TW Bill Burke Trip AZ 2010

well, effen great! you guys have me surfin mods. initial thoughts? i should have bought everything BEFORE i got married. damn.

i drove my bone stock truck up a trail east of the saquaro national park..(to find cell service; and i did) tame compared to your pics. but a few areas were laced with some boulders..i came close to wishing i had sliders. i want to mod it up, and go with you guys!

we did arrow a javalina!!

 

you guys see any whitetail (couse) deer?

 

I didn't.

 

My squeaky suspension must of scared them all away.

 

We'll have to put your bushings on 'stealth mode!'

 

You weren't the only one making noise.

 

My brakes squeaking a bit. Sounds like we need the silicone spray mod.

 

That was on my list of things I'd like to do before the trip. Among other things,it didn't happen.

 

Here's a video of John that I took of him while he was recording his vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crSJxwjEW2g

And his video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6wP1imEjoU

 

Thanks for the pics. It makes me jealous.

I wish I'm lucky and skilled as I don't have sliders and skids yet...and no locker.

 

Yeah but I've been out with you in Big Bear on Goldmine and I thought you did great with that long bed and the 'step-sliders!'

Also, I was just showing my GF the John vids (I hadn't shown her other pics and she said that's not your trip - there's only one truck!!!

 

I want to do that Big bear again or similar. With these new suspension and tires, maybe I can do better. I miss the fun. But before then, I may have to get a slider at least.

 

I don't know the quality but Trail Gear has ones for something like $200. We'll have to get a ride going again.

 

I was thinking skids but I type sliders.

Yeah, I'm down to some mild trails. My tires have 6000 miles on them now but have not seen off-road.

 

here is a link to more pics of the trip.

more pics here

 

Pilot Rock between Arrowhead and Big Bear - Yes. Near Cleghorn? Not that I know of.

 

Looks like a heck of a fun time and good educational experience about the fundamentals of off road. Wish I could have made that trip. That would have been nice. Have taken some hairy trails off road as well, without sliders, etc... have been fortunate to have not done any damage, yet...

 

So I thought I would sign up or join the forum or what ever it is called you call it for what ever reason you call it what you call it.

I'm a nice visitor here and you crackers crack me up with all the pics and vids on this site. cool trip with you great folks in some awesome terrain. I liked the well behaved people around the fire. at least until Cliff fell in when his kiddy chair tipped over after Paul explained the engineering difficulty of building a three legged chair to hold 82Kgs on soil with a mire factor of 1.2 and a gradient of .225 with the ambient temps from prevailing breeze out of the SW at 1.6knots of 18C.

anyway... love you guys... I'm not lurking but just letting you all know what a blast I had with you all in AZ and look forward to some more campfire time in the future.

BB (the guy in the green j##p)

 

Oh yeah, nice beaver there Murph. is that your date for tonight? No wonder your solenoid didn't work!!! Next time I'm wearing a cup!

BB

 

Welcome to TW Bill Burke!!! I wish I had the opportunity to learn from you.