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Perhaps he bought a better rig?

I find that Jeep "wranglers" are super overpriced where I live, but Cherokees are highly affordable. They don't seem to carry the hype surcharge that the TJ's and others do.

The Hurley Pass is a famous 4x4 route that will take you down to Pemberton, BC. If you want to keep going, you can shoot over to Lillooet Lake and take the FSR south to Harrison Hot Springs. There's a bridge out presently on the road formerly known as Harrison West, but there's a fairly easy...

lol That white ford looks like a stretch limo. Wheelbase fo days yo!

In general terms, I would agree with you. What I was more referring to is mechanical breakdowns like crumbling gaskets, belts, hoses, engine wear, etc. Buying used, it's difficult to know for sure how well taken care of a rig is. My V, for example, has CV axles that are getting a bit oozy around...

At least 35 is somewhat affordable. 50 to 60k like a lot of jeep and 4runners are is really getting a bit crazy. It's at the point now, because so many of the old 4wd's I would consider buying are getting so long in the tooth, that I wouldn't buy them even if I could afford them. The exception...

To go back to the subject of 4wd's, I do think it's really lamentable the direction that most 4wd vehicles in the NA market have tended to go, namely more expensive, more luxurious, more inaccessible. To me it doesn't make a lot of sense to take what at their core are rough, tough, highly...

We're starting to do Dave Ramsey as well. Wish I had read his book when I was young and single lol. In a sense, I was already doing what he advocates, and then I met my future wife and went off the rails a bit lol But I digress. All of this is the reason I'm thinking/planning for the eventuality...

I need to get myself some good non-stick pans for camping.

Apparently those things are absolute beasts off road. You could turn that into the ultimate overlanding machine. Awesome pick!

Suzuki Samurais are insanely expensive here. Like $8000+ for a barely decent one. I've seen guys asking 10k+ for them! Having said that, the point is very true. My rig is a Honda CR-V that was $1800 on craigslist.

I'm thinking a team consisting of someone with a full size pickup rig and maybe 2 nicely built jeeps or other SUV's to burn out there, load it up and bring it back. It definitely sounds like this canyon is no joke - it wrecked the axle in the first place - so some well built rigs and a bit of...

It's always easy to criticize and run someone down, it's not so easy to get dirty and help. Any cali natives willing to step up and help A-Aron retrieve his axle?

I agree. OB should be a community that rallies around its members to help them when difficulty arises. Most often I see that; now I'm excited to see how OB can help retireve this axle :D

Maybe we could retrieve it, then turn it into a trophy and use it for an annual OB rally event! The snapped axle cup or some such thing. Lol If someone organizes a party to get it, for sure we need a trip report about it!

We should organize an axle rescue party of OB members to drive out and retrieve it! That would be awesome.

Me too, actually! I bought them almost the day they opened up :D See you there!

That would be awesome :D Be sure to post pics of any goodies you find!

If we examine the photo from the newspaper article, we can see a large oblong mound behind the hotel: I would guestimate the distance from the front of the hotel to the track to be roughly 100m. I believe that the hotel was likely situated somewhere in the red circle, perhaps the faint...

Eureka! God bless the Library of Congress: This is a topographical and mining site map of Stevens County dated 1900. I believe the gridded area that borders the water with the rail and road lines running through it must be the townsite, as other settlements on this map are marked in the same...