chevymitchell
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- Shawn
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- K-ville, NC
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- 2019 JLUR (Pain Train), 2022 2500 AT4
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Good evening everyone.
I got back to NC from my Big Bear, CA portion of the trip this afternoon. I ended up skipping the Pinyon Mountain Trail is SOCAL due to time, but that leaves a perfect excuse to go back.
We showed up in Vegas on Thursday night and everything went smooth. Got a cab to the storage unit, started the JL up, and then headed to Big Bear. My Warn 10-S was waiting for me at the hotel and had arrived a few days before I did. My little brother and I got up early on Friday morning and put the winch on the JL in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn. They didn't seem to mind at all and they helped a brother out by letting me borrow a 3" extension from their maintenance department.
Once the winch was installed, we hit up John Bull and Gold Mountain. This took us from about 10AM to about 5PM to complete both. I got hung up on John Bull really bad (wheel base didn't help me here) and the winch came through. LOL. Thank goodness I decide to install it on this trip. I ended up using it 3 times to save my ass and twice, it was really bad; unrecoverable without outside recovery help. (Winch since I was wheeling alone).
On Saturday morning we hit up Holcomb Creek at about 630AM. This trail was awesome. Got hung up on this one, too. Bad enough to slide off a rock, high center, and have the drivers side tires off the ground. It was an awesome pucker factor moment, but a stump and the winch came through for me. Big Bear is a must do. It was a lot of fun, especially to be able to do it with my brother. It's good practice for the Rubicon.
Damage so far has been minimal. Rock sliders have been a staple to saving the body. Bumpers, diff covers, cross member, driveshaft joint at rear diff, shock mounts have all taken hits. All survived just fine with scrapes and bruises. Every wheel has rash, two pretty bad. Driver's front tire has a cut in the sidewall, otherwise, tires have held up nicely through all this wheelin'. I managed to hit the back of the license plate without ripping the license plate bracket off. One small nick on the black part of the passenger rear fender. Nothing you'd notice without it being super clean and me pointing it out.
We drove to Phoenix from Big Bear yesterday and I stored the JL again. It'll be waiting for me to come get it next month.
Anyway, below is a bunch of pics from the winch install and trails. Please enjoy. They're in no particular order.
I've also included a couple videos just for fun:
Jeep Carousel - https://www.dropbox.com/s/r18if1lighx3ctq/IMG_1802.MOV?dl=0
High Center Recovery - https://www.dropbox.com/s/9xktjte81do4mmn/IMG_1803.MOV?dl=0
Thank you! Talk to you soon.
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I got back to NC from my Big Bear, CA portion of the trip this afternoon. I ended up skipping the Pinyon Mountain Trail is SOCAL due to time, but that leaves a perfect excuse to go back.
We showed up in Vegas on Thursday night and everything went smooth. Got a cab to the storage unit, started the JL up, and then headed to Big Bear. My Warn 10-S was waiting for me at the hotel and had arrived a few days before I did. My little brother and I got up early on Friday morning and put the winch on the JL in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn. They didn't seem to mind at all and they helped a brother out by letting me borrow a 3" extension from their maintenance department.
Once the winch was installed, we hit up John Bull and Gold Mountain. This took us from about 10AM to about 5PM to complete both. I got hung up on John Bull really bad (wheel base didn't help me here) and the winch came through. LOL. Thank goodness I decide to install it on this trip. I ended up using it 3 times to save my ass and twice, it was really bad; unrecoverable without outside recovery help. (Winch since I was wheeling alone).
On Saturday morning we hit up Holcomb Creek at about 630AM. This trail was awesome. Got hung up on this one, too. Bad enough to slide off a rock, high center, and have the drivers side tires off the ground. It was an awesome pucker factor moment, but a stump and the winch came through for me. Big Bear is a must do. It was a lot of fun, especially to be able to do it with my brother. It's good practice for the Rubicon.
Damage so far has been minimal. Rock sliders have been a staple to saving the body. Bumpers, diff covers, cross member, driveshaft joint at rear diff, shock mounts have all taken hits. All survived just fine with scrapes and bruises. Every wheel has rash, two pretty bad. Driver's front tire has a cut in the sidewall, otherwise, tires have held up nicely through all this wheelin'. I managed to hit the back of the license plate without ripping the license plate bracket off. One small nick on the black part of the passenger rear fender. Nothing you'd notice without it being super clean and me pointing it out.
We drove to Phoenix from Big Bear yesterday and I stored the JL again. It'll be waiting for me to come get it next month.
Anyway, below is a bunch of pics from the winch install and trails. Please enjoy. They're in no particular order.
I've also included a couple videos just for fun:
Jeep Carousel - https://www.dropbox.com/s/r18if1lighx3ctq/IMG_1802.MOV?dl=0
High Center Recovery - https://www.dropbox.com/s/9xktjte81do4mmn/IMG_1803.MOV?dl=0
Thank you! Talk to you soon.
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