Florida B.S. Thread

Well the last I heard, it was pretty dry out there (I think that was the report from last weekend, and there hasn't been much rain since). I'll bring all my recovery gear too

 

I did a thing today

 

The rsg bumper sticks out further then this one. I kept it tight.

 

Is that a vote of no confidence that I'll be able to make it even though I won't be pushing a thousand gallons of water in front of me? LOL. With my luck, it'll be so dry and hard that I'll just drive right across it like it's just regular trail and it'll be a huge let down. In all honesty though, I'd prefer that to breaking something.

 

I don’t think that hole will ever be dry.... umm, lol.

So last call if anyone else is interested. Citrus WMA today. Meet outside campground on traIl 10 @10am. Its looking like rain today, let me know if you guys are still interested in going.

 

I’m still in

 

I'm still in. Gonna take a shower and head out in a few minutes.

 

right on.

 

70% chance of rain should good and sloppy

 

@allenfab @NABeast I made it home. 11.5v on the battery. I honestly don't think the alternator was completely non-functional, just not operating at full capacity. Haha, it was fun while it lasted though.

 

Thats good to hear Yeah it was fun, i just got home myself. Thats why i like riding with you guys because you know how to have fun.

 

Well, there is a speed limit on those trails and traveling at that speed limit in between obstacles can be pretty fun as well. That and I'm always willing to accept a reasonable challenge even if it requires excessive use of the skinny pedal.

 

Its fun at rally speed. When your ready to head back out let me know. I ended up going down 15, ran into this dude i know with a sas 3rd gen 4runner with group of old school toyotas.

 

Good to hear. It was fun. I’m going to upload the video I got of you on 14 to YouTube here soon

 

@Taco No Baka

https://youtu.be/YpjGVpQ7BCs

 

I’m glad you got him catching air lol. Change the name of this obstacle from “the crack” to “the rollercoaster”.

 

There was two things working against me there that I didn't put together until after the fact. One, was as I was pulling up to the trough for the 2WD attempted a saw a groove cut out in the middle of the center hump. I initially put it down to Todd's traction bar mount. After seeing my front receiver packed full of clay, I realized it was my groove, so I was plowing into the wall each time I tried to climb out. The second thing was my departure angle and wheel base. I was dragging my ass over the hump and my belly was really close to dragging on the way out if it wasn't actually dragging. But I know I have more ground clearance under the axles than Todd so I was determined to make it in 2WD to match him, lol.

Great video, Todd. Thanks for posting it.

 

Yup, was definitely your front receiver. I’m sure my rear diff made a groove as well (the traction bar bracket is gone now). It took me 4 attempts I think to get up it. I can’t wait to go on all the Jeep Facebook groups and tell them it’s still doable in 2 wheel drive

 

What locker do you have in the rear? After watching this video a few times I noticed that the passenger side didn’t seem to be spinning as much as the drivers side. You can hear you hammering it in the video and the passenger tire is barely spinning, but on the drivers side where i was standing it was spinning like crazy.

 

It's a detroit. It's definitely working (it tried to go sideways on me a couple of times on the way home when I was accelerating from a traffic light). I think it might have just been the shutter speed on the camera that made it look like it wasn't spinning much. I'll check it out though.