South New Jersey Off-road in July (Done 07-27-2013) Awsome

[dvanbramer88]

Going:
darring70 (Darring)
Dvanbramer88 (Dave)
Soldier32mp (Frank)
SaltWaterDrinker (Josh)


My buddy Don in his Yukon and I think 2 Jeeps with him.

[dvanbramer88]

Soldier32mp is going and I'm riding with him.

Let me know if you guys want to follow me or ride down together. I was thinking about leaving at like 8:30

[SaltWaterDrinker]

A last minute "screw you" is now preventing Frank and I from going. We're off the list. Sorry.

[Moots1288]

A last minute "screw you" is now preventing Frank and I from going. We're off the list. Sorry.

what kind of "screw you" is this, that you speak of?

[darring70]

Off-roading with Dave this morning

[darring70]

I had a lot of fun this morning

[The Roadie]

Off-roading with Dave this morning

You tugged him out of the bog? Details, man! Details!

[darring70]

First time off roading, an awsome experience, I meet with Dave (Dvanbramer88) and his nice and friendly friends.
At the begining I was only riding on trails and then we went to a place where it was a lot of sand.
While we were getting more in tomthe wood I went through mud and it was a lot of fun, the las puddle of mudd was kind of big (deep) and I just decide to go through, after I passed it, I felt so happy and my son was exited too

[dvanbramer88]

Off-roading with Dave this morning

You tugged him out of the bog? Details, man! Details!

The big black Yukon stuck is my friend Don. The long and the short of it is; We're going down the trail, I'm leading because i've been there before and I bought the map, i also have my GPS set to where I want to go. It's alot drier than normal, not a lot of big puddles. There is some mud here and there where water stands. We come up to this wide spot and off to the side of the trail is a little 2 track with some mud. I stop put it in 4, and walk right through it. Don, next in line decides he can do it in 2. He proceeds, slows down and gives it some gas to show off, and sinks the rear. Put it in 4, and sinks the front. I tried pulling him forward with a strap, Buy I was only pulling his skid plate/cross member further into the ground. One of the Jeep Wranglers with us hooked his winch to Don's rear hook. Only to drag the Jeep towards don. The second Jeep strapped up to the first jeep to help anchor, and still they just dragged themselves toward Don. Than Don started moving backwards and out of the hole. While the jeeps were still slowly sliding toward him.

As for me, I DID NOT get stuck. Neither did Darring. We had fun. Got darring some back woods pin stripping to show for his first trip out.

Only real damage to report is, I broke a CB antenna on a low overhang. Going to the truck stop on Monday to get a new antenna and a couple spring mounts. The physical antenna wasn't broken, just the fiberglass mast, so I tried to fix it with a splint. It worked for a little bit.



Don stuck again











All in all we did about 15 miles of trail. The "Jeepers" decided to skip out early because they were hungry... I mean i understand with 4 people in a Wrangler they don't even have enough room for a small cooler and snacks. I had a cooler full of stuff and was ready for a full day on the trails. Than Darring's son got a little antsy and disinterested so Darring decided to head home too. No problem, it happens with younger kids.

And Darring, it was a pleasure to meet part of your family and wheel with you. You're welcome any time. I also like those rims on your truck. They go good with the green.

(couple videos shortly)

[dvanbramer88]

This hill is steeper than it looks. And a little bit of a tight spot. I had to drag my rear tire partially over the stump to make it up. Darring did well navigating it both ways.

[dvanbramer88]

the last puddle of mud was kind of big (deep) and I just decide to go through, after I passed it, I felt so happy and my son was exited too

FWIW this is an old picture of Josh's first TB stuck in the hole darring is talking about here. There was a little less water than before, But I'm pretty sure the ruts got deeper. I had to back up and try a different line this time around. Darring picked a good line and made it right through.

[v7guy]

Looks like a nice afternoon!

[SaltWaterDrinker]

Ah...that first truck was a beaut. =\