Colorado B.S. Thread

Yes, primarily I'm talking about the west side of the point.
It's been a popular spot to take in the views down valley forever, and used to allow jeep rd access to a old cabin a little further down.
I know the spot well, I got married there in 94' I've also pulled down another big private property sign a mile from the property line back in 2005.
That time it was winter access they tried to shut down.

The island of usfs land is a really cool old mining site. They have a gate and signs there too, clearly on usfs land.

Thanks for finding the cb news article

Yes, I'm using the assessor map as well as usfs maps and older USGS topos.
Every map shows the same placement of property lines.

Thank you for the reply and the links.
It's a complicated issue, but I am not able to accept closed public lands as the solution without a fight.

 

Found the other portion of the center seatbelt.
Was still attached to the seat.

 

Chillin at Cheba with the pup.

 

Well... trip plans are back on!

Camping 5 nights - Hotel 3 nights. Rolling out on the 15th of September.



We'll be passing through these areas of CO... if you see us, give us a wave



From Arches following CO river to 70, then 82 over Independence, then into Colo Springs.



From Colo Springs to 50 over Monarch to Montrose, then Ridgway-Placerville and out Highway 145.

 

Well what are said dates.......

 

You should be able to catch some nice fall colors.
Maybe hit kebler pass to paonia, then back to hwy 50.
Farmers markets will be prime too.

 

Where you heading.....
Im leaving the 17th, heading out 70 through Utah, then Nevada, and home East of SF, but west of Sacramento.
Looks close to my route, but ill be going more direct to Tahoe.

 

The main purpose of our trip is to see our youngest son. Stationed at Ft Carson. We'll be spending essentially 3 of the days near Colo Springs.

 

Is rock therapy a moab event?
Is the war-fab rig still a woman operated truck? My current rig is the wife's truck and would love to see her follow some other chicks up some trails
She's building skills and confidence little by little.

 

It is and @NYCO posted oct 22-25. I'd like to go camp in October there. I bet it's pretty nice

 

Rock Therapy is a Moab event.
The Warrig is primarily a female operated truck. You could say 100% female operated depending on your opinion of Mike.
Following that truck is not always the best idea, regardless of skills and confidence. Sometimes physics and geometry come into play as well.

 

Yep.. I hear ya.

Maybe if the war rig is doing fins or poison spider.

 

Seat belt installed.




re-clocked the pull start to make it easier to pull start.

 

Id definitely do the spider with you. Not opposed to fins either. Theyre going to want to go play on the big boy stuff and Im not a big boy except at heart.

 

Haha
No one should follow me

well maybe so when I fuck up you can bail me out

 

I'd run spider. May be interested in fins. We ran that a few years back and there are others i need to see before repeating. I'm only big at the dinner table

 

Fins is just whatever in my book. I’m 37.5’ long so those ups and downs can get tedious. But I’m always down for poison spider.

 

We should get @utbytn in this little convo.

 

I'm putting together my parts list for lifting the 3rd gen.

I've been putting in the research.
Ive got some experience with solid axle rigs, but ifs and coils are new to me.

As far as what works, and what doesn't..
Am I missing anything here?
There are cheaper version of UCA, but SPC seems like it's hard to go wrong.
Goal is rock capable and hwy friendly compromise.
2.5 to 3 inches front and rear.
Carrying a rtt and some gear.
I'm stoked on the prices of wheelers off-road, first order discount and no sales tax is a 20% discount for me.

If you had 3k budgeted for lift, would you go in this direction?
Truck is the SR, so I saved $ upfront to spend after market.

The rear is all pro springs and their flip kit and brake lines.

Looks like I could do the same setup with bilstein 6100/5100 and save 500.00

Website shows these in stock...
But I'm not sure if they really are

 

Know that if you get a flip kit you will need new rear bump stops