Hover 6/24/12 Solo Gear Testing
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:26 am
Thanks to my lovely Co-Pilot Mandi, we have some photographic evidence that the gears tested well, and the Black Sheep rides again! Oops, I mean Black Jeep...
Yep, We started out looking for the "Elusive Rocks" supposedly to the Left as you enter the park, but only found ourselves on the other side of the tracks on some sweet sandy beaches and lagoon.
Next we played in the water a little bit, comparing our ride two weeks prior to this and noted a very likable difference. The lil' mini vam motor seems to like the new gears, and she's not sweating as much...
Next we made our way to "Butt Crack"(first 5 pics, and the last too) I'd tried crawling it before the gear swap, my 4.10s got me about 3/4s of the way up before losing traction. AS you can see in the pics we almost got into the completion canyon's mouth maybe 30-40 feet from the top before having to back down (about 90% or better). I think maybe after a solid rain when the powder turns more solid, we could make it. Or maybe I should drop to 4 lbs as opposed to 6?
So then in the spirit of finding something to climb, we meandered further south to explore, following the river in search of something rocky to play on. As you can see, we spent the entire day going up and down enjoying the sun and beautiful views, before heading for home. On our way home we jumped back into the park to ride down "Butt Crack" to get a feel for the ground we had yet to roll over...
While we were playing in the water I swapped seats with Mandi for a bit to get some pics and vid of her skills, so as we were headed to the house we swapped again.
We followed a ditchbank from Hover to 9 Mile, and between the Blair Rds found ourselves up with the windmills (Mandi is facinated by them). Finally, I made her drive up Joe Butte from the East, before calling it a day. I'm thinking I'll have to find more challenging trails for all of us (my Rig included) as it wasn't even breathing heavy.
All in all, it was a great day, we ran solo from 10:30 am to nearly 8:00 pm and had a blast!
Yep, We started out looking for the "Elusive Rocks" supposedly to the Left as you enter the park, but only found ourselves on the other side of the tracks on some sweet sandy beaches and lagoon.
Next we played in the water a little bit, comparing our ride two weeks prior to this and noted a very likable difference. The lil' mini vam motor seems to like the new gears, and she's not sweating as much...
Next we made our way to "Butt Crack"(first 5 pics, and the last too) I'd tried crawling it before the gear swap, my 4.10s got me about 3/4s of the way up before losing traction. AS you can see in the pics we almost got into the completion canyon's mouth maybe 30-40 feet from the top before having to back down (about 90% or better). I think maybe after a solid rain when the powder turns more solid, we could make it. Or maybe I should drop to 4 lbs as opposed to 6?
So then in the spirit of finding something to climb, we meandered further south to explore, following the river in search of something rocky to play on. As you can see, we spent the entire day going up and down enjoying the sun and beautiful views, before heading for home. On our way home we jumped back into the park to ride down "Butt Crack" to get a feel for the ground we had yet to roll over...
While we were playing in the water I swapped seats with Mandi for a bit to get some pics and vid of her skills, so as we were headed to the house we swapped again.
We followed a ditchbank from Hover to 9 Mile, and between the Blair Rds found ourselves up with the windmills (Mandi is facinated by them). Finally, I made her drive up Joe Butte from the East, before calling it a day. I'm thinking I'll have to find more challenging trails for all of us (my Rig included) as it wasn't even breathing heavy.
All in all, it was a great day, we ran solo from 10:30 am to nearly 8:00 pm and had a blast!
