We get to go all sorts of places
that you don't.
Now you can act like you were with us when you watch the movies.
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Jackass Wheelers. What else do you need to say? They showed us a good time while destroying their sheetmetal (We didn't know a fullsize extra-cab Ford pickup could wheel the rocks). You will not meet a better group of guys. They fed Fathead, got after it on the trails, and even brought one log to keep everyone warm for the cold Nevada night. DSI also showed up and his girlfriend showed us how lame we all are. She wheelied out the top of a face that hadn't even been used in competition. Thanks go to Brian (87Ford on Pirate) for
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Bend Oregon was a great time for us. They have a bunch of hidden trails that are "Locals Only". Gramma and his crew were cool enough to allow us in on the fun. These trails are hardcore. We managed to tear all of the body mounts off of the passenger side of the ReneGabe and crush in the driver's side cowl. It's hard to shift the tranny when the tub is raised up 6 inches on one side. It is also hard to winch a stuck pig out of between two boulders. Hanes and The Phantom came down and helped us shoot this one.
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Cedar City Uroc was a fun event. Gabe went down to film this one. His wife dropped him off and blew on down I-15 to Vegas to blow all their money. She did an excellent job. This event had a wall of death that was a 57 degree climb. It also featured some of the most technical courses we have ever seen. UROC is raising the bar on these guys and the average Joe is now way, way out of this league. These guys are the pros.
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We had a hell of a trip through Utah and Colorado. We will recover but the broken parts list was long. Three water pumps in the motorhome and an electrical mess to start. The ReneGabe broke a water pump, the alternator, the starter, an ignition wire shorted out and caught on fire, two tranny cooler lines cut and blew oil everywhere, the tranny pan bled like a pig, a front link broke in half and bent a coil-over, the shifter linkage broke, a rear link broke off the mount, the radiator started leaking through some earlier repairs, the rear driver's corner was crushed in, and the hood flew open on the trailer at 75 mph and put a 2" crease in itself. But we had a good time anyways.
We need to thank everyone at moabjeeper.com who saved our butts outside of Moab and the Rock-heads.com crew from Minnesota who helped put more dents in our ride. Pat Helgeson of Custom Welding, the Advanced Frame Works gang, Nick Sessions from Xtreme Engineering, and anyone else that helped throw wrenches at our piles. There is no way to survive a trip like that without a lot of help and support from our friends. Thank you all very much. We'll put up some video when we recover a little more.
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We know a lot of you are asking for more mud, so we sent Coach on down to Haz-fest. It is located on private land in Grants Pass, OR. Grants Pass is near the Oregon coast where it rains every 41.378 seconds. Haz-Matt, the promoter, has all sorts of gullies, trenches, and man-made obstacles to break your rig on. This event was a complete hoot. Haz-Matt even dove into his own freezing mud puddles for $19. You know this is good stuff.
Check out haz-fest.com.
