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OverEasy
05-31-2011, 09:55 PM
Over the Memorial Weekend some friends and I had planned a trail ride / trail clean up. Everything went great! No severe damage, breaks or anything. Well maybe a lost flare here, a dent there. . . LOL!

Those who camped Sat. night had a great night and when the Sunday group meet up w/ us the trail ride / clean up started. Sunday was wonderful! Great weather, attitudes and rides! The trail was fairly clean but we still pulled quite a bit off the trail. All together I think it was a full 2 1/2 bags of trash. Also we pulled out a full size 8" camper shell out. It's been there since the first time I went there over 8 years ago.

Anyway, on to the pics!

The campsite.
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Some scenic pics from the trail!
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Some trail shots! 13 vehicles were out on this one!
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4.3LXJ
05-31-2011, 10:04 PM
Lots of XJs there. Beautiful area.

OverEasy
05-31-2011, 10:06 PM
Just some more pics of the great time that was had by all!

http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv311/watjeep/Shoe%20Creek%205-28-11/DSC00332.jpg

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Cleaning up some and getting the old camper shell outa there!
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All loaded up, and were off w/ a little more wheeling!
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OverEasy
05-31-2011, 10:13 PM
At the end shots of everyone that made it. The yellow and black Samurai jumped time and had to head out, a F250 had a family emergency and had to also head out. Everyone else made it out fine (mostly).:D

http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv311/watjeep/Shoe%20Creek%205-28-11/DSCN0268.jpg

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Two Samurai's
Two Xterras
One 2wd Cherokee
One SA 4Runner
One F250
and the rest were Cherokees! :thumbsup:

Thanks for viewing!

cantab27
05-31-2011, 11:21 PM
cheers man.....good job on the the clean up... nice scenery , cool jeeps, plus the mighty zuks ....must off been a blast...

OverEasy
06-01-2011, 01:37 PM
Thanks! The clean up was needed, Jeeps were pretty nice, Zuks not so mighty lol, It was pretty fun! I was a nervous wreck all the way through though... Worried about my junk falling apart on me. ;)

bluedragon436
06-02-2011, 12:58 PM
Looks like a good time.. can't wait to get some wheeling in after I get back from this deployment... might even try and make it down for a trip with you guys on my way down to SC or on the way back up...

OverEasy
06-02-2011, 03:52 PM
Looks like a good time.. can't wait to get some wheeling in after I get back from this deployment... might even try and make it down for a trip with you guys on my way down to SC or on the way back up...

Anytime, that sounds like a great idea! A few of us are pretty local to this trail and can get quite a few together for a run pretty quickly. If you're serious about it sometime let me know. We love to head out with ya sometime if you're in our area!

imehtoh
06-02-2011, 08:13 PM
Looks like all had a good time,Great job on the clean up:cheerleader:.that 1 of the best ways to keep the few trails we have open.I want to do Shoe creek ,we have done Stonny creek,it not that far from Shoe.Keep a post up of your next run ,myself and my sons,plus a few more from the SCC4X4.com bunch want to do it also.Again great job gals an guys.:thumbsup:

OverEasy
06-03-2011, 01:07 AM
Looks like all had a good time,Great job on the clean up:cheerleader:.that 1 of the best ways to keep the few trails we have open.I want to do Shoe creek ,we have done Stonny creek,it not that far from Shoe.Keep a post up of your next run ,myself and my sons,plus a few more from the SCC4X4.com bunch want to do it also.Again great job gals an guys.:thumbsup:

No problem! I am actually on SCC4x as well, not sure if you've seen me on there or not. Thanks for the props on the clean up, it was greatly needed! I'd like to say we all had a good time out there! I hope we do see ya on the next one!

XJ4IV
06-03-2011, 08:16 AM
YOU SUCK MAN... now I want a Zuk to fix up again ... and this time the RIGHT way!
and BTW VERY nice flex on that thing... whats your setup consist of? Im very surprised to see half elliptical setups (OEM style) flex that much

OverEasy
06-04-2011, 07:17 PM
YOU SUCK MAN... now I want a Zuk to fix up again ... and this time the RIGHT way!
and BTW VERY nice flex on that thing... whats your setup consist of? Im very surprised to see half elliptical setups (OEM style) flex that much

LOL! Well, I'm glad I could inspire you! :D

Thanks for the compliments! This thing flexes really well now that I have switched the suspension around on it again. I actually have a build thread on it on this site, here's ya a link if you haven't seen it. . . http://xjtalk.com/showthread.php?t=6338

As far as the suspension goes, it's got a YJ (wrangler) spring conversion on it with front and rear missing links (revolver shackles for you Jeep guys :D), at the time no fron't shocks because they are WAY to short for off road use. I use the fronts for on road ride quality for now. :o The wheel base has also been stretched from 79 3/4" to 83 1/4". (if you can call that a stretch lol!)

I'll be posting a few pics of me playing in my build thread in just a few, feel free to check them out!