and for those of you who were afraid Lower 2 had lost it's muster, here's a pic (sorta blurry) of Bigdude sayin' howdee.

another pic of it

Johnny Bravo lettin' the 4 banger eat.

more pics more pics :D

Bigdude picking his line on Lower 2

Chris (psf4x4) got it all figured out

Me on School Bus

Iknow zukiwench took more pics than this. we want more!

Yeah, more pics :D I know you've got some good ones of your high clearance lower link :flipoff2:

I had a great time, thanks for showing me around. Looking forward to some future excursions with you, that is if you think my rig can hang ;)

I'll take a VHS copy of the video you took if $20 will cover it :)

I was trying to get out of having to show this one:

Hey, just want you to know Syko, that if you don't win this weekend it isn't because of the jeep. I gotta admit that thing goes good. We ran everything at Tellico except for Peckerwood and Bigdude only pulled the string once and that was to pull someone else.
I came down hard on a rock on Lower 2 and bent my lower link that pushed my driveshaft into the transfer case, so I had to get on the end of the string so not to do more damage. Bigdude ran it after me and after everyone else ran, we jumped in the jeep and ran around and ran it again. Lots of other trucks with bigger tires were having more trouble running it.

I still can't believe a 4-cylinder YJ on 38s ran lower 2 twice, taking both lines past that ledge w/o a problem. BUT super sammy w/ rockwells, 44s, and a 350 was defeated on his first attempt and left to crab his way back to camp :flipoff2:

In fact I think that same YJ had an easier time than that professional rockcrawler with the rockwell equipped rig. What do you think 350sammy???? (because I don't think old Kevin was around to witness it :flipoff2:)

Oops :emb:

I typed my sh!t talking reply bfore you paid my junk those compliments. Thank you very much sir.

Please dismiss the first paragraph in my last post and only pay attention to the talk directed towards that professional rockcrawler :D


That does suck that your link got bent. After that rock was moved you would've walked it like everyone else. Super Sammy leg pressed about a 5 ton boulder down the hill and into a hole. This was after his rig was mangled. The boulder was teetering on the edge and a feat of human strength was required to move it to a safe position where it couldn't roll down the hill. Everyone benefitted from that rock all day and had a lot less carnage than super sammy, who ran lower 2 before it was moved :eek:.

I knew I had to get that in there before you started your shit talking. I figured it was better to fess up than have everyone hear it from you. I took all your glory away. Im just surprised that I haven't heard anything about the gas tank yet.:flipoff2:

I think that fuel cell you're ordering will work great. That's what you're talking about right ;)

That's right.:D

Originally posted by 350 Samurai
We ran everything at Tellico except for Peckerwood and Bigdude only pulled the string once and that was to pull someone else....


Did ANYone make it up Peckerwood ledge or did you not get around to trying it? I've been there five times now and still haven't seen anyone make it without taking the winch. Would love to see it happen.

Ive been trying to get 350 sammy to buy a cell since he found that tank in a ditch.:flipoff2: I wonder if tim is ready to go back to leaves and a 4cylinder after riding with bigdude up lower2?

i just got in myself. we stopped over in cleveland tn last night and went rafting down the ocoee. i had a good time riding with yall. sorry i pussed out for school bus, i still ain't ever ran it. thanks for letting me tag along with the you big boys. tim, is there anyway i can get a copy of the video that your wife was taping. if so let me know how much will cover it. bigdude, before you even start here you go :flipoff2: :flipoff2:

Well dam. Looks like y'all had a good time. Holy trail, Batman :eek: Lower 2 looks LOTS meaner then the last time I was there. :D Kevin, I gotta head up there with you sometime!

Originally posted by blt2rok
Ive been trying to get 350 sammy to buy a cell since he found that tank in a ditch.:flipoff2: I wonder if tim is ready to go back to leaves and a 4cylinder after riding with bigdude up lower2?
Hey, get off me, I like my "muffler". Let's see...if I get some more JB Weld and maybe some tank liner...

I'm surfing for a fuel cell now, I just need one that I can set upright so I don't loose what little storage I have.

Originally posted by rkcrawl
Well dam. Looks like y'all had a good time. Holy trail, Batman :eek: Lower 2 looks LOTS meaner then the last time I was there. :D Kevin, I gotta head up there with you sometime!
Here's a better picture of 2:
Don't pay any attention to the the guy that looks like he's getting ready to strike a pose.:rolleyes:

psf4x4, how did your new 6to1 t-case do?

I was there a couple weeks ago and it wasnt near that bad. It wasnt paved or anything....but that hole has got a lot bigger than it was.

(I made it up with my 33 BFGs and a little bit of rock stacking....:D )

Originally posted by 350 Samurai

Here's a better picture of 2:
Don't pay any attention to the the guy that looks like he's getting ready to strike a pose.:rolleyes:

:D Where is his pink shirt?

Originally posted by 350 Samurai
I'm surfing for a fuel cell now, I just need one that I can set upright so I don't loose what little storage I have.

RCI sell an aluminum fuel cell that sits more upright than flat. it is 30" wide, 12" tall, and only 9" deep.

they sell them in summit and here is RCI's web site
http://www.rciracing.com/

daaaamn guys.... looks like you all had a blast! i will be ready for a trip there early spring.... i missed not wheeling there this year :(

bigdude, how did you talk Tim into blurring your tires in that pic? It looks like they are actually spinning!

Tellico was fun this weekend...i missed yall at slickrock!! I wanted to see yall, i rode with that red and blue cj w/ 1/4 elip rear and 42's and the cj that was blue and yellow on 38in boggers, that blue and red cj made it OVER that huge rock on the left of the 1st ledge on lower 2 and never had to pull line, he had some pretty bad rear steer from his 1/4 elip though...Guardrail was slicker than snot!! Oil was all over it from some sammis' rollin' on it. I have pictures of Toploader4x4 in the stateline campground, and pics of lower two, i was going to post them tonite...but left them in a restraunt and my pals picked em' up, so tomorrow they will be posted.

Originally posted by 392ssII
Tellico was fun this weekend...i missed yall at slickrock!! I wanted to see yall, i rode with that red and blue cj w/ 1/4 elip rear and 42's and the cj that was blue and yellow on 38in boggers, that blue and red cj made it OVER that huge rock on the left of the 1st ledge on lower 2 and never had to pull line, he had some pretty bad rear steer from his 1/4 elip though...Guardrail was slicker than snot!! Oil was all over it from some sammis' rollin' on it. I have pictures of Toploader4x4 in the stateline campground, and pics of lower two, i was going to post them tonite...but left them in a restraunt and my pals picked em' up, so tomorrow they will be posted.
You talking about this guy?

yep, i have pics of him on lower 2...i rode with him and his buddy the rest of the day on saturday, and i have pics of those guys that were runnin some serious horse power...that white zr2 on 1 tons and 42's and i have pics of toploader, i wanted more pics of the trail, but my friend kept on taking pics of vehicles sittin in their campgrounds....i wanted to meet yall, but i wasn't in my rig and we drove up in a volvo....it would have been sweet to ride slickrock in a old volvo though:flipoff2:

Apparently some guy, in a sandrail with 44's up front and cut 50+" tractor tires out back, ran lower two late Saturday. He had to have had a lot of trouble, thus creating the new obstacle. Now the part that used to throw you into the wall plays second fiddle to the ledge right before it.

It was not sissified Sunday by any means. That ledge will get progressively worse because all theose big boys with 44s were having to horsepower over it.

Hey toploader- I hear you're not running ERoCC this weekend. Is that because you heard I'm leaving the 38s on my Jeep and Syko is driving it in the unlimited class???? :flipoff2:

Originally posted by bigdude
Hey toploader- I hear you're not running ERoCC this weekend. Is that because you heard I'm leaving the 38s on my Jeep and Syko is driving it in the unlimited class???? :flipoff2:

Really? :D Syko, ya know this is so Bigdude can heckle you all day long, right?

Originally posted by rkcrawl


Really? :D Syko, ya know this is so Bigdude can heckle you all day long, right?

After speaking with some folks this past weekend we all agreed that the Legends class doesn't really count :flipoff2:

Guess I'm just a wannabe :flipoff2:

bigdude, I am scared. I will be there to "cheer" you guys on. I have to build a rig that will hold together for two days. Maybe if I ease up on the gas pedal it might last longer. see ya'll Saturday.

Originally posted by toploader4x4
Maybe if I ease up on the gas pedal it might last longer. see ya'll Saturday.

Something about that healthy V8 with 500:1 reduction tends to break parts huh :D I wonder why :confused: ;)