Wellsville with J.O. 11/24

meh_kick · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 12:22 am

I am copying pictures from my camera right now.

This was a good run today. We saw some greasy mud, some hills, a few rock gardens and steep climbs. The routes we took weren't too difficult by themselves, but the mud increased the difficulty factor several times over. There were 6 KJs and Rubicon TJ in our group as well as many Yotas, XJs, TJs, and even a WJ mixed into two other groups.

A BIG BIG thanks goes out to Nick (KJ04) for posting info on this run and guiding us through the maze of Yellow Creek. It would have been very easy to get lost and really stuck back there. And also to Jeepin Ohio for getting everyone together.

Pics to come shortly.

meh_kick · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 12:32 am

It was hard to get any action shots because we were constantly on the move, but this is what I snapped.

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:16 am

so looks like a good time was had by all, so no real problems?

jerbacher · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:27 am

tommudd wrote:

so looks like a good time was had by all, so no real problems?

ha ha

pics to come tomorrow when its light outside. the swaybar discos did great be the way.

hatu · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:26 am

Had a great time yesterday! Special thanks to Nick for blazing the trails and Mitch for guiding me up the last hill. My baby's no longer a virgin

....Here's some pics:

meh_kick · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:38 am

tommudd wrote:

so looks like a good time was had by all, so no real problems?

It's almost like he knows something...

jerbacher wrote:

ha ha

pics to come tomorrow when its light outside. the swaybar discos did great be the way.

RAYMAN975 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:15 am

darn NICE PICS GUYS!!!! i should have came!!!!!!!!!!! oh well, next time for sure! that mud just LOOKS slippery and all, how it stuck to your tires and all, looks tough!! i guess im just a baby and always worry about brekaing something if its soemwhere where i have never been. and hear a lot of horror stories about that place lol. it was an hour and a half away from me, not too bad at all. i just take 80E to 11south

KJ04 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:19 am

meh_kick wrote:

tommudd wrote:

so looks like a good time was had by all, so no real problems?

It's almost like he knows something...

jerbacher wrote:

ha ha

pics to come tomorrow when its light outside. the swaybar discos did great be the way.

Yeah Mitch, keep him in suspence. I want to let the other person tell his own story.

KJ04 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:49 am

RAYMAN975 wrote:

darn NICE PICS GUYS!!!! i should have came!!!!!!!!!!! oh well, next time for sure! that mud just LOOKS slippery and all, how it stuck to your tires and all, looks tough!! i guess im just a baby and always worry about brekaing something if its soemwhere where i have never been. and hear a lot of horror stories about that place lol. it was an hour and a half away from me, not too bad at all. i just take 80E to 11south

Raymond,
I offered in the previous posts, to let someone drive my Jeep so I would be free to get out to spot and take pictures. If you had just shown up, the job would have been yours.

jerbacher · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 3:44 pm

First of all, it was a really great time. Wellsville is a pretty cool place with lots and lots of fun trails and playgrounds and creeks and such. Big thanks to KJ04 for leading, like Mitch said, and also a big thanks to everyone, but especially him for helping me out, following me home and such. Now for the pics:

Yep, "pop goes the differential"...
I'm not trying to make excuses for myself or anything, but I really did not think that the conditions at that moment would cause this. I'm usually pretty carful to not let it bounce, etc. but here it is.

So now I'm off to the wonderful world of the internet to find myself a new diff!

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:00 pm

I had a feeling..........now time for salvage yard....4 cyl. ...4.10s :lol:

I have some contacts PM me I should be back in Toledo about nine tonight

so sad.. and yes you are always pretty careful, more than I am :wink:

do I need to make some room ?? :wink:

FastTRX · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:19 pm

Cool pics everyone...looks like it was a great time.

Jon...sorry to hear about the diff. It must be the season for em'....

I'm not sure about Ohio...but we have free "Indiana Auto & RV" magazines at the quikie marts and I found a few parts and repairable places out of there and just called around to see what they had. Some are high and some are low...you just have to keep trying until you find a good place with a good quote.

BTW...mine broke about the same exact way...the piece that cracked off looks identical. Welcome to the Midwest blown diff club. Strike another one for the books! :lol:

callaway · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:14 pm

that looks like great fun!

excellent pictures !

RAYMAN975 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:45 pm

i know nick, i should have came, rub it in!!! haha jp

sorry to hear about your jeep jon!! hopefully u get her fixed soon!!!

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:50 pm

14th picture from the end of Jon coming up the hill is that about where the "big bang " was?? Maybe just camera angle but his tire on left side appears to be cutting right and the right side is straight ahead, or am I just still too full of turkey to see straight? Wondering if something like that was the cause ? Just thinking out loud??!!

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:35 pm

So I had a great time, no damage, but I did manage to add a few new pinstripes all the way down my Jeep. :twisted:

Thanks to Nick our Fearless leader! He made the day run very smoothly!
Nice to meet all of you LOST guys.
my pics are similar but here they are.....
Later
Chris

hatu · **Posted:** Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:29 am

tommudd wrote:

14th picture from the end of Jon coming up the hill is that about where the "big bang " was?? Maybe just camera angle but his tire on left side appears to be cutting right and the right side is straight ahead, or am I just still too full of turkey to see straight? Wondering if something like that was the cause ? Just thinking out loud??!!

Tom,

I think it's this shot here. Jon's left front tire is about 2 feet away from about a 2 foot high ledge. I wish I had a shot from behind, that would of given a better perspective. I think this might have been his first attempt at it. I think it cracked on the second attempt. He didn't seem to be pushing any harder to get over that point than the rest of us. He was the last of 5 of us to take that line though, so I'm sure the ground loosened up allot by the time he got to it. Once on the ledge, both tires were spinning, looked like it started to jump a little and then the the right stopped and then crack.

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:10 am

Thanks hatu...just curious

tom

so Jon what did you tell Santa to put on his list for you this Christmas :roll:

Wellsville with J.O. 11/24

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