10/4/08 Official Tamor-Trail Oktoberbest/Death to Jimmy's Youth Run!

[BMFScout]

BMRA is my play ground beyatch!

And yeah I will play, as long as we stick clear of DeWoody and Scorpian's Pass I should be allright. And Desi Way isn't exactly full size friendly anymore so we need to stay away from it.

How do you feel about Fun Country?

[FJAggie07]

fawk looks like i need to get to welding on the 4Runner and somehow finish it before that weekend if we are going to be wheelin this hard. Give me some 37's and we can attempt anything!

I don't think I remember the entrance to Fun Country. It's just a 3, can't be worse than the crack on Clyde's Ravine drunk at night

[BMFScout]

It's not hard, just kind of tight in spots. Best I remember you drive down into a creek, make a couple of tight turns, climb out, back down, back up, then out.

[Sharpe]

He's gonna backpeddle right off the porch if Fred, Creighton, Eric and myself get involved (or wind up with one fooked up FJ).

You would have "fun" at Gilmer. If you take Da Beast, bring a chainsaw...

[AggieTJ2007]

fiound this map it should be helpful.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=695859

[agjohn02]

fiound this map it should be helpful.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=695859

for a gilmer run? i think not.

[AggieTJ2007]

oh well, I guess I didn't read well enough I was thinking about the Ocktober trailfest that FWD FWD does

[Fredo]

Let's revisit this and see if we can't get a headcount.

People I know are going:
Me

People I think are going:
Grayson
Kollins
Jason Kelly
Jimmy (possibly saturday mid-day/afternoon)
Flem
Chris (FJAggie)
Burrrrrrrrrris
John Cox?

Unknowns:
Sharpe (pigpen still on the Injured/Disabled list)
Everyone else

[FJAggie07]

I made a pre-run to Gilmer this past weekend to check out some trails.

Review:
Binders Blvd - Stayed the same. Easy 3
Clyde's Ravine - Stayed a 3, entrance is worse, but crack is a little easier
Whatever? - Don't let the 2 on the sign fool you, this a moderate 3 and can become very challenging for us IFS rigs... especially if you take the wrong line


JP Expressway - Hard 3, VERY Easy 4 - This thing has gotten steep and washed out. The loose dirt and 3 foot mini ledges allowed only 2 of us out of 6 to get up it unscathed, or without a winch.




L&B Turnpike - A good 3, fun as hell with a great climb on the bypass, Solid 4 if not on the Bypass
Sierra Skyview- Still a 3, Exit was pretty tough Hadnt been run since the hurrican and there was a tree down on the trail.
X-Way - Should be downgraded to a 2, still narrow.

I think that is all that I ran, if I think of more I will add to the list.
Half the time I had to run easy trails because the wife, cousin and parental unit were wheeling ATVs. Greenlane, Linda Gale, Angry Jeep, Sulihull, and On any Sunday are still there, they are still 2's and they are still boring as hell.

[Fredo]

Yeah, I wondered how much the trails would change after all that rain. Looks like it didn't drastically change the place. On Binder Blvd, when you go down hill then cross over and get flexed out to really drop down into the woods while turning left, did that get changed sometime? I remember that spot being a bit hairy unless your rig was low, stable, and short. Or did they make basically a bypass to avoid that spot? I can't remember, but I seem to remember the trail getting easier from some change that was made.

[breckboarder55]

Wish I could go...

[FJAggie07]

Yeah, I wondered how much the trails would change after all that rain. Looks like it didn't drastically change the place. On Binder Blvd, when you go down hill then cross over and get flexed out to really drop down into the woods while turning left, did that get changed sometime? I remember that spot being a bit hairy unless your rig was low, stable, and short. Or did they make basically a bypass to avoid that spot? I can't remember, but I seem to remember the trail getting easier from some change that was made.

I remember that too, but the trail seemed pretty easy on Saturday and it didn't really stick out in my mind.

I want to run Politician's to see if the washed out turn is any worse than it has been in the past, and I heard Horseshoe Gulch has such a big washout that unless you are extremely flexy or running something bigger than 35's your screwed.

[Fredo]

so.....no one really?

[Sharpe]

Sorry, I have some bidness to take care of back home that weekend. I'm tired of being a no-wheeling mudda****a

[Fredo]

I figured you were out sharpe...it's cool. As long as pigpen is there for the 2nd Annual Hill Climb challenge in Clayton, all will be fine.