Off-Road Section

[planeflyer21]

How come, with all the hunters and wilderness go-ers here, we don't have a dedicated off-road section?

[blue109]

Fair question! A sub forum in here would be cool. 

I think a blade subforum would get more use than the sticky post as well. 

[MikedaddyH]

Your talking about ATV's ,motorcycles, snowmobiles and such .

[planeflyer21]

52 minutes ago, MikedaddyH said:

Your talking about ATV's ,motorcycles, snowmobiles and such .

Trucks/SUVs too.

[planeflyer21]

I ask because, having just passed 150,000 on the Ranging Ranger, stuff is wearing out.  May as well upgrade while replacing. 

Need a place to post those pics and updates.

[MikedaddyH]

5 minutes ago, planeflyer21 said:

Trucks/SUVs too.

Range Rovers don't count because gravel driveways are considered a road. Lol !

[planeflyer21]

2 minutes ago, MikedaddyH said:

Range Rovers don't count because gravel driveways are considered a road. Lol !

Reminds me of a report on when GM was considering marketing the Russian jeep thingee over here, they tested it at Aberdeen Proving grounds.  There were places it wouldn't go but it never got stuck.

The manager of the facility said "We had a Range Rover out here once.  It went everywhere.  At the end of a tow rope."

[sketch]

The tree hugging libs shut down all the trails around here! I was able to dirt bike for the first time 3 days before it was gone forever.. Dont have time to travel to walker vally ( mikedaddy) you ever been there?

[planeflyer21]

49 minutes ago, sketch said:

The tree hugging libs shut down all the trails around here! I was able to dirt bike for the first time 3 days before it was gone forever.. Dont have time to travel to walker vally ( mikedaddy) you ever been there?

We used to be able to use any trail around here on U.S. Forest land.  Then Clinton got in office.  With "budget cuts" they had enough money to gate all the trails, start fining people that used "unapproved offroad areas".

[MikedaddyH]

2 hours ago, sketch said:

The tree hugging libs shut down all the trails around here! I was able to dirt bike for the first time 3 days before it was gone forever.. Dont have time to travel to walker vally ( mikedaddy) you ever been there?

Hell yeah !!!

That's by LakeChallenger. The Boy Scout Camp, Fire Mountain. Summer camps every year and events when ever. Hiked all over that area ,even helped put in a trail. That's where I got kicked out of the Boy Scouts at Leadership Council.

[sketch]

two of my bros try to do walker every year. Were getting older and things we useta could are dissapearing faster than they were invented. Im more suprised i still have friends here in my home town.. 

Edited December 24, 2016 by sketch

[MikedaddyH]

6 minutes ago, sketch said:

two of my bros try to do walker every year. Were getting older and things we useta could are dissapearing faster than they were invented. Im more suprised i still have friends here in my home town.. 

When I was there it was all hiking ,thats it !

[planeflyer21]

Meanwhile, on Tom's lunch break:

I know we keep hearing about "My jeep in my brother's barn in Ohio!"  We just haven't seen it yet.

I dub Tom's Jeep "Snuffleupagus," because nobody's seen it but him. 

[sketch]

wow! 

[beantown]

That little diesel 4X4 is cool as all get out.

[unforgiven]

That is very cool.

[MikedaddyH]

Corry broke ribs and a finger.

 

[blue109]

Found my steering wobble lol. Strut rod bushings destroyed. Wore right through the sleeve into the rod. going to need some welding to fix it right, but new poly bushing kit will hold me over for now

[sketch]

Yikes man good thing you cought that before it was worse!!

[blue109]

Hit myself in the face with a wrench so done for the day lol. With that said...it came apart amazingly easy for a 30yr old 4x4. Gotta love az. No rust at all. 

 

While I was under there I found some sensors on the trans with burnt up wires from falling on the exhaust. Guess they aren't important lol. I'm guessing temp/pressure sensors? I'll worry about it tomorrow.

[jtallen83]

I bet there was a slight wobble! 

[unforgiven]

Near disaster brother Mike.

[Sisco]

A 4x4 truck or ATV really doesn't ascend to the pinnacle of off roading until it reaches the point where you don't particularly care what it looks like because you know your going to hit some poop. I had an old 99 Ford F-150 that escaped swamps and crap all over northern Wisconsin. It was rusting out so I never knew until I got home how many pieces of mufflers, skid plates, and other , more essential pieces of equipment i had left strewn throughout the woods. My son still regrets my unloading that truck five years ago, and it is still running around town. I replaced it with a 2005 Ram 1500 quad cab that went through the same rust and dent filled history, with lots of deer season blood crusted on the bed liner. Now I have a 2016 Ram Laramie Limited with leather seats and Alpine sound system, so it will be a few years before that reaches true off road status. For now it's a boat puller and road trip vehicle. I have had the same ATV since 2002, a Honda Foreman which except for replacing tires, and ignition, and two deformed wheels from hitting rocks, is still running strong. As a matter of fact it also serves to plow my driveway in winter. My son calls it the AK 47 of ATV,s as his friends high powered fancy stuff would always break down or get stuck, and he would have to pull them out or tow them home, as his would be still running.

[Sisco]

Put this under "Classic" My first 4x4 brand new off the show room floor in 1975. An International Harvester Scout II. Started rusting 5 minutes after I bought it, but what a tank! Could pull just about anything out of a ditch. And out hill climb any jeep I ever ran across. Last I heard of it was in 202, some guy in Mendacino California was still driving what was left of it that wasn't rusted out.

[MikedaddyH]