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Monstero
08-11-2007, 07:43 PM
What a great day of wheeling. We had the biggest turn out of rigs yet on a ride up Bumpus.I think around 19 :shock: It was awesome. We basically started out in one group and ended up in about 2 or three by the time we got up to the lunch spot and the top of the trenches at the end of the day. It was an uneventfull day really. Slickrock was easily climbed cause it was so dry. The stair-steps were the part of the trail that claimed the only carnage of the day.

Samuriaguy broke a rear U-joint on the driveshaft on his attempt up, which wasnt too major of a deal. Then Hilla-go-Rilla attempted and ended up pinching and breaking off a plastic part on his fuel line. So he backed off and repaired his leak at the bottom of the trail and on we went up the trenches.

I was expecting more body damage in the trenches but they were so dry that your tires stuck the line that you put them on and didnt slide at all so everyone got around the roots without problems. All in all it was a good day and I had fun seeing a few new people there. Feel free to post up all your pics in this thread below.

Here are all my pics. I wish I could have gotten more of everyone but there were just TOO MANY of you. :lol:

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BillM
08-11-2007, 09:54 PM
Looks like everyone had a good time.
Redman_30_06
08-11-2007, 09:59 PM
Wish I could have made it looked like a good ride.
bizron
08-11-2007, 10:18 PM
I don't know about the

"no carnage"

and

"got around the roots with no problems part"

hahaha You must've left before my brand new front passenger tire ate a root and exploded out the sidewall. Ouch :angryfire:

It was sad to hear how everyone knew that the tires I bought had weak sidewalls :-/ Guess I should've done more homework when I was looking for tires and asked your all's opinion about those General Grabber AT2s.

On a positive note though, everything mechanical about my jeep was impressive. It was her maiden voyage after all the suspension work and transfer case / transmission problems and it did wonderful. I was amazed at how well she performed.
YellowjeepCj
08-11-2007, 10:36 PM
I counted 20 rigs before lunch we had one that had to leave after lunch Rdawson in the tan ruby. Great day!.

I had a set of those grabbers on my jeep when I first started. They do have weak side walls. I busted one at beach Mtn. in the mud.

Enjoyed seeing all. what a wonderful statement for the Ministry here!
SamuraiGuyTN
08-11-2007, 10:37 PM
well I know I had fun. Even if I had trail damage. I feel that the U-joint failure was caused by two things. One I didn't air down at all. and with that I had a rear lower shock mount rip off. (poor welding on my part) So I know what I need to work on. The trip was a blast.... and to make a small correction, we had 21 vehicles show up. By far the largest group I have ever wheeled with.
Gordon
08-11-2007, 10:44 PM
Just got in from supper and am too tired to upload pics and do a trail report - other than to say what a blessed day!! Lady Bumpus was at her most gracious today. Very little damage, wonderful fellowship, excellent weather - just a fantastic day. The Lord really blessed us.

We had a number of first time Bumpus folks - ya'all did great. We had some folks from Tri-Cities Crawlers with us, some of which have recently joined Grace, too.

It was good to see the out of state folks. The 454 YJ was pretty trick, and Flint, love that 308:1 crawl ratio.

I'll remember more and give a more detailed report tomorrow. Phil thanks for running point, and Shawn, thanks for all your efforts.

More tomorrow....................


Here's a few pics:

Not the greatest Photoshop, but here?s the pano

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And a few from the lunch spot

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Gubni
08-11-2007, 10:49 PM
Here's my pics.

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lowNslow
08-11-2007, 10:55 PM
I almost didn't make it home.... mud caught up with me... temperature gauge shot up to 260... got to car wash and blew out all the mud out of the radiator... all is well
KTaylor660
08-11-2007, 11:22 PM
I had a great time today. This was my first trip to Bumpus, and it was just as described. I'm actually glad, that it was fairly dry, made for a better first trip. I took a few pics.... http://s187.photobucket.com/albums/x19/aquaticwonders/Bumpus/
Jazzman31
08-12-2007, 12:21 AM
Ok Im with Gordon too tired to post pics. I just got in. Great time, The Green Baby did awesome, made the trip to, on, and back from Bumpus no problem. Great time guys awesome. Will post my pics later. Got to get some sleep, man Im an tired.
Adurbin
08-12-2007, 01:17 AM
Today was an amazing trip, have several pics and even spent my evening putting together a video which I am uploading to Google now. Its a long video, with photos, music and video footage from todays ride. If I missed anyone in the vid im gonna go ahead and apologize now. I think next time I may have to bring a PDA to make record of everyones names, and rigs....SHEW there were alot of us. Great ride.

EDIT: GO HERE FOR VIDEO....

Bumpus_Cove_8-11-07.wmv
Bluegill
08-12-2007, 08:08 AM
Looks like it was a great ride, wish I could've made it.

Byron, if you want some cheap tires that go great off road & are very durable, get some Dunlop mud rovers. :wink:
TiredIronGRB
08-12-2007, 10:49 AM
Looks like you guys had an awesome ride and I'm pretty sure that is a record turnout for a Grace ride :!:
pplblazerdude
08-12-2007, 11:20 AM
I had a blast guys.
Adurbin
08-12-2007, 12:24 PM
I had a blast guys.

x2, we have to go again!!!
BroncoMike
08-12-2007, 12:28 PM
Looks like it was a blast!!!! Great video adurbin!!!!
pplblazerdude
08-12-2007, 04:32 PM
I had a blast guys.

x2, we have to go again!!! Im game sometime.
Gubni
08-12-2007, 04:44 PM
Looks like you guys had an awesome ride and I'm pretty sure that is a record turnout for a Grace ride :!:

Without a doubt our biggest turnout. We've had a little over a dozen several times, but nothing like yesterdays numbers.
TiredIronGRB
08-12-2007, 06:27 PM
We had 19 once at Bays, we almost had enough to cover the whole trail :shock:
YellowjeepCj
08-12-2007, 07:48 PM
The link i tried to photworks did not work
YellowjeepCj
08-12-2007, 07:57 PM
Beverly took 95 pictures yesterday. I don't have a good way to post them.
Gordon
08-12-2007, 08:01 PM
I have an account set up at www.photobucket.com which will allow you to stage them there for no charge. Sometimes if there are a lot of users on there, it is a bit slow.
Hilla-GO-Rilla
08-13-2007, 09:49 AM
That was a great trip!...and it even flowed with that many vehicles.
Great meeting all the new folks ( Tri-Cities Crawlers, etc) - I'd like to tag along on one of your rides or if you are ever itching to ride PM me!

:wink:
Gordon
08-13-2007, 01:33 PM
The Tri-Cities Crawler website is - http://www.myspace.com/tricitiescrawlers
lowNslow
08-13-2007, 11:34 PM
I have been waiting ever so patiently... for AMsting's wifes pics and videos...
where are they?
Gubni
08-13-2007, 11:42 PM
I have been waiting ever so patiently... for AMsting's wifes pics and videos...
where are they?

Was she the redhead that took so many pics?
lowNslow
08-13-2007, 11:44 PM
Yes ... I sure wish I would have got her name..

I was assuming it was his wife..
Gordon
08-14-2007, 07:27 AM
Yes ... I sure wish I would have got her name..

I was assuming it was his wife..

AMSting is Chris and his wife is Amanda.
AMSting
08-14-2007, 01:56 PM
Her name is Andrea. (Don't worry, I called her Adrian once or twice when we first started dating :oops: ) She is working to get the pics and videos uploaded today. She has to do it from work due to the poor connection we have at home. I asked her about it last night and she said she was too busy yesterday. I'll post as soon as she gets them up.
lowNslow
08-14-2007, 02:09 PM
WoOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooHooooooooooooooooooooooo
can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gordon
08-14-2007, 03:31 PM
Her name is Andrea. (Don't worry, I called her Adrian once or twice when we first started dating :oops: ) She is working to get the pics and videos uploaded today. She has to do it from work due to the poor connection we have at home. I asked her about it last night and she said she was too busy yesterday. I'll post as soon as she gets them up.

Ooooooohhhhhhhh - Tell her I apologize. Musta called her Amanda a half dozen times. :oops: :oops:
AMSting
08-15-2007, 10:33 AM
OK, here is the link to the videos. She is in the process of uploading them, so it may take some time until everything is on there.


r1ng3178 says go-go-go
AMSting
08-15-2007, 02:10 PM
Change in plans. Go to photobucket.com and search for "babyjeepwoman". My wife has both photos and some videos there. Not everything is up, but at least something is there.[/url]
TiredIronGRB
08-15-2007, 06:06 PM
Pictures by babyjeepwoman - Photobucket
NC_James
08-15-2007, 07:56 PM
I am looking at a new yota. So hopefully I will be back soon.
BillM
08-15-2007, 08:35 PM
What happened to the Jeep... :? :?
NC_James
08-16-2007, 12:21 PM
What happened to the Jeep... :? :?

Still have it. Not getting rid of it.
I am just getting something else that I won't be worried about banging up or scratching up on the trail.