snakes feb 26

[broncomitch]

the UBC is heading out that day also.

 

[sixstringsteve]

I'm out. Not gunna happen for me. Have fun.

 

[01XJ]

Its been probably 2 yrs since i have been on rattlesnake can anyone enlighten me and how the " i called it the squeeze" is now days? the spots not to far up the trail you used to have to squeeze between two rocks and it got my old liberty's rockers pretty good one time ( boy was the wife pissed the liberty was 3 days old it still had a new sticker in the window and i smashed the hell out of the rockers) . And i dont have sliders on my durango and this would be the only part im worried about until i get some sliders made for this thing. I hope someone knows what spot im talking about

Edit: I believe this is the spot im talking about the arrows show kind of where you had to squeeze thru. the right arrow is pointing to a rock thats not shown in picture if i remember right. Im sure after 2 plus yrs its way different now??

 

[jmaxj]

That spot is wider and pretty much flat now. I watched a suck XJ and zj go through there without a scratch so I'm pretty sure your Durango will be fine.

 

[sixstringsteve]

If your rockers are going to hit on rattlesnake, it's going to be there. With a good spotter you should be able to get through without damage, but I wouldn't say it's pretty much flat. I won't be heading out there without sliders...

 

[Lord Al Sorna]

When and where did you roll it?

I rolled it right in front of my house... We live on one of the steepest streets in Park City, and we were coming back home from a ski tour. I started down the hill, started sliding, and it was all over. I gained speed really fast, had ZERO braking ability, so I aimed it at the snow bank in my driveway... Hit the bank (which was like a glacier) and it flipped us on the lid. Everyone- dogs included was fine but the truck needs a new roof now...

The good: Insurance totaled the truck (for the second time in its life) and gave me enough money after I bought the truck back from them to cover repairs and leave *just* enough to install and ARB locker in the front and change my gears out to a 5.29 set. This is going to be SWEET! :greg: Thankfully Toyotas hold their value like none other, otherwise it would never have worked out this well...

 

[YOUKNOW]

Looks like we will have some snow tomorrow. I got about an inch in Eagle Mountain last night. Should be fun.

Edit: make that 3-4 inches. Just looked outside again, and it is still snowing.

this is what it looked like when I left for school.

 

[rockkrawler01]

Wow that is alot of snow. Tomorrow will be interesting.

 

[YOUKNOW]

Mike20, do you have a head count of who is going? Do we have a group that is still willing to go?

 

[SmokinCamel]

Me and Airmanwilliams are still a go. Mike is fixing his frame tonight. Got a good tear behind his steering box he noticed last night. There are a few cherokee friends still planing on it still. Guess we shall see who shows up at the chevron.

 

[ricsrx]

does any one know the conditions out there??

ya ya i hate mud,

I have insulation blow into my attic tomorrow, if they are done and its cold out side(frozen ground) i may make it.

 

[D-Rat]

I think were looking at one of two scenarios, it'll be snowy or muddy. Snowy for obvious reasons, but if it all melted we'll have the latter. I'm going to go with the whole look out the window in the morning and decide if I'm down for either of them, LOL!

 

[YOUKNOW]

The forecast says it is supposed to snow more tonight, but weather men get paid to lie to us, so I don't know. I am still planning on it.

 

[Marsh99]

I am out for tomorrow

 

[mike20]

Mike20, do you have a head count of who is going? Do we have a group that is still willing to go?

im guessing theirs going to be around 10 rigs heading out, and like camel said my "frame" is bad turns out its cracked in 3 spots and ya so i have a temp low impact fix for tomorrow so ill be taking it really easy

 

[EB101]

We'll be out there. I didn't get any commitments from the Bronco Club so we'll probably join up with you. We'll be at the snakes parking lot.
-Steve

 

[TurboMinivan]

and to the guy that rolled his 4runner that was a neat experience to help roll it back over.

I've seen the pictures (thanks for posting them!) and I have to ask: how/why did the 4Runner roll? Was it just a loss of control at high speed?