Well, the day has come. Did the Hammers group head out today? AZ is up next :) We'll be expecting reports, pics, etc ya'll!

Did I miss anything/anyone?

(1) June 4th, 2002: Hammers in CA - need trip leader
1badjeep (1), 85toyboy (1), Im4yotas (1-15)

(2) June 7th & 8th, 2002: JackA to lead: Okay here's the deal. I just spoke with the Public Lands Info Center. BLM land is under fire restrictions but is open for public use. This means we'll be safe to wheel Table Mesa. I gotta see if the large parking area on the way down to the lake/river is BLM or state land. It's the closest to Armageddon. Just stay left on the main road to the river/lake and you can't miss it. We will most likely meet there. If there's changes, they will be posted here. 6am on Saturday June 8. Bring lots of water. We don't need any heat problems.
Jeeper (1), JackA (4-5), Crashinaz (1), ZUK (1)


**June 9th, 2002: Farmington, NM – cancelled due to fire hazard contact landuseorc for possible alternatives.

(3) June 10th, 2002: Proving Grounds in UT - Moab Austin tentatively scheduled as trip leader – details: hear are the basics..it is Tough on drivetrain....need 60's or bigger for sure..(unless you are light or damn good driver). Need 38's and up and be locked up for sure (trail can be done with 35's if your used to moab). Winch winch winch...(there is a spot for somone else with a winch to get you up...but if you flop or get in a bind you might get in trouble)
PM me or my email is Austin@pirate4x4.com put pirate tour in subject line
Eddie McStiff (1), Parker (5-6), Moab Austin (1)

(4) June 12th, 2002: Die Trying in CO - cancelled due to lack of interest

---GILMER, TX canceled per wrngrog's recommendation

(5) June 15-16th, 2002: Clayton, OK - wngrog can’t lead, no engine. Need leader!
FlatTaco (2-3), ScoutsHonor (10-15), Bones (1), OzarkJeep (1)?, LOKNLOD (1)?, Lance Morin (1)


-June 17th, drive 178 miles to Disney, OK
(6) June 18-19 Disney OK - Matt Green now able to lead again, has help.
FlatTaco (2-3), ScoutsHonor (10-15), Bones (1), OzarkJeep (1)

---June 20, Open date.
-June 21st, 2002 travel 326 miles to Montgomery City, MO
(7) June 22nd : Mud Racing in Montgomery City, MO - lead by TEX. No vehicle limits, no max. #, no reservation needed. www.gumbo4x4.com for details on stop #7
FlatTaco (2-3), ScoutsHonor (10-15), Bones (1), TEX (~150)

---June 23rd at Montgomery City cancelled. Open date.
-June 24th, 2002 travel 322 miles to Attica, IN
(8) June 25th, 2002: Badlands in IN on Troy's Trail lead by Syko and/or Woody -
% Woody: Official date: Tuesday, 25th
Camping: Summers Campground, 8 miles N of Attica on SR-55
Call for reservations - (765) 762-2832
NICE campground - outdoor pool, clean, nice facilities, large open primative area, hookups/sites for motorhomes.

Trail options:
Badlands has a few - Green trail is a stocker/light mod trail, Orange is not bad with one locker, Pink needs one locker and a winch will not hurt.

Troy's offsite property will require a WELL setup rig with two full lockers, 35"+ tires, parts, winch, complete disregard for body panels and glass, and a general disposition to slide, roll, slip, and slam yourself thru everything. This is NOT a bypass area, yer in or your out. I had a guy roll on a "bypass" trail last June, coming around to winch me on my tires. ALL rigs wanting this portion of the run will be checked prior on Tuesday morning, so come prepared.

My personal plan: Arrive Friday evening around 11pm at Summers (MUST arrive by 11pm at night to get in/register for your site) Wheeling on Saturday and Sunday and Monday....Tuesday is the silly day, I'm planning to lead/assist with getting the group thru Troy's trail but will only hit the easy stuff myself. We may run it as well on Sunday.

Trail takeoff: Tuesday morning 9-9:30am at the Badlands.
Estimated time: 6-8 hours
Estimated return to Badlands office: 3-5pm.

I am returning home yet that evening, and will be shooting to be off the trails myself by 3-4pm. I will bet that Troy will run with us, depending on how busy he is at the shop.

Thanks Spaceghost for talking with him....he's been "aware" for a couple months since it's been in a newsletter I send him, but he may not have recalled it. I just haven't had time to contact him personally.

My group thus far: Jim with his Cruiser (345 Intl, granny, coil suspension, 38's), Mike with his Ranger (351, 435, 1/4 ellip rear, 38.5's), me with my Cruiser, and probably a few more. Not sure all are in thru Tuesday or not, but definitely for the weekend.
Syko (5-6), EasyXJ (1), Tass (1), postal (1), Scott Mac (1)?, bigjeepinYJ (2), TJBob (1)?, racinhound (1), SpaceGhost (1)


-June 26th, 2002 travel 320 miles to Slade, KY
(9) June 27th, 2002: Slade, KY - lead by Syko
Syko (5-6), EasyXJ (2-3), Tass (1)?, bigjeepinYJ (2)?, TJBob (1)?

-June 28th, 2002: travel 354 miles to Monteagle, TN
(10) June 29th, 2002: Monteagle, TN lead by DRM
minimum one locker, winch, and experience driving off road, these are not "easy" trails - check with DRM for more specifics.
Ryanwhit (1), big4294x4 (1), EasyXJ (2-3), Tass (1)?, Grim Reaper (1), Depdog (1), Keith (1), BigJBear (1), cmaddox (1), little blue yota (1), bigjeepinYJ (2)?, Madmarx (1)


(11) June 30-July 4th, 2002 up to 4 stops in NC - lead by elusive
Ryanwhit (1), big4294x4 (1), EasyXJ (1)?, Grim Reaper (1), Depdog (1), Keith (1), BigJBear (1), GDGMOJO (1) , Gjarret (1), cmaddox (1) for 06/30 @ Tellico – Elusive, is this the schedule????????????


-- July 6th, 2002: Big Dogs in VA - cancelled, schedule conflict

(12) Replacement run for July 5,6,7, - West Virginia Childrens Charity Off Road Jamboree Rockzooki to lead.
www.mountaineeroffroad.org
they will be around 100 or so rigs there, and a few serious trails.
YJ4Rox (1), Papabear (1), rockzooki (1), Hoyden (1)


(13) July 8th, 2002: Possibly in the Adirondacks - YJTJ cannot set up this run. Looking for replacement leaders or alternate trip!


(14) July 12th, 2002: Paragon, PA - need trip leader - Hoyden scheduled to lead, yjtj might be able to help. emsoffroad also to help. Smitrock might also help.
Metal Mender (4), FlexySammy (1), Tass (1)?, Yjtj (2), MilspecXJ (1)

(15) July 15th, 2002: Silver Lake Sand Dunes in MI - JimL tentatively scheduled to lead, Jeepinguy also volunteered to help
Jeff 92xj WI (1), Scott Mac (1)?

(16) July 17th, 2002: Trails in MN - possibly lead by Dana27
Jeff 92xj WI (1) , BensonMN (1)


(17) July 20th, 2002: Black Hills - lead by ChinLei & WillyMutt (probably in 2 groups)
MillerMan (5), BensonMN (1)


(18), (19), & (20) July 21-31, 2002 Two-three stops in Northern Rockies en route to Rubicon - need trip leaders


(21) August 1st, 2002: Rubicon - Whitewater to lead (Sillyneck as backup?)
CrazyHorse (1-4), CJBWILLYS (2-5), notcrazyjustNuTz (2-3), Whitewater (1), 85toyboy (1), Sillyneck (1), Im4yotas (1-15)

(22) August 5-9th, 2002: Oregon and/or Washington - bashed4runner tentatively scheduled to lead trip in WA, DSI also volunteers to help Kanar/Shoestring/Funny Rocks, but says 2-days min on that - the following has been suggested by Ben W for this leg:

Newest comments from Ben W:
Make it 2 days, call it Little Naches area, minimum vehicle requirements: 33" tires and at least one locker, fullsize vehicles body damage imminent, other vehicles body damage expected".
Aug 5: Browns Camp in Or Ben W & bigblaze to help
Aug 7: Kaner/Shoestring/Funny Rocks in Central WA
Aug 8 or 9: Walker Valley or Reiter Trails in Western WA Ben W to help
MudBunny (1), TJoop (1), tiessen (1), CJ3BWILLYS (2-5), Valentine (1), Paul Gagnon (1), notcrazyjustNuTz (2-3), 85toyboy (1), Erik D (1), Mohadeab (1), Wheelinjp (1) , XtrmTJ (1-3), rob (1)?

(23) August 11th, 2002: Somewhere in BC - Whizzy scheduled to lead
MudBunny (1), tiessen (1), Whizzy (1), Valentine (1)?, Paul Gagnon (1),
cornjeep (1), notcrazyjustNuTz (2-3), 85toyboy (1), BIGBIRD (1), 350TOY (1), Big Bad Pete (1), rob (1)

---Yukon leg cancelled due to injured ColdNorth



GITIT

TEX

see you guys on july 567 in wv!!!

Originally posted by TEX
-June 28th, 2002: travel 354 miles to Monteagle, TN
(10) June 29th, 2002: Monteagle, TN lead by DRM
minimum one locker, winch, and experience driving off road, these are not "easy" trails - check with DRM for more specifics.
Ryanwhit (1), big4294x4 (1), EasyXJ (2-3), Tass (1)?, Grim Reaper (1), Depdog (1), Keith (1), BigJBear (1), cmaddox (1), little blue yota (1), bigjeepinYJ (2)?, Madmarx (1)



We are still on for the Monteagle leg.... I will start a separate post with info a little over a week from the date of the ride :cool2:

I'm worken tomarrow (and the rig we were goign to go it rolled down a hill) so it looks like Die trying is a no go.:(

i will not be able to make it to clayton,truck is apart and running out of time.

Q for people going on the "Aug 7: Kaner/Shoestring/Funny Rocks in Central WA" part of the tour...

Being that Aug. 7th is a Wednesday, how many of you people are going over just for wednesday wheeling?

OR..are you going over for wednesday and the rest of the following weekend?

Well, my buddy Jim junked his motor in his tow rig....shot a rod thru the block. Bad news, but at least it was only 30 miles from home and we have a buddy with a semi-wrecker to get us home cheaply.

The crap news is, I'm out....since I received no confirmation on other drivers for days other than Tues, I'm not driving 300 miles for just Tuesday. I WILL Be calling Troy on Monday to talk with him....and hopefully, Space Ghost is still in for the ride, assuming he survives the ERoCCs event.

Major apologies....huge....to ANYONE I meet from this board in the next year who was planning on attending, my fridge has a beer with your name on it.

Things are looking bad for the whole GA Crew.
I'm need a drive shaft built and no cash (I don't float credit for anything other than emergencys) till the day before Mont Eagle. Might still try to make it up there. Heck I took friday and the whole first week of July off for this. If the guy has the parts in stock he might be able to get the shaft built that day but I got to clear spending the cash with the war department.
Depdog is going to be stuck working it looks like.
Keith tore up his truck this week including stripping the threads out of his AGR and breaking a mounting ear off (it's toast). Also busted a SS brake line (actully the brake line failed and he went bouncing down a steep hill with no brakes and slammed the steering breaking the box). doesn't look good to have all the parts and time before the ride.
BigJbear is still putting his truck back together. I don't think it even has a current tag on it right now.

The Monteagle trip is still on - even if just me and Dan from TN off Road are the only ones there :p

Shoot.... I may just have a trail rig by next weekend too ;)

I'm sort of hacked about it. EVERYTIME I have a chance to ride Monteagle something happens beyond my control. We had a club ride going up there last year. Had some of the guys from MTTR (I think, might have been one of the other clubs) was going to trail boss for us. They called and said a fued was brewing again and probably not the best idea to be in the area.
Was going to go up for the Southern deal a few months back and Cut down a Tire and BFG was 6 weeks out on 35's,
Wife was near due date the time I had a chance befor that. It is seriously a commical thing how I have never made it to Mont Eagle. I run Tellico several times a year and this stuff never happens other than my wifes birthday falling on Dixie run LOL.
If I can get a shaft built I'll be there.
Meeting at the Smoke house right? What exit is that and what time? How long does it take from 75 to that exit?

I,m in for the WHOLE week/weekend, Tankota..... prolly 2 rigs, both Jeeps,both very capable.... Lockers, winches ect.,ect. Need info on when/where/camping/lodging/food/??? Who,s leading it all ?

:jeep: __(OIIIIIIIO)__rOkOn:usa:

Top - anyone remember this? I was recently advised that it's been 5 years & maybe it's time to do it again.

For those who are out of the loop, or may have forgotten what this was all about, the idea was to create a cross-country tour similar to the Ultimate Adventure, but WAY longer. Now, unlike the Ultimate Adventure, the idea was NOT for anyone to actually complete the entire tour. Rather, the idea was to create a series of legs that sort of "connected" with the end of one leg & the beginning of the next. Each leg being the responsibility of a single person or a group.

Example:
Leg 1 leaves Southern CA April 1st & wheels its through several trails & a couple of road days until it ends up in Northern AZ around April 8th. At this point, another group takes over working their way up into Utah & eventually Colorado until April 15th, until the 3rd group takes over, etc, etc. The first "half" of the tour would sort of stick to the Southern US in order to avoid cold weather. Once the East Coast was reached, the tour would head North and then zig zag back West to end up in the Pacific Northwest at the end of the wheeling season.

Each leg leader would be responsible for creating a schedule, setting limitations on the rigs if necessary (maybe a maximum number, maybe minimum modifications, etc), and deciding when & where it's permissible for rigs to join that leg midway through.

A leg could be as long or short as you desire, just as long as someone is willing to pick up where you leave off.


We did this pretty informally last time, but if we do it again, maybe we can take it up a knotch or two. Maybe a travelling banner that completes the tour & gets signed by all the participants. Maybe some corporate sponsorship to help with rig breakage along the way? Maybe all the participants put some $ into a hat & the end total goes to charity? Or, maybe this was just a one-time shot.

Whaddayathink, gang????




TEX

Id be down if it came to Co

There is a group of 3-4 of us here in the DFW Tevas that would hook up with yall and do the tour through this area. Probably be in for Clayton, Disney, Katemcy, and or Hot Springs. JJ

I say we definitely have to do it again!

Sounds cool... I WANT IN!!!

:flipoff2:

I'm down for the East Coast side of things....

Depends on the rules. I may be in if I can trailer my rig, but I know in the ultimate adventure they had to drive thier rigs.
Scott

id be down for the norcal area

Callen

Depends on the rules. I may be in if I can trailer my rig, but I know in the ultimate adventure they had to drive thier rigs.
Scott

There are no rules. It's just a trail ride.

Tex maybe you should start a new thread to organize the Ultimate Tour Pirate Style '07. :idea:

Here's a few links to the trip reports from last time


http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=68795
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=60493
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63037
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65703
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=106482

Yeah, gonna have to start a new one - gotta run now, though. So TTT for now :D