spoa done would it be really unsafe if I kept my 28's on?? I don't want anymore than a 2 - 4 inches of lift 5 at the most

If it were me, I'd run at least a 31" tire. 30" at the smallest. But thats just me!

And I think the gas prices kept a lot of people away this year. Course, the way things are going, it'll be just as expensive next year! Wonder why the gubberment dosen't OK a cost of living raise for everyone so we can all afford to attend the melt....lol

If you have a couple of pics, that would be great. Email them to me at
JbMotorsports06@bigfoot.com

p.s. please keep the sizes small, I have a dial-up connection at 19200bps :(

Wayne stuck some pictures between my seats at Disney last weekend. Mostly of me but two of him. I forgot them and washed my Sami and got pictures wet and stuck togehter. But here they are:

And one of the rear:

That thing is SICK.

[QUOTE=purevil71]If it were me, I'd run at least a 31" tire. 30" at the smallest. But thats just me!

I run 29' super swampers and they work but I have run into some situations were a bigger tire would allow me to get over some opsticles. I am going to move to 31" or 33" Maxxis Bighorns in Dec.(Mom works for them and she get a discount):flipoff2:

I agree Zukimelt 06 was great. The first day was bad for me. My Spring mounts broke about an hour in the trails on Thursday. My whole axle rotated 180 degrees slaming my front dif into my new sky z link. So had to reweld the perches at camp later that night. Wheels fine but now I have develpoed the "death wobble". I did win a clutch fan eleminator from Petroworks at the raffle. Can't wait for next year.

[QUOTE=purevil71] . So had to reweld the perches at camp later that night. Wheels fine but now I have develpoed the "death wobble". I did win a clutch fan eleminator from Petroworks at the raffle. Can't wait for next year.

You have the perches welded slightly off allowing the rear of the axle to tip up too much more than likely.(technical term is caster is off)

I don't like degree schims, but you might try them to see if the DW goes away. If it does, then you know what the problem is.

Also, I would recommend boxing the perches in and welding them up solid. That usually takes care of problems with the perches bending, folding, or even breaking off.

Later!

[QUOTE=Zukfather]


Also, I would recommend boxing the perches in and welding them up solid. That usually takes care of problems with the perches bending, folding, or even breaking off.

Later!

We boxed them in with straps of steel at the camp site. The SPOA was already done when I bought it, and this was the first problem I had. I will check the caster, I can use the alignment rack at work. If so I will take out the axle and reweld the perches.Thanks

One VERY nice thing about having camp that close to the park!
Imagine trying to get your rig back to camp if we would have stayed at one of the other places!!

Heading back to attica the second weekend in August. It is the weekend of the Real Truck Club Challenge and there is a zuk of two in it again this year. The Quarry will be closed most of the weekend, but the rest of the park is open for wheeling.
All are welcome to join us, but there might be a few heeps that we have to wheel with.
It was nice meeting you Zuki 06, I camped right next to you with the orange Sammy. I'm jelous of your tin top.

Heading back to attica the second weekend in August. It is the weekend of the Real Truck Club Challenge and there is a zuk of two in it again this year. The Quarry will be closed most of the weekend, but the rest of the park is open for wheeling.
All are welcome to join us, but there might be a few heeps that we have to wheel with.
It was nice meeting you Zuki 06, I camped right next to you with the orange Sammy. I'm jelous of your tin top.

Thanks for the update...I all most forgot about that!