I must say that was fun as HELL! I was in there when that wonderful idea was happening,and it was a blast. I would have to say that Rubo does not mind body damage. It really looked better than it felt from inside the truck, and we made it alot father up that climb than I thought and I think alot of people thought. I mean right there at the top of the second try I thought we were gonna make it. JOE>

Oh yeah and thanks to Andre and JoeD, as well as Sasha for letting my wife and I hitch a ride.

There you go Mark. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />

Joe, it was great having you this time. the steaks were great!
Was Justin your brother? I enjoyed having him along for the saturday night run, and i hope he can get into off roading (if not in Isuzu's, at least in the sport!) later on.
-J <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Thanks Jordan!

Wonder why my tires look so muddy? I thought trail was dry??

>>> >>> >>> ATTENTION! <<< <<< <<<


It has just been brought to my attention (actually from two distinctly different sources) that the ôRuboÆconö bypass (the deep ditch off to the side of the s-curve/ledge on Daniel) was an illegal use of the trail systemà


I quote verbatim from a PM that I received on another forum:






I want to assure anyone and everyone that has viewed our photos that we honestly had no idea that it was an illegal bypass! --- If we had known, we NEVER would have let anyone use it, period.

Our group has earned a reputation for obeying the rules, mainly because we respect the privilege of having somewhere to go 4-wheelingà Under no circumstances, whatsoever, would any of us ever knowingly disobey ANY of the rules.



As such - despite the fact that the section was not marked or barricaded as a æno-goÆ - I have absolutely no intention of attempting to defend the transgressionà Instead, I am going to remove the photos in-question from this postà Additionally (as soon as I figure out how), IÆm going to do the same with the originals that are in my photo album.

The fact that we were unaware that the bypass was an illegal use of the trail IS NOT a good enough excuse to leave the photos up and available for public viewingà Doing so would probably only encourage others to follow our bad example; thus further compounding the problem of illegal trail usage.




I want to take this opportunity to apologize wholeheartedly on behalf of our entire trail-group that day (whether they were involved or not), and offer the strictest assurance that it will NEVER happen againà

In the future, if there is ever even the slightest doubt about a given section of trail, bypass, etc., we will err on the side of caution and avoid treading on it completely.


As I said, it is a privilege for us to have somewhere to go 4-wheeling û and none of us wants to do ANYTHING that would jeopardize that privilege in any way, shape, or form.


Cheers! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />
Smiley

Smiley, fwiw, it was not 'damned obvious' to any of us Uwharrie veterans that the bypass was illegal. And as you said, nobody would have let Rubo do it if we had known.

Now, what you've all been waiting for, the carnage report:

Cracked my rear diff cover. Dun Dun Dunnnnnn dundundundun







Hmmm. No broken shards. Lockright teeth are all intact. The springs and pins appear to all be intact. Ring and pinion are in good shape. I went ahead and jacked it up. Spun the driverside tire, lockright ratcheted. Spun the passenger side, nothing. All signs point to a broken axleshaft.




Did manage to crack this carrier bearing, don't know if that has to do with the broken shaft, I would guess so.




Heres my mangled leaf springs. They were worse, they are flattened back out a bit now.

Mike not sure how you craked the bearing but I wanna see broken parts <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />........post a pic when you pull the axles,I'm curious if it broke at the c-clip groove or down by the splines.

Bansil

PICS finally up!!!!!



I think they turned out really good this year with some great action pics and great colors. I hate I missed the Pinz-Gauer though....it was secksy!!!

Enjoy!


http://www.darlington-offroad.com/web_pages/off_road_action.htm


Cheers,

Well, it looks like I missed a kick azz time AGAIN! The rodeo is not rollin on 33x12.50s and once i get into chassis fab the torch, welder, and grinder will be coming out....I should have some pretty sick mods to show off for april. (and no, not doing a sas...at the moment).

Don, that bumper looks great on your rig! time to trim those fangs <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" />

Well I'm hooked!!! the next Uwharrie trip is in April you say... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" /> I can't commit yet but i'm going to try really really hard to make it happen <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />
Great pics btw Joe <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

until then I guess I'll have to wait until Moab'ZU IX!!!!



*edit* (I just looked, April comes BEFORE May...just goes to show how smart I am <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" />)