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Coppinger Cove (TN) Black Friday Ride 2024

mjonesjr84

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This had been an annual Black Friday trip for the group forever. This year there were 7 Jeeps. My oldest rode with me until about 1/2 way through Saturday when she abandoned ship my brothers Jeep with my brother and nephew. Bluey was the other TJ in the group, though the only thing TJ about it was the stretched tube. There were 2 "JK's" that were only JK in body and 3 pretty good built JK's as well for a total of 7.

Started off Thursday evening with a rollover crash right in front of us on I-24 in Nashville, TN on our way down. Ended Saturday night by spending a couple hours being yanked, winched, and towed out of the bottoms of Coppinger Cove thanks to at least 1 failed motor mount shoving my fan into the radiator. The other breakage was a JK spun a rear driveshaft and my brother, while yanking me out, broke off the Brembo caliper bolts in the front driver side (no damage to the caliper of wheel thankfully).

If you want to see the video(s), follow Wheat's Offroad on social media. I will post more pictures as they get sent/posted on socials.

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She wanted to catch my drone SOOO bad all weekend. :ROFLMAO:
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An old Duce & a half that rolled down the hill, killing the driver in 2018. They left the truck there and put up a cross memorial.
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Yes, that is a TJ with a heavily modified JK grill. It was narrowed to fit the TJ.
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The oldest admiring the views that 99% of the population don't get to see. We were amazed how clear the creeks/streams were. Even several feet deep areas you could see the bottom.
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The Mickey Thompson Baja Boss AT's worked VERY well on rocks and in the mud. Going up one of the toughest trails (Sherwin Williams), I only had two be winched twice over obsticles and that was simply because my 33's were not tall enough to drive over the rock. A JK on 40's hand to be winched 3 times in the same trail.
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The oldest showing the nephew how it is done on tic-tac toe :ROFLMAO:
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Any my radiator and fan carnage.
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The mud hole that stopped @John Cooper. We bypassed it after discussion and me showing the picture to the group. :ROFLMAO:
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This had been an annual Black Friday trip for the group forever. This year there were 7 Jeeps. My oldest rode with me until about 1/2 way through Saturday when she abandoned ship my brothers Jeep with my brother and nephew. Bluey was the other TJ in the group, though the only thing TJ about it was the stretched tube. There were 2 "JK's" that were only JK in body and 3 pretty good built JK's as well for a total of 7.

Started off Thursday evening with a rollover crash right in front of us on I-24 in Nashville, TN on our way down. Ended Saturday night by spending a couple hours being yanked, winched, and towed out of the bottoms of Coppinger Cove thanks to at least 1 failed motor mount shoving my fan into the radiator. The other breakage was a JK spun a rear driveshaft and my brother, while yanking me out, broke off the Brembo caliper bolts in the front driver side (no damage to the caliper of wheel thankfully).

If you want to see the video(s), follow Wheat's Offroad on social media. I will post more pictures as they get sent/posted on socials.

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She wanted to catch my drone SOOO bad all weekend. :ROFLMAO:
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An old Duce & a half that rolled down the hill, killing the driver in 2018. They left the truck there and put up a cross memorial.
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Yes, that is a TJ with a heavily modified JK grill. It was narrowed to fit the TJ.
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The oldest admiring the views that 99% of the population don't get to see. We were amazed how clear the creeks/streams were. Even several feet deep areas you could see the bottom.
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The Mickey Thompson Baja Boss AT's worked VERY well on rocks and in the mud. Going up one of the toughest trails (Sherwin Williams), I only had two be winched twice over obsticles and that was simply because my 33's were not tall enough to drive over the rock. A JK on 40's hand to be winched 3 times in the same trail.
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The oldest showing the nephew how it is done on tic-tac toe :ROFLMAO:
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Any my radiator and fan carnage.
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The mud hole that stopped @John Cooper. We bypassed it after discussion and me showing the picture to the group. :ROFLMAO:
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Cracker Barrel in Kimball??

Great pictures, waiting on the next set!!

Also if I had known early enough, I have a spare radiator in my shop. You could have had it!!!!!
 
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Cracker Barrel in Kimball??

Great pictures, waiting on the next set!!

Also if I had known early enough, I have a spare radiator in my shop. You could have had it!!!!!
Yea, the Cracker Barrel in Kimball! We had Mexican there Friday too.

I will definitely post them up.

I wasn't too worried about it since it was last night on the way out when it happened. It would have happened again anyway since the motor mounts were shot and the fan destroyed. I appreciate it though!

I'll let you know when we head down that way again after the first of the year and if you're available can join. There are a couple guys who come from Alabama to some of the rides (don't ask me names, I am horrible with them). It would be good to have another TJ. The one driver, who I've wheeled with, that I look up to is Bill Fox. That guy can drive in his TJ on short arms, 35's, and an Atlas. He out does several in built JK's 😆.
 
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Yea, the Cracker Barrel in Kimball! We had Mexican there Friday too.

I will definitely post them up.

I wasn't too worried about it since it was last night on the way out when it happened. It would have happened again anyway since the motor mounts were shot and the fan destroyed. I appreciate it though!

I'll let you know when we head down that way again after the first of the year and if you're available can join. There are a couple guys who come from Alabama to some of the rides (don't ask me names, I am horrible with them). It would be good to have another TJ. The one driver, who I've wheeled with, that I look up to is Bill Fox. That guy can drive in his TJ on short arms, 35's, and an Atlas. He out does several in built JK's 😆.

El Toril!!! Ate there alot also!!!!

Yes let us know before you head down, we can probably get up a good group of TJ's ........ well 4 or 5 anyway :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

I would like to see more of the cove!!!!
 
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@Hog @AndyG @tnjeepguy we missed a bunch!!!!

@mjonesjr84 y'all should ride Coalmont OHV sometime.
That doesn't look like it is too far from CC. Looks like some great trails.

Hopefully the next time we are down there, I don't have to fly the drone as much since I'll be on 37's and can do some of the trails I took the bypass. After this weekend, I think it's going to become more of a trail and sometime driver than a daily. My kid loved it too much and if she is enjoying it, I want to make memories with her. She's only going to be little and want to be around me for a few more years. The last 8 have flown by.
 
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Nice, I have ridden a couple trips with a few of those folks / Ohio River 4 wheelers when I used to live in Cincinnati back in 2019/2020. Mostly Slade but had a good jelico trip with them when mine was also on 33s and they were running big tires (the Wheats still had the dark green JKU) Great people and club with some killer jeeps.
 
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Nice, I have ridden a couple trips with a few of those folks / Ohio River 4 wheelers when I used to live in Cincinnati back in 2019/2020. Mostly Slade but had a good jelico trip with them when mine was also on 33s and they were running big tires (the Wheats still had the dark green JKU) Great people and club with some killer jeeps.
They are great people. The maroon JK is from Cincinnati (Aaron Rody). It's been a minute since Mark Wheat had the green JKU 😆. You should join us at the Jeep Jamboree at Hollerwood (Slade) in June!
 
They are great people. The maroon JK is from Cincinnati (Aaron Rody). It's been a minute since Mark Wheat had the green JKU 😆. You should join us at the Jeep Jamboree at Hollerwood (Slade) in June!

Yep, I met Aaron a few times when I started hanging around the ORFW group moving to Cincinnati, all super friendly. He’s talked me through more than a few obstacles. Will always plug the Meet and Greet ride to folks. Would like to get back up there soon though we’re in young family mode right now so tough to get away for jeep weekends!
 
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Yep, I met Aaron a few times when I started hanging around the ORFW group moving to Cincinnati, all super friendly. He’s talked me through more than a few obstacles. Will always plug the Meet and Greet ride to folks. Would like to get back up there soon though we’re in young family mode right now so tough to get away for jeep weekends!
The Meet & Greet ride in 2025 would be a great one. It will be the 10th year for it.

Hope to meet you on the trail!
 
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