Wheres the zuk??

[Rudezuk]

So what did you web wheelers do this weekend??
We busted through the snow to Bassie Falls!! Tons of rigs were coming out of the trail as we were going in, saying "Its Un-passable!"

But here we are!

[Rudezuk]

Another pic

[Azrckcrawler]

What the hell is that white stuff? Looks like fun. Myself a couple of the local Zukers and a bunch of Toyotas spent yesterday on the Lost World trail. We made it to the end of the downstream portion(wash is fenced off). Mark from Kong's broke a birfield as we headed back upstream to play on the waterfalls. I got some great pictures, gotta sort thru them and update my webpage.

[UZI 9mm]

man, i LOVE that winter camo good job!
how on earth do you get to where you actually begin wheeling?
must be a trail only rig with those beast axles sticking out a foot from either side? looks like ya had mucho fun

[Rudezuk]

Originally posted by UZI 9mm
man, i LOVE that winter camo good job!
how on earth do you get to where you actually begin wheeling?
must be a trail only rig with those beast axles sticking out a foot from either side? looks like ya had mucho fun

Thanks! Yeah i love the paint, it really makes the rig..
Yeah it is only a trail rig, but i do drive it about 80 miles to the trail! So i get some crazy looks on the highway...

This is a trail that is about 30 minutes below the Rubicon, You cant reach the rubicon in the snow, so people go here instead.

[Azrckcrawler]

I think I got some sunburn yesterday....................

[Azrckcrawler]

Some highlights from our weekend.

Testing out the new axles.



Brian running stock axles (thought he was going to break one on one obstacle)



Never tried this line before so I tied a line to my cage just in case the back end came up.



Got to wheel with a bunch of cool Toyota guys....



Mark from Kong's Offroad. He setup my gears and made my steering.



Another guy from Kong's? (Larry)



Brian's borther in law, Craig. He was running his Dad's Sumo 6.1's.



Mark crawling over some boulders.



Pat coming down the second waterfall (which looks a lot smaller with a Toyota over it ).



While Mark was fixing a busted birfield, some of us were playing on the third waterfall.





Jack coming up the 3rd waterfall.



Not sure if Pat cracked his windshield or not....





For some reason the Baja Claws worked better on this line. Everyone else who tried to go high couldn't get the tires to hook up and ended up swinging the back end towards the cliff.



When I get home I'll be posting more to my page.

[mudlite]

Originally posted by PROJSAM
Some highlights from our weekend.

Testing out the new axles.

Do you always need a lease? Or havn't you trained that thing yet?

Nice pics.

[Rudezuk]

Very nice chris!!! What axles did you put in there??
When are you coming back out this way?? Why dont you put a top on that thing, and ill take you to that white stuff!!

[mud-magnet]

damn, i love those swamper SX's........nice and wide, what size are those ones on the yellow zuki? 33x15.50x15"????
l8r

[Azrckcrawler]

Originally posted by RudeZuk
Very nice chris!!! What axles did you put in there??
When are you coming back out this way?? Why dont you put a top on that thing, and ill take you to that white stuff!!

I could see 35's within the next year so instead of buying a winch I saved the money and started to plot my axle upgrade options. Breaking my front axle on this same trail sealed the deal. I ended up going with the Toyota axles. I saw some at the ARCA competition two years ago on a Zuk and it looked like a good match. Since then a lot of others had done the swap so it was a no brainer. I moved to Arizona to get away from that white stuff, lived in Alaska for nearly 15 years. I am definately going to Moab next spring.

[Azrckcrawler]

Originally posted by mud-magnet
damn, i love those swamper SX's........nice and wide, what size are those ones on the yellow zuki? 33x15.50x15"????
l8r

Yup, they are on 3.75" BS rims. I ordered 3" BS and Discount botched the order. I now wish I would have gotten 2" BS, I thought 2" would have been too wide (to fit on my trailer). I asked for some wheel spacers for X-mas.

[zags]

Thanks for inviting us along! We need to go back out and explore
the upper half. Even the trail up there was fun. Those little zuks rock! I'd be tempted to build one myself if I could fiure out how to stuff my Dual case toyota driveline in one.

Larry.

[Azrckcrawler]

Originally posted by zags
Thanks for inviting us along! We need to go back out and explore
the upper half. Even the trail up there was fun. Those little zuks rock! I'd be tempted to build one myself if I could fiure out how to stuff my Dual case toyota driveline in one.

Larry.

Larry, I am going to go out again after X-mas, sometime during the week since I have 9 days off. I'll let you guys know. And there are a couple guys here running Toy drivetrain in their Zuks, I guess you want it for a smaller, lighter chasis? Climbing is definately a lot more exciting

[bobaki]

Shanesan that paint job looks great in the snow.Hows that 6to one doing?......

[fatkid]

How are the Boggers in the snow?

[moto261]

boggers did good in the washtngtion snow this weekend not so good on packed icey stoff but get you in to some new fresh stuff though they rock any how nick pix rudezuk

[moto261]

oooo one more thing girlfriends parents run a j p culb and its so nice to be able to pull out j ps pulld out her bro 3 or 4 times it was kinda a slap in the face if you know what i meen

[Alfred]

Originally posted by UZI 9mm
man, i LOVE that winter camo good job!
how on earth do you get to where you actually begin wheeling?
must be a trail only rig with those beast axles sticking out a foot from either side? looks like ya had mucho fun

hey... there is something wrong with the winter-camo....

its kaputt

i can still see the sami ....

alfred

back to work

[Rudezuk]

Originally posted by fatkid
How are the Boggers in the snow?

The boggers are awesome!!!!!
I had to pull my room mates jeep and the 4 runner out of many spots!! I got stuck one time, when my front diff found a huge rock in a snow drift.....but that was it!
And the sammi just kept going and going.....It was like i was driving a snow mobile!!
I could cruise around any where from first gear just kreeping through the snow, to driving in 4th and 5th gear baja style!

[RawkPunx4x4]

tried to get to bassie on saturday with your buddy robert and his tacoma. did not make it but had fun anyway, put dent in door. sunday went to iron mountain with 10 other rigs and had another fun day in the snow.

[Rudezuk]

Originally posted by RawkPunx4x4
tried to get to bassie on saturday with your buddy robert and his tacoma. did not make it but had fun anyway, put dent in door. sunday went to iron mountain with 10 other rigs and had another fun day in the snow.

Yeah he told me you guys went up there.....He said you guys could get past the first hill....???

I think the boggers are the key for the snow!!!

[TNToy]

Originally posted by zags
Those little zuks rock! I'd be tempted to build one myself if I could fiure out how to stuff my Dual case toyota driveline in one.

I know how you feel. If I could find a cheap Zuk around here (and the Toyota wasn't my D.D.) I'd be tempted to buy a zuk and drop my whole drivetrain into it. Then stretch the wheelbase to 100-110 inches and go. You'd get a narrow samurai vehicle that's as stable on hillclimbs as a Toyota, and you could cram dual toy cases into it with a WB stretch easy, too.

I still think that's one of the cheapest ways to build a kikc-ass trail rig. And a Sammy would probably HAUL with a 22RE in it.

Hmmm... I think I just convinced myself.