Here's some pics of my rig and my buddies on the rocks, please add some pics of H1's and H2's on the rocks

So, who wants to follow us?



















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Here's some pics of my rig and my buddies on the rocks, please add some pics of H1's and H2's on the rocks

So, who wants to follow us?



















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More of a founding member then cranky steve of RCRC 4wd Club Scaramento, CA www.rcrc4x4.com

Here we f**ing go again. We're going to compare apples to oranges. I have grown so tired of this stupid argument about modified vehicles handling rocks better than an H2. Ok guys you win. Your modified trucks will crawl better than an H2! It's great that you guys enjoy your rock crawlers.

Very soon you will see used H2's on the SAME trails that are modified to do the SAME obstacles and they will probably do much better because their ass isn't hanging out like the taco AND they have a wider stance. At that time I will let out a big laugh because then what are you going to say? Not only did the stock H2 beat ANY stock taco but the modified H2's will be better than the modified tacos because they started with off road DNA (better approach and departure) not to mention the interior refinement and quality is light years ahead of a toyota that is under 20k new.

So have fun now while you can because it's only a matter of months before H2's end up in auctions and then at monster garage to whoop your ass.

Buckeye, Did I post something offensive to you? We all enjoy our hobby, and we all need to not only respect each other but the trails we enjoy together, reguardless of what we each choose to drive.

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hehe nobody in those pics drives a taco

I believe the topic is other off-roading vehicles, so this is right on. Nobody is comparing - only sharing.

I'll share, here is my daily driver


83 yota with Ford HO 5.0, Ford NP435 and modified Dana 60 (disk, spool, 35 spline shafts) and front 44 (hydro assist, hi-steer, blah blah)

Maybe he got spanked by a Taco with a Supercharger in his Hummer ? I know my old rig needs the 209:1 crawl to move hehehe

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Cranky,

Nothing offensive, I just don't understand. We apparently hit different trails. These pics look like rock crawling to me and one guy has a rig that is so modified I don't even know what it is.

The dig was "who wants to follow", well nobody, because an H2 isn't modified to do those obstacles. There has been a tremendous amount of animosity toward the H2 and it's owners with hostile words and comparisons that are completely irrelevant. It has become a "look at what I can do and you can't in your 55K H2!" IMO, we should have a section in this forum called "Extreme or Completely Modified Vehicles" In that arena we can compare apples to apples. People can post their monster rigs and anything goes. What do you think Jason? Why mix stock vehicles with super modded ones? I would enjoy viewing discussions between the modded vehicle owners as much as I enjoy the ones between the stock owners.


Food for thought.

I think by follow he meant post pics as well, not follow on the trail. I HAVE seen hummers on those same trails, STOCK!

that is an 03!

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Buckeye Hummer:
Cranky,

Nothing offensive, I just don't understand. We apparently hit different trails. These pics look like rock crawling to me and one guy has a rig that is so modified I don't even know what it is.

The dig was "who wants to follow", well nobody, because an H2 isn't modified to do those obstacles. There has been a tremendous amount of animosity toward the H2 and it's owners with hostile words and comparisons that are completely irrelevant. It has become a "look at what I can do and you can't in your 55K H2!" IMO, we should have a section in this forum called "Extreme or Completely Modified Vehicles" In that arena we can compare apples to apples. People can post their monster rigs and anything goes. What do you think Jason? Why mix stock vehicles with super modded ones? I would enjoy viewing discussions between the modded vehicle owners as much as I enjoy the ones between the stock owners.


Food for thought.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

All good, Like B said, follow with some pics! We see all kinds of rigs from stock to wild all the time on the trails. If ya ever get up this way look our club up, we welcome meeting you and hopefully going wheeelin! I chooose to post in this section to not offend any one since it is the other Off-roading section

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Now you've done it! I've had the itch to get an H1 but this may have put me over the top.

Help me convince my wife that it's completely practical and steak dinners on me while we go wheelin' your way. She gave me the emphatic " NO" this morning so I crawled back in my hole and am waiting to resurface with a better argument.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Buckeye Hummer:
Here we f**ing go again. We're going to compare apples to oranges. I have grown so tired of this stupid argument about modified vehicles handling rocks better than an H2. Ok guys you win. Your modified trucks will crawl better than an H2! It's great that you guys enjoy your rock crawlers.

Very soon you will see used H2's on the SAME trails that are modified to do the SAME obstacles and they will probably do much better because their ass isn't hanging out like the taco AND they have a wider stance. At that time I will let out a big laugh because then what are you going to say? Not only did the stock H2 beat ANY stock taco but the modified H2's will be better than the modified tacos because they started with off road DNA (better approach and departure) not to mention the interior refinement and quality is light years ahead of a toyota that is under 20k new.

So have fun now while you can because it's only a matter of months before H2's end up in auctions and then at monster garage to whoop your ass.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

lol @ buckeye hummer

and on a non-opinion view,
thoes are not taco's

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Cranky Steve,
hella awsome rigs,
where are you guys located?

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Buckeye Hummer:
Cranky,

Nothing offensive, I just don't understand. We apparently hit different trails. These pics look like rock crawling to me and one guy has a rig that is so modified I don't even know what it is.

The dig was "who wants to follow", well nobody, because an H2 isn't modified to do those obstacles. There has been a tremendous amount of animosity toward the H2 and it's owners with hostile words and comparisons that are completely irrelevant. It has become a "look at what I can do and you can't in your 55K H2!" IMO, we should have a section in this forum called "Extreme or Completely Modified Vehicles" In that arena we can compare apples to apples. People can post their monster rigs and anything goes. What do you think Jason? Why mix stock vehicles with super modded ones? I would enjoy viewing discussions between the modded vehicle owners as much as I enjoy the ones between the stock owners.


Food for thought.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I love rockcrawling, and my rigs would not beable to do some of that stuff...

mayby some day I'll sas

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Hey Mike, we're the River City Rock Crawlers out of Sacramento, CA, come visit us online at www.rcrc4x4.com Brandon is our current President, and if he gets his way will own at least 1 of every 4x4 ever built Loco and I are founding Members.

I came over here because there was a pic of a hummer in a pristine lake off the Rubicon trail. Here's the link to the post.

http://www.elcova.com/groupee/forums?a=tpc&s=2826088551&f=5106011751&m=208606533 4

Anyway, I posted some Info on the Rubican trail to help educate folks on how are all working to protect and preserve the Rubicon. I am very impressed with the postitive response from the folks here, glad they found the info helpful.

Where in Ohio are you? Once in a while the company sends me to Columbus to work

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The other evil - Jeep

more black hills, SD stuff

looks like beatiful country and my type of roll terrain, I mean if you roll it isn't 50 times like moab (I went there but I dunno if I'd go back)

I'm near youngstown ohio,

about 3 hours from columbus...
we goto wellsville which is a nice area, but honestly don't think they have rocks the size you're used to doing...lol

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Phil,

Those are great pics. It's like a dustbowl when we go here in socal, however, I anxiously await winter, which is just around the corner and will hopefully bring us rain, mud and a little green. Currently when I turn on my air it blows dust into the cabin. My filter behind the dash is full so I need to clean that out, so was my alternator but that has since been cleaned out and I think it could have been the culprit behind two leaky batteries in one week

The pic with the pewter H2 on the incline where it appears the rear tire carrier is about to hit: Did you pull through that or back out of it? Curious.

Jason

Can't the H2 A/C be run in the re-circulate mode? That's what I do when I run the A/C in my 85 Toy to avoid sucking lungfulls of dust.

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I always do the recirculate mode cranky but as soon as you change it off of that setting and you're back on the road it looks like a Saturday Night Live skit with a big poof of dust coming in your face. I'm exagerating, but it still comes in a little with recirculate while on the trail and blows itself out after I change the setting. It's quite comical actually although my daughter didn't appreciate it blowing on her while on the way to school.

Here's mine on Fordyce when it still most of the sheetmetal. Brandon, you've driven this truck.
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Buckeye Hummer:
I always do the recirculate mode cranky but as soon as you change it off of that setting and you're back on the road it looks like a Saturday Night Live skit with a big poof of dust coming in your face. I'm exagerating, but it still comes in a little with recirculate while on the trail and blows itself out after I change the setting. It's quite comical actually although my daughter didn't appreciate it blowing on her while on the way to school.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Ya, know what ya mean, I don't know why the newer stuff did away with the lever like my old truck has, where the driver could select inside or outside exclusivly.

I had dog food shot out at me one time in an old honda switching from Recirc to fresh. A mouse had decided a good place to hoard some food was in the cowl of the Honda right on top of the door for the vent ..... i did not dig it but the dog was cool with it ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JRT:
Here's mine on Fordyce when it still most of the sheetmetal. Brandon, you've driven this truck.
d<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

yep, next time your my way let me know!

HAHAHA!!! Don't feel bad, Cranky, I had a little mouse decide that my Acura Integra(long time gone byebye) would be a great place to live. So the little **** not only moves half of the twigs & grass within 10 yards that looked good into my car, but then proceeded to chew up and then spit out two full size packs of Extra gum.
I did get satisfaction out of the whole thing. I put down that really sticky mouse trap paper and caught the fuzzy little bugger alive. I seem to remember something about a microwave, but it was so long ago that I'm not sure anymore.

Microwaves are fun but even more fun is catching rats and placing them in a cage with a Python. The python won't eat them because they are finicky and I think they only eat a particular rodent (it was my roommates so it escapes my mind)anyway it was fun to watch this rat shiver it's ass off while the python occassionaly snapped at it. We also would pin rats with our lacrosse sticks, stun them a little, and then have add a new twist to the game in the hallway. God I miss this stuff.

The trails here in SoCal are way more dusty then the trails in NorCal. You should see me after i have run the trails all day with my doors off. I look like pigpen from the Peanuts Gang.. lol

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by RockYoda:
The trails here in SoCal are way more dusty then the trails in NorCal. You should see me after i have run the trails all day with my doors off. I look like pigpen from the Peanuts Gang.. lol<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The trick is to lead

hence the full contact desert racing between Means and the trails at the hammers

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>hence the full contact desert racing between Means and the trails at the hammers <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

been there done that.. lol little tired 22r just don't cut it against 4.3s

My junk above Chico..........

nice dude

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