NW WA Meet / BS Thread

More commonly known as the WABDR

 

Sweet!!!

 

Been all over the past few days, Went out carbanado on monday snows gone lots of sunshine.

Then jammed down the 7 to packwood and Rimrock lake. Ran into 1 20ft drift, about 2ft deep just before the top of bethel Ridge It was me and my 6yr old . So I didnt press my luck at 430pm. Got a whole day of wheeling in though all over around the lake. Rimrock should be bare in a few weeks.

Also went up i90 past the summit to reach Lost lake, we hit thick snow 3 miles from the lake. Once again solo so we turned around. Lots of good wheeling avalible.

Van epps is snowed in bad, talked to my bro today that lives In Cle Elum.

 

Here is Rimrock from Bethel Ridge on Tuesday

The pin drop and the drift we encountered

It was clear the rest of the way up the ridge, we hiked for a bit.

Getting around checking the bed bob

Where I hit snow today up i90

Playing around up Surprise Lake Monday.

 

Going out by Hamma Hamma to do camping fishing and off roading Friday morning until Monday. Went by the Fs and got a bunch of good maps, with double track to run. The high country has all the gates open finally.

 

Wow, you've got some great posts so far! I'll be heading through Hamma Hamma Saturday on my way to Sequim. I've got wife, kid and another family with me so might be logistically tough to meet up. Tides are damn low this weekend so we plan to do some shell-fishing as we pass through. I've got a 7yo as well. Nice work on your truck bed

 

This is true.

 

Are you able to make it all the way across bethel now?

 

Technical question for the more experienced here.

If I want to jack up the front of the truck, would you:



A: Jack up the front properly by dropping your 75lb 1/4" steel skid and jack off the thing that looks like a tit on the front crossmember like you are supposed to


or


B: Because you're kinda lazy and would rather skip a step, just jack up the front of the truck by the 1/4" skid because let's face it, if your skid is banging something on the trail you have a goodly proportion of the vehicle weight on the skid anyway and the skid is supported/attached in 3 different areas to distribute the weight even more.

 

leave the skid on... ain't nobody got time for that shit.

 

Yeah since I've put my skid on, I just center the jack on it and lift her up. Apparently someone else thought my oil pan was that tit hanging down and used it as a jack point. I know it wasn't me.

Skid won't come off unless I've got steering rack or front diff issues. You can do most other work with it on.

 

I would assume that is a giant yes from what I looked at. The spot with the drift is the only shaded spot on the ridge. Now with tire tracks in it the melting will commence!!bahahah

 

sweet

 

Jack off the skid plate, I do it all the time.

 

Never heard of that fetish

 

There's something for everyone on the internet.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FabricationPorn/

 

My skids are aluminum...

So I jack off of where I think that crossmember should be, behind the skid.

 

That's where I jack mine as well. Even with the steel. Then again I don't pinpoint place it either but just toss it under and get it close

 

Jack up or Jack off?

 

Thanks for the feedback. I left the service ramps that I usually use to crawl under the truck and remove the skid plate down in AZ when I was there in March. I need to drop the skid again to install my Fumoto valve and change the oil before heading south again so if it's no big deal to jack on the skid, I plan on picking up a set of jack stands (which I need to buy anyway), lift the truck, drop the skid, change the oil and then never drop the skid again....

Thanks gents!!