5 Mile Pass Area
- Thread starter hardline90
- Start date
hardline90
Real rigs are built!
- Location
- Lehi, Utah
It still does, unless you take the time to stack the rocks.
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
Yowzers. You'd shit yourself if you saw what that obstacle looked like in the beginning. Try about 4' different!
lostsamurai
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- Location
- enoch,UT
I knew i had seen you before im sure you remember me i lived in pleasent grove and drove my bright green sami with 35"s
The rear tire carrier was built by Ben Hanks when he was at Mepco. Real happy with the job he did, but wasn't to happy when I went to pick it up and they tried to charge me 3X the price I was quoted, therefore I will not go back to Mepco or Tera Plus. I use to do alot of business with them until then.It was based off of the Poison Spyder carrier. At the time, they didn't make one for the CJ and had no interest in doing a one off.
lostsamurai
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- Location
- enoch,UT
Thats some crazy rock stacking ive never seen it like that im gonna take my sister toyota celica up it un assisted
hardline90
Real rigs are built!
- Location
- Lehi, Utah
Where did we meet. I'm sure we have, but when you get older, they say the mind is the second thing to go. I did see the Eagle's Nest back when it started and yes there is ALOT of rocks stacked in the bottom. It would swollow 44's.
TheJeepGuy
Active Member
- Location
- pleasant grove
LOL, LOL I will be right behind you in my wifes Mustang
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
Its not even about what size tire it would swallow, rather it would completely stand a long wheelbase vehicle up on end.
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
No, no, no... I mean it would stand a rig nearly vertical as in ready to go over backwards before the front tires were up on top of the ledge. There is a pic here on RME that I posted, can't find it right now...
That doesn't make sense. See pic. A short wheel base would stand vertical before a long wheel base would. The only disadvantage to the long wheelbase would be that it might get high centered when cresting the ledge.
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TheJeepGuy
Active Member
- Location
- pleasant grove
I remember doing it my old stretched YJ and the front would go backwards before you started to crest the top. It was a real rush doing that, I did it in my JK a couple of months ago and it wasnt near as bad or near the rush.
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
Your proving my point
If a long wheel base vehicle used to get stood up, then it was more than a short wheelbase could do.
TheJeepGuy
Active Member
- Location
- pleasant grove
not the oldest but a cool one. August 2009
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
2003 was the very first attempt, it was well documented here on RME. Do some digging.
lostsamurai
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- Location
- enoch,UT
I dont think we ever met i just remember seeing you around the tire carrier does stand out im remebering a fenced in shop in pg right off main just north of a gas station kinda by trick toys
I see what your saying now. At first it sounded like you were saying short wheel bases had the advantage. haYour proving my point
If a long wheel base vehicle used to get stood up, then it was more than a short wheelbase could do.
So, historically, the base has been getting shallower over the years? If that is the case, then people have been stacking rocks for a while now?... and this is just the worst its been?
The photos/attachments haven't lasted the test of time on RME.. None of the 2003 threads that I looked in had working photos..
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
Between the top ledge getting chewed down and the base getting filled in that recent picture is the absolute worst I've ever seen it.