Project dirt dobber

[Black Bear]

Put trail 93 on the list of trails to hit while your there.

and find the cool line on butcher block.



If you havent been before, dont forget the helmet.

 

[ORV design and fab]

Will do it. Yea I keep helmets on my rig. So i am good there, where did y'all stay Blackbear?

 

[Black Bear]

Will do it. Yea I keep helmets on my rig. So i am good there, where did y'all stay Blackbear?

Big earls.

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its a couple miles from the trail head. You can drive on the shoulder if you are not licensed, they allow the atv's the same privilege.

 

[Black Bear]

another piece of advise.. the nice woman working at the welcome center doesn't appreciate jokes about being from WV and the amount of teeth in the state.

 

[ORV design and fab]

Gotcha. We got a camp site close by. They haven't opened officially

 

[ORV design and fab]

I'll make sure I mention that

 

[ORV design and fab]

Well, Ithe wife and i just got back from ivy branch. Had one blow out on my trailer, other than that, everything went smooth. Had a blast and am excited to go back, some of the most technical trails I've ran. Ran lower j first. Winched twice, but made it out, ran butcher block and Josh had a mishap...drove 20mph or so into a washout, Bent a raceline wheel, got a spare to him and almost to the camp, lost knuckle, tire and all...never saw that before. Sheared hi steer that holds the trunion on. This allowed knuckle to pivot off and there goes tire and all. We ran ouch, cable and some other trails sun. All in all a great trip...I recommend it to anyone, a lot trails for all types of rigs. We had 4 rigs in our group and never saw another group the whole weekend.

 

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[Black Bear]

so a yota can do that waterfall. I didnt think I could get enough wheel speed to bump it up that. Last two times i have been, I was broke before we hit that trail.

 

[Pinkston]

That waterfall was one of the easiest things we hit all weekend I would say. Surprisingly it has plenty of traction.

 

[ORV design and fab]

Pinkston is right
It has alot of traction. Intimidating cause of the size but over all not a hard obstacle. Butcher block was a walk as well. Ouch was a lot of fun, trail 99/lower J was intimidating too, But after I ran them...with a lot of help from pinkston and karatejosh...and the trusty HF 12000lb, made it out and felt accomplished.

 

[ORV design and fab]

Black bear, it seems we all need to plan a trip up there and go again soon. My wife liked it the most of,anywhere we have gone together...which isn't a lot of places but it is on my list of going back asap.

 

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[Black Bear]

Black bear, it seems we all need to plan a trip up there and go again soon. My wife liked it the most of,anywhere we have gone together...which isn't a lot of places but it is on my list of going back asap.

I'm game to go back there next year, I'm done wheelin for the year.

 

[ORV design and fab]

Me too but I hope to be more capable and ready for more wheeling next year. I heard you were cutting the body off yours? Best decision I made was to cut all the sheet metal off and start thinking "buggy" mode.

 

[Black Bear]

Me too but I hope to be more capable and ready for more wheeling next year. I heard you were cutting the body off yours? Best decision I made was to cut all the sheet metal off and start thinking "buggy" mode.

I want to cut off the body and tube it out f-toy style but i dont want another major project. Maybe next winter i will.

 

[ORV design and fab]

Well, not much update. Had work take over ally time. Has this beauty go down and it's been work non stop. I'll post up some pics

 

[ORV design and fab]

Catastrophic failure for ex1200. Every line has to be cleaned and all motors and control valves flushed and inspected, all new pumps, cylinders repacked...biggest job oft career

 

[ORV design and fab]

The tarp is when we are getting for the rain this week. Held up great so far. I'll see how good it did tomorrow

 

[ORV design and fab]

Finished the ex1200, so now play time with the buggy!!!! Newbfront housing getting set up for 3 link

 

[GearHead11]

How are you getting so much steering out of a toyota axle? Degrees of steering is a big limiting factor for me.

 

[ORV design and fab]

Only thing I have is( beat to heck )steering stops. My ram is a 6"x2"