Clayton,OK nov.10-11,07

fulltopblazer · 11-13-2007, 07:51 AM

well I'm not very good at writing reports but here we go.

We had a great trip weather could not have been better. We got a pretty early start saturday morning wanted to run as many trails as possible, out of our group of 4 only 2 of us had been their before. We started with wet and wild which was dry then to jeffs ledges then black sheep. the first jeep in out group went first he made the first part easy but got hung up towards the first exit and broke a driveshaft yoke and u-joint. we got him winched out the rest of us made it up na dwe continued on to run green mamba. by this time the trails were getting pretty busy. I saw Benji and JJ at the bottom of black sheep and told them we were headed to green mamba. By the time we got their their wa sa steady strem of rigs going up. We headed up as we got near the top of the first part I realized I had no steering. at thin time I was in about 4 feet of water. my 44's were not visible. after backing up till I could somewhat see under it I realized my steering ram was just hanging from the tie rod. after some winching we got the front of mine out if the water to find that my front diff gaurd had broke in half where the ram mounts to it.

fulltopblazer · 11-13-2007, 07:57 AM

we remove the gaurd and head to bottom of the mountain to get slim to weld it up. once their we find out slim is out of town. I remember that JJ had his work truck in town with a

in the back of it, so off we go. Once their we find the

but all the rods are locked uo in his truck. So we drive aroung town a bit trying to find someone to weld this up. no luck while passing back by Benji's hotel he is their. we pull in to see if he has JJ keys which he doesn't but tells us Bobby has a bag

we can use. you just hook it to 3 batteries and weld away, so we get it and take off back to the trails.

**Rastus** · 11-13-2007, 08:03 AM

yep... that's a handy

Bobby has.. We used it @ K-rocks, I am trying to get a set like that made up for my possibles bag. Sounds like you guys had a great time.. I saw the pics and they rocks..

fulltopblazer · 11-13-2007, 08:06 AM

after looking at this gaurd more and talking we decide this needs to be welded on hte truck it is bet pretty bad and when it broke it broke a bolt in the diff housing and pulled the threads on another one and broke between a bolt hole that will not line back up. not to mention none of us are real confident on running this

in a bag deal. So good ole Benji nominates Bobby to do, says he is a wiz with this thing. So we all head back up the mountain by this time it is getting dark. we get their get it all bolted back up and Bobby lays it down and let me tell you while it is not the pretties it is on their good and isn't coming off with out wasting the gaurd and cover. Thanks again Bobby, JJ, and Benji. By this time it is getting pretty late and we all are hungry so we head down to eat and later decided to call it a night and start up the next morning.

fulltopblazer · 11-13-2007, 08:11 AM

black sheep

fulltopblazer · 11-13-2007, 08:15 AM

green mamba

broke diff gaurd

fulltopblazer · 11-13-2007, 08:22 AM

sunday morning we decide totake and easy trail to the top of the mountain and look at the scenary so we start out with the fence line trail. the weather was perfect and this time of year all the leaves are changing it was beautiful. I live in Oklahoma and being their its hard to believe you are still in Oklahoma. our view from the top

fulltopblazer · 11-13-2007, 08:25 AM

next we head back down the mountain and end up at the exit to green mamba extension and the entrance to the bounty trail. So we run bounty trail that consumed most of the day

as you can see from the sign it was one of the easier trails

fulltopblazer · 11-13-2007, 08:32 AM

we finished it with out any problems and decide to head down green mamba backwards. we get all the way back to wheir I had broke on the day before and decide to eat. As I'm pulling up out of the trail one of the guys says hey it looks like your diff gaurd is loose so no problem I get out and we start tighting the bolts and I happen to look over and their is a u-joint cap laying on the steering knuckle. I guess I must have also just broke a u-joint. So we eat and decide to limp out on rear wheel only. On the way out the jeep with us on rocks decides to run waterfall with I pull the drive flange out on the drivers side. as I am dojng that I can hear him gassing on it a big pop. He lost his rear driveshaft. he backs back down and we all head out in 2wd. it was getting dark anyway.

we had an awesome time as usual. Clayton is always a blast. Here are the rest of the pics http://www.texas4x4.org/gallery/album534?page=1

72blazer · 11-13-2007, 08:42 AM

damn that looks like fun...

Monstercrawler · 11-13-2007, 08:50 AM

Looks like ya had a blast. Hopefully I'll be able to make the next Clayton run.

Your rig looks great with the new skins.

84ToyLady · 11-13-2007, 09:45 AM

Looks like yall had a blast !

projectfreedom · 11-13-2007, 01:29 PM

That looks like a hell of a lot of fun.

Bunker Buster · 11-13-2007, 02:40 PM

Great pics! Looks like ya'll had a blast. I can't wait for us to make a trip to Clayton. Was hoping to have made this trip, but no such luck.

Bruiser · 11-13-2007, 02:46 PM

Great pics fulltop!!!

I can't wait to go back there someday myself!

RIVER RAT · 11-13-2007, 05:02 PM

thanks for the pic's , good write up...

i need to make it up their soon ...

buzz4x4luv · 11-13-2007, 07:22 PM

nice bro....hope you get it all fixed up and get to come up in Feb. for the bogg.....

TX_ZUKI · 11-13-2007, 08:20 PM

Great seeing you Nick! That

does come handy. I will post pics when I return from NY on Thursday.

Mitch · 11-14-2007, 01:14 AM

Looks fun, maybe I'll make it up there one day.

Gorrila · 11-15-2007, 08:12 AM

Like the skins. Trail looks good.

kamikaze124 · 11-16-2007, 09:01 PM

NIce pictures... We ventured into bounty trail, but it was getting dark.
I honestly do not know of anyone who has made it all the way through yet except for you and your crew.. Was it as bad as they all talk about ?
I have heard that the only way to make the bounty trail was by winch.
Also, there used to be an actual bounty on that trail, I do not know if anyone has ever claimed it. It can only be claimed if you did not have to winch.
If your interested, the guys over on cowtownjeeps.com or org are the ones who cut it. You may want to swing by and ask if the bounty still stands ?

I really like the picture that you took at the top of fence line, I have not seen the lake like that before. I will have to look into that next time.

Awsome pictures !!

Hardline · 11-18-2007, 09:08 PM

That extension that we run off the end of Green Mamba is not actually the bounty trail. The bounty is actually a trail that runs off the left of the extension about 3/4 the way through the extension.. We run the extension all the time but have never seen anyone do anything with the bounty trail I walked part of it the first time we ran the extension. They winched Slim up and down the hill when he was working on cutting that bounty trail in. Had a great time with yall Nick see ya next time !JJ

fulltopblazer · 11-19-2007, 02:16 PM

It may have not been the bounty trail??? I don't know. The picture of the sigh I posted was just to the left of the trail. The trail did have several trails coming off the sides of it. near the end was a trail to the left that had flag markers but no sign. It looked very tough, like you would have to winch most of it.??????

kamikaze124 · 11-19-2007, 03:54 PM

I was asking Ed The Rock Taxi and some of the others over on cowtown if it had been climbed yet, and they said that no one has climbed it yet without a winch, and that the Bounty still stands. Nolen said that he has broken 2 transfer cases on it.. The whole trail sounds Brutal.

Hardline · 11-19-2007, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fulltopblazer

It may have not been the bounty trail??? I don't know. The picture of the sigh I posted was just to the left of the trail. The trail did have several trails coming off the sides of it. near the end was a trail to the left that had flag markers but no sign. It looked very tough, like you would have to winch most of it.??????

Yup! That is the bounty trail. Almost to the end and on the left. Just has little ribbons on the tress. That part that you can see is the easy part. It goes up about 80 yards and then cuts to the left and gets tough. I have never even pulled into it. Just walked a little of it while we were getting a broken rig out the first time we ran the extension. JJ

11-13-2007, 07:51 AM	#1
fulltopblazer Wheels 4 Food Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: sw oklahoma Posts: 4,152	Clayton,OK nov.10-11,07 well I'm not very good at writing reports but here we go. We had a great trip weather could not have been better. We got a pretty early start saturday morning wanted to run as many trails as possible, out of our group of 4 only 2 of us had been their before. We started with wet and wild which was dry then to jeffs ledges then black sheep. the first jeep in out group went first he made the first part easy but got hung up towards the first exit and broke a driveshaft yoke and u-joint. we got him winched out the rest of us made it up na dwe continued on to run green mamba. by this time the trails were getting pretty busy. I saw Benji and JJ at the bottom of black sheep and told them we were headed to green mamba. By the time we got their their wa sa steady strem of rigs going up. We headed up as we got near the top of the first part I realized I had no steering. at thin time I was in about 4 feet of water. my 44's were not visible. after backing up till I could somewhat see under it I realized my steering ram was just hanging from the tie rod. after some winching we got the front of mine out if the water to find that my front diff gaurd had broke in half where the ram mounts to it. __________________ RETIRED 74 blazer/buggy 350/sm465/stak 3spd 60/14 5.13's and detroits highsteer with full hydro steer recenter H1's with ballisric rock rings 44"tsl's front/44" boggers rear Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-13-2007, 07:57 AM	#2
fulltopblazer Wheels 4 Food Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: sw oklahoma Posts: 4,152	we remove the gaurd and head to bottom of the mountain to get slim to weld it up. once their we find out slim is out of town. I remember that JJ had his work truck in town with a in the back of it, so off we go. Once their we find the but all the rods are locked uo in his truck. So we drive aroung town a bit trying to find someone to weld this up. no luck while passing back by Benji's hotel he is their. we pull in to see if he has JJ keys which he doesn't but tells us Bobby has a bag we can use. you just hook it to 3 batteries and weld away, so we get it and take off back to the trails. __________________ RETIRED 74 blazer/buggy 350/sm465/stak 3spd 60/14 5.13's and detroits highsteer with full hydro steer recenter H1's with ballisric rock rings 44"tsl's front/44" boggers rear Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-13-2007, 08:06 AM	#4
fulltopblazer Wheels 4 Food Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: sw oklahoma Posts: 4,152	after looking at this gaurd more and talking we decide this needs to be welded on hte truck it is bet pretty bad and when it broke it broke a bolt in the diff housing and pulled the threads on another one and broke between a bolt hole that will not line back up. not to mention none of us are real confident on running this in a bag deal. So good ole Benji nominates Bobby to do, says he is a wiz with this thing. So we all head back up the mountain by this time it is getting dark. we get their get it all bolted back up and Bobby lays it down and let me tell you while it is not the pretties it is on their good and isn't coming off with out wasting the gaurd and cover. Thanks again Bobby, JJ, and Benji. By this time it is getting pretty late and we all are hungry so we head down to eat and later decided to call it a night and start up the next morning. __________________ RETIRED 74 blazer/buggy 350/sm465/stak 3spd 60/14 5.13's and detroits highsteer with full hydro steer recenter H1's with ballisric rock rings 44"tsl's front/44" boggers rear Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-13-2007, 08:11 AM	#5
fulltopblazer Wheels 4 Food Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: sw oklahoma Posts: 4,152	black sheep __________________ RETIRED 74 blazer/buggy 350/sm465/stak 3spd 60/14 5.13's and detroits highsteer with full hydro steer recenter H1's with ballisric rock rings 44"tsl's front/44" boggers rear Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-13-2007, 08:15 AM	#6
fulltopblazer Wheels 4 Food Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: sw oklahoma Posts: 4,152	green mamba broke diff gaurd __________________ RETIRED 74 blazer/buggy 350/sm465/stak 3spd 60/14 5.13's and detroits highsteer with full hydro steer recenter H1's with ballisric rock rings 44"tsl's front/44" boggers rear Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-13-2007, 08:22 AM	#7
fulltopblazer Wheels 4 Food Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: sw oklahoma Posts: 4,152	sunday morning we decide totake and easy trail to the top of the mountain and look at the scenary so we start out with the fence line trail. the weather was perfect and this time of year all the leaves are changing it was beautiful. I live in Oklahoma and being their its hard to believe you are still in Oklahoma. our view from the top __________________ RETIRED 74 blazer/buggy 350/sm465/stak 3spd 60/14 5.13's and detroits highsteer with full hydro steer recenter H1's with ballisric rock rings 44"tsl's front/44" boggers rear Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-13-2007, 08:25 AM	#8
fulltopblazer Wheels 4 Food Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: sw oklahoma Posts: 4,152	next we head back down the mountain and end up at the exit to green mamba extension and the entrance to the bounty trail. So we run bounty trail that consumed most of the day as you can see from the sign it was one of the easier trails __________________ RETIRED 74 blazer/buggy 350/sm465/stak 3spd 60/14 5.13's and detroits highsteer with full hydro steer recenter H1's with ballisric rock rings 44"tsl's front/44" boggers rear Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-13-2007, 08:32 AM	#9
fulltopblazer Wheels 4 Food Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: sw oklahoma Posts: 4,152	we finished it with out any problems and decide to head down green mamba backwards. we get all the way back to wheir I had broke on the day before and decide to eat. As I'm pulling up out of the trail one of the guys says hey it looks like your diff gaurd is loose so no problem I get out and we start tighting the bolts and I happen to look over and their is a u-joint cap laying on the steering knuckle. I guess I must have also just broke a u-joint. So we eat and decide to limp out on rear wheel only. On the way out the jeep with us on rocks decides to run waterfall with I pull the drive flange out on the drivers side. as I am dojng that I can hear him gassing on it a big pop. He lost his rear driveshaft. he backs back down and we all head out in 2wd. it was getting dark anyway. we had an awesome time as usual. Clayton is always a blast. Here are the rest of the pics http://www.texas4x4.org/gallery/album534?page=1 __________________ RETIRED 74 blazer/buggy 350/sm465/stak 3spd 60/14 5.13's and detroits highsteer with full hydro steer recenter H1's with ballisric rock rings 44"tsl's front/44" boggers rear Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-13-2007, 08:42 AM	#10
72blazer Wheels 4 Food Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Real South Texas Posts: 7,127	damn that looks like fun... __________________ The Web Wheeler's '72 Motorsport Syndicate:::Edinburg TX H&H Fabrication:::Amarillo TX Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-13-2007, 08:50 AM	#11
Monstercrawler Gonzo Wheeler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Fort Worth Posts: 2,537	Looks like ya had a blast. Hopefully I'll be able to make the next Clayton run. Your rig looks great with the new skins. __________________ 3' of ZUKI Frame 1.3 liter tire shredder suckin pane stock trans, 6.5 to 1 TC Toy axles 5.29 stuffed with longs Front coils, Rear SAW airshocks 3 link front 1 link rear Lots of freaking tubing 39.5 Isuks Made in Japan, BUILT in TEXAS “Don’t talk it unless you can take the repercussions of walking it” The Rock God http://www.kryptonitekustoms.com/default.asp Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-13-2007, 09:45 AM	#12
84ToyLady Gonzo Wheeler Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Whitewright, Texas Posts: 2,074	Looks like yall had a blast ! __________________ Michelle 03 Dodge Crew Cab 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel-My DD & Tow Rig -- R.I.P. 06 Dodge Crew Cab 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel - New DD & Tow Rig THE "TONKA TOY" 84 Yota Ext Cab, 4.88's-Longs, locked/armored, 63" Chevy springs w/buggy leaf system, Marlin Crawl box, rolling on 37x14.5x15 Toyo's, 14" shocks, custom skid plates & bumper, High Steer, burning "pane", winch, GOT PAINT !! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-13-2007, 01:29 PM	#13
projectfreedom Wheels 4 Food Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Harlingen, Texas Posts: 4,194	That looks like a hell of a lot of fun. __________________ Empty Death is certain, Life is not He's an arse, but I still wanna wheel with him. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-13-2007, 02:40 PM	#14
Bunker Buster Gonzo Wheeler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Blue Ridge, Tx Posts: 2,375	Great pics! Looks like ya'll had a blast. I can't wait for us to make a trip to Clayton. Was hoping to have made this trip, but no such luck. __________________ Fawker Fab 3 seater Buggy - Buster II 498 Stroker BBC/pane/465/Fawker Fab Doubler/One Tons/Detroits/Chromos/Longfields/16" FOA Coilovers/18" air shocks/one link/three link/42" PBR's and lots of throttle. When all else fails, give it hell. Push it to the Limit with RevLimit Off Road! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-13-2007, 02:46 PM	#15
Bruiser Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Diana, Texas Posts: 10,819	Great pics fulltop!!! I can't wait to go back there someday myself! __________________ 1985 Dodge Crew Cab Cummins--Full Resto Underway.... 2015 RAM ECODiesel--DD/Tow Rig Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-13-2007, 07:22 PM	#17
buzz4x4luv Rock Monkey Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canyon, Texas Posts: 172	nice bro....hope you get it all fixed up and get to come up in Feb. for the bogg..... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-13-2007, 08:20 PM	#18
TX_ZUKI Zuki Master Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Burleson, TX Posts: 4,401	Great seeing you Nick! That does come handy. I will post pics when I return from NY on Thursday. __________________ 87' Suzuki Samurai, 1.6 16V EFI-14 Bolt rear Locked, D44 Front Detroit Locker, 5.13 gears,Full Ext./Inter. Cage, 8:1 Transfer Gears, 39.5 Iroks on Trail Ready Beadlocks, Hydro Steering, Big Horn Air Shocks & linked! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-14-2007, 01:14 AM	#19
Mitch Wheels 4 Food Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Azle Posts: 11,141	Looks fun, maybe I'll make it up there one day. __________________ Thanks, Smokey! 1. 84 Yota - one ton swap - in progress 2. 65 V-dub Class 5 Unlimited #524 Baaad Sheep Racing Jeeps are for girls And guys that wish they were girls..... Automatic transmissions are gay. Flipped up tow mirrors are the sagging pants of the truck world. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-15-2007, 08:12 AM	#20
Gorrila Flex Master Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In my shop, the panhandle or waxahachie Posts: 1,131	Like the skins. Trail looks good. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-16-2007, 09:01 PM	#21
kamikaze124 Poser Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Wichita Falls Tx Posts: 94	NIce pictures... We ventured into bounty trail, but it was getting dark. I honestly do not know of anyone who has made it all the way through yet except for you and your crew.. Was it as bad as they all talk about ? I have heard that the only way to make the bounty trail was by winch. Also, there used to be an actual bounty on that trail, I do not know if anyone has ever claimed it. It can only be claimed if you did not have to winch. If your interested, the guys over on cowtownjeeps.com or org are the ones who cut it. You may want to swing by and ask if the bounty still stands ? I really like the picture that you took at the top of fence line, I have not seen the lake like that before. I will have to look into that next time. Awsome pictures !! __________________ Stock 94YJ on 32"MudKings and a highlift jack.. Future mods.. Some rocklights.. Jeepitreal.com Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-18-2007, 09:08 PM	#22
Hardline Trail Blazer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Mansfield Posts: 695	That extension that we run off the end of Green Mamba is not actually the bounty trail. The bounty is actually a trail that runs off the left of the extension about 3/4 the way through the extension.. We run the extension all the time but have never seen anyone do anything with the bounty trail I walked part of it the first time we ran the extension. They winched Slim up and down the hill when he was working on cutting that bounty trail in. Had a great time with yall Nick see ya next time !JJ __________________ 1990 Sammy. 1.6 16valve Tracker tranny Kicker 3 6.5:1 twin stick T case, Dana 44s, 5.89s, spools, BTF covers, Full hydro, Fox nitrogen shocks, Warn 8274-50, 39.5x13.50x15 IROCS, MRT wheels with beadlocks, PRP seats Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-19-2007, 02:16 PM	#23
fulltopblazer Wheels 4 Food Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: sw oklahoma Posts: 4,152	It may have not been the bounty trail??? I don't know. The picture of the sigh I posted was just to the left of the trail. The trail did have several trails coming off the sides of it. near the end was a trail to the left that had flag markers but no sign. It looked very tough, like you would have to winch most of it.?????? __________________ RETIRED 74 blazer/buggy 350/sm465/stak 3spd 60/14 5.13's and detroits highsteer with full hydro steer recenter H1's with ballisric rock rings 44"tsl's front/44" boggers rear Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

11-19-2007, 03:54 PM	#24
kamikaze124 Poser Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Wichita Falls Tx Posts: 94	I was asking Ed The Rock Taxi and some of the others over on cowtown if it had been climbed yet, and they said that no one has climbed it yet without a winch, and that the Bounty still stands. Nolen said that he has broken 2 transfer cases on it.. The whole trail sounds Brutal. __________________ Stock 94YJ on 32"MudKings and a highlift jack.. Future mods.. Some rocklights.. Jeepitreal.com Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook

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