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  1. reson46
    Saturday morning we loaded the Jeep on the trailer for our second week of vacation. We were planning on going to Grand Teton and Yellowstone, but the the government shutdown changed those plans. Instead we spent a couple extra days exploring Utah before making our way to Idaho and Montana. In the middle of the San Rafael Swell on I-70. Nephi, UT Coalville, UT Hell's Half Acre, ID We found a cool army surplus store in Idaho that had a few interesting military vehicles. Teton dam site, ID More pics of the trip can be found here. Willy
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    Shortly after assisting the motorcycle riders the wind started to pick up even more and darker clouds moved in. We set up camp just as it started pouring rain. Friday morning we woke up to a clear and beautiful morning with this view. We packed up and went in search of airplane wreckage. Just off the trail are the remains of a plane crash from the early '50s. We took a side trip to Lockhart Canyon and found what was once an interesting creation. We even made a visit to Canyonlands National Park when is was supposedly closed. We also found some interesting mining remnants. This was large enough the drive a vehicle into but only about 40 feet deep. Dark clouds started moving in again. Luckily for Ron, since he left his top and doors in Moab, we were able to dodge most of the showers on the way back. Willy
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    On Thursday Ron and I were interested in doing an overnight trip, so that eliminated half our group. We got off to an interesting start in the O'Reilly parking lot. Ron's starter decided to not work at the campground. A hammer tap got it started again, but we were about to embark on a 90+ mile trail so replacement seemed like a good idea. We then made our way over Hurrah Pass on the way to Chicken Corners. While Chicken Corners isn't much more than a rough dirt road, the views are incredible. After lunch at Chicken Corners we made our way back to Lockhart Basin. We had great weather until late afternoon. Then a definitive cold breeze blew threw and dropped the temperature at least 20 degrees. Not long afterwards we came across this just as it was starting to sprinkle. A couple of guys on BMWs. The first with a large puddle of oil beneath it. He had just come down a ledge and one of the spacers on his oil pan skid plate poked a hole in his oil pan. These guys got lucky in so many ways. First, this had just happened not five minutes before we pulled up. They were 40 miles into an 80+ mile trail and they were the only other traffic we had seen since leaving Chicken Corners. If either of us had been five minutes earlier we would have passed each other on the trail and been long gone. They were also on a motorcycle that actually had a removable oil pan instead of a vertical clam shell. Plus we actually had the tools to repair them and enough oil to hopefully get them off the trail. Once we removed the oil pan we found the broken pieces. Using some JB Weld that Ron had we were able to sandwich the pieces in between several layers of JB Weld. Between Ron and I we had about 1 1/2 quarts of 10W-30 and 3/4 of a quart of 80W-90 gear oil. I'm sure BMWs prefer something a little more fancy than that. I tried to convince them to follow us out going the direction they had come from so that we'd be able to at least get them off the trail if they had any more trouble and they were heading into the difficult section, but they were intent on finishing the trail. Willy
  4. reson46
    Thanks! If you are narrowing a D44 you can pretty much make it any width that you want. I ended up narrowing mine to use TJ D44 inners and GM/FSJ outers. This got me close to the same width as a stock TJ/XJ/YJ D30. Good call on the D44. I did the same thing. If you are stripping teeth off the ring gear there really is no reason to spend any more money building a D30. I don't really see the need to go to the trouble of swapping the 8.8 for a 9". If you've already built the 8.8 I would think it would hold up fairly well to 36" tires. Willy
  5. reson46
    Are you running an ECTED or an E-Locker? Your build thread states E-Locker, not ECTED. Why are you wasting your money on a D30 with 36" tires? Willy
  6. reson46
    I've got 1 1/4" Spidertrax conversion spacers. Willy
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    Wednesday ended up just Ron, his wife, and us. We decided to do Kane Creek Canyon. It didn't take us long to come across the first snake of the day. He's lucky I noticed him. I almost thought he was just a stick on the trail and barely gave it a second thought. He wasn't very interested in going anywhere but we were eventually able to convince him to move on. Snake #2 decided to join us for lunch. As we were eating we watched him crawl along the creek bed and climb right up into Ron's Jeep. He crawled up on top of the gas tank and poked his head out the other side. He then retreated to the gas tank. We attempted to chase him out but he was apparently quite content, which meant that Ron's wife was not getting back in their Jeep. So the wives swapped places after lunch. It only took a few minutes of splashing through the creek before the snake decided he had enough. Somebody's day did not end well. Willy
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    Tuesday we started on Strike Ravine on our way to Area BFE. We ran the entrance to Upper Helldorado, then Minor Threat on our way to Green Day. My rear ECTED had finally decided to die on Moab Rim, so I ended up taking a few bypasses. On the way up Minor Threat. Green Day Making our donations to the great people who keep Area BFE open. Willy
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    We finished Moab Rim pretty early, so we went to Hell's Revenge for some excitement. David decided to show us the line not to take on Hell's Gate. The Escalator. Willy
  10. reson46
    Monday we started off on Moab Rim. Willy
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    This last month has been pretty busy. We spent a great week in Moab at the end of September just as the government decided to shut down. Our first trail was Poison Spider Mesa on Sunday. Willy
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    Now that's some serious "out of the box thinking" Willy....... very progressive of you..... Actually I think of it as quite progressive and evolved not to give identities to inanimate objects. Nor do I assign vehicles genders. These are things, tools, objects to possess. They do not have personalities or humanistic qualities. At least personally they are not something to fetishize and I do not understand the need to humanize these objects. Willy
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    It already has a name, Comanche. All of my vehicles were named by the factory. Willy
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    Our club volunteered as campground hosts at Evan's Creek this past weekend. We had a great turnout and even had some action with a rollover on Saturday. The roll. Finished the weekend with a nice view of Mt. Rainier. Deb also took a few videos of the MJ. https://picasaweb.google.com/115215168528295905149/EvanSCreek09_2013#5921762224470411586 https://picasaweb.google.com/115215168528295905149/EvanSCreek09_2013#5921762336910871634 https://picasaweb.google.com/115215168528295905149/EvanSCreek09_2013#5921763785490941858 More pics here. Willy
  15. reson46
    Awesome! See you then. Should I bring your chain? Willy
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    No, that is a picture. Here is a link. Willy
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    The Rainier Scrambler invited me on their Stag Run again. This year we went to Liberty and had a great time. Of course we had to stop and check out a few mines. The Manastash fires burning in the distance. This is currently burning where we camped on last year's Stag Run. A lot of trails in the area that are going to look completely different. The Hole in the Rock trail travels through an area that was burned during last year's Liberty fires. It was interesting to see how quickly the forest is recovering. There were depressions and holes everywhere that were created by the fire burning tree roots and the ground above collapsing to fill the void. Sunday we hit some trails west of 97. We found a pretty sizable obstacle blocking our way....and everybody left their chain saws at home. We did have a couple of hand saws. Getting closer..... Red Top Lookout The view from Red Top Lookout. You can see where we parked on the bottom left. More pics here. Willy
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    What are your thoughts on the oil cooler? Does it help out quite a bit? Thanks, Willy
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    Got a few pics of you from Fortune Creek. Deb also got a couple videos on Hawkins Mountain. https://picasaweb.google.com/115215168528295905149/CleElumValley08_2013#5913662221036221938 https://picasaweb.google.com/115215168528295905149/CleElumValley08_2013#5913665516188135426 Willy
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    Had another beautiful weekend at Fortune Creek. Finally met Jason (H3RESQ) and got to check out his MJ in person. Jason split off a little early and John, in the TJ, and I decided to head on up to Van Epps Pass. A look inside the mine at the pass. A video of Jason on the Hawkins Mountain trail. https://picasaweb.google.com/115215168528295905149/CleElumValley08_2013#5913662221036221938 Me coming down Hawkins Mountain. https://picasaweb.google.com/115215168528295905149/CleElumValley08_2013#5913662535124206770 Jason coming down Hawkins Mountain. https://picasaweb.google.com/115215168528295905149/CleElumValley08_2013#5913665516188135426 More pics here. Willy
  21. reson46
    Very nice. Now I'm highly curious about pics of a Sidekick on 39s. :thumbsup: Willy
  22. reson46
    Enough talk. Pics or it doesn't exist. :P Willy
  23. reson46
    You have more patience than I. Willy
  24. reson46
    He proceeded to call me almost immediately and tell me he had photographic proof that he ran into you. ;) Willy
  25. reson46
    Agreed. For some reason a lot of people have a love affair with BFGs. I have no understanding why as I've seen them fail way more than any other tire on the trail. Willy
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