Wheelin' Pics: Tillamook State Forest.

[colbystephens]

i went out with 5 other rigs on sunday. we got kind of a late start, but i had a really great time. the sammy had a TON of trouble, which surprised me quite a bit since it's really well built, but i think it was too light for the snow we were in and the extreme hill climbs. one of the jeeps was stock height, but had lockers, but due to the depth of the snow he had a lot of trouble too. interestingly, i didn't have much trouble at all - only once when i broke my passenger side lockout... but that's more of a skinny pedal issue. i had a spare, fortunately.

i rearranged all my sheet metal on this trip... that was good times. we ended up having a lot of trouble with the last part of hte trail - took us five hours to get out and i didn't get home till 1:15 am monday morning. then i had to be up at 4 to drive my lady to work and then myself. :doh: anyway, pics!

waiting for the others:

my buddy and my pup:

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looking up at this hill climb makes the pic look like this climb is not very steep... it was VERY steep...

 

[colbystephens]

these pics are not in chronological order... :doh:

the beauty of the locker is that this is not a stuck...

another deceptive pic... very steep!

i'll post more later. my wife says we gotta go!!

 

[noJeepshere]

wow dude, looks like you had a ton of fun! i love that part of the pacific northwest, just so beautiful. nice ride, too.

 

[OffRoad]

great post.

 

[01maroonz71]

fantastic man....looks like good fun...thanks for the new wallpaper.

 

[colbystephens]

fantastic man....looks like good fun...thanks for the new wallpaper.

what did you choose for the wall paper?

damage pics:

this marker light was ripped off by a tree - it stuck out of the tree much like you would expect a throwing star to stick into something...

huge crease in the corner where the lamp is/was....

the passenger door can't be opened right now because the rain gutter got folded over the door.

most of the stuff on the passenger side including the above crease was from trying to back out of this hole, since i clearly couldn't fit under the tree like the jeeps did. i thought that since i didn't have the top on, it would be possible, but apparently my windsheild was too high.

that's the last of my pics... the rest of the trip was in the dark. it was really a killer trip!

 

[ClevelandCruiser]

Sweet pics! looks like fun cant wait to finish my blazer and head up there

 

[Clod_King]

Looks like you guys a really good time.

Really nice scenery. I am 100% jealous of what you get to wheel in...

Plus your spotter is pretty cool too

 

[colbystephens]

Looks like you guys a really good time.

Really nice scenery. I am 100% jealous of what you get to wheel in...

Plus your spotter is pretty cool too

yeah, but she couldn't join me on that trip. she wouldn't have been real happy about being out so late either - makes her nervous, prolly particularly so since i didn't have the top on out in the cold. since it's got the cab, i wasn't cold ever.