[Tug-n-pull]

I get so feed up here lately! I am asking everyone to go play in the woods and trails and all I get is "Gee man I donno bout goinng off road what if I break my Jeep". I spent the winter asking folks to go out to play and they used the winter as a way out. Now it is spring and they are like "man are you for real".

The Kids I can see not being allowed by Mom and Dad! Ok that is what it is. Then you have all these grown people in their Jeeps with lifts and really trail ready rides and they are all like I am afraid. Sickens me to no end.

I tell them we will hit ez trails to get em used to it and still no way. Kid at church says yea I go to the woods and play hard in my Ranger so I invite him along after 1st leg of a moderate trail he says Can I park here and ride with you guys.

There are so many serious Jeeps and other assorted 4x4 rides around here but no one willing to go out and get dirty. Now they like to go to the near by mudd sling called Dark Hollow and run back and forth where they are able to get a little mud on them and spend the rest of the day down town letting it dry on like they are serious players.

We went through a strech of really bad road this weekend and came out near a pretty good trail where a local ol timer has a weekend cabin. Now this guy is a leader in the Unaka Mountain Rescue Team. He ask how we came in and when we told him he said that he always heard that you could go all the way to the main road that way but they wont even take four wheelers through there. Me in my stock YJ son Will in his Camo Ranger and Brother n law in his Toyota PU with 5 tag alongs. Why I ask do folks do this.

Sorry about the Soap Box here but I hate the folks to talk a big game and never even get out and play. I will just be glad when some of you guys come down this summer so we can ride and laugh and cut up a bit. Maybe these near do wells will get the picture.

Thanks for reading this string I just had to talk to some real Jeepers about this. Tug[addsig]

[Bounty__Hunter]

The ones that haven't been out in the woods just don't know what it's all about. If I had a stocker and was worried about breaking something, I'd at least pack a lunch and hit the Forest Service gravel roads, just to get outside and enjoy mother nature, at the very least.

They just don't Understand (even if they own a Jeep) :-O [addsig]

[Bounty__Hunter]

Tell them to 'jump right in' and 'take the plunge' :-O
[addsig]

[Bounty__Hunter]

He didn't hydrolock because he didn't stop, he was pushing enough of a wake that it kept it out of the engine compartment and intake, and the water crossing was short. It's a risky proposition, and not recommended for the average wheeler, without the appropriate recovery gear and alternative transportation

BTW, that's the shallow end of Alligator Pit, Turkey Bay, KY.

edited by: Bounty__Hunter, Apr 30, 2003 - 06:11 PM[addsig]

[Tug-n-pull]

So it seems to be wide spread to be surrounded by wuss wheelers. I had hoped it was not just here. Here is my plan to try to ferrit out the real wheelers in my area, have talked about it to long. Running a sizeable ad in the local paper to start a Off Road Club. I just hate to start anything new when my plate is so full to start with. Oh Well here goes nothing. I also plan to make up flyers to put on windshields when I happen upon a jeep truck suv or other wise. Wish me luck! Tug[addsig]

[ZBTstang]

Took my jeep offroad for the first time the other weekend, ive had my jeep less than a year. Although I loved every minute of it and cant wait to do it again im going to be a little hesistant for a few reasons. 1) my jeep breaks enough as it is just driving around on the road (at least 2k worth of repairs since october). 2) My jeep is stock. 3) My jeep is my primary and only transportation. If I screw up something bad I have no way of getting to class, no way of getting to work. If this wasnt the case id be offroad all day everyday, espically after this last weekend. My goal after college (well college is over for good in 2 weeks, so I guess after after college) is to save up enough to afford a really nice car to drive around town in everyday, and keep a jeep as a 2nd or 3rd car to use when the roads are really bad, when I want to have some fun, or when I feel like heading up to the woods for a weekend. [addsig]

[joseph1983]

i am stationed AT ramstein ab germany right now i got a 1990 modle jeep wrangler and i love to take trails and mudding i got some pics i will post soon [addsig]

[ZBTstang]

PA...I have no complaints about my stock jeep at all. I know that jeeps are made to go offroad, and my stock jeep even surprised me a few times. You've given me a little bit of confidence though by telling me your jeep has always gotten you home. The one thing thats been scaring me is the wondering if itll always come back home if its just stock. [addsig]