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HummerNewbie
07-01-2006, 10:28 PM
So dеiтайожни, lotus4s and I went up to the Ocala National Forest today to try to find some trails. Found plenty of sand and there are trails going everywhere but most are not even Jeep trails. The day was full of pin stripping :mad: but we still had a good time. Never found anything that was challenging beyond just trying to squeeze your way through :eek:

When we were leaving we had stopped in a bank parking lot before hitting the highway to head back. A guy came over to talk to us and said he and a couple of buddies have rock buggies and showed us on the map were the good trails are. He is supposed to email me with more info so hopefully next time we can find some fun trails.

Only took a few pics be here they are.

There was a lot of this
HummerNewbie
07-01-2006, 10:29 PM
Lotus leading the way.
HummerNewbie
07-01-2006, 10:31 PM
Just a shot of the three 3s stopped for lunch
HummerNewbie
07-01-2006, 10:32 PM
Dei leading the way:)
HummerNewbie
07-01-2006, 10:33 PM
Dei leading again. Man, that trail is wide :p
HummerNewbie
07-01-2006, 10:34 PM
Coming out of one of the trails with Dei and Lotus following. Man it's hot out, got to love AC :D
HummerNewbie
07-01-2006, 10:36 PM
Had a nice escort for about a third of the way back, 25-30 bikes :)
raptorman53
07-02-2006, 12:23 AM
looks like a great time.:D
dеiтайожни
07-02-2006, 03:13 AM
The day was full of pin stripping :mad:

x2, just the first trail before we put on our shields was enough to scratch up my truck pretty good. I'm glad I taped mine up like crazy, before you let me lead ;) :D. I just got done putting meqiuars scratch-x on the entire truck, and as far as I can tell all the scratches are gone, except a couple on the hood that need more work tomorrow. How's yours?

I got a few pictures too....
dеiтайожни
07-02-2006, 03:18 AM
Fun trail
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/3355/15wz2.gif

HummerNewbie on the really bumpy (in a good way) trail
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1608/24sh.gif

First trail
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/3937/30bd.gif

HummerNewbie running over a tree
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/5536/48ob.gif

Lotus4s taking the high road
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1370/54pa.gif
dеiтайожни
07-02-2006, 03:20 AM
Just missed the big mud splash
http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/3696/67ux.gif

More of the bumpy trail
http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/7162/74ju.gif

Looks like a tight trail, but not as tight as the one I picked
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/6610/82oe.gif

More of the powerline trail
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/4889/96wl.gif

Highspeed!
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/9873/101mt.gif
dеiтайожни
07-02-2006, 03:22 AM
First trail, nice wide open-ness
http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/4174/113zi.gif

Yep...lots of this
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/6694/126mf.gif

Another pic of the powerline trail....
http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/8806/138dv.gif

And that's not even all the tape I put on it! But good thing I did. ;)
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/903/148uo.gif
NEOCON1
07-02-2006, 03:33 AM
sweet dudes , nice pix :cool: its cool to see you guys havin fun out there:D :D :D
Bully13
07-02-2006, 03:54 AM
Looks like a lot of Fun. Nice pics too! Too bad bout the stripes:(
HummerNewbie
07-02-2006, 05:09 AM
You got some good pics DEI. It does suck about the stripes but I guess as they say, if you want to play... :) :(

Mine is still nice and dirty so I have not idea about how bad the stripes are and I know I should have taped up more. I like the trails we found off the power lines best but all in all a good day. That trail you found started off nice but damn it got tight fast :eek: :D

We will be back again and will find the good stuff.
The Green Lantern
07-02-2006, 05:36 AM
Nice pics!!!:D ....I can see 99 degrees, man that is hot!! :eek:
Steve - SanJose
07-02-2006, 06:02 AM
99 degrees, and what was the humidity ? !

S.
Mike E
07-02-2006, 02:06 PM
Cool pictures! 3M should sponsor you guys with all that painters tape! :)
lotus4s
07-03-2006, 01:30 AM
99 degrees, and what was the humidity ? !

S.

Humidity=98 :D

What, no pics of the deer trail DEI led us down? :D I coerced my son to wash the truck last night and it actually looks pretty good. No major scratches that I could see that won't buff out.

Had a good time guys, let's do it again soon. Next time I'll use the shields....
dеiтайожни
07-03-2006, 01:46 AM
What, no pics of the deer trail DEI led us down? :D

I was too busy flooring it to get the painful scratching over with to take any pics. ;) That'll teach you to let the new guy lead! :D So...the last trail was nice, now I know what they are supposed to look like. ;) :D

I managed to get most of the scratches out and the others down to where you can hardly see them, having the detailer come over to finish the job this week.
HIHUMMER
07-03-2006, 01:51 AM
Glad you guys got out and about! Great pics. Sorry to hear that the trails weren't all that great.
ETD
07-03-2006, 03:24 AM
WTF. Scratches are good. Don't buff them out:mad: (unless, of course, your friends at the mall will make fun of you:p )
HummerNewbie
07-03-2006, 04:51 AM
I was too busy flooring it to get the painful scratching over with to take any pics.

I was covering my ears with my hands so couldn't hold the camera :D
Hard to believe the trail was getting even tighter where we turned around.
You can lead anytime Dei, if it gets to tight for you I can stop :p ;)

Glad you guys were able to get most of the scratches out. I still have not washed mine yet. Probably do it tomorrow but somewhat afraid to see all the scratches :mad:

I can definitely say I prefer the sound of rock on hard metal as you slide over them over the sound of a couple of hundred little scratches going down the sides and roof of your truck :eek:

It was definitely a good time and I can't wait to go back and find the trails on the north end of the forest.
Ipedog
07-04-2006, 07:39 PM
Looks like you guys had a great time! Sweet Pics! :D
Did you guys see any gators? ;) :rolleyes: :eek:
HURF
07-05-2006, 07:19 PM
This is the best stuff for getting out scratches

http://products3.3m.com/catalog/us/en001/auto_marine_aero/marine/node_GSXX2NQ3V5be/root_GST1T4S9TCgv/vroot_GS4JK4Y166ge/gvel_9NQK7NZ8TZgl/theme_us_marine_3_0/command_AbcPageHandler/output_html


HURF
HummerNewbie
07-05-2006, 07:23 PM
Looks like you guys had a great time! Sweet Pics! :D
Did you guys see any gators? ;) :rolleyes: :eek:

Nope, no gators. Never could get close enough to any water :mad:
HummerNewbie
07-05-2006, 07:27 PM
This is the best stuff for getting out scratches

http://products3.3m.com/catalog/us/en001/auto_marine_aero/marine/node_GSXX2NQ3V5be/root_GST1T4S9TCgv/vroot_GS4JK4Y166ge/gvel_9NQK7NZ8TZgl/theme_us_marine_3_0/command_AbcPageHandler/output_html


HURF

Good to know, thanks Hurf. Spent about 5 hours yesterday working on the scratches :mad: and looks like I got almost all of them out :)

Will have to pick up some of the 3M for future use though.