Anyway, we followed the two modded rock rigs into the staging area. They were towed on trailers. They both parked to unload, and we slowly cruised through the parking lot. There were a lot of Jeep sneers and smirks, and everyone stared. The 311 starts right out of the parking lot. I stopped and put it in 4-low, and just headed right up the trail. I looked in my mirror and virtually everyone in the parking lot was literally running to watch and point as we started up into the trees. We ran into a beat up Pathfinder and Yota coming out, and they were like "You really going to take that thing up there?" I said we would go as far as we could and they said "Maybe you should bring a backpack and do some hiking. We just about smashed out our back window back there." They said they really didn't think I should keep going but wished us luck.
When we got to a spot called slick rock there was a guy on a quad who just shook his head and said "I really suggest you turn back now. How much is that thing worth to you?" Well, I walked the rock and picked a line, and, well, the beast just walked right up it. I later heard a group of three Jeepers talking while waiting in the air line at the gas station about how one of them had to be pulled up the rock. I was hoping someone would ask, but I didn't say anything.
This trail is apparently rated "most difficult."
Really though, why all the hate? I just don't get it. We're all there doing the same thing. I would love to have a Rubicon some time. The outright sneering was just plain as day. Sad! Ok, here are a few pics.
This is an off camber corner leading up to the slick rock. This is where I cracked the center cap. There was a root sticking out on the low side, and one sticking out on the high side keeping me from going any wider. I could have probably jockeyed around a little, but there was Questoning Quad Man behind me, and these wheels are gone in a week or so anyway.
Here is a video off youtbe of a Jeep going up the line I took.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B9am7Lx3f0
My first try I was just about a foot too far left. There was an angled smooth rock on my LR that slid my back end over to the left. I had to back down and try again. Backing down I was crossing a washout/rut, and maxxed out the articulation!
After backing down I got moved way over and it crawled right up. My son has a tendency to tilt the camera to align with the truck on hills. We rotated the pictures with photoshop to put them back in line with vertical so it showes how steep it really was. It was steep!
After this the trail was easy. There was one rock right after this hill where I could not fit around either side and had to slide on the frame a little bit to get over it. The rest was gravy! Sorry the pics are a little blurry. Son was kind of rushing on this one and couldn't hold still! Too much fun I guess!
2005 H2 SUV - Stealth Gray with Ebony interior - Third row - Exterior tire carrier -
Mirror caps - black bedliner
Roof rack rails - black bedliner
Wheels - Black bedliner on stock wheels
Gas cap lid - still chrome but will soon be black bedliner
Tail light guards - still chrome but will be black bedliner
Grill - Still chrome but will be black bedliner
Hmmmm, is there a pattern developing here?
How about this one!! LOL My buddy trying to play with the big boys!!
FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS DRIVE STOCK!!!!
Last edited by splne1 : 08-03-2010 at 07:47 PM.
I was so fed up with it that I have a copy of this pic in my glove box just so they shut up!!
It's funny you say that. I just told my wife last night that I should make a little photo book with a half dozen or so good trail pics and keep it in the door pocket for just that. Even my friends and family are like "you aren't really going to take that thing off road, are you?"
2005 H2 SUV - Stealth Gray with Ebony interior - Third row - Exterior tire carrier -
Mirror caps - black bedliner
Roof rack rails - black bedliner
Wheels - Black bedliner on stock wheels
Gas cap lid - still chrome but will soon be black bedliner
Tail light guards - still chrome but will be black bedliner
Grill - Still chrome but will be black bedliner
Hmmmm, is there a pattern developing here?
FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS DRIVE STOCK!!!!
2005 H2 SUV - Stealth Gray with Ebony interior - Third row - Exterior tire carrier -
Mirror caps - black bedliner
Roof rack rails - black bedliner
Wheels - Black bedliner on stock wheels
Gas cap lid - still chrome but will soon be black bedliner
Tail light guards - still chrome but will be black bedliner
Grill - Still chrome but will be black bedliner
Hmmmm, is there a pattern developing here?
Bob
2008 Slate Blue Metallic H2 SUV
2005 H2 SUV - Stealth Gray with Ebony interior - Third row - Exterior tire carrier -
Mirror caps - black bedliner
Roof rack rails - black bedliner
Wheels - Black bedliner on stock wheels
Gas cap lid - still chrome but will soon be black bedliner
Tail light guards - still chrome but will be black bedliner
Grill - Still chrome but will be black bedliner
Hmmmm, is there a pattern developing here?
ABsolutely! Did you wash it when you got home or leave it dirty? I can't leave mine dirty, but I should. Just to prove to others that it does see dirt...
When you getting the winch?
Bob
2008 Slate Blue Metallic H2 SUV
When you getting the winch?
Bob
Actually, I did wash it the next morning. My wife was going to town and it was really really dusty. If it was more like dirt/mud plastered on it I would leave it for a little while, but just plain heavy dust isn't that impressive. It just looked like it hadn't been washed in a long time.
As for the winch, we have a few small bills to pay off first, so it will probably be a month or two. We are putting a new metal roof on the house right now, and then I need to put in a new septic drainfield. Oh, and the water heater just started leaking last week, so I had to replace that! Ah, the joys of buying an older house! But, it shouldn't be too long.
By the way, I like your user name. I am also a father of 4. Three boys and one girl. It makes for a Hummerfull!
2005 H2 SUV - Stealth Gray with Ebony interior - Third row - Exterior tire carrier -
Mirror caps - black bedliner
Roof rack rails - black bedliner
Wheels - Black bedliner on stock wheels
Gas cap lid - still chrome but will soon be black bedliner
Tail light guards - still chrome but will be black bedliner
Grill - Still chrome but will be black bedliner
Hmmmm, is there a pattern developing here?
Bob
2008 Slate Blue Metallic H2 SUV
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