Does anyone on here go river riding? It's pretty big in central Nebraska. Just curious, don't see much of it on here.
Martin
Martin
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River riding? Driving through standing water.
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Used to do water crossings but it really f's up your truck if you don't know what you're doing.
Think having to change every fluid after every time you go out, no interior, blowing alternators constantly, risking hydrolocking your engine, constant electrical problems due to corrosion, bent fan blades, blown tranny, constantly repacking wheel bearings, all your front end joints wearing out prematurely, the list goes on...
Think having to change every fluid after every time you go out, no interior, blowing alternators constantly, risking hydrolocking your engine, constant electrical problems due to corrosion, bent fan blades, blown tranny, constantly repacking wheel bearings, all your front end joints wearing out prematurely, the list goes on...
I do lots of river/creek crossings. Lots of trails around here revolve around creek crossings. Sometimes its fun, sometimes its not.
Don't have trouble with having to change fluids, blown trannys wheel bearings and so on. Just do regular maintenance and everything is good
Real deep water is a different story though. I know how deep I can go and when to stop and Im not afraid to turn around. Once its 6-8" deep in the floor of the cab its half way up the motor/tranny, time to turn around. As long as everything is sealed up and your vents are ran up high you're fine.
Water makes it interesting when big rocks are involved too. Imagine a technical rock section with big boulders. Now cover it with water so its slick and you cant see anything.
Takes the phrase "driving by braille" to a whole new level
Don't have trouble with having to change fluids, blown trannys wheel bearings and so on. Just do regular maintenance and everything is good
Real deep water is a different story though. I know how deep I can go and when to stop and Im not afraid to turn around. Once its 6-8" deep in the floor of the cab its half way up the motor/tranny, time to turn around. As long as everything is sealed up and your vents are ran up high you're fine.
Water makes it interesting when big rocks are involved too. Imagine a technical rock section with big boulders. Now cover it with water so its slick and you cant see anything.
Takes the phrase "driving by braille" to a whole new level
I'm not talking about water crossings, but driving up and down the river bed.
Martin
Martin
Well there is some of that involved but only in short sections.
There are a couple trails that I drive up the creek bed for ways specifically because there are some good rock sections but I only do this in dry creeks, try to cause as little damage to the environment as possible.
I cant think of anywhere around here that limited to the creek bed specifically though.
There are a couple trails that I drive up the creek bed for ways specifically because there are some good rock sections but I only do this in dry creeks, try to cause as little damage to the environment as possible.
I cant think of anywhere around here that limited to the creek bed specifically though.
79rustyk10
3/4 ton status
I think you get executed on sight by the DNR for doing it here.
Can't even make your own mud hole, on your own private property, without them coming after you. From what I hear the big mud bogs say F it and just pay the fines.
Used to run the rivers on four wheelers earlier in the year before the snow got too deep. That was a blast.
Can't even make your own mud hole, on your own private property, without them coming after you. From what I hear the big mud bogs say F it and just pay the fines.
Used to run the rivers on four wheelers earlier in the year before the snow got too deep. That was a blast.
I don't think our rivers are shallow enough. Prolly on account off all those big lakes surrounding us... 
Looks fun though!
Looks fun though!
We do a fair amount of it on ATVs around here. But I will agree that it prematurely wears stuff out big time. Once again my front wheel bearings need packed. Have drowned a few to the point of pulling the plug and spurting murky water out of the block.
Once its up to my front rack and I quit. I don't run a snorkel though either.
Once its up to my front rack and I quit. I don't run a snorkel though either.
It's a fairly big thing here, most people use 4-wheelers, but me and a couple of friends have gone creek riding with our big trucks, (Well, my Blazer, a 92 2wd half ton Chevy and probably the coolest Jeep Liberty around) It usually ends up with me and the Liberty dragging the C1500 out of the mud and through the water. But we have gone almost 40 miles on one of these trips, around here the creeks are public property, as long as there is flowing water and it is a certain width. The creeks we go on are usually pretty shallow and have big exposed sand bars or mud.
One time it was just me and the Liberty guy, and we started up on his property and followed it for just over 30 miles, all the way to the Mississippi, then we went up a little ways and found another creek and followed it until it just turned into something we needed boats for.
One time it was just me and the Liberty guy, and we started up on his property and followed it for just over 30 miles, all the way to the Mississippi, then we went up a little ways and found another creek and followed it until it just turned into something we needed boats for.
We have a lot of pictures of this.
Martin
Martin
Where we get in.
Pulling out Fords.....
Climbing every piece of driftwood in sight.
...and lots of getting stuck. Really should have a winch for this.
Martin
Pulling out Fords.....
Climbing every piece of driftwood in sight.
...and lots of getting stuck. Really should have a winch for this.
Martin
