Recent content by desert dog

(To call for help on the trail only) 444.9875, PL 156.7, + offset (To call for help outside the trail) 444.9875, PL 107.2, + offset Be mindful that local operators are sticklers for proper radio etiquette and expect you to be a licensed operator to use the repeater for anything other than a...

I did it a couple times with my rock buggy, but mostly my wife and I bring our Jeeps. I have probably been about 25 times. We usually camp at the springs during the middle of the week to beat the crowds. As always, it is best to go with a group, as your cell phones will not work there. Some...

Stay away from the reclining Corbeau seats. I put them in my JK in 2009 and both of them broke (reclining mechanism broke) and the seats flopped all the way back. Both of them broke after coming down hard off an obstacle. Too much plastic where metal should be. I have had the wide Mastercraft...

My daughter ran the 35" radial Trepadors on her TJ for a couple years. Before that, the jeep ran MTRs and KM2s. The Jeep currently has 37" Nitto Trail grapplers on it, and my JK has 40" Trail Grapplers on it. IMHO, the radial Trepadors are the WORST tire we have ever ran in the rocks. The...

Like always, I had a fun time at this event. I ran Thurs and Friday and it rained the whole time. I have been to Sand Hollow about a dozen times, but never during a period of heavy rain. Obstacles that we normally walk up easily were very difficult during this event - even stickies didn't help...

You will like the Dutchman trail leader, Sladen. He is a friend of mine. Be mindful that the Dutchman is a long drive from Sand Hollow and is at a higher elevation that snows a lot more than the Hurricane area. It really isn't a trail at all, but a wash through a steep-walled canyon that runs...

I figured since I know some of you and wheel in Utah a few times a year, I would finally join instead of lurking like I have been doing for many years :ugh: I have a 2008 JK, stretched on coil-overs with 1-tons and 42s: And a 97 TJ, Stretched with rear coil-overs and D44s: And my baby. My...