NW WA Meet / BS Thread

There's a pick of them in that post.

 

I got a closer look now. I thought it was a snowmobile at first

 

yeah its some dirt bike conversion kit.



Thats when they fell over and we helped them back up.

 

I'm living thru you guys,looks bad ass

 

I believe they're called timbersleds. Not a factory bike, just a kit you can buy.

 

Perfect example of how deep the snow was when we turned around. Im balls deep (6'2") and the guy next to me is standing on a rock to push his bike back up.

 

For those who want the pictures this is copied from my build thread:
The jeep on 40's that came with us



This hill was kinda tough for me, had to take a few runs at it and winched @JimSnell up it.

Top of that hill. Not long after Jim had to park his truck and rode in the jeep

The off camber spots just made me slide down hill, almost off the trail.. Definitely would have been a long trip if that happened!

The technical recovery. Andrew's Jeep hooked through a snatch block to the group of trees on the right, my winch hooked to a tree straight in front.




Andrew going further up hill and avoiding what I got into


Where we turned around. Being under the tree helped but it was at least 3ft of snow! Got within a few turns of the lake

Andrew turning around...

And me..



Bike conversion.


So we thought it would be uneventful on the way down... Wrong. Nearing the bottom Andrew watches a jeep go down off the trail about 20ft


No winch, open/open diffs and a bubba rope to recover. Hooked Andrews snatch block up to a tree and pulled him straight back on the trail






Then he went flying down the trail again.. Took his passenger side door mirror off, slammed the back into a tree which was the only thing stopping him.

Oh and forgot to include this pic of snow LT

 

I need a lot more gear before I can go play with you guys haha.

 

Lockers will do that in slick conditions. They'll always slide you down hill in off camber situations.

 

I wouldn't really say you need a lot. @JimSnell is on 235/85/16 aggressive tires, stock suspension but has experience and he made it 3/4 of the way up. Granted he did need to winch up one hill but still was moving forward. A locker really does help too but can hurt you just as much if you don't know when/what situation to use it.

Plus you can't really use my truck as the "average truck" example to base off of..

 

Yeah I mean as far as recovery gear I have nothing for my truck. Definitely something I need to start collecting and your truck is far from average. Gotta start somewhere I suppose.

 

Oh gotcha. Yeah definitely. One of my plano boxes on top is full of it plus some of the other. I just need a snatch block and ill be good I think.

 

Damn that looked like a fun time. We just did a little Tonga ridge run ourselves before it got too deep. Maybe a foot in the last mile.

 

I just hate not having a garage to store stuff or I would dump money into the truck. Probably a good thing in the end.

 

Most of us carry our recovery gear with us...or at least your supposed to. Unless you have to carry stuff for work in your bed. Everyone should at least carry a strap and a couple shakles.

 

and a spare tire, jack, first aid kit, ratchet straps, lead vitamin dispenser, food, h20, comms, tools, rain gear, boots, compressor, lead vitamin dispenser suppressor, etc.

Something I don't have is a bug-out bag (worst case scenario where I would have to walk out of where I was).

 

Yeah its definitely time to start.

 

Stupid question having not thought of this yet but will a 33" tire fit underneath where the current OEM spare sits? Figure I'd ask before searching.

 

I think you have to do a little grinding to the trailer hitch reciever but With that it does

 

I think it depends on the truck. When I checked, I was pressing against the exhaust as well. I didn't think about cutting the hitch receiver to see what difference that would make, but without doing that, the tire wants to ride partially above the pumpkin, resulting in smashing the tire when the rear suspension compresses.