Albuquerque Jim

Why didn't you change it?

I have a stock rear axle spare w/o backing plate.

**nevermind, I see you are going chromo!

Djlarroc

Great thread man. Thanks!

Vermejo

A buddy of mine, Steven, and I took off 10pm Tuesday night headed for Moab, UT. We arrived at 8am Wednesday to find off-road heaven; half dead, tired and hungry. Our second wind kicked in and we found our dusty/hot campsite at the start of Fins n’ Things, renamed by us as Fens and Hens. Later that night we met up with the rest of the Crew.

Trails:

Wednesday – Fins and Hens: warm-up where I discovered the bite of rubber + sandstone

Thursday- Moab Rim: everything to lose on this trail’s assent and decent, good obstacles and a better understanding of luck and the forces of gravity

Friday- Steel Bender: my personal favorite given ledge climbs and steep descents

We had a great time, wheeled with good people and saw beautiful country.

Links:
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f66/moab-2008-a-143843/
http://bstadelman.com/Site/Welcome.html

Psalm 112

Great Photos! Looks like a great Moab Run!

Vermejo

After departing Moab we headed down SE to the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. After staying Friday night in Ouray, we attempted cruise the Alpine Loop linking: Engineer pass, Lake City, Cinnamon Pass and Animas Forks, with exit through Silverton. A 30ft snow drift stopped us a mile up the hill. A short trip to Silverton via the highway yielded a passable road (110) to the high country. Cinnamon Pass was traversable only to an extent before the road became nonexistent.

The trip into Durango produced a check engine light and near total loss of engine power to the truck. The local Auto Zone was open, ran the code and had the part; throttle response sensor. With the good luck we decided to hit the brewery and call it a day.

Vermejo

The sis and I met up with the LC4WD Club Saturday for a Caballo Mountains run 60 miles north of Las Cruces. The Rio Grande collects at the base of the range to form Caballo Reservoir. With temperatures hovering above 100 for two weeks the rainstorms and cool winds were welcoming. The trail rated as “easy” has since been washed out providing plenty of obstacles in the lower canyons; most of us were unaware of these changes. I was informed by a fellow enthusiast as to the pain my truck would endure, “Your car isn’t going to make it; you are more than welcome to ride with me”. … I passed on the offer. Carnage ensued shortly thereafter for many of the group. Luckily my truck was undamaged as the skids, sliders and bumpers were working overtime.

We were able to watch the storm move in once we reached the summit for amazing views. Enjoy

Elvota

Maybe you all had the wrong vehicle:



My guess is this guy ruled the day :



Great pics. If that's an "easy" trail, NM may to to reassess it's ranking system.

Vermejo

muddpigg

iTrader: (1)

Con grats on the Yes, looks like some nice trips ya'll made this year, love the country side there.

bigt

nice pics... cant wait to take my new surf on some nice road trips..


mod your runner now before she tightens the wallet too much!!!

really nice looking runner you got.. and a double locked ifs yota can do almost any trail with picking lines and a good spoters!

Elvota

Amazing pics (as usual)

We drove from CB to Marble... some interesting warning signs along that route.

wormhole

As always great photo's.

AxleIke

Congrats on the Yes Jake!!!

Hope to catch you soon!

Lysmachia

Awesome pics Jake! And a big congrats on the YES!

Hey where is this pic?

Vermejo

Thanks guys for the good words

That is a view East from Cottonwood Pass outside BV