Coke Ovens AZ lots of pics!

Neatus · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:19 am

Trip to the Coke Ovens with Tim and Chuy...the weather made the desert beautiful!
Starting out

Caught up to this group of Jeeps

Canyon walls

Old n New

The ovens in sight

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:02 am

Beautiful area and looks like great wheeling !

eyehatetofu · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:09 am

tommudd wrote:

Beautiful area and looks like great wheeling !

Twas beautiful and was extemely great wheeling! I think that is my new favorite trail!

You are fast Ernie, I haven't got my pics off my camera yet. I'll put up what I have tomorrow.

Had a blast out there today. Man the rain made it fun!

djui5 · **Joined:** Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:38 am **Posts:** 536

That KJ is sexy :SOMBRERO:

Looks like a good trip.

jeepskate · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:57 am

Great stuff!

nosnorb_808 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:45 am

Beautiful pictures! So it looks like you had to trim the fenders a lil'bit Neatus? How's everything working? Looks good.

Neatus · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:23 pm

Yeah it was a great day and so awesome with the light rain. There was some tough wheeling in some spots and Tim took every line I took and made it with his skillful driving. There was only one spot he decided to take a go around. This trail is great because it has some challenges, lot's of pretty desert and you get the payoff of reaching the Coke Ovens(which we had lunch inside of.

nosnorb_808 wrote:

Beautiful pictures! So it looks like you had to trim the fenders a lil'bit Neatus? How's everything working? Looks good.

Everything is working great...one little problem I had is that at full droop in the front my springs don't have any tension on them and sometime don't seat back on the top spring perch. I think I will just adjust the coil overs so that when drooped there is still tension on them. I may do limiting strap like someone suggested before. I did trim the fenders and it has eliminated most of the fender rub....in just a couple spots I got very light rubbing.

67Customs · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:43 pm

Awesome pics. That trail looks like a blast.

AZKJ · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:11 pm

Thanks for posting Ernie... looks like a really good trip. Sorry I had to miss it!! How did you exit the trail??

Neatus · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:14 pm

AZKJ wrote:

Thanks for posting Ernie... looks like a really good trip. Sorry I had to miss it!! How did you exit the trail??

In through Price Rd. out through Price Rd.

riptricket · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:25 pm

what are you doin outside my house?

Great pics luckies!

eyehatetofu · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:41 pm

I didn't get to many photos, twas raining out and my camera is jacked up already. Here is what I got:

mag03kj · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:32 pm

looks like yall had a blast!!

Neatus · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:22 pm

Great pics Tim, I had a great time.
For those interested, this will be one of the trails for AZ LOST Jeeps Fun in the Sun (FITS). We are still hammering out details. If you don't know FITS it is a two night trip. We stage at a campsite (some in hotels in the area) on a Friday, stare at all the Jeeps , tell stories, head out in two groups to two trails (one difficult and one easy) on Sat morning. We run the trails, head back to camp for a killer dinner courtesy of AZ LOST Jeeps, have a raffle, maybe a few activities.....campfire fun till we pass out :lol:

Sunday some head home right away, some hit a few more trails. It is a blast.....come on out and join the fun. Here is a link to the official FITS thread.
http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=137

AZKJ · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:15 pm

Tim... nice pics!!

Neatus... you brought up a good point!! "Sunday some head home right away, some hit a few more trails.".

Are we going to plan a third trail for Sunday, or just wing it??

Xodius · **Posted:** Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:29 pm

WOW looks like an amazing canyon and run! Are those charcoal hives? We have a few on or around Mount Charleston but they are no where near in that good of shape.
Thanks for sharing!

Neatus · **Posted:** Sun Feb 14, 2010 12:29 pm

Xodius wrote:

WOW looks like an amazing canyon and run! Are those charcoal hives? We have a few on or around Mount Charleston but they are no where near in that good of shape.
Thanks for sharing!

Yes, they were used to turn local mesquite into charcoal as I understand it. The AZ desert is a good place to preserve things and that is why they are still in such good shape.

quebec_kj · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:09 am

really nice place, hope going there one they, but it still a bit far from quebec .... :roll:

jeepmedic46 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2010 5:52 pm

Does look like a great place to go and everyone looks like they had a good time. :JEEPIN:

Coke Ovens AZ lots of pics!

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