Hey I noticed that there appears to be an old yellow Datsun in the background of the first 2 pictures.Is that what it was if so give a little info on it and where he's from, i have 2 of them one has dana 44's front and rear with a 327 and 35" boggers.
Hey I noticed that there appears to be an old yellow Datsun in the background of the first 2 pictures.Is that what it was if so give a little info on it and where he's from, i have 2 of them one has dana 44's front and rear with a 327 and 35" boggers.
Had a great time, lots of good wheelin' and some carnage :smokin: Norm and his son Josh were good to wheel with, nice folks. Had hoped to meet more of you OR/WA people, but definately your loss :flipoff2: We checked out Hogsback and Firebreak five but found deep snow part way up both (sick of snow right now after this winter) so we ran Archers on Saturday and Sunday. Archers has some gnarly sections right now with all the slimy mud.
Just go and post my name for the whole world to see
Drag your arse up here so I can take ya wheelin in TSF. I'll be up there this Sat dragging old cars and washing machines, etc. out of the forest for the annual SOLV TSF cleanup.
Here's a shot from the TSF today. We didn't run the trails much at all. We were there for the annual SOLV-IT trash removal. As usual, we *far* outnumbered the greenies (I just love seeing their faces when they know the off-roaders put them to shame with regards to how much work we do on our forests/trails) and we hauled out a few tons of garbage, including old washers, refridgerators, tires, etc. and a few abandoned/burned up cars, as well as lots of smaller items.
After the trash cleanup we spent a few hours re-routing one of the Firebreak trails with the assistance of the ODF (Oregon Dept of Forestry) to allow the forest to reclaim a section which had eroded too far and was destroying one of the logging roads. Rain and erosion is a big issue here in the PNW, but the ODF works with us to keep our trails open while preventing uncontrolled erosion and silt buildup in the streams with (protected) salmon population.
But I digress...here's the pic. Nothing spectacular, but it's out of the driveway
Nah...we just improved it! :flipoff2: :laughing: In two months we will have our 99 XJ up here & then its awn! Hopefully we'll get the chance to hook up with some of you locals & hit the trails.
Here's a shot from the TSF today. We didn't run the trails much at all. We were there for the annual SOLV-IT trash removal. As usual, we *far* outnumbered the greenies (I just love seeing their faces when they know the off-roaders put them to shame with regards to how much work we do on our forests/trails) and we hauled out a few tons of garbage, including old washers, refridgerators, tires, etc. and a few abandoned/burned up cars, as well as lots of smaller items.
After the trash cleanup we spent a few hours re-routing one of the Firebreak trails with the assistance of the ODF (Oregon Dept of Forestry) to allow the forest to reclaim a section which had eroded too far and was destroying one of the logging roads. Rain and erosion is a big issue here in the PNW, but the ODF works with us to keep our trails open while preventing uncontrolled erosion and silt buildup in the streams with (protected) salmon population.
But I digress...here's the pic. Nothing spectacular, but it's out of the driveway
Great job with the clean up. It always amazes me how so many knee jerk "environmentalists" are so long on talk and short on action. I'm also curious. How did the greenies get back to the areas where the garbage was?
Nice shot of the Jeep. It looks so much better in it's natural habitat.
Most of the dump sites are right off the logging roads which any passenger car can navigate. What is interesting, though, is that many of those self-proclaimed 'environmentalists' showed up in their gas guzzling SUV's :flipoff2:
Of course, as it's not an official TSF marked/sanctioned trail, no official name exists, so it wouldn't surprise me if there as as many names for it as folks who've run it
The tree is an old growth cedar which fell many years ago. It was so large, it's root base left a large opening beneath the trunk which you can drive under (actually, when we built the trail a few years ago, we had to dig out a bit underneath to have enough room to allow lifted rigs to fit.
Here are a few pics of the trails namesake (and my CJ the way it looked a few years ago, with the BFG's, the fenders, and the Ramsey PTO winch I no longer have)
The trail has much more to offer as well. A great rock crawl at the beginning, some fun off-camber sections and a section in a low area which gets hairy during the rainy season (which in OR is most of the year) :rasta:
Of course, as it's not an official TSF marked/sanctioned trail, no official name exists, so it wouldn't surprise me if there as as many names for it as folks who've run it
The tree is an old growth cedar which fell many years ago. It was so large, it's root base left a large opening beneath the trunk which you can drive under (actually, when we built the trail a few years ago, we had to dig out a bit underneath to have enough room to allow lifted rigs to fit.
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I've never heard anyone call it the cedar tree trail. Weird. My husband helped build a lot of the trails too. He use to be a logger out there. It's a kick ass trail! We went out with Tjoop & had a blast. Our xj got some improvements made on it.......thanks to the cedar! We were all pretty surprised that the xj made it threw (tight squeeze) !:laughing:
I like the pics you took of the trail. I only wish I could've gotten some that day.
TJ Chick :flipoff2:
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