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johnnywagon 01-09-2007 02:07 PM

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IMO wheeling on the hard frozen ground sux! So, if the local weatherman is correct, this might be my last time out for a while. Besides, after this trip, I might want to mellow out untill I get crossover steering and a front locker! I love this last pic. Now, where are everyone else's new 4x4 pix? Lets call this a friendly challenge for some other shots besides me!:)

Burt4x4 01-09-2007 03:26 PM

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I have ot go wheeling to get "new" pics but here are some of my favs from over the summer:
http://www.norcalbigdawgs.net/Galler..._024.sized.jpg
http://www.norcalbigdawgs.net/Galler...ritchette2.jpg
http://www.norcalbigdawgs.net/Galler...184/hells3.jpg
http://www.norcalbigdawgs.net/Galler...84/goldbar.jpg
http://www.norcalbigdawgs.net/Galler...4/goldbar1.jpg

RANDY COX 01-09-2007 05:12 PM

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JOHNNY-WAGON you look like your haveing TOO much fun

1969K10 01-10-2007 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by johnnywagon (Post 1977784)
Lets call this a friendly challenge for some other shots besides me!:)

Man, I'm dying to get out wheeling, haven't been since summer of '05!!!!!!! i used to work with a group and go wheeling w them, but that job closed doors & most moved away... I don't have a winch yet, and therefore can't go by myself :-( anyone want to go to the badlands - SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (OK, early spring?) i'll buy some :barn: :alc:

midwestburner 01-12-2007 06:00 PM

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Buchanon Mudfest. Buchanon, MO

midwestburner 01-12-2007 06:07 PM

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The Suburban is lifted 12", 40" boggers, 14bFF, D60, healthy 454 (est 500hp) 150 shot nitrous, TH400.

vtblazer 01-12-2007 06:09 PM

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Man, I'm dying to get out wheeling, haven't been since summer of '05!!!!!!! i used to work with a group and go wheeling w them, but that job closed doors & most moved away... I don't have a winch yet, and therefore can't go by myself :-( anyone want to go to the badlands - SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (OK, early spring?) i'll buy some :barn: :alc:

Come to Paragon. :)

vtblazer 01-12-2007 06:10 PM

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The Suburban is lifted 12", 40" boggers, 14bFF, D60, healthy 454 (est 500hp) 150 shot nitrous, TH400.

Just plain wicked. :c2:

Zoomad75 01-12-2007 06:24 PM

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Man you midwestern boys and the mud. Sure looks like fun, but I'd hate the clean up. I've not had much luck in the mud and each time I have it cost me $10 at the quarter car wash. I've still got mud spots on my dash from the last time. But that's the local mud, it dries like concrete.

Give me snow, or a mountain trail, some rocks, but no mud please!

johnnywagon 01-23-2007 02:14 PM

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Lots of snow, major stuck, minor carnage. 1-20-07.

johnnywagon 01-23-2007 02:29 PM

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I was trying to climb this big hill in a deep rut when I decided to try it "one more time". Only because I had an audience. Low and behold I got stuck about 180 feet up. The back end dropped into a big hole, the left rear quarter panel slammed the frozen hill side, the rear diff high centered on the frozen ground (hate that) and the right front tire stuck way up in the air (love that). Fortunately, the "audience" helped pull me out. Good thing I carry about 200 feet of rope and chain. I think a new spring project is going to be fabricating a new rear bumper and some kinda bolt-on guard to help protect the rear quarters...and of course new front D60, locker, and crossover steering.

Yukon Jack 01-23-2007 03:28 PM

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Wow! That looks pretty scary! How was it to actually climb it?

johnnywagon 01-23-2007 04:56 PM

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I think that was my 3rd try. What happened is my back end fell into a hole my front end dug on the 2nd try. At first my 6 year old daughter and I were having fun shaking back and forth getting the truck to rock side to side. We have been in this position enough times before. The scary part was getting pulled violently back down the hill. I made her get out and stay a safe distance away because it was pretty close to going over. The snow is fun but it hides a lot of trouble...:)

special-K 01-24-2007 09:15 AM

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Alright!The return of an off road action thread.Here are some(none mine)shots from when we had the pictures section:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...illmoore23.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s55/SWk5PS.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...hicks55/12.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...cks55/wtor.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2.../P11010030.jpg

69lnghrn 01-24-2007 09:39 AM

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you guys are having way too much fun !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am jealous !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

johnnywagon 01-24-2007 03:08 PM

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:lol: :lol: I spend all day last Sunday putting the Blazer to some hardcore abuse at the off-road park and yesterday I spit out my front driveline driving over a 1' snowbank in a fricken parking lot!:lol: :lol:

vtblazer 01-25-2007 07:24 AM

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I think a new spring project is going to be fabricating a new rear bumper and some kinda bolt-on guard to help protect the rear quarters.

Working on that very same thing myself. :rolleyes:

Amazing pic, very hard to get pics to "look" steep. :cong:

johnnywagon 01-25-2007 02:44 PM

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Working on that very same thing myself. :rolleyes:

Amazing pic, very hard to get pics to "look" steep. :cong:

Thanks, most these pix dont do justice to the size and and scope of some of these hills. But I think the shot with the towrope looks cool.:cool:

johnnywagon 01-30-2007 02:17 PM

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:( Sadly, I've decided to "put away" the Blazer for a while. Its just too cold to work on it and I get tired of wheeling on the frozen ground. I suppose I could take her out if any locals planned something fun to do (hint, hint). So here she sits, behind the garage next to one of my lowrider Chevelle wagons (the beater). I've always got a kick out of seeing them next to each other. Total opposite ends of the height spectrum. :)

vtblazer 01-31-2007 07:48 AM

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:( Sadly, I've decided to "put away" the Blazer for a while. Its just too cold to work on it and I get tired of wheeling on the frozen ground. I suppose I could take her out if any locals planned something fun to do (hint, hint). So here she sits, behind the garage next to one of my lowrider Chevelle wagons (the beater). I've always got a kick out of seeing them next to each other. Total opposite ends of the height spectrum. :)

Winter wheeling is fun but there always seems to be "stuff" to do to the off-road rides and winter seems to be the best 'down' time.

If I can get HALF of the tweaks/repairs I want to get done this winter, I'll be happier for it come spring.

*Fuel injection - check/done but needs plug wires and to be dialed in
*Fuel cell - on order - DONE
*Zero rates - soon (removing the overload spring and moving my rear axle some) - DONE
*Tube doors - Gonna try
*Tach - probably - DONE
*Install radio/stereo - yeah maybe
*Quarter panel protection - hope it happens this year
*New seats - my arse wishes
*PAINT - okay...that's gonna be next year :o
*42's - in my dreams

SEE what I mean?!

Did get the new 18ft/10K trailer already though. :c2:

johnnywagon 01-31-2007 03:31 PM

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I'd be very interested to see progress pix on the rear quarter protection, tube doors, seats....HELL I'd love to see it all! :wave: I think Im gonna concentrate on getting the "show" Chevelle wagon going this year. Its a twin to the beater car in the pix. But, new 2 tone paint, new 283/700r4. Just gotta put her together.:)

vtblazer 02-01-2007 07:03 PM

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Okay, you need some action shots of somebody else for a change here...:barn:

johnnywagon 02-06-2007 12:31 PM

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Thank you VTBLAZER for keeping this thread going.:c2: Doesnt anyone else have any action shots?

Burt4x4 02-07-2007 02:53 PM

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Here is one I like:
http://www.norcalbigdawgs.net/Galler...184/hells8.jpg

johnnywagon 02-13-2007 12:14 PM

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:) OK, maybe I lied about putting the Blazer away for a while. It warmed up, rained a ton and made the off-road park a glorious muddy mess.

johnnywagon 02-13-2007 12:20 PM

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:lol: Here's the definition of "approach-angle". I was having so much fun I purposely nosed her into this hole and got stuck. Just so I could use the winch. You can also see where I broke an exhaust mount and bent the tail pipe...another new repair/project.

johnnywagon 02-13-2007 12:29 PM

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:) "Seven-Mile-Off-Road-Park" in Spokane, Wa. is divided by a dry creek bed. Theres a fence and several gates (always open) that run along it. The signs say "do not cross creek when it is flowing". Well it hasn't "flowed" in 7 years, according to the park ranger. Well guess what...its flowing, the gates were open and we were having a blast. :metal: Maybe next weekend I can get some actual "action" shots instead of a bunch of poser shots. :lol:

Burt4x4 02-13-2007 12:32 PM

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Looks Like fun!:metal:

johnnywagon 02-13-2007 03:14 PM

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Looks Like fun!:metal:

Thanks Burt...luv your Moab pix! :) Heres a few more.

mountainexplorer 02-13-2007 04:40 PM

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Wow, I've never seen water in that creekbed. Always made me wonder why they built a fence if theres never water there. I wonder if they had something upstream regulating when water could drain through there, or if it's just been too dry the last 7 years.

vtblazer 02-13-2007 06:16 PM

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johnny great pics!

Any time I went out to the park when I lived there, I just road dirt bikes, if I had only known...:lol:

mountain, Welcome over.

johnnywagon 02-14-2007 12:01 PM

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:) So, the park ranger took some pix of me winching out. Nice guy, he e-mailed them to me. AND WELCOME Allan (mountainexplorers) to the forum!!!!!!!!! :welcoem: Hell of a good guy and could be a big contributor to this forum.:thumbs:

CrashEd 02-14-2007 12:27 PM

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WOW !! Cool i am getting the fever to go tear up some mud LOL!! No luck here though. Busting snow drifts is almost as fun if it wasnt for the inch of ice we had before the snow.

drink2mny 02-14-2007 01:51 PM

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So I see allen has joined the forum.. Good to see the ione boys showing up on here...

I pretty much want to use the word hate with you guys.. Because I hate you for having fun with your trucks.. I sold my "Got Mud" blazer and went into the muscle car side with my '64 olds and '72 chev. I sort of regret it when I see the local boys coming back out.. The offroad days seemed to die down for awhile around here..

Makes me want to have randy build me something again. I keep threatening him that I'll shut his website down if he doesn't hook a brother up...:lol:

johnnywagon 02-14-2007 02:46 PM

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So I see allen has joined the forum.. Good to see the ione boys showing up on here...

I pretty much want to use the word hate with you guys.. Because I hate you for having fun with your trucks.. I sold my "Got Mud" blazer and went into the muscle car side with my '64 olds and '72 chev. I sort of regret it when I see the local boys coming back out.. The offroad days seemed to die down for awhile around here..

Makes me want to have randy build me something again. I keep threatening him that I'll shut his website down if he doesn't hook a brother up...:lol:

Get a truck!!! We need more 4x4 friends who actually use thier trucks...like your pix suggest. I must admit, I'm sick of all these posers with thier big, "bad-ass" lifted trucks that do nothing but drive thru puddles and WATCH.

johnnywagon 02-20-2007 12:44 PM

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The :aw: is back. The creek is barely running but the rangers have the gates closed :( so the rest of the park was way crowded...lots of bikes & quads. My rig might not twist like a jeep but we sure put her to the test today.

johnnywagon 02-20-2007 01:00 PM

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Wow did we get stuck! The whole truck (front and back) was high centered in this hole, not to mention she was leaning against the ground on the driver side. We generated quite a crowd. After the winch wouldnt pull her out forward and a Cherokee couldnt pull her out backwards, we had this big suburban do some violent yanks to get her free...thanks guys!:) Of course after all that this Bronco with front locker went throught the same hole twice to show me up :rolleyes: but he never did drop his tires in the same hole, just straddled it until he had battery trouble, typical Ferd :rolleyes: :lol: just kiddin, good people all, good fun!

Yukon Jack 02-20-2007 03:53 PM

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You sure do know how to have fun! Couldn't even imagine having somewhere like that close by to wheel - don't take it for granted!

johnnywagon 02-20-2007 06:15 PM

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Jack, yes I know how lucky I am to have this free park only 6 miles from my house. (and I only live 3 miles from downtown!) Its ironic how many people I hear *****in about the place. Its better than nuthin'. A whole lot better!:) Heres a better looking touched up pic from before.

customcamper72 02-20-2007 09:45 PM

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good action pics , hopefully i will be able to add some this spring.


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