Chinaman Trip Report 11/26/11

**Heather** · November 27th, 2011

Popsgarage previously posted:

**Heather** · November 27th, 2011

Kory previously posted:

**Popsgarage** · November 27th, 2011

Amen to that, sister. Tell him no more dancing on icy patches of ground. My son, Robby, thought it'd be funny to stand in front of the Astro van we used to have. I told him I was comin' forward and I guess he didn't believe me and sure enough, I ran over his foot. Couldn't believe it when I felt the van bump up and over it. I felt bad for about a minute before I remembered I told him I was parking the damn thing. It only hurt for about a week. He moves out of the way for me every time now.

November 27th, 2011

loll I was just standing aroud making sure everyone got through and when you came by, it looked like you were going to your left so I didn't move but then you went around a rock and over my foot. Good thing the wrangler doesnt weigh all that much lol

don't feel bad though, like i said, it was my fault for not moving out of your way

and yes Robyn, it's pretty funny haha

**Funrover** · November 27th, 2011

Sorry to hear you broke Warlord. That trail has changed a fair bit since I was there last. Thanks for the pics!

**KnuckleHead** · November 27th, 2011

Looks like it was a good day for wheeling, weather wise at least. Thanks for the report and the pix

November 28th, 2011

note ; when needing a little extra traction aim for a toe , got it , what do you aim for if needing lots of traction ? .. lol .. sorry bout injury

November 28th, 2011

Got to add my own 'Thanks' in there to you, Bill! My heap got a little ride on your trailer, too. Would have been a bit different scenario had you not been kind enough to loan it to Chris.

Sorry to hear about the breakage and craziness.

Wasn't a thang, Jeff, wasn't a thang...Just part of wheeling...No broken bones, no blood spurting and everyone made it home on the same day they left..

And speaking of badges and stuff, Looks like Heather is going to be first in this group to get the coveted 'pedestrian' badge for the side of her heap. It goes right under the window sill on the driver's door and passenger door, much like the WWII pilots did their plane kills. Congratulations! Sorry that it was a friend.

**glacierpaul** · November 28th, 2011

"pedestrian" badge....

**Cr33p3r** · November 28th, 2011

Great pics and videos thanks for posting them up!

November 28th, 2011

Here is Heather's 'badged' Jeep. It is almost a shame that there is so much free space as it is going to have everyone wondering if they are going to be the next 'addition'. I am going to be on my 'toes', so to speak....

**Heather** · November 28th, 2011

(Sorry Matt!!)

**Cr33p3r** · November 28th, 2011

How come no one tried the line where Chris was standing in that hole? Looks like a good challenge.

November 28th, 2011

When I had my 69 Bronco, another 'Mad Max' looking thing, I had painted a whole little group of 'kills' on both sides of the hood (no door panels to work with): little pedestrian figures, little animal figures, bicyclists, birds...it was great for when I had to park somewhere in Boulder or Estes Park...

"Oh that is just disgusting painting that stuff on your truck!"

"Yeah, lady, but you should have seen the damn mess they made....."

November 28th, 2011

1freaky1 previously posted:

November 28th, 2011

Quote Originally Posted by 1freaky1 View Post
How come no one tried the line where Chris was standing in that hole? Looks like a good challenge

That is the same line that LaDawn and I didn't do the last time on the trail, but going the other way. I looked at it, then got out and walked it, Decided that the holes were in the wrong spot for my wheelbase, and drove around it. Two weeks later, Haku decided he was going to do the same line in his rig with the same wheelbase, didn't walk it, and flopped his rig on the side when both wheels went into the two perfectly placed holes at the same time. I am not going to make a comment on his decision as there isn't too damn much to say.

Just about the same thing happens on the way down, except that you flop harder as all the weight is on the front rather than the rear of your rig. Driver's side rear wheel comes WAY up in the air. Even with the flex I have, my driver's side rear comes about 1-2' off the ground....and that was all before the hole got about 1 1/2' deeper.

There was a reason that obstacle got avoided, especially going downhill. It is also a lot more off camber than the pictures would make you think it is.

November 28th, 2011

Sticker source. I hand painted mine on the Bronco. Seems other slightly twisted folks found some humor in these, too, as you can simply order what you need now. There are other twisted stickers on this site, too, some quite funny.:

http://stickthisgraphics.com/Pedestr...ker-DRVS41.htm

November 28th, 2011

Avoided the obstacle because I like being on all 4 wheels on the ground. I came close to the edge and from what Heather and Cassie were saying, my rear passenger came off the ground which has never happened before. Got hit in the head with a flying cooler.. and that's just cutting it close to the drop. I wasn't gonna go in it. I think everyone else thought at least something close to that.

November 28th, 2011

Hey Pete, do you have a pic of your mad max bronco?

November 28th, 2011

Ha...I wish. I have a couple somewhere and have been looking for them for a few years. They are probably on 35mm slides.

Flat black, full cage, overbored 400 with trick cam and head work, ported and polished, hi rise, 4 barrel something, tilt hood, tuned up C6, 38x15.50 Cepeks (later detuned to 35"), winch, custom bumpers front and rear, dual shocks all the way around (80s chic ****), lockers front and rear.

Part of the problem is I seldom took any pictures of any of the crap I built up to drive....just a truck/rig, you know. This sight has more pictures of my heap than I took of anything else I ever owned and most of those were taken by someone else except for my insurance pictures.. I think I took some pictures of the Ford F150 I built up whose parts the 69 bronco inherited, but the only pictures I have found of that was when it was rolled over and trashed. I may have taken some pictures of the 74 Cherokee, too, but again, these were on 35mm slides. The slides pretty much got destroyed by water and the salvageable ones got left by the wayside because it was such a goddamn pain to set up a screen and projector to see them.

Front Range 4x4 Upcoming Trail Runs - Add a New Trail Run

Thread: Chinaman Trip Report 11/26/11

Thread Tools

Similar Threads

Trip Report, but not wheeling...

Moab Trip Report

OCG report 6-07-08

Posting Permissions