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Old 01-11-2010, 10:59 AM
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Las Vegas snow wheelin!! - Wheeler Pass

I'm down in Vegas right now for school and don't know where any of the wheeling is down here, so I met up with the Vegas Valley 4WD club (vv4w.org) and went on a trail run to Wheeler Pass. The trail is rated 2+ out of 5, but it was covered in snow so it made it pretty tough in some spots. Overall a good day besides a YJ breakin his rear axle twice and the people without lockers needed to be dragged up the top part of the pass.















Woops, almost rolled down the side of the mountain....





Wheeler Pass, 7,700 ft.

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Nice pics, looks like a good time. How are those dual cases workin out?
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Nice pics, looks like a good time. How are those dual cases workin out?
Hey Brian, how've ya been? they're workin good! This is my first time really wheelin hard with them and they are awesome, it's night and day with these compared to stock, and I'm glad I went with the duals as opposed to a single 4.7 the options I had yesterday were great. Here are a coupl more pics:






Some desert night driving on the way out towards Pahrump, NV


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Awesome man!!
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Awesome man!!
Thanks! It was a different kind of wheeling from what I'm accustomed to in Norcal, but it was a lot of fun, I didn't realize how much wheeling there actually is around vegas.
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yeah, man! I've been around Mt Charleston() a little and spent time there on Lake Mead. Love that area!
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Originally Posted by 89silverpu
the people without lockers needed to be dragged up the top part of the pass.
Oh so thats that were called.. "the people without lockers". i see how it is
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yeah, man! I've been around Mt Charleston() a little and spent time there on Lake Mead. Love that area!
Nice, yeah this was a little north of Mt. Charleston but same difference I haven't wheeled near lake Mead yet, but look forward to findin some more trails.

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Oh so thats that were called.. "the people without lockers". i see how it is
haha well, we could call people without lockers "traction handicapped"...?
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haha well, we could call people without lockers "traction handicapped"...?
hahaha not for long my friend... not long

trying to find a elocker here is not fun haha
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hahaha not for long my friend... not long

trying to find a elocker here is not fun haha
Hmmm, try and find one for sale in the states...or would the shipping make it a pain? I've seen some for sale on here and on Pirate for like 500 or so...
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yeah im not to sure, its a pretty heavy chunk.... hmmm my best bet is to find one local of a written off truck
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Originally Posted by 874runnersr5
yeah im not to sure, its a pretty heavy chunk.... hmmm my best bet is to find one local of a written off truck
Yeah, I've also heard of people gettin really good deals on them by going to a junk yard on half off days and pullin 'em from yotas in the junk yard...
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man, ive yet to see a 95+ in our yards
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