Chestnut Mountain Road Runs

I don't thunk so. Check my latest post, price.
I can get some pics after bit. They are in the garage but my cars in there and hardly any room to take a pic.

 

If I had the beans, I would buy for after these wear out

 

There's still some nipples on 2 of them.
Honestly, $400 is a steal for 5. I want to say they were close to $1100 new.
My coopers were $1300 balanced and mounted.

 

Do you know what the offset is? That’s a great price. Just wanna make sure they’ll fit my beadlock wheels.

 

You wont need 4wd until after the bridge.

 

No offset on tires. Just rims.
They cleared my stock Uca's when I ran them.
Have aftermarket now.

 

Okay cool. I was planning to hold off on UCAs after my lift to see if they’d be an absolute necessity or not. Definitely interested in the tires.

 

Check on some of the 2nd gen threads with lifts and 285's to see if aftermarket uca's are necessary. I'm thinking you 2nd gen guys have to have a cmc (cab mount chop) to fit 285's.

@JimboAnz you cmc or naw?

 

@JimboAnz

976 Grassy Ridge Rd, Sapphire, NC 28774

 

thx, so this is saturday at 11? contemplating, need to get out.........3 hours.....

 

You can stretch your legs out there, but it's not URE by any means.

 

Yyyeeeessss!!!

 

cool, Im down for a ride possibly. found a post on IH8MUD, might be cool to check out

 

That takes me to a point in the middle of the park. Are we meeting at the store mentioned earlier or a gate or anything?

 

Old post, but might be the same .....



https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/gorges-state-park-chestnut-mtn-road.809280/

Gorges State Park/ Chestnut Mtn Road
Discussion in 'NC- Olde North State Cruisers' started by CruiserDave, Jun 15, 2014.


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   Well went with the wife to Gorges State Park today and hiked up Rainbow Falls Trail to check out all the waterfalls. Very nice place lots of cool waterfalls and swim holes.
   On the way out we drove up Chestnut Mountain Rd. This road starts out as a gravel two track road that goes up the mountain. On the far side it has some really steep descents. When you get to the end of this road take a right and head down the mtn a couple of miles and you'll come to this bridge crossing. After this bridge crossing the trail starts to get real rough! The wife and I went up the other side about two miles before we turned around (time was running out and Gorges closes at 9) to come back down.
   While airing back up at the Rainbow Falls parking lot a Park Ranger stopped by on a atv.
   I asked him about the trail on the other side. He said the trail goes all the way past the South Carolina line and is open to all types of traffic, "If the gates are open go for it". He said that the trail is gated by Duke Power on the other end and you would have to back track the way you came in. He asked if we made it to the top of the mountain, while pointing to a very high ridge. I said we didn't get that far as we were afraid we would get locked in the park. He stated that the park's gates will raise up after hours to let you out but you can't get back in. He then said that near the top it gets rough enough that a winch maybe needed since it's washed out and isn't really maintained very well.
   Ill be going back sometime soon to try and make it all the way to the locked gates and I'll record it with my action cam. Anyway this is a REALLY great trail for you expo guys that want to trail ride. There are some nice looking camp sites on the river and also on the Rainbow Falls trail.

 

haha, me too

 

It seems pretty tame (as far as off roading goes) it's no Boulder field. Definitely looks like a cool place to explore and my convincing argument to my wife is I want to come up to explore so we can camp.

 

I’d rather avoid a CMC if possible. Assuming I wait for my 3” lift, will I still need aftermarket UCAs to fit the 285s you think?

 

That's awesome.

 

I don't think it's avoidable. Your going to rub without it.