Moab, September 2008

[D94R]

Took another trip to Moab this year. Took the new rig (the 2000 XJ). Ran Long Canyon and Gemini Bridges to start out, then Hell's Revenge, Poison Spider, and ended the week with Kane Creek.

Ran all the trails without a hitch. Even surprised me how capable the Jeep was, I'm now a Jeep lover. Some of the stuff I know for a fact that stupid IFS in the Ranger would have absolutely stopped me from progressing. The Jeep however surprised everyone we went with. I went with two other guys with Rubicons with budget lifts and I was getting up and over some of the stuff they were spinning and scraping on. My rig has a 4.5 lift, 33's, and open diffs, and it worked like a dream. We did puss out on doing Hells Gate, but looking back now I wish I would have, my Jeep could have done it. Didn't do the escalator either, 3 wheeling with no lockers would not have been good for me.

Link for all the pics
http://s177.photobucket.com/albums/w239/D94R/Moab%20September%202008/?start=all



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Tip Over Challenge on Hells Revenge
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Poison Spider
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w239/D94R/Moab%20September%202008/IMGP1533.jpg

Different view of above picture
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w239/D94R/Moab%20September%202008/IMGP1548.jpg

Wedgy
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Kane Creek (after a very washed out section I didn't think we were going to make :( , no pictures of it though as we were all freaking out and concentrating on driving )
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Jeep that fell off the trail ~15 years ago or so. I climbed down to it. Its completely stripped, and I have no idea how they got stuff like the engine and axles out!
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[Jesshwarren]

Amazing!!! That would be a blast.

[nagelandy55]

Unreal! Where is this place?

[fordnut71]

if its moab it would be in utah.
thats some nice places to off road wish we has something like that here.
whats really wild to think about is this was done with a horse an buggy.i was on trails in colorado,wyoming,nebraska an seen the wagon ruts thats left behind.

[xr4man]

oh man, what i would do to have a sweet 4x4 and beautiful places like that to do some offroading.

[D94R]

Yup, Moab, the mountains, awesome gun rights, and a great job definitely make the move to Utah more than worth it. :)