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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: Digger on November 28, 2004, 03:31:59 PM
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This morning I met up with some new Zuki drivers for a trip in the woods. These guys were really cool and I had a blast. In all, there was me and my son, two guys in Sammys and one XJ(he left early to watch football ::)). I gave them this web address, so maybe they can find their way here...
Here are a few of my favorite shots:
(http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL72/842221/5840248/74959033.jpg)
(http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL72/842221/5840248/74959088.jpg)
(http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL72/842221/5840248/74959080.jpg)
(http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL72/842221/5840248/74959066.jpg)
(http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL72/842221/5840248/74959055.jpg)
(http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL72/842221/5840248/74959051.jpg)
(http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL72/842221/5840248/74959069.jpg)
More pics here:
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=5840248&uid=842221&members=1
Check them out and let me know what you think!
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Great pics.
should've check the burned zuk for extra parts ;)
hubs
rear axles
just roll it over to recycle ;D
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I looked over it pretty good... about the only parts that looked usable still was the spare rim and maybe some lug nuts! LOL! The aluminum rims were actually melted on the inside beads...
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Sad,sad, sad day for the poor Tracker
We'll mourn its loss
moment of silence please :'(
It got pretty for for being stock though ;D
must've been a rouge band of Heepers
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Heres a good pic of Ya
(http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL72/842221/5840248/74959055.jpg)
Swampers work really good in the swamps ;D
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Yeah, but not so good when the rear tire is in a hole and the front is against a ledge... with the front bumper stuffed between 2 trees... LOL!!! I ended up having to winch out of that pic!
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Looks like only speed would've gotten you out if the tree didn't jump in your way ;)
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Yeah, but not so good when the rear tire is in a hole and the front is against a ledge... with the front bumper stuffed between 2 trees... LOL!!! I ended up having to winch out of that pic!
IF you dont get stuck, winch or break something, you aren't testing the limits of your Zuk ;D
Cool pics ;) Well, except for the burnt out Tracker :'(
Zig
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hey digger you live in eastern PA right were do you guys wheel? is that an offroad park or just some land where you know the owner, or is it kosher to wheel in stateland down there ??? WNY has become a terrible place to wheel are usual wheeling spot was just sold for a 7 phase housing development :'( and the police and DEC have been patroling it like crazy, quads are getting busted there all the time :'(
then we went with LawDog to a spot by his house where everyone wheels and needless to say we'll be going for are final court date dec 17th and were out like $3400 in fines and "damages" >:( if there are places like that in PA that aren't too far you gotta let us know
Also I'm on vacation this week and we'll see to it that the Lawdogs engine is ready to go sorry about the wait with all the legal stuff and lawyers visits and Lawdog getting fired the past month and a half has been pretty bad :-/
SWEET SHOTS looks like a good time we should wheel some time we're always up for a road trip there a burt sammi on one of the trails by our house but we never got a pic of it wish we had :'(
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poor thing
(http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL72/842221/5840248/74959062.jpg) >:( hey their are some spare axle shafts! is it 4WD?
stu
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Real_Red_Wagon: Actually I usually go offroading at a local 4wd club's property, but these pics were taken on privately owned "with permission" land. I live in southwestern PA, an hour or so from Pittsburgh.
1bigtracker: the heat from that fire must have been pretty intense to melt aluminum like that, wouldn't that mess up the temper of the axle shafts? It was a 4wd one I beleive...
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Real_Red_Wagon: Actually I usually go offroading at a local 4wd club's property, but these pics were taken on privately owned "with permission" land. I live in southwestern PA, an hour or so from Pittsburgh.
1bigtracker: the heat from that fire must have been pretty intense to melt aluminum like that, wouldn't that mess up the temper of the axle shafts? It was a 4wd one I beleive...
that might be a question for Wild. i'll PM him
stu
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LOL, I was going to respond to this
but though I'd let it go, but since you
asked ;D
Aluminum soaks up head like a magnet,
so the wheels being melted is no surprise,
but the axles can take the heat, and the
part that you need to worry about is the
splines, tho the temper in the shafts is also
inportant, but the heat it would take to
affect the axle strength would have to turm
the steel axles red hot, and the wheels would
be melted gone not just a little, I would snag
the axles, and housing too, there might be
gears and shafts in the front too 26 splines
??? I'd strip all the good stuff, might check
the trans and engine, if not melted would
be a good core.
Wild
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im jealous of you man, we dont have any really nice wooded trails like that down my way, all we got thats very comprable is the rubicon, but sweet shots anyway.
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im jealous of you man all we got thats very comprable is the rubicon, but sweet shots anyway.
I would gladly trade any trees around here for west coast rocks ANYDAY! I am jealous of you guys out there! :'(
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Guess I'll have to go back there with some heavier tools, winch it over onto it's roof and scavenge some spares. At least give the poor thing a chance to be an organ donor! LOL!
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Ya, I want to save every one I
find in the wrecking yards, if I
had a South 40 I'd have a Suzuki
only wrecking yard, and salvage
the good spare parts.
Wild
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Thats probably a stolen/hotwired Tracker, dumped and burned so no fingerprints could be lifted. No lift, so it looks like maybe whoever the thief was had no business out there, except to dump it, just my guess. There wasn't a dead hookers skeleton in it was there? :P
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I really like that quagmyer pic. Story should be stated that you drove right out of it with the new tires. Got a wider pic of the situation?
Are you the only one with a camera on the trip?
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No, no skeletons... ;)
Actually most pics were taken by either me or my son, we each had a camera along. The other two guys didn't have any digital cameras, just one 35mm between them.
Actually the quagmire shot has a little story to it. It's at the apex of a short "U" shaped side trail just off the main trail. The two sammys went through it just playing around, and I followed not being one to shy away from a challenge unless it looked too bad. There was a skinny stump sticking up that I had to go around coming into the bog and that had me lined up into the hole without knowing. Neither sammy could get to me to do a straight pull...
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looks like a fun trail to run on. Thats like what the wheelin around here is like. But there is no real places to go anymore cause all the treehuggers closed them down. Its too bad really. There isn't even a 4x4 club anymore..... :'(
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Digger,
Cools pics look like the boys had some fun ;D
But you missed out some important rules of wheeling....
1) ALWAYS take tools lots of em !! I would of had the axles, R&Ps and any thing else that looked usable out in an instance with the tools I carry ;D
2) A chainsaw is a tool too !! A must have for wheeling in the woods. No trees guna stop me not even this one we cut thru with a 16' bar and using our winches to pull the bits off :)
(http://www.eye-irritant.com/august2004/waione.JPG)
Of course you should never cut live trees down (before I get a sticks and tweeters lecture ;D)
Shane
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16' Bar :o :o Big Chain Saw
' = foot ;) " = inch ;D
So where do you stow that thing
Wild
:)
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' or " you know what I meant Wild ;D
Althou a saw with a 16' bar would be handy for those big trees, I've got a spare G13a engine any ideas how to attach a bar ;D
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I suppose you could use it as a surfboard,
just throw it on top of the Vit
;)
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I carry tools with me, but have better/bigger ones at home ;D ;)
And I carry a large bow saw under the backseat. It's got a 3 1/2' long blade and cuts through small to medium stuff pretty easily. I used to have a chainsaw, but after I moved into a house without a fireplace, it wasn't getting used regularly enough to stay in good working order, so I sold it figuring I would get a new one when I needed it...
The sammys fit between the trees snugly and this was one of their "fun little side trips", so I didn't want to mess it up or make it any easier for bigger rigs. I actually had to remove the passenger side mirror before I winched out, otherwise the tree would have taken it right off. The 2 guys in the sammys were very skeptical of my 3000# milemarker winch, and kept trying to figure out alternative ways of getting me out, but I showed them that it was more than capable for the task at hand...
It was really funny when after I got free, they were both in awe and wonder over my little winch and both kept saying "I gotta get me one of those!" LOL! Even funnier was listening to them on the CB after we parted ways and they thought I wasn't in range anymore: "dude, I didn't think he was coming out of that hole", "I know! that little winch worked awesome!", "We gotta get a couple of those!"
LOL!!!!