Trip Report The sun pouring it's scorching rays down upon us with such fervor...

[DAA]

"Crossing this valley, the sun pouring it's rays down upon us with such fervor as nearly to parch our bridle reins into a crisp" - Edwin Bryant, Aug 7, 1846, Hastings Cutoff, Independence Valley

Out farting around with my buddy Steve in his F-150 this weekend. It was so dry... How dry was it? Dry enough to get the truck stuck, in the dust...

With some Maxtrax we foraged nearby, the high lift, a shovel and a big hammer, we got it going again without too, too much trouble. Video below...

Good fun!

- DAA

 

[Kevin B.]

I'm having deja vu. Didn't you already dig that truck out of something earlier this year?

 

[DAA]

Yeah... He says it only gets stuck when I'm with him. Says I'm a bad influence.

- DAA

 

[Kevin B.]

What was he going for with the plastic wrap?

 

[DAA]

Ahhh, the wreck wrap... That's for pin stripe reduction. He ran out so only did the passenger side this trip. It works really well at greatly reducing the pin stripe though. His last truck, a '14 EB, we scratched the bejeezus out of it to where he took a pretty good hit on trade in. Been running this plastic wrap crap on this one and it does work. Paint still looks good on this one.

- DAA

 

[DAA]

The mud stuck from earlier this year...

- DAA

 

[Pile of parts]

We have had a dry year. Can you imagine the slop out there, if and when it does rain.

 

[I Lean]

That is some serious silt!

 

[rholbrook]

Love your adventures

 

[Tonkaman]

That’s crazy! I would have never imagined getting stuck that bad right there

 

[nnnnnate]

So did you just go back the other way or did you take a different line through the dust? You see Dave, the problem is that you need to stay on track that is more traveled. Like, if you hadn't seen anyone for hours you are in the wrong place. Stick with the people.

 

[I Lean]

So did you just go back the other way or did you take a different line through the dust? You see Dave, the problem is that you need to stay on track that is more traveled. Like, if you hadn't seen anyone for hours you are in the wrong place. Stick with the people.

You feeling OK?

 

[Hickey]

I think you need a big Evinrude on the tailgate to get through that mess.

 

[DAA]

Forgot to mention, that happened on Sat. When we got back to the interstate on Sun., he pegged the speed limiter at 106 and in the rear view, it looked like we were still on a dirt road for about four miles .

- DAA

 

[nnnnnate]

You feeling OK?

Attempted sarcasm. Failed.

 

[Stephen]

Attempted sarcasm. Failed.

I got it.

 

[Rot Box]

Wow that’s a lot of moon dust!! Looks like good times

 

[Gravy]

That moon dust was all over on my race at Yost in Saturday. Muddy river crossings, then moon dust, repeat until the bike weighed 10lbs more.

 

[Unimog]

My trip out on the PET last weekend was full of moon dust. There were pits in the road full of it, especially by the geode beds. I don't really remember it ever being that deep out there! One pit was so deep it came over the bumper/hood/windshield of my Ram 3500. Unfortunately, the A/C was not on recirc, so we got a blast of dust in the cab!

 

[Thursty]

Capitol Reef NP posted that they shut down the Cathedral Valley road because too many vehicles were getting stuck in the moon dust.