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MoonWorks
09-22-2008, 02:27 PM
Post your pics/vids etc of this past weekends run at bigdogs in Gore, VA.

I'm in the process of going through my pics and uploading them. Also have a few vids I have to get from a buddy of mine that I'm going to try to post up later as well.

Glad to see all of you out there on the trail...

zj95maxx
09-22-2008, 04:06 PM
I got none...lame...

MoonWorks
09-22-2008, 04:19 PM
I uploaded more pics than I'm posting here. Click the link below for the full folder.

http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/

Our buddy wanted us to set his tent "up" before he got there so we did...
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/100_0090.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/100_0067.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/100_0069.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/100_0071.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/100_0074.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/100_0076.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/100_0077.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/100_0085.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/100_0103.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/100_0115.jpg

MoonWorks
09-22-2008, 04:22 PM
More...

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/100_0116.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/100_0117.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/100_0136.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/100_0144.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/HPIM4012.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/100_0143.jpg

1fox2go
09-22-2008, 04:22 PM
We did the same thing with a guys jeep, he asked us to move it
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d69/vampirikfox/Image007-4.jpg
I didnt get very many good shots
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d69/vampirikfox/Image008-2.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d69/vampirikfox/Image006-4.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d69/vampirikfox/Image005-1.jpg

I broke more in the driveway than on the trail
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d69/vampirikfox/Image009-1.jpg

dangerousdave
09-22-2008, 05:29 PM
I like the tent....

MoonWorks
09-22-2008, 05:47 PM
And a few more...

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/HPIM4021.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/HPIM4018.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/HPIM4063.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/HPIM4068.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/HPIM4080.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/HPIM4090.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/HPIM4115.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/HPIM4140.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/HPIM4121.jpg

O'Tool
09-22-2008, 06:53 PM
I got some... I'll have to try and post them tonight.
Photobucket?? I've got vids and pics...

SirFuego
09-22-2008, 11:09 PM
Here are some pics DieselZJ took...
The obligatory staging area pics:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08026.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08025.jpg

Wahoo:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08029.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08043.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08046.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08054.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08058.jpg

Cobra:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08079.jpg

Winch:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08095.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08096.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08012.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08015.jpg

Up Pucker:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08111.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08112.jpg

I now have a small dent in the middle of my Clayton's skid...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08118.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08116.jpg

Not enough ground clearance to clear that ledge -- even by nailing it :smt090
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08122.jpg

Boulder:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08155.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08169.jpg

Death Valley:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08184.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08197.jpg

Which turns into the bottom of ET:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08203.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08206.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08212.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08225.jpg

The lake after getting back from wheeling:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08230.jpg

15 of the 16 rigs that came from WNYOffroad:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08234.jpg

I think this was KGB -- this trail turned into insanity...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08241.jpg

Whoops
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08245.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08249.jpg
I just replaced this tail light, too...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/padaurizio/bigdogsseptember08128.jpg

nierace
09-22-2008, 11:28 PM
Great pics...

I love how they dont do any justice as they make winch hill look like a small incline lol.

SirFuego
09-22-2008, 11:47 PM
Winch hill isn't too bad. There was an open/open TJ on 33s that made it up after a couple attempts. You just need to avoid the rocks on the right going up -- and the tree on the left (How'd that work out for ya Preppi? I really hope someone has a pic and/or video of that. I was up helping the guy that busted a u-joint, shaft, and ball joint when you climbed that tree).

MoonWorks
09-23-2008, 12:04 AM
You just need to avoid the rocks on the right going up -- and the tree on the left (How'd that work out for ya Preppi? I really hope someone has a pic and/or video of that. I was up helping the guy that busted a u-joint, shaft, and ball joint when you climbed that tree).

HAHA. Yeah...I'm a bit wider than I'm used to so I took the same line I have the other dozen times I've been up it but since I'm wider...the driver tire caught the tree and it carried me up a good ways before I knew it. The 8th pic in my first post was caught by Shadow as I started to go up.

Winch is always fun I think. I always give it too much gas to make it a bit more exciting! :)

EC has it on video from the top of the hill. Hopefully I will get it from him tomorrow. I'll post it when I get it. It would be nice to see it from the side or bottom of the hill.

MoonWorks
09-24-2008, 11:30 PM
Link to a video taken on "Winch Only" that SirFuego was talking about earlier.

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=43439999

1fox2go
09-25-2008, 12:56 AM
You guys ever go down winch?

Also, Im interested in how the winch is tucked in like you did preppi, ive seen a few xjs do that also. I know I need a new winch, thats fine I will shop around. Any input would be great

MoonWorks
09-25-2008, 11:06 AM
You guys ever go down winch?

Also, Im interested in how the winch is tucked in like you did preppi, ive seen a few xjs do that also. I know I need a new winch, thats fine I will shop around. Any input would be great


Going down winch isn't bad at all. Just stay to right up top and turn driver a bit once you pass the last rock...you're done. Down is super simple. The stock GSE group comes down it almost every year.

My winch...lol...yeah. I've had a bottle opener there ever since the bumper got ripped off. When my zj was parked in camp 6 and I was down at the mudbog my buddies "hooked" me up. It was funny as hell!

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/HPIM4052.jpg

I'll let you figure it out...its dame sure custom! :)

OverkillZJ
09-25-2008, 11:30 AM
LMAO, love the fake winch.

SirFuego
09-25-2008, 11:56 AM
You guys ever go down winch
Our trail leader on Sat did. He said it was pretty straight forward. Mildly built TJ, too, so it's not like he was in a buggy. I took the trail down around winch which is a bit more technical than the hill itself.

MoonWorks
09-25-2008, 12:10 PM
I took the trail down around winch which is a bit more technical than the hill itself.

Yeah, that's called the bypass. :)













Over the past couple years though the bypass has gotten pretty chewed up as well. Plus there's a spot at the bottom of it that makes us full body guys feel a little tipsy!

1fox2go
09-25-2008, 12:36 PM
Yea, going down winch isnt bad as long as your tires bite and dont slide off the rock your driver front needs to be on, then it gets a little interesting. It was so dry this past weekend, damn

Preppi what size winch are you using?

O'Tool
09-25-2008, 01:39 PM
Preppi what size winch are you using?

Are you Serious? :shake:
Ummm, If I remember correctly, It's a "parallel wound, bolt winch". it probably has a pulling capacity of a hundred pounds or so... (give or take a hundred).

O'Tool
09-25-2008, 01:41 PM
I like the loop hanging under the fairlead... <Grin>

1fox2go
09-25-2008, 01:47 PM
You havent seen the guys put their winch like that? I know a few xjs that have a winch mounted like that

I realize preppi's is fake, im asking if you have seen anyone mount their winch like that

MoonWorks
09-25-2008, 02:19 PM
You havent seen the guys put their winch like that? I know a few xjs that have a winch mounted like that

I realize preppi's is fake, im asking if you have seen anyone mount their winch like that

Sure, mine was a joke b/c I'm one of 2 people in our group that don't have a winch so a 4 wheeler fairlead got screwed on the front bumper w/out me knowing.

I just responded to your pm fox. Check out vetteboys build on pbb. I think I remember his winch being tucked and it's documented pretty well too. It's easier to do this with a xj b/c the radiator is so small. The zj's rad is much better so going under it eats up ground clearence. Generally better to cut the grill and tuck it back into the body as much as possible for us I would think.

MoonWorks
09-25-2008, 02:22 PM
Oh...and yes the "winch" has been "used". The guys hooked it up when I was changing the long shaft I broke. Brought out the controller, line weight, etc. :) lol

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/100_0109.jpg

AgitatedPancake
09-25-2008, 02:30 PM
is that hill steeper than it looks in the vid or does the front end of your ZJ just like to go skyward? I've never had my front end get that light before.

1fox2go
09-25-2008, 02:45 PM
That hill is actually pretty steep, the vid doesnt really do the justice at showing it IMO

SirFuego
09-25-2008, 04:58 PM
Link to a video taken on "Winch Only" that SirFuego was talking about earlier.

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=43439999
By the way, I would like to add that I made it up that hill in one attempt without backing up, stopping, or climbing a tree...

SirFuego
09-25-2008, 05:09 PM
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/HPIM4080.jpg

What trail was this? Corum?

MoonWorks
09-25-2008, 05:16 PM
What trail was this? Corum?


You would be correct sir!


And I think that most pics can't truely deplict what what we do. So yes, that hill is a bit steeper than what the video shows.

SirFuego
09-25-2008, 05:17 PM
No ZJs here, but these are mainly from the buggies...

Here's mine.

ET trail-
3/8 wall links. I heard they couldn't be bent.......
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08001.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08002.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08003.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08004.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08005.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08006.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08007.jpg
KGB-
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08008.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08011.jpg
Leaking radiator fix-
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08009.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08010.jpg
A Zebra was spotted during the fix.-
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08012.jpg
Insanity-
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08013.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08015.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08016.jpg
The devoted camera woman-
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08014.jpg
"V" trail-
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08020.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08021.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08022.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08023.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08024-1.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08024.jpg
Way down at the end of Gulch. This was the supposedly grown in hill climb-
BEFORE-
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08026.jpg
DOIN WORK-
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08027.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08028.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08029.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08030.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/sb406/9-21-08031.jpg

MoonWorks
10-23-2008, 01:51 PM
Couple pics pulled from the video I posted... :)

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/winch1.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/winch2.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii304/preppi12/bigdogs%20main%20jambo%20sept%2008/winch3.jpg

ATL ZJ
10-23-2008, 02:34 PM
Now that is the way I like to see a grand wheeled. sucks to be that 30. I love how videos always make trails look flat. But trust me if you are doing wheelstands in a ZJ, you aren't on flat ground.

MoonWorks
10-23-2008, 03:10 PM
Now that is the way I like to see a grand wheeled. sucks to be that 30. I love how videos always make trails look flat. But trust me if you are doing wheelstands in a ZJ, you aren't on flat ground.


Yeah, I can't wait to get new axles under it. My wheeling style doesn't help much either. I get a little pedal happy at times (hense the wheel stands) so I feel like I'm walking on glass half the time. I just try to stay out of the gas when my wheels are turned. I only broke one shaft last trip.