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rochmpr
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I was on the trail at 6 am. Had the whole trail to myself.
rochmpr
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Broken Arrow is a fun trail and has some scenic overlooks. Schnebly Hill Road is even better when it comes to views, but definitely not a technical trail, fun though, none the less. I think it's best to run it East to West so you can enjoy the view for the entire trip.
You still planning Moab soon?
Jhalko
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Hit Death Valley last month, will be going through Moab next week. Heading out Thursday for Tahoe but doing a loop so I’ll go through likely twice. Won’t spend much time there, trying to see new things...
Planning the fall travels now, I’ll go through Moab then too!
rochmpr
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Signal Peak - 06-09-2018
I spent the first week of June in Austin, TX with the family and returned Friday, just in time to load up and meet-up with [MENTION=88231]having fun[/MENTION] Saturday morning and make a quick run up Signal Peak. We met up at Bass Pro and headed up the hill. We made it the the trail head and found it to be a little on the cool side. Having just spent the previous week in 100°, I made the mistake of wearing shorts.
There were a lot of trailers at the trail head, no doubt they were all having fun on Fordyce trail.
We aired down and headed up the hill. The trail was in it's usual condition with lots of loose rock, but nothing out of the ordinary. We made it up to the "T" in the trail where the actual trail makes a 90° right hand turn up a steep, rocky, off camber hill climb, and looked at the conditions. I made the first attempt and got into a bad spot with a wrong line and just stuffed a couple tires into some holes and ledges. Crap, this truck was not moving, forward or backwards with throttle, wasn't even spinning tires. According to [MENTION=88231]having fun[/MENTION], I had some nice 3 wheel action going on until I got into this predicament.
After getting out and pondering for a moment, I got back in and gave reverse another shot, and the truck finally popped loose. At this point, I backed up a bit and took the line to the left of the tree and throttled up a bit, it's pretty loose. This had Leonard laughing pretty good.
Then Leonard gave it a shot, and nailed this section on the first attempt with a much better line and his new Tru-Trac. From then, we continued up the steep and slippery slope to the "V" notch ledge climb. Again, I was first-up and thought I had a good line, but by the time the rear tires hit the ledge, it was a big step and it wasn't happening. After some but puckering maneuvering, I again opted for the pass to the left. Leonard came-up with close to the same line and ended up in the same situation, but he backed up a little and made good use of the skinny pedal and came on up the ledge.
From there, it's a quick trip to the top and back down to Cisco Grove exit. There was no one else on the trail except for us.
Leonard getting it done;
I spent the first week of June in Austin, TX with the family and returned Friday, just in time to load up and meet-up with [MENTION=88231]having fun[/MENTION] Saturday morning and make a quick run up Signal Peak. We met up at Bass Pro and headed up the hill. We made it the the trail head and found it to be a little on the cool side. Having just spent the previous week in 100°, I made the mistake of wearing shorts.
There were a lot of trailers at the trail head, no doubt they were all having fun on Fordyce trail.
We aired down and headed up the hill. The trail was in it's usual condition with lots of loose rock, but nothing out of the ordinary. We made it up to the "T" in the trail where the actual trail makes a 90° right hand turn up a steep, rocky, off camber hill climb, and looked at the conditions. I made the first attempt and got into a bad spot with a wrong line and just stuffed a couple tires into some holes and ledges. Crap, this truck was not moving, forward or backwards with throttle, wasn't even spinning tires. According to [MENTION=88231]having fun[/MENTION], I had some nice 3 wheel action going on until I got into this predicament.
After getting out and pondering for a moment, I got back in and gave reverse another shot, and the truck finally popped loose. At this point, I backed up a bit and took the line to the left of the tree and throttled up a bit, it's pretty loose. This had Leonard laughing pretty good.
Then Leonard gave it a shot, and nailed this section on the first attempt with a much better line and his new Tru-Trac. From then, we continued up the steep and slippery slope to the "V" notch ledge climb. Again, I was first-up and thought I had a good line, but by the time the rear tires hit the ledge, it was a big step and it wasn't happening. After some but puckering maneuvering, I again opted for the pass to the left. Leonard came-up with close to the same line and ended up in the same situation, but he backed up a little and made good use of the skinny pedal and came on up the ledge.
From there, it's a quick trip to the top and back down to Cisco Grove exit. There was no one else on the trail except for us.
Leonard getting it done;
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rochmpr
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97BlackAckCL
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Awesome build and great pics!
having fun
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[MENTION=113049]rochmpr[/MENTION] you keep making it sound like it's all cake walk for me, LOL...
I'll go through the videos and see if your 3 wheeling is available. Been a ruff week so far.
I'll go through the videos and see if your 3 wheeling is available. Been a ruff week so far.
rochmpr
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Look at the video's, made work of those areas. Look forward to seeing those.
having fun
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Sorry, but that's the 1 I said I promise not to post, so I deleted it. Where you got stuck and couldn't move, but can vouch for passenger tire was about 3' waving in the wind just before you got stuck.
rochmpr
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ARB Compressor Mount
Last week, I finally solved the mysterious dash rattle. It had been driving my nuts for a long time now. I was finally able to pinpoint it the other day because I shut the passenger door and hear that sound. So I went through the process of opening and closing the door several times until I decided it was coming from under the hood. SO I popped the hood and continued until I isolates the compressor. At this point I shook the compressor / mount and heard that rattle click. So I promptly removed the compressor and mount and discovered the noise was from the tears in the sheet metal of the inner fender popping. It appears that the weight of the compressor, off-roading / California roads and the design / mounting points have let the compressor vibrate and oscillate enough to start to tear the mounting points of the inner fender.
At this point I knew I had to create an additional mounting point to eliminate this issue. Since there were no real additional factory nuts or studs in the right area, I fabricated a bracket and attached it in two points to the inner wheel wheel and welded it to the existing mount. Nothing like DIY fab work without the proper tools, especially for creating bends and offsets.
In the end, it really stiffened up the bracket and should eliminate and further damage.
In the picture, the original mounting points are circled in yellow and blue. The grey arrows are where the inner fender was tearing. Circled in green in the the piece I fabbed up for additional support.
Last week, I finally solved the mysterious dash rattle. It had been driving my nuts for a long time now. I was finally able to pinpoint it the other day because I shut the passenger door and hear that sound. So I went through the process of opening and closing the door several times until I decided it was coming from under the hood. SO I popped the hood and continued until I isolates the compressor. At this point I shook the compressor / mount and heard that rattle click. So I promptly removed the compressor and mount and discovered the noise was from the tears in the sheet metal of the inner fender popping. It appears that the weight of the compressor, off-roading / California roads and the design / mounting points have let the compressor vibrate and oscillate enough to start to tear the mounting points of the inner fender.
At this point I knew I had to create an additional mounting point to eliminate this issue. Since there were no real additional factory nuts or studs in the right area, I fabricated a bracket and attached it in two points to the inner wheel wheel and welded it to the existing mount. Nothing like DIY fab work without the proper tools, especially for creating bends and offsets.
In the end, it really stiffened up the bracket and should eliminate and further damage.
In the picture, the original mounting points are circled in yellow and blue. The grey arrows are where the inner fender was tearing. Circled in green in the the piece I fabbed up for additional support.
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rochmpr
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Damn things just don't have the same thickness as the old trucks. I think my beer can is a thicker gauge than the body panels.
Crikeymike
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It reminds me of the first series of FJ Cruisers, the inner fender wells would tear with nothing attached, stock or lifted, low miles, high miles.... There was no rhyme or reason to it, other than the metal just wasn't thick enough I guess.
Everyone at first was blaming big heavy front bumpers on them, causing reverbs through the whole front end, but then when stock trucks were also doing it, Toyota updated the whole platform with the 150 series and hopefully/apparently fixed the issue.
Everyone at first was blaming big heavy front bumpers on them, causing reverbs through the whole front end, but then when stock trucks were also doing it, Toyota updated the whole platform with the 150 series and hopefully/apparently fixed the issue.
weeeee
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This still happens to me, but I think bigger batteries are the culprit.
atchcraft
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I have a similar set up. I may have to up my game before I have the same problem.
rochmpr
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Yeah, just looked at you bracket. I would just to eliminate the issue down the road. Looking at your work, I'm pretty certain it will look a lot cleaner than mine. :thumb:
YetiX
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Do you have any support from underneath yours? I used a couple of short sections of pvc pipe as supports to help distribute the load.
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