- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
For the April RME Trip we headed to Moab! We had a very diverse group, from a couple JKU's ( @rubi_On_Rocks , @pELYgroso ) and a new JL on 37's (Brian and his family), a couple amazing buggies on big tires (@Herzog , @Gawynz , @xjtony ) , @mbryson in his YJ/MB, @smfulle aka Grandpas Jeep in his CJ2A and I had my '48 CJ2A!
On Friday @Herzog and @Gawynz ran Pritchett, while @mbryson and I met up for a quick run up Moab Rim. I didn't get too many pics from the Moab Rim, this was my first Moab trip for the Willys and I was more concerned with how it was running & working, plus tackling a challenging trail with 31's!
On the way up the Devils Crack, I got my driver-front tire wedged in the crack and couldn't move. Marc hooked up a strap and since my tire was bound up facing left (downhill, into the crack) when I popped out I had a mini-heart attack trying to steer the early CJ straight again, as it veered towards the gap. The Willys cruised right up the Z Turn, after repositioning a couple times on the biggest ledge at the bottom. We drove to the overlook, took a break and then headed back downhill. @mbryson had a wheel/tire failure, blowing the bead on his passenger-front tire and cracking the wheel, after pushing it into a ledge with much of the weight on that side of the Jeep. We ratchet strapped the suspension, then around the tire and used Marc's ARB Dual Compressor to reseat the bead. We were moving again just over 30 min later!
Coming back down, we met up with Herzog and Gawynz at the Devils Crack. They got a good laugh while I dragged the Willys down the obstacle.... it was much less exciting going down, compared to up! From there the buggies headed up the rest of the trail, Marc went into town to try getting wheels swapped and I headed to camp.
On Friday @Herzog and @Gawynz ran Pritchett, while @mbryson and I met up for a quick run up Moab Rim. I didn't get too many pics from the Moab Rim, this was my first Moab trip for the Willys and I was more concerned with how it was running & working, plus tackling a challenging trail with 31's!
On the way up the Devils Crack, I got my driver-front tire wedged in the crack and couldn't move. Marc hooked up a strap and since my tire was bound up facing left (downhill, into the crack) when I popped out I had a mini-heart attack trying to steer the early CJ straight again, as it veered towards the gap. The Willys cruised right up the Z Turn, after repositioning a couple times on the biggest ledge at the bottom. We drove to the overlook, took a break and then headed back downhill. @mbryson had a wheel/tire failure, blowing the bead on his passenger-front tire and cracking the wheel, after pushing it into a ledge with much of the weight on that side of the Jeep. We ratchet strapped the suspension, then around the tire and used Marc's ARB Dual Compressor to reseat the bead. We were moving again just over 30 min later!
Coming back down, we met up with Herzog and Gawynz at the Devils Crack. They got a good laugh while I dragged the Willys down the obstacle.... it was much less exciting going down, compared to up! From there the buggies headed up the rest of the trail, Marc went into town to try getting wheels swapped and I headed to camp.
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