View Full Version : Day run april 8th or 9th?
bosco
03-15-2006, 03:50 PM
I have not been wheeling since the january campout!!! :eek: I need to go! My brother-in-law is coming to visit from the 6th to the 13th and I would really like to take him on a good day run. (For me too!) Anyways, who wants to go? I am down with anything. Eureka and North ONF, South ONF, B-pit whatever. 8th or 9th will be the day. I will confirm the day when others reply and when I get my schedule for that week. Later.
Bryan
id be up for camping in onf
bosco
03-15-2006, 07:26 PM
id be up for camping in onf
What part of "day run" did you not get? :rolleyes: I would love to camp but I cant right now. I want to meet up no later than 8am and go wheel all day.
usmcracing
03-15-2006, 07:38 PM
I'd be up for a day trip to B pit or south ONF. The only thing is I'm going pushing the SAS of my Runner really soon now that the F350 is sold.
What part of "day run" did you not get? :rolleyes: I would love to camp but I cant right now. I want to meet up no later than 8am and go wheel all day.
im sorry that would work too
but i wouldent do any "hardcore" wheeling like last time ill just take a million picks this tiem
bosco
03-16-2006, 05:08 AM
im sorry that would work too
but i wouldent do any "hardcore" wheeling like last time ill just take a million picks this tiem
:rofl: there is no such thing in florida as "hardcore!" :lmao:
Willy Mammoth
03-16-2006, 06:23 PM
there is no such thing in florida as "hardcore!"
I know and all I can find to play in is mud, not that I don't like mud, but I built it for way more.
bosco
03-17-2006, 06:50 AM
Me too... :rolleyes: Cant wait to get back to CA!!
4X4Newbie
03-21-2006, 02:39 PM
I would love to join a group run to ONF. I have no idea where the other two locations are.
nickcuban
03-21-2006, 03:29 PM
when you post a set day, ill do my best to get it off of work and join
yes it would be nice to know ?
91toyota4x4
03-21-2006, 05:22 PM
I'm down the the B spot anytime after I get my power steering fixed. But at the rate I'm going that will be July :rolleyes: Eh, I'll go even if I don't have it fixed :D As far as south ONF, with gas prices the way they are I don't think I can affrord to drive that far!!
if my burger fliping self can u can to lol
91toyota4x4
03-21-2006, 05:59 PM
if my burger fliping self can u can to lol
Ypur burger flipping self doesn't pay for EVERYTHING now do you???
if i give u gas money will u come? i mean i made it to gainsville and back on 1 tank of gas
Toxic
03-21-2006, 06:26 PM
Ok...Everyone post up that needs gas money to go wheelin...Iggy is paying http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_50_5.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZNxdm824IJUS)
usmcracing
03-21-2006, 06:26 PM
Cool, Iggy is going to pay our gas for all the wheeling trips for now on. Sweet. .
I'm just goin going to get out the Marines and start working for Iggy at Sonic.
I'd really like to go wheeling but I hope my Runner will be cut up and getting SAS'd around that time. I'm going to be bumming rides to and from work from Drew during that time too. LOL
Steven
Clemsontoy
03-21-2006, 07:51 PM
DAM*, I have a wedding to go to that weekend. Yall have fun.
try again some other time it looks like
Willy Mammoth
03-22-2006, 05:29 AM
I think I will be cutting on mine too. Lots to do that isn't getting done.
Maybe next time.
Steven, Get her done.
bosco
03-22-2006, 05:46 AM
Ok guys, I should have the definate day by next monday at the latest. I will post up as soon as I know. Looks like it will be a fun group! Ryan is right about the gas, we should proabably just do Eureka and b-pits. They are pretty close together arent they? Besides I have never been to b-pit and would like to check it out. Later.
Bryan
curiousgeorge
03-22-2006, 06:42 AM
As soon as you pick a day and time, I will let you know If I can make it.
4X4Newbie
03-22-2006, 08:17 AM
...we should proabably just do Eureka and b-pits. They are pretty close together arent they?
So roughly where are Eureka and b-pits? Any idea how far from Orlando area?
curiousgeorge
03-22-2006, 09:20 AM
So roughly where are Eureka and b-pits? Any idea how far from Orlando area?
From Lake Mary you are looking at about 1.5 to 2 hours to Eureka, which is located at the north end of the Forest. Look at mapquest.com, It is actually just outside or in the town of Eureka at the north end of the woods.
bosco
03-22-2006, 10:19 AM
So roughly where are Eureka and b-pits? Any idea how far from Orlando area?
And B-pit is near Ocala I think so however far that is from Orlando.
bosco
03-22-2006, 10:24 AM
Ok I am off that weekend so I am gonna go ahead and say saturday the 8th if everyone is cool with that. I am going to plan to leave JAX no later than 8am. I guess we could go to Eureka pit first. Plan on being there between 9-10am and we will take from there for the rest of the day and wheel wherever we all want to. Any other ideas just let me know. How does all that sound?
4X4Newbie
03-22-2006, 11:11 AM
Thanks for the info guys. 1.5-2 hours isn't bad at all. I think the 8th would work out great for me. Would you all mind if I maybe brought one or two other H3s along? Not sure if they would even be able to make it that day but just in case. What type of wheeling will be getting into there?
bosco
03-22-2006, 12:09 PM
Thanks for the info guys. 1.5-2 hours isn't bad at all. I think the 8th would work out great for me. Would you all mind if I maybe brought one or two other H3s along? Not sure if they would even be able to make it that day but just in case. What type of wheeling will be getting into there?
Thats fine. We will be doing mostly sandy, brush filled, trails. If you have wheeled one trail in ONF then you have mostly done them all. :rolleyes: Eureka pit is coming along nicely with some good technical and tight trails leading all aroung the pit. B-pit I am not too sure about because I have never been there but I think it is close to the same. The only thing I can think to warn you about with your nice H3's is there is always potential for pinstriping. Its pretty much gauranteed. Other than that its mostly pretty mellow. If you have taken your rig to tellico then you will have nothing to worry about. :D
Toxic
03-22-2006, 01:05 PM
might have to miss this one unless it can be the 9th my only day off for a litte while is sundays right now...but one never knows
4X4Newbie
03-22-2006, 01:13 PM
The only thing I can think to warn you about with your nice H3's is there is always potential for pinstriping. Its pretty much gauranteed.
Thanks for the info. Not a fan of pinstriping but I have shields for the doors :)
May look funny but I have learn from other's years of experience and used the shields along with painters tape to protect it in Tellico. So far, haven't found a scratch on it but they will come eventually :(
91toyota4x4
03-22-2006, 07:30 PM
It will be hard to not get pinstriping if you go wheeling in the ONF. Most of the interesting trails have at least some parts that are really tight and those palmettos and trees aren't very forgiving when it comes to that. So expect some at least, unless you cover every inch of paint with that plstic stuff.
I've never been to Tellico but I have been to others trails close to it and seen pictures and the trails there are much wider than in the forest.
that plastic stuff wouldenthave helped me a month ago
curiousgeorge
03-29-2006, 05:29 AM
Ok I am off that weekend so I am gonna go ahead and say saturday the 8th if everyone is cool with that. I am going to plan to leave JAX no later than 8am. I guess we could go to Eureka pit first. Plan on being there between 9-10am and we will take from there for the rest of the day and wheel wherever we all want to. Any other ideas just let me know. How does all that sound?
Saturday the 8th between 9-10 should work fine for me...
So whats the head count so far
???
Toxic
03-29-2006, 03:37 PM
If it was on a sunday I would go but cant do Saturdays right now:(
Have fun guys ...Take pics and I'll be at the next one
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03-29-2006, 03:50 PM
hopefully i'll get things taken care of this weekend so i'll have 4wd and a working slave cylinder so i don't have to do RPM shifts on the trail. if so, i'm in.
91toyota4x4
03-29-2006, 04:11 PM
I'm in for BPit on Saturday. I don't want to drive to Eureka Pit or South ONF :flipoff4:
If you guys want to go the Eureka and Rodman since it can sort of be on the way from Jax thats cool I will meet you at B Pit.
So who is officially in?
1. Me
P.S. - Bryan have you ever been/know how to get to BPit? I might roll by A to see if it is still "hot" on the way down.
im about 90% sure that im in
91toyota4x4
03-29-2006, 07:47 PM
From reading the first page of this thread:
Iggy if we are going to go to B Pit it is going to be similar terrain as to last time, just FYI there is the possibility for body damage. The trails aren't quite as tight but the possibility is still there...
Bryan I know where B Pit is if you don't so I can lead there from wherever we meet up.
so i can come and watch and take picks
cancel
03-29-2006, 09:04 PM
i'll keep you posted on my progress. i'm not even in the position to guess at whether or not i can go.
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03-29-2006, 09:07 PM
iggy, get some damn sliders man. you'll even be able to "slide" on people's cars in tight parking lots (on your way out, of course :D)
im going to order some from www.badlandbumpers.com along with their front/rear bumpers
or i could have some made down here some how
and comple bud built ifs skid plate and belly plate for 500$
bosco
03-30-2006, 06:11 AM
Ryan, I do not know where B-pit is. If that place is good enough to make a good day run then we could just go there...Depending on what everyone else wants. If we could make that the case then we could meet you somewhere in G-ville or wherever is closest by 9:30 or 10am.
91toyota4x4
03-30-2006, 06:55 AM
Yeah I have never ventured too far into that pit but it is good enough for a day run. If we get bored there we can always go to S. Ga too or I know some other pits nearby we could explore (depending on the size of the group).
curiousgeorge
03-30-2006, 07:17 AM
Hey If it is decided not to meet at the Eureka pit is it possible to setup a meeting somewhere close to B-pit. It is a long drive to Gainesville, to turn around and drive south again for the guys that will be coming from Orlando area, unless I am the only one, in which case, just let me know where to go. Also, I am not sure where B-pit is either so if it is close to gainesville than nevermind my suggestion.
bosco
03-30-2006, 08:01 AM
Well then if its ok with everyone who is attending, which doesnt seem like much, we can just plan to meet up with ryan in G-ville between 9:30-10am saturday morning. If there are any objections just let me know.
Ryan. Where do you want to meet at?
Also: Everyone who is going please post up a confirmation and where you are coming from so we can work out meeting points and times. Thanks!
Bryan
i dont care where i got im following bosco
91toyota4x4
03-30-2006, 05:17 PM
How about this...
For the people comming from the north: We meet up at the south end of Gainesville around 8 or 9am, then run down to Ocala as a group. On the way down we can pass by A Pit to check on it's status. Then go to meet everyone that is comming from the south at the gas station.
For people comming from the south: We can meet up at exit 358 (SR 326) in Ocala. There is a big gas station, I think a Pilot, turn right on SR 326 and it is on the south side of the road first thing, we can all hook up there.
Then we can all gas up and head to B Pit as a group. If A pit is open we can also go there if anyone wants to give it a whirl. B Pit was not posted as of a few weeks ago so as far as I know it is fair game. If I go down there this weekend I will swing by to make sure.
Also. Does anyone that is planning on going have a winch? That would be nice. If not we can call Brian and have him come pull us out :D It looks like we should have a group of 4 or 5 at least so we should be OK.
How does that plan sound? If anyone needs directions to the meeting place in the form of a map I can probably do that too.
im down ill bring my camra and take a billion picks anyone know where i can upload em too? there gonna be high def picks
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03-30-2006, 06:49 PM
if i come, i've got a 6k warn
anyway, i need some receiver tube and some 2x2x.25 tube locally. hopefully someone in g-ville will have some and i can be recovery and do a bit of wheelin myself. i may decide to go out even if i don't have 4wd and give my winch a workout. so i'm about 60% but will go if i'm 4wd, so give me some ideas on where to get that material to get me out there ;)
and maybe i can pick up a few parts from ocala i need for my junk
bosco
03-30-2006, 07:31 PM
if i come, i've got a 6k warn
anyway, i need some receiver tube and some 2x2x.25 tube locally. hopefully someone in g-ville will have some and i can be recovery and do a bit of wheelin myself. i may decide to go out even if i don't have 4wd and give my winch a workout. so i'm about 60% but will go if i'm 4wd, so give me some ideas on where to get that material to get me out there ;)
and maybe i can pick up a few parts from ocala i need for my junk
I got mine from a fab shop here in JAX and it ended up being mostly free! I met a really cool guy there who has hooked me up more than once but its hard to catch him there now...
bosco
03-30-2006, 07:33 PM
Hey Ryan, That all sounds pretty good to me but I will tell you I stopped by A-pit last month when I was on my way back from Tampa just to make sure it really was closed and sure enough as soon as you head back from the road a hundred feet or so there were signs posted all over...:(
Were do you want to meet in G-ville?
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03-30-2006, 08:19 PM
might just as well meet someplace on 441
oh, the other ryan....
91toyota4x4
03-30-2006, 08:48 PM
I was thinking we could meet up with the Jax guys at the BP/Kangaroo on the corner of Williston/Waldo Rd and 441 then head south from there. Then we can take 25A past A Pit and meet up with the other guys. I want to meet anyone comming from the south near the interstate because there isn't really an "easy" place to meet them on 441 near the pit.
Bryan there is a pretty good possibility that the signs at A pit might have "dissapeared" by now. The locals might have worked thier magic :D
Ryan, I got some steel from Roger's Welding on Main street and it was pretty cheap. They also seemed to have a good selection of stuff. Give them a call, I dont have the number but it's in the phone book.
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03-30-2006, 09:59 PM
roger's huh? cool, it'll get done as soon as i get the material cos my buddy got a chopsaw and a portable bandsaw today :cool: .
91toyota4x4
03-30-2006, 10:06 PM
There is also a trailer hitch company somewhere in town that supposedly will sell the reciever tube to you. But that is all I know of it.
bosco
03-31-2006, 05:40 AM
I was thinking we could meet up with the Jax guys at the BP/Kangaroo on the corner of Williston/Waldo Rd and 441 then head south from there. Then we can take 25A past A Pit and meet up with the other guys. I want to meet anyone comming from the south near the interstate because there isn't really an "easy" place to meet them on 441 near the pit.
Bryan there is a pretty good possibility that the signs at A pit might have "dissapeared" by now. The locals might have worked thier magic :D
Ryan, I got some steel from Roger's Welding on Main street and it was pretty cheap. They also seemed to have a good selection of stuff. Give them a call, I dont have the number but it's in the phone book.
Sounds like plan! I hope their "magic" worked!
drew95xcab
03-31-2006, 08:48 AM
sounds good, i'de like to do some wheelin, and my girlfriend has been bugging me to go again too!
91toyota4x4
03-31-2006, 05:07 PM
Well.... Today I went out to Moonscape with some friends and I broke something up front. Was going up a bumpy climb and started bouncing at the top and BLAMMO! Something popped. I think it is something to do with the drivers side CV or hub because when the wheel spins and the hub is locked the CV doesn't move. I think I should have it fixed by next weekend though...
If not I will ride along!
OOOOOOO I also heard from a little birdy people are starting to go back into everyone's favorite hole in the ground so we will see about that...
Clemsontoy
03-31-2006, 07:11 PM
Thats what it soiunds like, when you get to bouncing and have CVs youd better back off, because thats the easiest way to break them, I broke 1 the same way. If you need 1 I have 2 back in SC that I can pull when I go back next weekend.
SuperSized
03-31-2006, 07:25 PM
I'll try to make it if Im in twon sinse this one isn't that far from me as well but I'm supposed to be gone as of right now. Plus I still haven't done anything with the yota. I need to get off my ass and work on it, working 7 days a week hasn't left much time though.
91toyota4x4
03-31-2006, 08:00 PM
Well this is the CV I replaced a few months ago, the c-clip was a little jacked up (ok i bent the crap out of it and then attemped to bend it back semi round :rolleyes: ) so i think it might have come off and let the cv back its way out of the hub. That would make it a nice easy fix!!
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03-31-2006, 09:26 PM
all the more justification for an SAS man. anyway, DrawTite in Stark has some receiver tube but it's $53 for 3' :eek: I might just have to ride down w/ my 2wd ass and take it easy. I was told that tractor supply co has some receiver tube in different lengths. We'll see. I need me an oil change before then too :rolleyes:
91toyota4x4
03-31-2006, 09:47 PM
Oh just get some regular squar tube and then grind a slot in the smaller one so it slides in the bigger one :D
Yeah it's funny that I broke some IFS junk on the same day I started to rebuild my solid axle.. hehe.
SuperSized
03-31-2006, 09:54 PM
Oh just get some regular squar tube and then grind a slot in the smaller one so it slides in the bigger one :D
Yeah it's funny that I broke some IFS junk on the same day I started to rebuild my solid axle.. hehe.
congrats on "500" post!
Neil426
04-01-2006, 07:12 AM
all the more justification for an SAS man. anyway, DrawTite in Stark has some receiver tube but it's $53 for 3' :eek: I might just have to ride down w/ my 2wd ass and take it easy. I was told that tractor supply co has some receiver tube in different lengths. We'll see. I need me an oil change before then too :rolleyes:
Just get a reese style hitch from the junk yard. Most of the class 3 hitchs use a 2.5 x 2.5 x .25 cross bar you should be able to get one for cheap. Then just a bit of work to harvest what you need ....
Btw you only need about 18" of 2.5" and 18" of 2" I run dual cases and the axle forward 3"+ and I have about 3" of compression left in the shaft.
91toyota4x4
04-01-2006, 11:58 AM
Well, I broke a CV axle shaft in half at the splines were it goes into the hub, so I have to fix that but other than that I am good to go :D
Now I get to use the spare CV Neil gave me! Thanks Neil!!
91toyota4x4
04-01-2006, 05:34 PM
I just got an email from a dude with a SASed 95 Runner from down in brevard interested in the run. So hopefully we will have one more... looks like a NICE rig too!
how difficult is it to change out the cv axles out ???
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04-01-2006, 10:39 PM
pretty hard. you need to sawzall all the ifs components off and fab a whole lotta crap on the frame, hang the axle, setup steering, shocks, and put the thrid in and slide in the axle/birf combo and put it back together. pretty expensive too. :flipoff1:
no i mean just changing out a broken cv axle not a sas
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04-01-2006, 11:05 PM
yeah, i know... but that's the right way to do it... so you don't break the cv again :D
91toyota4x4
04-02-2006, 08:05 AM
Changing CVs is a PITA. I find the easiest way is to unbolt the upper ball joint so you have more room to work with. BTW, I'd rather change out a broken birf than a CV!! It's alot messier but alot more strait forward!
curiousgeorge
04-03-2006, 07:35 AM
How about this...
For people comming from the south: We can meet up at exit 358 (SR 326) in Ocala. There is a big gas station, I think a Pilot, turn right on SR 326 and it is on the south side of the road first thing, we can all hook up there.
How does that plan sound? If anyone needs directions to the meeting place in the form of a map I can probably do that too.
What time do you think you will be at the pilot station?
91toyota4x4
04-03-2006, 09:35 AM
About 10am. The Jax guys are going to come to Gainesville, then we are going to go to Ocala. From my place to the gas station is about 30 minutes at the most.
4X4Newbie
04-03-2006, 10:20 AM
Been real busy and have not been on in about two weeks. Sounds like you guys have everything planned out. I am not sure yet if I will be able to make it but if I can I will let you know and meet up with you at the Pilot station.
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04-03-2006, 12:09 PM
drive shaft in the works baby! got the tube (2.5 sq tube is as hard to find as receiver) and i'm cutting down the dbl cardigan for the receiver tube today. that means i'm going biatches! i'm trying to get ahold of a guy parting out an 85 in ocala, so i hope to visit him while i'm there if anyone wants to tag along and pick up some parts from it. dibs on lockouts
bosco
04-03-2006, 01:32 PM
Moved this thread to a new official run thread. Post up there if you are going. I have also enclosed links to the two meeting spots for everyone. Later.
Bryan
http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31736
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