Wagons West! (how to plan a wheelin' trip to Co. or Ut.)

[DRAGOONRANCH]

There was lots of talk even before we left Co. for home about 'next years' trip. I wanted to get some things down on paper (and got bummed/bored after looking at the trip pictures again :D ).

Next years Class Schedule.

May 12th - Last Final Exam Day for Spring Term
May 27th - Last Final Exam Day for Rosebud-Lott ISD (Brady and mine's Alma Mater)
June 1st - First day of First Term
Calendar
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f192/DRAGOONRANCH/Trips/2010SchoolCalendar.jpg

Ok, so my vote is going to be a May 29th - June 6th trip so Brady can go (TAMU'ers can get out of the first few days of class much easier than he can get out of Finals, plus this was a mostly 'working stiff' trip anyways. :flipoff2: )

Now, herein lies the dilemma. Where do we go? Back to Buena Vista, somewhere else in CO, or maybe up to Moab? I would think it would be a bit to hot that time of year to hit New Mexico. I really enjoyed the Buena Vista area, and would be more than happy to go back. I would only suggest trying to find another camp ground that was a bit more trailer friendly since we trailered to every trail. Getting up a bit farther on the Wheeler Lake trail would be nice if the snow is not too bad (and I actually have a 100% working clutch by then (which would have made the run up Iron Chest a bit less craptasticale on my nerves)) as I was not able to do nearly enough BASHING!!! Also, another run at the Carnage exit would be in order. Maybe I can keep from cutting a tire this time. :flipoff2:

I know there has to be plenty of ideas on other places in Colorado so I will let everyone else chime in here. (Maybe a stop on the trip up to make the run up Pikes Peak would be in order)

I am all for a Moab trip also, but I don't know how the temp looks that time of year there.

Buena Vista Average Temps
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f192/DRAGOONRANCH/Trips/buenavistatemperatures.jpg

Moab Average Temps
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f192/DRAGOONRANCH/Trips/moabtemperatures.jpg

To stay in the 70ish day/40ish night, you would need to be in Moab during April or early May. The end of May/First of June may be a bit warm but not terribly unbearable. The same temp range for Buena Vista runs from the first of June all the way through mid-September.

Fuel Costs: At ~$2.40/gallon, I was running about $0.33/mile at an average of 7.3 mpg w/ the 40'er and 3 rigs (roughly 11 cents/mile/rig). I think Jerry and Creighton were probably doing about 5 to 8 cents per mile better with only two rigs, yet the cost per rig still being about the same. What that all works out to for future reference is ~$0.06 per mile per dollar of diesel (or .06 * total mileage * cost per gallon average)

[AggieTJ2007]

yes, I should have a GN of my own by then, maybe some other toys as well

[bcolman]

ill be in, and i should also have my own trailer by then now that i have a new to me truck

[jerryg79]

if we went later in the summer (august after summer session) there would be alot more trails to run.

Hopefully I'll have a trailer by then as well.

[73bronco]

my vote is for Moab

[Graystroke]

I think late july, 1st week of august you are safe from the snow. I saw snow at 12k feet when I went to Ouray and it was Aug 5th IIRC. Ouray has some cool trails in the area and is a nice central point. Most aren't real difficult...lots of pucker factor. Black Bear, Imogene, Poughkeepsie Gulch are all in this area. Engineers Pass is for sightseeing.
Silverton, Montrose, and Telluride are all in this area.

[Graystroke]

my vote is for Moab
I think moab was around 24 hrs of driving when we went there last time. It seemed like we would never get there.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

I think moab was around 24 hrs of driving when we went there last time. It seemed like we would never get there.

If I was only hauling my GN w/ two rigs then I don't think I would have been as stressed out from the drive. I really liked the stop in Raton and finishing up the drive the next day. I really don't plan on hauling that big of a load anymore unless I acquire my own trailer (and I just don't see that happening any time soon). Driving straight through would not be too big of a deal with plenty of spare drivers, but I was a nervous wreck coming home w/ Sharpe at the wheel. Not because of Sharpe (he did a fine job), but just having so much weight back there and the borrowed trailer issues.

[jerryg79]

Ed get rowdy to pick this up!

http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/1232792130.html

[breckboarder55]

If we go right after finals than I think we should go to Moab.

If we go to Colorado than I agree that it would be better in late July, early August. It would really open up allot more trails for us.

There is allot of stuff in California I would like to do one day as well.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Ed get rowdy to pick this up!

http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/1232792130.html

For that kind of skrilla, I would rather get the pete back up and running (and I just don't see that happenin).

[Seth]

I was thinking a little about it ater the trip, and two rigs on a GN seems like the all around best deal for towing. Split some fuel, stay legal and relativley safe, you can get places, you can go decently fast, and still look cool on the highway :)

[CheapJeep]

I'm down.

My dad and I have been planning a drag racing/wheeling trip out west with the nova and jeep after I graduate in may.

[JB]

i'm in

[uglyota]

We had a pretty late winter this year too...I think most years the iron chest trail would have been open. There is also holy cross we have to do, the rest of chinaman's, and of course get all of carnage...definitely enough to fill another 3-4 day trip. Moab is fawkin hot right now. Late fall I think is ideal. The weather can sneak up on you in the spring. NM and AZ would definitely be fawkin hot. Not sure if the La Sal mountains outside of Moab have wheeling but they could be a good option that time of year. Also not sure what kind of wheelin the pagosa area has, but weather would definitely be good and not much more of a drive. Oh there are also the really super hardcore trails around buena vista that we didn't see, if one were looking for that sort of thing...what are they called? independence trails? liberty trails?
a campsite where we didn't have to trailer from would be awesome. Maybe just taking over the carnage trailhead campsite. Not sure we could shoot there because of the jail, but I don't think that'd be a dealbreaker.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

The carnage campsite would be great because you can be on asphalt in just a couple of minutes, you could drive a non legal rig with out much worry to the gas station/truckstop, and there are two restaruants right there also. Not to mention not having to drive 'through' town to every trail. I believe you are right that a good week long trip would let us hit some new trails and also run the others we ran again.

[JB]

A week long would be best. I hate feeling rushed when on vacation.

Pagosa/Durango area does not have many "hardcore" trails, but the scenery down there is great. ALot of fun in that area for a stock 4wd.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Creighton, get to work!!!

http://www.iterasi.net/openviewer.aspx?sqrlitid=o0fn5jitdkarmkegqhb8jg

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Holy Smokes, a new internet legend is born!!!


(Make sure you spell my name right on the life insurance policy though. PM me for my SSN and DOB ;) )

[Reckless]

Creighton, get to work!!!

http://www.iterasi.net/openviewer.aspx?sqrlitid=o0fn5jitdkarmkegqhb8jg

Pics? Trend Micro wont let me view

[uglyota]

The guys who are planning the marlin crawler colorado something or other think this campsite will hold 50-60 rigs :eek:

"National Forest area of Fourmile, just east of Buena Vista

Right at the intersection of 315 & 376. There's a small bicycle logo on the map in that area, that's basically where we set up camp. I'd suggest that anyone trailering their rigs take 305 and head down 376 to the campsite. I made it last year on 315 with a trailer but 305 is much better!!"

It's waaaay closer to the Carnage area as well...at least on the right side of town.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

link? I would like to see this.

[uglyota]

here's the link to the thread...not much info other than what I copied
http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=54392.0

[DRAGOONRANCH]

http://board.marlincrawler.com/Themes/MCI_V2/images/post/xx.gif (http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=54392.msg732045#msg732045) Re: Colorado 4Runner Jamboree July 31st, Aug 1st & 2nd 2009!! (http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=54392.msg732045#msg732045)
« Reply #33 on: June 17, 2009, 09:17:35 AM »

I am going to try and make it as well. Prolly roll in Fri night. We camped up 4 mile, had 18 rigs, perfect spot..We ran carnage canyon about 2weeks ago, and ironchest?. Hopefully my yota will be up and running by then..its been down in TX for 2 years, my buddies hauled it up for me, and I have been hitting it hard the last week or so to get it trail worthy. Still need some tires - 36" - 38" size if you have any leads.


:) .

[DRAGOONRANCH]

38°53'57.16"N
106° 7'32.33"W

I think that is the GPS coords. to our camp ground. I will have to see if my grandad can pull the ones off of the Garmin for me to double check.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Creighton, call curry and tell him to take some pictures of the Camp Ground and to see if there are any bad spots that would hand up a large trailer.

[Doug Krebs]

Hmm I'm not seeing this big place.

Their place (http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Buena+Vista&state=CO#a/maps/l:::Buena+Vista:CO::US:38.842201:-106.1306:city:Chaffee+County:1/m:hyb:12:38.859401:-106.057697:0:::::/io:0:::::f:EN:M:/e)

our place (http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Buena+Vista&state=CO#a/maps/l:::Buena+Vista:CO::US:38.842201:-106.1306:city:Chaffee+County:1/m:hyb:13:38.932886:-106.142735:0:::::/io:0:::::f:EN:M:/e)

Guess it's kinda hard to tell...

Edit: Fawking mapquest! I love google maps, but they have these back roads labeled, where mapquest does.

Fixed it kinda of, you still have to zoom in...

It definitely would be shorter getting in and out.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

theirs is somewhere around here.

38 51' 38"
106 3' 5"

[uglyota]

on another note, the Marlincrawler forum is a serious suck. I don't think it has a thread subscriptions feature whatsoever?

[breckboarder55]

I think moab was around 24 hrs of driving when we went there last time. It seemed like we would never get there.

For the record, Moab is about 5 hours from Buena Vista (Almost completely down hill). So really, what is another 5 hours?

[DRAGOONRANCH]

But that puts it 6 hours uphill on the way back! :flipoff2:

(I still want to go someday though)

[bcolman]

But that puts it 6 hours uphill on the way back! :flipoff2:

(I still want to go someday though)

next summer????

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Possibly, just have to see what the consensus is. I have a feeling that we will have a few more rigs come up next year too.

[bcolman]

i will be there, and can tow now, i just need a trailer to use

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Don't you have a brother selling/just sold one?? ?

[bcolman]

i will need a trailer like yours or the shubrings to tow with

[DRAGOONRANCH]

I will stay on the look out for ya. If I can find another 40'er, you can just haul mine next year if Crieghton has his toy hauler ready by then.

[jerryg79]

i will need a trailer like yours or the shubrings to tow with

sorry perma-dibs:flipoff2:

[jerryg79]

For the record, Moab is about 5 hours from Buena Vista (Almost completely down hill). So really, what is another 5 hours?

5 hrs in a little jeep without 15-20k strapped on the back. I would add another 2 hrs for a caravan like ours.

[uglyota]

Next trip should be to Holy Cross without a doubt. Super rad trail. Lots of group-size camping in the woods (read: protected from wind) with trail-rig access to the trails. Good hard obstacles, awesome scenery. Teasers:
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3632/hc03.jpg

http://thomas-armento.smugmug.com/photos/628564491_qcwsp-L.jpg

http://thomas-armento.smugmug.com/photos/628567485_4y2CB-L.jpg

http://thomas-armento.smugmug.com/photos/628569089_dhDmh-L.jpg

[FJAggie07]

Noice!

[8Runner]

I say go to the same area a bit later in the summer so all the trails are open. We will appreciate getting out of hot as balls Texas even more. Not to mention that one of these days I would really like to make it up to wheeler lake!

[uglyota]

you may recall that having to trailer from camp to the trails was a royal PITA

[jerryg79]

you may recall that having to trailer from camp to the trails was a royal PITA

im betting he doesnt.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

bump

I will go through this thread and look at the camp grounds again. I am stoked!

[uglyota]

rolling out of DIA ~8pm or whenever Scotti comes out with his bags. So far it's him, Kopecki, Creighton, Ben and I. Anybody else in? :p

[jerryg79]

wtf are you talking about?

[uglyota]

Wheeling trip just kinda came together...will post some pics when we get back

[AggieTJ2007]

gotta go wheel Holy Cross and do some snow bashing before I head back to Texas

[stx4wheeler]

Kopecki taking the heep?

[mudtoy67]

Thanks for the heads up...I would have totally been there.:angry:





:flipoff2:

[DRAGOONRANCH]

gotta go wheel Holy Cross and do some snow bashing before I head back to Texas


BASH IT!!!

x2!

[eight]

Kopecki found himself in Denver on Wednesday, happened to be a little wheeling going on on the weekend so he pushed his return flight to Monday. Was not much snow to be bashed, but we found a little piece behind a rock. That plus drinking, 2 jeeps on their sides, and shooting commie rifles made for a successful trip.

[JB]

pics?

[eight]

I don't take pics.

Think Scottie got a couple hundred though.

[uglyota]

Kopecki found himself in Denver on Wednesday, happened to be a little wheeling going on on the weekend so he pushed his return flight to Monday. Was not much snow to be bashed, but we found a little piece behind a rock. That plus drinking, 2 jeeps on their sides, and shooting commie rifles made for a successful trip.

Luckily, he did not refer to himself in the third person all weekend :flipoff2:

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BtG9ElGqcd4/TDP4bW4Nq-I/AAAAAAAAA_w/ZIzlYSnTnQ8/s512/IMG_1082.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BtG9ElGqcd4/TDP4cHLCLMI/AAAAAAAABAA/Mws0rrCeSFM/s640/IMG_1087.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BtG9ElGqcd4/TDP455au1wI/AAAAAAAABAM/12msPKFNQFo/s640/IMG_1090.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BtG9ElGqcd4/TDP46uajGOI/AAAAAAAABAU/--9808QCqRg/s512/IMG_1093.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BtG9ElGqcd4/TDP5QkC0unI/AAAAAAAABAk/jLHBvCG_Jgw/s640/IMG_1096.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BtG9ElGqcd4/TDP5RAhRPXI/AAAAAAAABAw/JaJTNGoBFaM/s512/IMG_1099.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BtG9ElGqcd4/TDP6BiHXMxI/AAAAAAAABBc/B1bx-c056js/s640/IMG_1117.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BtG9ElGqcd4/TDP6BVtpAPI/AAAAAAAABBU/Zi81_bWd3f4/s640/IMG_1112.jpg

edit: rest of the pics
http://picasaweb.google.com/brantoneric/HolyCross4thOfJulyWeekend2010#

[eight]

So, where's the video?

[uglyota]

Which? I only have vid of ben making that one part of French Creek and of the dog pulling the chain binder...you talking about creighton's roll video? Will upload those soon though...have to get picasa software on my computer to upload videos, apparently

[DRAGOONRANCH]

WTF happened to the beard??? You do look sexy in that shirt though. :D

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BtG9ElGqcd4/TDP455au1wI/AAAAAAAABAM/12msPKFNQFo/s640/IMG_1090.jpg

[breckboarder55]

Ugh. My mind bounces back and forth between making another trip to Colorado or not going and saving to finish my axles.

Keep the pictures coming, looks like it was a great time.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

my vote goes to axles, colorado isn't going anywhere. :D

[uglyota]

added link to the rest of the pics

I'm definitely planning to get out to Moab for a long weekend probably early October, so if anybody wants to join, let me know before I nail down the date.

[FJAggie07]

added link to the rest of the pics

I'm definitely planning to get out to Moab for a long weekend probably early October, so if anybody wants to join, let me know before I nail down the date.

**** if I can get the Taco finished I will haul it and Fugly out to Moab in a heartbeat

[CheapJeep]

I'm jealous, we drove through Colorado and Wyoming on our way to Utah for the Salt Lake City nitro jam. There's some awesome scenery out there, I'll definitely be making a trip back with the jeep someday.

[breckboarder55]

Moab is worth the drive. The hype doesn't even justify how great Moab is.

[uglyota]

added videos

[Lynda]

Hmmm, I think October was when we had some friends ask if we wanted to go vacation around Moab and do some wheeling. I'm running out of vacation (and money) from maternity leave though :( And I want to go to Colorado also, and to Big bend for some hiking....arg, too many options.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Lynda, Lynda bo-bonda...

LYNE DAH!

I need to start a Moab savings account one of these days. :(

[uglyota]

You know what you need to do, Lynda? Retire! That should give you plenty of time to play!

[Lynda]

You know what you need to do, Lynda? Retire! That should give you plenty of time to play!

We're working on it...saw a financial advisor the other day and apparently we are well on our way to our retirement goals and ahead of most people our age (yeah us!). So hopefully we'll be able to retire and play all we want someday. Hopefully all of us will be retired and still wheeling together someday :gigem:

[agjohn02]

We're working on it...saw a financial advisor the other day and apparently we are well on our way to our retirement goals and ahead of most people our age (yeah us!). So hopefully we'll be able to retire and play all we want someday. Hopefully all of us will be retired and still wheeling together someday :gigem:

you obviously arent having enough fun while your not old and saggy.

[FJAggie07]

you obviously arent having enough fun while your not old and saggy.

this made me chuckle...

[bburris]

you obviously arent having enough fun while your not old and saggy.

Really? I thought you were better than that...

[agjohn02]

doh

[Lynda]

you obviously arent having enough fun while your not old and saggy.

Money means I'll never be old and saggy....just old :flipoff2:

[Lynda]

I doubt that we are having any shortage on fun either... :) We could compare notes if you want

[uglyota]

Lynda FTW!

[agjohn02]

Money means I'll never be old and saggy....just old :flipoff2:

Funny, I'm having no trouble at all picturing you with a Joan Rivers face.

[Lynda]

Funny, I'm having no trouble at all picturing you with a Joan Rivers face.

Well when you said saggy I figured butt and boobs....wrinkles aren't worth fighting. And boobs get saggy after kids, not becuase you're old. So I already lost that battle. But, I'll think about you when I'm traveling the world at 60 and your spent from hookers and beer from your 30's ;)

[Sharpe]

I bet skin cancer or AIDS will get him first.

[agjohn02]

cant say that doing anything at 60 rather than 30 sounds better to me, sorry.

[uglyota]

sorry Lynda, Sharpe FTW!

[FJAggie07]

cant say that doing anything at 60 rather than 30 sounds better to me, sorry.

I am with him. Can't do **** while I am that close to the grave. ;)

[Lynda]

I am with him. Can't do **** while I am that close to the grave. ;)

I thought that is what Viagra was for...

[FJAggie07]

I thought that is what Viagra was for...

No way, Cialis all the way! If it is good enough for Ditka, it is good enough for me! :gigem:

[AggieTJ2007]

Where are the videos chris

[breckboarder55]

Heading to Colorado late this week. Leaving the Jeep at home this time though.

[JB]

ill be there Sept 3-13th.

[breckboarder55]

ill be there Sept 3-13th.

I have never been this late in the year. Normally I go late June/early July and again in the winter.

Looking to try to learn some fly fishing and a short 2-3 night backpacking trip.

Any suggestions?

[uglyota]

Pagosa area is going to give you access to some sweet terrain and high alpine lakes. You could also look into taking the Durango-Silverton train halfway in and going for your hike.

[breckboarder55]

I ended up doing allot of mountain biking on the front range, stayed on a cabin in Grand Lake, went canoeing and did a two night backpacking trip in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Not as cool as my usual trips to Colorado, but it was a nice last minute trip.

[uglyota]

Sweet...what trails did you ride?

[breckboarder55]

Sweet...what trails did you ride?

Are you a big mountain biker? I used to BMX race in High school and hadn't ridden in years. I had a blast and am really wanting to get into it.

I'm not exactly sure. My girlfriends Dad took us to 4 or 5 trails, all within 30-45 minutes of Castle Rock. Spent a couple of days in the Castle Rock area at my girlfriends Aunt's house. Most in the various "open spaces". We did another trail West of Grand Lake in a recreational area.

I had never spent any time that far east. Most of my time in Colorado has been spent around ski resorts, the Arkansas River Valley and Ouray. The quality of Jeeps, Toyota's, etc. is much more impressive and common than those in Texas. You can tell that most modified 4x4's are really for function, where as the average rig in Texas seems to be for aesthetics. Just in her aunts neighborhood there were loads of rigs. Yota on 35"s, FJ on 35"s, XJ on 35"s, and around a dozen modified Tjs and JKs with 33"-37"s. Even a beast of a TJ with tons, SBC, 40"s, and a large stretch.

In the Rocky Mountain National Park we hiked about 10 miles in on the North Inlet trail. Camped, and did a couple of day hikes up to several water falls and alpine lakes. Was not as extreme as hiking 14ers like I have previously, but was very beautiful. Saw at least a dozen Moose, a few deer and many elk.

I'll throw up a couple of pictures soon.

[uglyota]

wouldn't say I'm a big mtber but just got a bike after being out of the game for a while. Mostly ride around Buffalo Creek but have ridden Green Mtn, White Ranch, Hall Ranch, Centennial Cone and years ago most of the trails farther north.

Don't worry we've got our fair share of mallcrawlers too :D

[cj nut]

depending on money im down to go may have a open spot on the gn

[cj nut]

how are the other states with all the cdl stuff? I dont mind hauling our gn with two rigs, but didnt know how bad or good of an idea it is......

[uglyota]

depending on money im down to go may have a open spot on the gn

not sure if there's another of these on the forseeable horizon...

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Reciprocity. Most of the time the other states will let you by if you are legal in your home state.

Pretty much, if you have a gross of 26,000lbs or more, you 'need' a cdl. The 'need' part is pretty much only if you get stopped. That is for you to decide if you want to risk or not.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

not sure if there's another of these on the forseeable horizon...

x2

Depending on my housing situation this year, I would like to try and make a trip next summer up to Moab/Colorado again. It will have to be a big one though, because the Halloween ride at Alto will be my last one till then. :(

[cj nut]

hmmm im pretty close to my "class b exempt" would that be of any help if I finished it?

[breckboarder55]

x2

Depending on my housing situation this year, I would like to try and make a trip next summer up to Moab/Colorado again. It will have to be a big one though, because the Halloween ride at Alto will be my last one till then. :(

I am going to really try and make it out to the Rubicon next year. Just have a feeling I might not always have that opportunity, so I should try to make it while I can.

Moab is worth the drive and I would do it again though. It only adds a couple of hours to the drive to the Rubicon if you take a Northern Route through Moab too...

[bburris]

hmmm im pretty close to my "class b exempt" would that be of any help if I finished it?

Not if you're getting it to drive for busops. Those have a 'P' endorsement and, from what I understand, it's only for vehicles that carry 24(?) or more passengers.

[cj nut]

it was for driving a firetruck..... then there was something in their about farm equipment... i just couldnt remember exactly what it was

[JB]

I am going to really try and make it out to the Rubicon next year. Just have a feeling I might not always have that opportunity, so I should try to make it while I can.

Moab is worth the drive and I would do it again though. It only adds a couple of hours to the drive to the Rubicon if you take a Northern Route through Moab too...

took my truck to Moab a couple years back. Not as fun with a stock truck. Bronco would have been a blast, but I would have had to budget two weeks to enjoy it fully. In the next couple years, I hope to haul the Bronco out to the Rubicon

But that aside, in 48 hours, I will be in Colorado 70 degree weather. **** all of you.:flipoff2:

[uglyota]

**** me? **** me?! No **** you!
but I'll be in ALB. Enjoy the traffic/crowds :flipoff2:

[JB]

Not starting out good. I am in San Antonio, waiting on buddy from Houston. He is broke down in Seguin. 01 Tahoe. I think it's the fuel pump. He says no whine from tank like typical GM. 150k on OE pump. Started sputtering up inclines, then pulled over, then died, now won't start. Has 1/4 tank and just added 4 more gallons, still no start. Advance has one for $250, but want to make sure that the problem before we buy. Tow truck bringin it to Jeremiahs house. Wife will not be pleased.

[Shaggy]

if you need help i am just down the road... call me

[uglyota]

mileage/symptoms sound right. $250 and 4 hrs and you're back in business. Good luck!

[JB]

2.5 hrs biotch. purrs like a kitten.

[agjohn02]

Advance has one for $250

:eek: Is that a whole sending unit?

[uglyota]

2.5 hrs biotch. purrs like a kitten.

aw you probably had proper lighting and a hard surface to work on. That's cheating :p

[sam_hodnett]

:eek: Is that a whole sending unit?

They are in tank fuel pumps, my moms went out on her 02 tahoe at 180000 on it earlier this summer

[JB]

Camping just outside Ouray for the past couple of days. On Engineer, maybe a couple hundred yards short of the turnoff to Poughkeepsie Gulch. Did PK Sunday. Ended up pulling a Yota completely over Imogene Pass, and into Telluride on Monday. Looks like rain tonight.

[agjohn02]

They are in tank fuel pumps, my moms went out on her 02 tahoe at 180000 on it earlier this summer

in tank?! for real? when did they start doing that?

[colman]

actually there modules....

[JB]

Quick synoposis of the trip.

On Thurdsay night, we were all to meet up in San Antonio. Buddies 01 Tahoe breaks down on I-10 somewhere just east of SA. He gets it towed to Jeremiah's house where we commence to change the fuel pump out. We were really only 75% sure that was the problem, but luckily we were right. We ended up leaving SA around 6am, and getting to a Cracker Barrel in Kerrville for some breakfast.

Made it to Pagosa where we stayed the night. Had a few beers between Santa Fe and Pagosa. This was not a good idea, as I would find out the next morning.

Wake up to a headache and nausea. I guess the elevation change and and a sixer did not make good bedfellows. Went to the grocery store and bought and ****ton of food. Headed up to Silverton.

We ended up camping for a 5 nights at a great little campsite on Engineer, about 20minutes in from the turnoff of 550. We were a couple hundred yards from the fork that leads to PK. It was my truck, a Tahoe with a real rear locker, and an XJ on 33s.
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We did PK I think the next day. I winched up the hard section, as did both the XJ and Tahoe. There were alot of Yotas out there including this sweet FJ...
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There is really nothing difficult about PK, except for the one small climb. Most of the Yotas did it. ONe jackhole from Arizona in a fully built TJ buggyon 40s and tons went up and down it and then got all grumpy when people got in his way. Seriously bro, calm down, my 19' pickup came up it.

Next day we did Imogene. We got almost to the top of the OUray side and decided to do a little repelling. We hooked a line up to the front of the XJ, and all 6 of us backed up over the edge and went down a good 50'. Never had done that before, and it was a rush, especially being that high up.

As we were about to continue on, the sounds of a little 22R hitting the rev limit could be heard coming up the trail. It eventually died and we backed down to pull him up to level ground. It wasn't getting fuel, so we swapped on a new pump that he had. We did this for him for some reason. That didnt work. Eventually he asked me to pull his dead ass to Telluride. This still included a good mile long up hill section of the Ouray side. Somehow the old weak non smoking gasser got that bitch over the pass, all the way into Telluride, and eventually onto the gawdamn trailer. It was badass I promise. All I got was $50 but I was able to helpout a fellow wheeler.

While on the trails, I saw a significant amount of Chevy/Geo Trackers. These things were everywhere and some looked pretty cool. Most were still IFS, had 32s, small lifts, winches. One had a D44/9" combo, running some 33" Nittos. Everyone was driven by older people. Pretty cool little rigs. Saw alot of FJ80s, FJ Cruisers, a plethora of TJs/JKs, and a surprising amount of EBs.

Did the Alpine Loop, California, Cinnamon, and Corkscrew, went to the Hot Springs in Ouray and in Pagosa, jumped into near freezing waters at the waterfall near our campsite, talked **** to some Telluridians, learned about the terms "bro-bra" and "gayper", met some new friends, and enjoyed generally not being in Texas heat.:beer:

Made it from Pagosa to SA in 13 hrs. Made it to Bryan 2.5 hrs later. Truck needs a new skidplate and a few other minor issues that get fixed Wednesday. Nothing major.

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my cupholder fits champagne bottles. I roll hard.
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[JB]

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sheepdog that wasn't fvcking around...
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[uglyota]

it's "bro-brah" and "gaper" but I like your spelling :gigem:

and yota frool pumps almost never go out. Was probably the filter

[73bronco]

Looks like a good trip!

[JB]

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[Shaggy]

Who wants to plan a trip for this summer? I want to take a 2 week trip. Last week of July and first week of August sounds like a good time for me right now. Fuel makes this trip pretty expensive which is why I say 2 weeks to make it worth it.

Anyone interested this year?

[85cj7]

I would be. I'll be back July 1st so I'll be around. Depends how the job search turns out and what happens with housing. I've only got a place until the end of July. Keep me updated on planning.