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94cobra69ss396
10-24-2010, 01:53 PM
I didn't make the cruise yesterday because I went out to Truckhaven near Salton Sea for a four wheeling trip with some of the guys from Explorerforum.com. I had a blast and I was one of only two trucks that tried a couple of the harder obstacles. The other was a Ford Ranger with a SAS using a full width Dana 44 and was running 37 tires.

Here are a few pictures.

This is the scariest hill I have ever climbed in the Explorer. It doesn't look bad in the pictures but the climb is almost staight up on the drivers side for about 6 feet. On the run last year they had two guys roll their trucks trying to get up this. One was an Explorer owned by a guy I've wheeled with a few times and the other was a Toyota 4Runner. Both had roll cages but I do not. I also broke a U-joint in the drivers front axle climbing it but luckily I was able to get all the way up and around the hill and then I replaced the axle when I got back to the bottom (I always carry and extra now after breaking two before).

http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500/DSC_1224.jpg
http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500/DSC_1229.jpg
http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500/DSC_1231.jpg

This is the waterfall. A couple of the pictures show how steep it is. This was the first hill I climbed and it was easier to climb than CJ Hill and not as steep.

http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500/P1040533.JPG
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http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500/P1040536.JPG
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Here are a couple some of the trucks that went. In the first picture the Explorer on the right is R.J. he's one of the guys that rolled last year on CJ Hill. The white Ranger parked next to me in the second picture is the other truck besides me that did both CJ Hill and the waterfall.

http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500/P1040545.JPG
http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500/DSC_1207.jpg
94cobra69ss396
10-24-2010, 02:13 PM
I found one of the Ranger going up CJ Hill. It shows the angle better. He picked the perfect line and went right up. I had to work at it.

http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu26/Colin76/Truckhaven/DSC_1211.jpg
Leedom
10-24-2010, 02:43 PM
Looks like fun.
blackax
10-24-2010, 03:48 PM
That looks nice.....You need to stop posting you are making me want to dump money in to my truck lol
SeanPlunk
10-24-2010, 04:45 PM
That looks like a blast. I need to get out again.
Chuck
10-25-2010, 12:08 AM
That looks very fun we need to do an off-road outing... Sean
94cobra69ss396
10-25-2010, 02:28 PM
Alright, here's the video of CJ Hill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvaNo0RRoAA
SeanPlunk
10-25-2010, 08:29 PM
Alright, here's the video of CJ Hill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvaNo0RRoAA

Damn impressive Ron!
CorruptCulture
11-12-2010, 11:43 AM
Truckhaven is always a good time. I can't wait for TDS this year.

I'm heading out to Johnson Valley this afternoon for a full day of wheelin' tomorrow. I'll take a bunch of pictures when we're doing Bull Frog.
94cobra69ss396
11-12-2010, 12:03 PM
What are you going in?
CorruptCulture
11-12-2010, 03:05 PM
What are you going in?

1998 Wrangler TJ with a 3" lift on 31's. I'll be the least built up out of my friends; one of them has a Rubicon with a 5.5" long arm lift on 35's.
94cobra69ss396
11-13-2010, 02:15 PM
Nice. Make sure you post up pictures of the run.