Carnage/Seven mile 1/10/07 [Archive]

CurleyMan

02-07-2007, 10:09 PM

Anyone wanna go i have a few friends who are up for it. Are any nissan people up for it or will i be the only one :( Either carnage or sevenmile doesn't matter to us
I meant 2/10/07 ooops

ChefTyler

02-07-2007, 10:25 PM

I would, but I'm still trying to recover from being sick and really don't want to push my luck and do one last run before I SAS :(

JayRyan

02-08-2007, 07:17 AM

I would, but I'm helping my buddy paint his house- I like the fumes too...:p

CurleyMan

02-08-2007, 09:31 AM

Ok so far we have Alex, Tyler (tmorgan), and friends.... going for sat @ 10:00 am

tmorgan4

02-08-2007, 09:59 AM

Everyone and their excuses..... :cool:

CurleyMan

02-08-2007, 11:34 AM

tyler... a little after ten or even at noon would be fine with me. Alex.... seven mile will be fine tyler may not be back until after 10 on saturday.

Alex Topousis

02-08-2007, 02:39 PM

7 mile sounds good, I'm trying to get jeff conner to come also

BLACKOUTX

02-08-2007, 02:53 PM

Can't make it, my lower control arm is trying to break in half.

ChefTyler

02-08-2007, 03:19 PM

Can't make it, my lower control arm is trying to break in half.

*cough* SAS *cough*

cscherrer

02-08-2007, 03:23 PM

I would, but I'm helping my buddy paint his house- I like the fumes too...:p

Fluck that! Ditch the jerk and go wheeling! :bannana:

As for me, I have to paint my house this weekend. LOL

BLACKOUTX

02-08-2007, 03:35 PM

I know Tyler I know. Allen has my axle now.

ChefTyler

02-08-2007, 06:30 PM

I know Tyler I know. Allen has my axle now.

I know, I'm just givin ya poop :D

CurleyMan

02-08-2007, 06:50 PM

alex i'll be putting my chromolly axle shafts in on saturday at 7:00 am if you wanna help or watch. It will take a couple hours probably until 10:00am. Either way i'll give you a call tomorrow night

tmorgan4

02-09-2007, 12:22 AM

Any idea how much snow (if any) is still up at these places? I would be great if it wasn't a total winch fest, especially since my friend with the Tacoma is going to be running stock tires that wouldn't do well at all in deep snow.

CurleyMan

02-09-2007, 08:48 AM

I'm not sure tyler i havent been up there yet. I'm pretty sure we will be ok though sevenmile has alot of snowmobile and 4 wheeler traffic so it's probably better then most. We could go to bunce school house road which i have always run in the winter. It's close to camp dick and would give us the option of running middle st vrain and coney flats. I feel as if the further north we go the better it will be. The last few storms hit denver harder then ft collins. I really don't care where we go but it is important that everyone has fun for sure.

CurleyMan

02-09-2007, 08:54 AM

Bunce school house is pretty awesome though and if you havent been you should go. tons of camping and trails for every skill level. Seven mile does have alot of long uphill spots which will be icy.

CurleyMan

02-09-2007, 09:31 PM

Tyler we may be departing around noon. Give me a call 970-215-2362.

Alex Topousis

02-10-2007, 08:41 PM

Here are the pictures from today... the equipment of the day today was definately a winch. We ended up only making it only about 1/4 mile up the trail because the snow was pretty soft and deep.
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/4196/dscn0256fj2.jpg

yes even a big ass hardbody can get stuck sometimes...
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/6788/dscn0258ga4.jpg

full droop in an unexpected way
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/711/dscn0262az8.jpg

winching out a jeep in our group that got run off the trail somewhat
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/9559/dscn0265hb4.jpg

Alex Topousis

02-10-2007, 08:45 PM

messing around
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/6863/dscn0266xd4.jpg

the grand finale was getting out a full size car with a family in it that decided to go up the trail for some reason, i'll try to get up some screenshots of the video of getting the car out later. I'm sure ben will post some pics also

ChefTyler

02-10-2007, 09:03 PM

Looks like ya'll had fun :D
What PSI were you running?
I love to see a vehicle with temp tags off the pavement, just makes me smile :D

Alex Topousis

02-10-2007, 09:08 PM

i was running a little under 15psi since we had to drive like 20 miles to the nearest gas station to fill up if we wanted

bogof

02-10-2007, 09:16 PM

Looks like fun! Wish I could have gone.

CurleyMan

02-11-2007, 07:22 AM

Alpine Spirit

02-11-2007, 08:57 AM

Nice Pics!!! Props to the Jeep for wheelin with temp tags!!!

ChefTyler

02-11-2007, 09:35 AM

I don't know how much Jeremy the jeep owner enjoyed it. He kept getting stuck and it really started to get him down. My girlfriend got in his vehicle and drove it out of almost every obsticle. He is from texas so.... it was probably his second time having it in 4wd. It's not easy being a rookie but to enjoy wheelin you gotta enjoy getting stuck.....i'll post some pics sometime today

I turned a stuttering coke-head red neck from Texas into a bonified Colorado rock crawling, snow bashin', beer guzzlin' wheeler...it juts took me the better part of 3 years :D

CurleyMan

02-11-2007, 10:18 AM

If I reflect back to my rookie days which where not too far back. I remember my first times getting stuck, breaking stuff, and body damage. I think they all kinda pissed me off at first because it is kinda frustrating and can be a downer. Especially when everyone else runs the trail without the same problems. But i think you just tend to get used to it after a few times and I actually enjoy it now. Finding yourself in thease circumstances more or less means your wheeling hard enough. I just hope that Jeremy can escalate to this level.......

Packman5280

02-11-2007, 10:39 AM

i've always broken stuff, and as long as it wasn't something dumb (like when I didn't tighten my cvs enough and one fell off) i laughed about it. i actually like beating the hell out of my truck. when it runs.

CurleyMan

02-11-2007, 11:23 AM

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m22/curleyben/wheelin%20pics/2007_0210Image0017.jpg

CurleyMan

02-11-2007, 11:24 AM

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m22/curleyben/wheelin%20pics/2007_0210Image0023.jpg

CurleyMan

02-11-2007, 11:27 AM

Jeremy watched Alex drive through this deep spot however it didn't work out so well for him. Jeremy was sliding down hill so alex and i used snatch blocks and both winches to pull the jeep sideways. It was fun for sure i think Alex posted a better pic on page 2.
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m22/curleyben/wheelin%20pics/2007_0210Image0031.jpg
It doesn't look that bad but the side of his fender was almost touching the tree. And the thought of body damage upset him so this is what we did and it worked..

CurleyMan

02-11-2007, 11:30 AM

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m22/curleyben/wheelin%20pics/th_2007_0210Image0025.jpg (http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m22/curleyben/wheelin%20pics/?action=view&current=2007_0210Image0025.flv)

I guess it was a winch fest but whatever it was still fun

CurleyMan

02-11-2007, 11:34 AM

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m22/curleyben/wheelin%20pics/th_2007_0210Image0029.jpg (http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m22/curleyben/wheelin%20pics/?action=view&current=2007_0210Image0029.flv)

Alex you gotta post the pics of that dumb ass in the car. I wanted to tell him off sooo bad in reguards to the litter, cig butts, and how he never got out to help with his own recovery. However the kids in his car sucking in the cig fumes kinda got my sympathetic side.

Alex Topousis

02-11-2007, 12:09 PM

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t280/atopousis/th_DSCN0267.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t280/atopousis/th_DSCN0268.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t280/atopousis/th_DSCN0269.jpg

Jeremy only took video, I thought he took pictures but whatever, same idea

CurleyMan

02-11-2007, 12:24 PM

they arent playing did you post them as pic's by mistake or is my computer messed up?

Alex Topousis

02-11-2007, 01:01 PM

i probably posted them as pics, how do you post them as videos?

CurleyMan

02-11-2007, 01:39 PM

are you using photobucket... if so when you add the item add it as video not as pic you will see the option

Alex Topousis

02-11-2007, 02:09 PM

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t280/atopousis/th_DSCN0267.jpg (http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t280/atopousis/?action=view&current=DSCN0267.flv)
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t280/atopousis/th_DSCN0268.jpg (http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t280/atopousis/?action=view&current=DSCN0268.flv)
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t280/atopousis/th_DSCN0269.jpg (http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t280/atopousis/?action=view&current=DSCN0269.flv)
finally got it with Kevin's help

ChefTyler

02-11-2007, 02:25 PM

Damn...I know what we need to do to break in Ryan's leaf springs on the HB though, winch and winch and winch away :D

CurleyMan

02-11-2007, 02:48 PM

lol i forgot how noisy that was. We ended up realizing the car was too heavy for our winches to pull it sideways. So alex pulled from the front and i used my snatch block on a tree and also pulled it forward. lol i don't think i have ever used my winch that much in a day or even a week it was comical to say the least.

tmorgan4

02-11-2007, 03:27 PM

Looks like I missed out...sorry I couldn't join you guys. :( The Tacoma project ended up taking a whole lot longer than I had thought it would and still isn't finished. Hopefully we can figure something out in the next few weeks.

CurleyMan

02-11-2007, 03:55 PM

i'm sure we will get a chance again in the near future. I'm gonna be gone this next weekend but i'll be back.