HA! I'd be picking upholstery out of my arse! Thanks for the offer, though.Your welcome!
If you make your way down here.... we can run that trail.
The gatekeeper of that trail is called "The Squeeze."
HA! I'd be picking upholstery out of my arse! Thanks for the offer, though.Your welcome!
If you make your way down here.... we can run that trail.
The gatekeeper of that trail is called "The Squeeze."
NONE of the JKs in the "Unfortunate JKU of the day" thread would make it through that. Of course, none of them would make it up to that, even if it is the first challenge/gatekeeper.Your welcome!
If you make your way down here.... we can run that trail.
The gatekeeper of that trail is called "The Squeeze."
I'm thrilled you bring up the soft sand descents and why engine braking touted as the reason to own a manual by a lot of folks isn't all it is cracked up to be. I've had the same thing happen several times and just ease into the throttle to stay ahead of the sideways skid. The worst one ever was one I had done many times since it is the exit to Boulderdash and Upper Big Johnson in JV. This time Gerald had asked me to let his wife ride shotgun since his driving scared her too much and he wanted her to come back and try it again being her first time out.Describe a time when on the trail, where your heart jumped through your chest, your pucker factor exceeded levels never known to man, and made you regret choosing wheeling as a hobby.
But you learned something.
For me.. it was Devil's Slide in Anza Borrego. I was trail lead, and showing some buddies who were new to offroading some easy trails.
Devil's Slide is just a soft sand dune, did not think much about it. I went down the dune, and nearly rolled twice because i was in too low of a gear, 4lo 1st... which caused the sand behind my vehicle to fish tail me.
Fish tailing on a steep sand dune is doom... as you end up sideways, perpendicular to where you need to go.
It was pretty hairy, and the fishtails occurred twice. 2 wheels in air at one point. vehicle almost
Reaction:
After a shout of "Dear Jesus... HELP", my reaction to the rear fishtailing was to push in the clutch and straighten out.. causing the vehicle to pick up speed.
Lesson Learned:
Dont underestimate obstacles. And always make sure to be in the right gearing for soft sand.
If that hill was a normal material of dirt... 4lo 1st would of been fine, since the engine compressuion can help regulate speed.
Agreed. He motioned her right into the incline. In fact, it was one of the few hand signals he made that could actually be understood.
X2 on the dirt bike. Doing big jumps when I was 21 and rotated forward 20' in the air, seemed like a long time falling, knowing how bad it was going to hurt. Hit the ground hard and my bike landed on me. After knee surgery and several months of pt I was able to walk again without a cane.When I was younger I had similar feelings multiple times on my dirtbikes. I'm not sure why I survived most of them. Eventually I learned to quit jumping dirtbikes.