"Wheeler's Anonymous"

I'm in for Dumont in the fall..

 

Now that looks fun @Sandtaco

 

Also interesting to note: BLM site says no shooting. They broke a law and videoed it.

I'm also willing to bet there's no mag lock and the that's a >30rnd mag.

 

+1 for Dumont. I should have my locker by then

 

They left the dunes to shoot. Mag Lock and 10 round mag no way to tell.

 

Ok I don't feel like catching up in here as I'm more than a week behind. What have I missed? Any new meets or trips going on? Details!?

 

Nope nothing going on here, move along.

 

@Sandtaco @digitaLbraVo @eon_blue @Mike likes Tacos

In case you were curious..

So Tanner, kid with the 4Runner updated me on the status of his damage.
Here's what he said:

"Yea I blew up my whole front diff
I meant to check the fluid a couple months ago but never did and turns out it had no fluid
Both CB axles are blown, one tie rod is blown,both rotors are cracked. It's awesome hahaha. I'm not off roading for a while"

 

OUCH!!!! Wow, no fluid?? Well, that'll be an expensive lesson

 

Bummer

 

Thanks for the update.

A lesson to be learned for sure.

Hope he gets it sorted soon.

Chris

 

That shit escalated quickly.

 

The more I think about it, I'm actually really impressed that he made it almost all the way to the end with no fluid in his front differential. Then again, I remember him telling me at the top of that hill after it blew out that he had done most of the trip in 2wd, I guess it's good that he did because getting up that last hill without 4x4 would've been interesting.

 

Pull strap. Tow strap. Same gig? Haha

He's real lucky he got as far as he did. But id bet a cool $20 the tie rod and rotors were busted up when he bought it and the real damage he did was in the differential/CVs.

 

I wonder how feasible that would've been, pulling that 4runner up that particular hill if we had to...I've never had to do anything like that, just genuinely curious if it would be possible without risking major damage to one of our trucks. I suppose if that had ended up being the case, backtracking to that fire road that Edison made to put in the power lines would have been his best bet, as it probably led out back to the main road.

 

Whoa I have definitely missed something. Where can I find this story

 

That's the 4runner we're talking about, a few of us hit up Drinkwater Flats yesterday (pics a few pages back) and toward the end after the last big hill, the 4runner got to the top but was making some god-awful sounds coming from the front end.

 

Maybe. But he told me how he took it out to the desert and slammed it hard in some whoops. Said he couldn't see them and was doing like 40. The hits busted off his roof rack and he assumed his front end took on damage. He just never really got in to how bad it was I guess.

 

Nah anyone with a tow pack could yanked him up those hills... in 4Lo hahah. Although the strap would have been burnt up I bet. Pull strap ain't tow chain. Yknow?

The struggle bruh

 

I'll have to go back and check it out. Where'd you guys meet the kid? Not trying to be a dick but sounds like not the brightest if you ask me