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Old 10-11-2005, 10:10 PM
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Moab Fall 2005 Photographs, September 28 to October 2, 2005:

Moab Fall 2005 Photographs, September 28 to October 2, 2005:



Day 1: Metal Masher





Airing down for Metal Masher.



Casey on "Rock Chucker".



Casey on "Rock Chucker".



Steve on "Rock Chucker", it's way easier with a streight axle.



Bryan "bumping" a ledge.



Bryan getting winched up "Widow Maker", we all winched up.
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Day 2: Hell's Revenge





Casey schools a rock where an IFS axle was broke last year.



Steve drops down into Hell's Gate.



Steve climbs out of Hell's Gate.



Steve climbs out of Hell's Gate.



Steve climbs out of Hell's Gate.



Steve climbs out of Hell's Gate.



Steve climbs out of Hell's Gate.



Casey climbs out of Hell's Gate.



Stubbs and Casey go down the up side of Hell's Gate.



Stubbs and Casey go down the up side of Hell's Gate.
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Stubbs and Casey roll down the up side of Hell's Gate.



Cheese to the rescue.



Cheese talks to the rollers, they are OK.



Stubbs the Rubicon Master and Moab Newbie.



Stubbs being extracted from Hell's Gate.



Stubbs fixing his junk. Believe it or not but we found a drivers side 86-95 IFS rear alxe shaft in Moab.
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Day 3: Pritchett Canyon





Casey climbing some slick rock.



Casey on a steep decent.



Steve on an alternate section.



James Dean on an alternate section, look for the cig placement.



Jim in Pritchett Canyon.



Matt, Gwen & Gavin.



Jim on a climb in Pritchett Canyon.



Casey on the "Rocker Knocker" bypass. Not much of a bypass.



Bryan on the "Rocker Knocker" bypass. We all ran the same trails and those that needed help were helped.



Stubbs on "Rocker Knocker".

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Stubbs on "Rocker Knocker".



Stubbs on "Rocker Knocker". He makes it up!



Steve on "Rocker Knocker".



Steve on "Rocker Knocker".



Steve on "Rocker Knocker".



Steve on "Rocker Knocker".



Steve on "Rocker Knocker".



Steve on "Rocker Knocker". No way I could have made it up with IFS and the 4Runners wheelbase.



Jim on a tight spot, which was the easier fo the two lines.



Bryan on a tight spot, which was the easier fo the two lines.
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Casey on a climb out right before the "Rock Pile". No winch needed for the big black beast.



Stubbs in the launch position for the "Rock Pile". He made it up on the first try.



Jim on the "Rock Pile" bypass, not much of a bypass.



We all share a cocktail upon completeing Prichett Canyon and the driving is done.



Matt & Ethan show off their "Moab Splat Man" stickers on their ATV's.



Everyone had a great time, we worked togehter as a group. We all ran the same trails and if someone needed help they recived help. We can't wait to go back to Moab next year.


Another Great, "Spankers Off Road" event.



Men's T-Shirts & Womens Tank Tops are coming soon. Support your Toyota Wheeling Clubs.
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Awesome pics, Steve. No doubt about it, that trip looks like it was a lot of fun.
I look forward to wheelin with the Spankers in Arizona and beyond.
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Wow, that looks amazing! Great photos.
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I give credit where credit is due. Charles designed the logo for us and we all are extremely pleased. Tune_Up found the original pic and we all gave creative input. In the end an outstanding logo.

Thank You, Charles.

Now for a close up of...............

Moab_2005_003_004.jpg



James Dean I tell you........................
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Haha, those are some great pics and looks like a great time.

Hell's Gate looks really steep in those pics!
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Perhaps sooner than later, the wife and I will relocate. If you keep pics like this up it will be sooner than later.
Awesome, just bad a$$.
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HAH!
It was indeed a very fun trip! It was so good to be able to meet Jim, Cheese, and Bryan all of whom I thought were great folks. The wheeling was certainly fun, and the scenery was almost spiritual. I highly recommend that everyone atleast try to get to Moab once in their lives.
The rollover was completely my fault, and I am lucky the damage was as minimal as it was. My cage did it's job flawlessly, and really needs no repairs to continue on. My rear axle, and wheel are a different story. The wheel is bent badly, and there is a good chance that the rear axle tube is also bent. It's hard to see in those pictures why the roll even happend but let me assure you that anythings possible right there if you are not 100% into the game.
My favorite picture is not posted here "yet". It is the picture of my wife right when we knew we had made it up rockpile. I had explained to her that there was a VERY likely possiblity that we were going to roll over backwards, and if she wanted she could sit this one out. Well she decided to stay for the ride so I went over all of the things NOT to do just in case we went over. We strapped into the full harness, and got busy. I was a bit scared since it was just the day before that I dumped it so I did approach this with a make it or break it attitude, and luckly for us it actually went easily which I really did not expect.
Thanks again to "that" club!
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It's real steep in real life too.

Cool pics, great trip, better people.
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Originally Posted by weldpro
My favorite picture is not posted here "yet". It is the picture of my wife right when we knew we had made it up rockpile. I had explained to her that there was a VERY likely possiblity that we were going to roll over backwards, and if she wanted she could sit this one out. Well she decided to stay for the ride so I went over all of the things NOT to do just in case we went over. We strapped into the full harness, and got busy. I was a bit scared since it was just the day before that I dumped it so I did approach this with a make it or break it attitude, and luckly for us it actually went easily which I really did not expect.
This one?

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Defenitly the best freakin trip ive been on. Everyone is really cool and it couldnt have gone better. Thanks to you all that helped me get through Pritchett Canyon with my 32 inch balding tires. It was awesome! Looking forward to next year and hopefully with bigger tires and a front locker.
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Great pics!
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If I ever get any time off work...I am off to Moab!! Great pics Steve
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thanks for the pics
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Nice pics. So the axle broke because you literally rolled down the side of the hill? Where's the movie?!
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He rolled twice, first the rear came forward end over end and then it fliped sidways and the rear tire slamed into the rock wall, hitting the wall is what broke the tire off.

It was a pretty major roll. I am pretty amazed that the buggy came out of it as good as it did.

No video, we usually don't bring video cameras.


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