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1/2 ton status
Well my buddy who lives up north of me invited me to go out wheeling with him a few members of the newly formed 4x4 club. So on Saturday morning I loa ded up my 2 year old son and made the 90 mile drive north to meet em. Blazer ran great except it is trying to diesel after being shut off... At any rate I shoe up, there are a couple decent jeeps, and a hand full of toyota buggy types. I show up with a vehicle a good 25 years older than all the rest.
At any rate as the day went on, I went in 2wd where most of them we in 4. We finally got to place to play a bit on a ledge and all the yotas were scratching an clawing to get up, they struggled, spread mud all over covered the rock with snow and mud. In the end after 30 minutes of playing 2 of the 4 made it but after 20 minutes each of trying. The one ended up suffering from a major over heating issue and 3 broken beads...
So I looked at it, it was a mess, I figured why not. So I pick my line ease on and juiced it. Right up and over hardly spun a tire. So then I went to the hard line (one tried by the 2 who made the easier line) Hit front bumper a bit on appraoch then got tire started up. Front went up, back hung for a second turned front a touch and up I went. Pretty much at that, they all decided we need to hurry up and get on the trail? I played for like 5 minutes total compared to thier 30+ and then it was time to get?
At any rate, I liked the guys, but they all looked at my 72 blazer a lot different after the trip than when I showed up with a 40 year old vehicle with childs seat in the front...
Sorry my camera died so not pics... I will see if one of the others will send some...
At any rate as the day went on, I went in 2wd where most of them we in 4. We finally got to place to play a bit on a ledge and all the yotas were scratching an clawing to get up, they struggled, spread mud all over covered the rock with snow and mud. In the end after 30 minutes of playing 2 of the 4 made it but after 20 minutes each of trying. The one ended up suffering from a major over heating issue and 3 broken beads...
So I looked at it, it was a mess, I figured why not. So I pick my line ease on and juiced it. Right up and over hardly spun a tire. So then I went to the hard line (one tried by the 2 who made the easier line) Hit front bumper a bit on appraoch then got tire started up. Front went up, back hung for a second turned front a touch and up I went. Pretty much at that, they all decided we need to hurry up and get on the trail? I played for like 5 minutes total compared to thier 30+ and then it was time to get?
At any rate, I liked the guys, but they all looked at my 72 blazer a lot different after the trip than when I showed up with a 40 year old vehicle with childs seat in the front...
Sorry my camera died so not pics... I will see if one of the others will send some...
