12 hours of Spring Creek

[al24]

Today jtw2, dustyjeeper and me.
Winch, winch, winch,winch.
Out of the meadow after dark.
In the snow and dark it's real hard to find your way out.
Looooooooooooooooooooooooooong day.
Did I mention we did some winching?:beer:


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[mygreenjeep]

Welcome to the club. We did the same thing last year. Got on the trail at 10:00am and didn't get off until about midnight. Probably the longest I've ever spent on a trail of that length. Glad ya made it out.

[D-MASTER]

Today jtw2, dustyjeeper and me.
Winch, winch, winch,winch.
Out of the meadow after dark.
In the snow and dark it's real hard to find your way out.
Looooooooooooooooooooooooooong day.
Did I mention we did some winching?:beer:

Thought you didn't like snow wheeling?

[al24]

Thought you didn't like snow wheeling?
This just reinforces that.:shrug:
Did I mention the winching?:rolleyes:

[Whitey]

Should'a went to Chinaman's. :D




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[jowwo]

Spring creek...
So, was there any winching involved?:D

[jeepmntmn]

Hey al,
I watched for you guys but i got sleepy then went to bed. I was going to tell you guys to come by for a beer. So did I hear that there was a little winching involved?

[Guammy]

Glad I only had a few beers at the time and still has sense to say no I'd rather get parts and work on jeep :D

[jtw2]

ya, it was a bit longer than that for me. A little bolt sheered inside my third member so I drove to Windsor w/o a rear drive shaft and pinion. I got home about 2am!

I had a great time though. Now that I think of it there was a little bit of winching involved.

[dustyjeeper]

Ya, there seemed to be a lot of winching. Not to mention trying to figure out which snow drift was the trail in the dark.

[al24]

ya, it was a bit longer than that for me. A little bolt sheered inside my third member so I drove to Windsor w/o a rear drive shaft and pinion. I got home about 2am!

I had a great time though. Now that I think of it there was a little bit of winching involved.
How bad was the damage?
I never heard the clunk clunk clunk standing out side the Jeep.
All I heard was the whine of the winches.
Did I mention that we did some winching?

[al24]

Should'a went to Chinaman's. :D .


Naw this was great, didn't wear my 35's down at all because instead of driving we were ( all together now ) WINCHING.:eek:

[heysoos]

I had a good time. It was starting to wear on me by dark though..

I got home around 12:45, and Jeff & I had quite a fun time taking the heep home down I-70 around 45mph..

I dreamt about winching all night.. I think I now have a permanent background buzz in my brain..

I'll try to get the crappy camera-phone pics posted shortly...

Good to meet you guys, after yesterday, I feel like I've known you for years! :D

BTW, the damage isn't bad at all, Jeff just needs to replace that stupid little bolt that aligns the pinion gear.. Quite an adventure driving home in front wheel drive with the locker though.. Kinda likes to kick in when you turn, and jerks pretty good one direction.. :eek:

[al24]

I had a good time. It was starting to wear on me by dark though..

I got home around 12:45, and Jeff & I had quite a fun time taking the heep home down I-70 around 45mph..

I dreamt about winching all night.. I think I now have a permanent background buzz in my brain..

I'll try to get the crappy camera-phone pics posted shortly...

Good to meet you guys, after yesterday, I feel like I've known you for years! :D

BTW, the damage isn't bad at all, Jeff just needs to replace that stupid little bolt that aligns the pinion gear.. Quite an adventure driving home in front wheel drive with the locker though.. Kinda likes to kick in when you turn, and jerks pretty good one direction.. :eek:
Wow, like I said, I'll bet you dragged more cable than any 5 spotters at a competion.:eek:
Thanks for your work out there.
Al

[jtw2]

Here's a few pics. They are bad but they were taken on a camera phone so shaddup!

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[heysoos]

Hehe! No worries, I really do need the exercise! Lets see if I can post some pics...

(I really wanted to get some night pics, but ran out of room on the camera, and I was a little past the point of carrying the camera by then)

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[al24]

Hey, not bad pics for a phone.

[vb]

the word on the street seems to indicate that anyone thinking of spring creek might need to winch. what did you guys hear?

[jtw2]

I don't remember winching all that much but my cable resembles a birdcage now so maybe I did a little.

[al24]

the word on the street seems to indicate that anyone thinking of spring creek might need to winch. what did you guys hear?
A small chance of stretching cable.:D

[Explorerguy]

If it was that bad I would think turning around would be a good idea?!?!?!??!?!?!

[jeepmntmn]

Looks like tons of fun, too bad I was just down the hill sitting in my garage drinking beer, working on the rig. Wish I could have been there.

[Whitey]

Naw this was great, didn't wear my 35's down at all because instead of driving we were ( all together now ) WINCHING.:eek:
From the Beatles. (yellow submarine album)

"All together now, 1.....2.....3.......4.....can I have...... a little more,
all Together now, ................."

Never thought it would apply to...............WINCHING. :D :P





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[heysoos]

the word on the street seems to indicate that anyone thinking of spring creek might need to winch. what did you guys hear?

I don't know where you heard that, but you might want to check your sources.. :P

I s'pose the phone takes decent pics. I think the biggest drawback is how long between the time you press the button & the actual photo is taken, lots of things can change by then!

Ahem, Jeff, try to remember your camera next time.. :D

[vb]

it was an snl skit years back

[Colin]

well your all bitching about winching, but i bet your glad you had them lol. Are snow runs almost stupid without winches, I want to go on one but...

[heysoos]

well your all bitching about winching, but i bet your glad you had them lol. Are snow runs almost stupid without winches, I want to go on one but...

I don't have much experience, but I sure as hell would never try it w/o one..

vb, in case you didn't detect it, that was sarcasm. ;)

[RJsfun]

I remember opening up Bill Moore Lake and Mill Creek one year. It took almost 8 hours to make it in less than 2 miles. Lots of shoveling and winching (for 3 days- Memorial Day) That is when I found out my $399.00 Ramsey 8000 was a piece of junk. It would work till it was hot, and then just quit. All the girls with us were troopers, and definitely pulled their weight with a shovel! People always say "why?", "that doesn't sound like fun", but if you were there doing it and actually wheeling and making it where no one else has, it is SO worth it.
Glad you had fun.
Why is it that all the trails are always on the North facing slopes?

[Jeep'O'Struttin]

al24 ...sorry I missed catching up with you yahoooooooo's .. but a little birdie on the grapevine ....said don't go..... there will be plenty of winching to do!!!!!!.. I am glad I missed that one ...whew wee and yeehaw ....hmmmmm... I am going outside right now and sharpen up my winching skills ...hehehehe!!!:flipoff2:

[jeepmntmn]

I think I'm going to go do Spring creek now that all of you broke the trail for me. But I wonder if I should bring a winch!!!

[TubeWerx]

nice trail run! being on that shelf section with ice and snow takes some balls......it's a LONG way down!! :eek:

[comanchekid]

yeah id go run it but i have no winch......

[al24]

nice trail run! being on that shelf section with ice and snow takes some balls......it's a LONG way down!! :eek:
Yea, that's why we didn't turn around after getting past it. No one wanted to drive down it.
Jeep-o-stuffin,:flipoff2: without lockers you'd still be up there.
And wtf is all that gooble gooble crap on your voicemail?

[dustyjeeper]

http://community.webshots.com/user/dustyjeeper

Next time will have to take snowmobiles.

[trojanman]

http://community.webshots.com/user/dustyjeeper

Next time will have to take snowmobiles.
thanks for the "real" pictures larry. how've you been? looks like i'll need some new spacers on my front end. I bought a winch just so i could run Spring Creek in the snow:D , and it's weighing down my front end about an inch.............

[Hippie]

I have not looked at all the pics but have any of you heard of this little invention called



























CHAINS :flipoff2: :shrug:

[jtw2]

Chains?
WTF are chains?
We don't need no stinkin' chains!

[al24]

I have not looked at all the pics but have any of you heard of this little invention called



























CHAINS :flipoff2: :shrug:
WOW you were sitting at (warm) home?:shrug:
Thanks for the tip.:flipoff2:
:D

[TruckinT]

On that red YJ, those IROKS look like they packed snow pretty bad, worse than those MT/Rs. Was this the case? How'd you like them in the snow?

[jtw2]

on that trail EVERYTHING packed snow. They actually cleared themselves pretty well and did well in the snow. I ended up doing a lot of the trail breaking actually. I likes me Iroks!

[al24]

Larry's MT/R's did the best, but they don't have many miles on them,
Jeffs did the second best, and I really struggled with my 40% MT/R's.