Here are a few pics from our Good Friday Tellico ride. My buddy took these with a disposable camera, and most of 'em were too blurry to scan.

This is me on Trail #11, a.k.a. Helicopter Pad....
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...and Trail #9, a.k.a. Schoolbus
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This is my friend Jerry in his newly built Zuk on #9
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Jason Bishop's hybrid YJ(Corporate 14-bolt, D60, Atlas II, etc.) on #11
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looks fun and could be hard if it rained:D

CSR, I heard that there are some parts of the year that Zukis cannot make it through tellico, True?

Hey, did you see Mudlite (John Farley) down there? He was there this weekend. The guy with the bus that has the back lopped off it to carry a smurf blue sam on 38" tires - that'd be him.

r@m

cool!! i will be making the trek from texas to tellico the first of june. i will be there june 2nd-5th. if anyone wants to join they are more than welcome. there will definatly be one zuk there and maybe one more.

Cool pics, thats a whole different world over there!

Originally posted by Bill Collins
looks fun and could be hard if it rained:D

i have been there when it rained and it is. i didn't even try helicopter pad in the rain. trust me pic's don't do it justice. it is steep!!

Originally posted by kestrel
CSR, I heard that there are some parts of the year that Zukis cannot make it through tellico, True?

It's all relative - there are places that even in the dryest of conditions, a stock Samurai couldn't make it. It all depends on how you're equipped. SPOA, at least 31's and a rear locker and you can go a lot of places, but not all....;) (Even less in the rain)

Originally posted by 0ILBURNER


It's all relative - there are places that even in the dryest of conditions, a stock Samurai couldn't make it. It all depends on how you're equipped. SPOA, at least 31's and a rear locker and you can go a lot of places, but not all....;) (Even less in the rain)
Thanks Oil, but maybe I should be a bit more specific,


I heard from a freind of mine that only rigs with v-8 power, 44 in tires and larger than 100" wheelbase can make through tellico in durning certain times of the year, ( I think that this would be some sort of rainy season:D ) I told him that I thought that he was wrong, but I do know that there are certain things, like mud, that tend to put a dampner on our types of rigs...

You can still go almost anywhere at Tellico in the rain with a well-equipped Samurai. You probably wouldn't make some of the tougher climbs when it's slick, tho;)

It's very entertaining to see the high-horsepower guys thrash their trucks trying to tackle Tellico in the wet:rasta:

i don't care too much for jeeps, but i like that yj

Originally posted by rollmeover
i don't care too much for jeeps, but i like that yj

If I had a choice between a YJ and TJ I'd take the YJ.

I don't like the :rainbow: interior in the TJ. Nice truck otherwise.

r@m

Jason's YJ is a bad son of a bitch. I seriously nutted in my pants when I saw him take that line on Pinch Rock. Chris, I was riding with Paul the dude with the white FJ-40...your zuk works nice...gearing seems almost perfect.

Tellico is hard for any vehicle when its wet, but a longer wheelbase and V8 is almost mandatory for most of the obsticles when its raining (As with any tuff East coast trails).

Chris, If you havent been to Gardendale (Mt. Olive), Alabama, yet you need to come check it out. Definitely comparable to your bad ass Tennessee trails and worth the trip.

Originally posted by Hobsdaddy
...If you havent been to Gardendale (Mt. Olive), Alabama, yet you need to come check it out. Definitely comparable to your bad ass Tennessee trails and worth the trip.



Chris & I have been threatening to come down that way for some time now...

Got Rocks??




WAR DAMN EAGLE!
Class of '91
Industrial Design

War Damn Eagle !...Im a senior in ME and home is in Gardendale.

I think Chris knows Hal pretty good so he can give him a hollar if yall want to come down...if not hit upCAOS (http://www.caos4x4.com) and give them a email. Brent, the president, is a really nice guy and they go riding in G'dale all the time.

Originally posted by Hobsdaddy
I think Chris knows Hal pretty good


You mean RED MONKEY??? :D

Originally posted by kestrel
CSR, I heard that there are some parts of the year that Zukis cannot make it through tellico, True?

Not true. OILBURNER and I have 'wheeled all over Tellico year 'round..... once in March with several inches of snow on the ground.
Before our last trip, I would have said "I wouldn't attempt Slickrock (notorious for rolling vehicles) unless it was completely dry". But four of us made it with no problems at all in the pouring rain. ;) A built 4Runner, the cool YJ, my Zuk and Paul's 'cruiser.
Now that my Zuk is all beat up, there's nothing I wouldn't attempt at Tellico! :D

yes the old Red Monkey himself....

Chris...since slickrock was so easy in the rain...why dont you try the middle in the rain next time??? :) just playing with you...

Give me a email if yall come down...maybe my 4runner will be finished by then.

I wanna come play too... :rasta:

Tim, you need to buy a trailer that'll haul two rigs. ;) Maybe a flatbed for the powerstroke long enough to hold the Zuk, so you can put someone uh... else's rig on the trailer? :D

Tim and Chris ! Yawl know all you have to do is give me a call. Got lots of room and :beer: . Just give me a call. Hope to have the new diffs hear this week :flipoff2:

Originally posted by Hobsdaddy
since slickrock was so easy in the rain...why dont you try the middle in the rain next time??? :)

:D

Maybe next time!

Originally posted by Dr. Evil
I wanna come play too... :rasta:

Tim, you need to buy a trailer that'll haul two rigs. ;) Maybe a flatbed for the powerstroke long enough to hold the Zuk, so you can put someone uh... else's rig on the trailer? :D

If ya had a 'Zook I might be able to round up a trailer to haul 2, but your 'Runna has got to be a couple feet longer;)

Besides, what would you do when you went up there and mangled your daily driver?:rasta: