lofreqjeff

Here's a few pics from our trip out to the coke ovens near Florance AZ.

It was such an AMAZING day today, 70 degrees and not a could in the sky...

http://photobucket.com/albums/f314/l...Picture118.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/f314/l...Picture067.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/f314/l...Picture107.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/f314/l...Picture148.jpg

I need to get the rest of the pics off my camera and get the ones off the other 2 cameras that we had.

byron4

very nice pictures. looked really fun.

lofreqjeff

I added the rest of MY Pics this afternoon, but I still need to get the pics from my friends 2 cameras. Once they are ready, I'll post a link for those too - Enjoy!!
http://photobucket.com/albums/f314/l...ens/?start=all

spindleshanks

Now that's what I call a fun wheeling trip. Sometimes I prefer that arrid type of desert over the Front Range high mountains Plus, wrecked up old mining junk is always sort of surreal and fascinating. looks like fun.

lofreqjeff

It was the most challenging trip I have ever been on too. the other 2 cameras have alot of pics of my rig. I just bought brand new MTR's and this was their test. I didn't slip, get stuck, or ever feel uneasy about any of the terrain. The tires I replaced were basically street tires with pretty much Zero tread on them, so when I went wheelin in the past I spun and slid around alot. I would have NEVER have considered going out to this trail with my truck 2 weeks ago.

spindleshanks

Did you air 'em down? It's amazing how much it helps. Hey, don't they still hang people for rustling cattle in AZ? Lol.

lofreqjeff

OOOH yeah I air'd them down. They say on the side wall max PSI 50 and since this is my daily driver too, I usually ride with at least 45. But, on the trails I usually go down to around 20. I have a portable air compressor that I take so I can air-up when we get back to pavement. I live about 60 miles from where these pics were taken so that's too long of a ride to not have the right air pressure. It's like 99% freeway from the trail head to my place.

spindleshanks

That water crossing looked like fun! I'm all rarin to go wheeling now. Up here there is snow on most all the trails. It can make it interesting when you get higher up in the mountains. Did you check the pics from our Crystal Mountain trip?

lofreqjeff

I did see them...they are sweet! I use to wheel when I lived in Michigan, so I know what its like to be out in the snow. Soooo much fun, but a whole different set of rules. The water wasn't too bad this time. It wasn't as deep as I expected. Our "trail guide" (the white ranger) He has lived right by these trails his entire life, so he went down to the river a few days ago and said it was almost inpassable, but aparently not!

spindleshanks

Yeah, water is unpredictable. There's a trail here in CO that I want to do this summer, and the water is supposed to be impassable till like June. So I did the diff breather mod, and I've got some lift waiting to be installed on my Taco. I'm ready for it!

lofreqjeff

I really want to do the Diff breather mod amongst other things. I want to do the things that I NEED to do before I start doing things I want to do. All my friends talk about getting a lift and 33"-35" tires, yada yada yada..... It all sounds great in theory, but there are so many other things that need to be done that will make the rig that much better. I NEED a rear locker! and thats something that I won't have to mod if/when I get a lift. Same goes for the breather mod, yeah, I will prob need to extend the breather hose, but thats a $3 mod. I'd really like to get a snorkel for 2 reasons - first, as you said, water is unpredictable, and cuz I think it looks cool. Granted, I live in the desert, but I am suprised as to how many rivers and streams there are that need to be forged to get from trail A to trail B out here.

lofreqjeff

Well, here is Part 2 of our trip........... enjoy! Good thing about these pics, is that there are more pics of my truck than I had on my camera!!

http://photobucket.com/albums/e125/c...-05/?start=all

spindleshanks

[QUOTE=lofreqjeff] there are so many other things that need to be done that will make the rig that much better.QUOTE]

Sliders for me, but they're waiting on a body lift. It's a chain of events that must be followed in the correct order.

lofreqjeff

And now for part 3, the final chaper of our trip to the Coke Ovens! Enjoy!!

http://photobucket.com/albums/f314/l...vens%20Pt%203/