What Trail Condition Do You Fear The Most?
- Thread starter 4xFar Adventures
- Start date
Off-Road Ranger I
- 1,993
- First Name
- Jon
- Last Name
- Chacon
- Member #
-
1502
- Ham/GMRS Callsign
- KM6QNC
- Service Branch
- US Air Force
Two things:
1. Having to back down through anything super technical, especially on rocks and inclines, or in this case - declines.
(I don't mind this so much in my 4Runner, but it sucked in my Tundra).
2. The same situation - but on Ice!
(Again, the Tundra was much worse - so big and heavy - it would just start to slide.)
... I did love that Tundra however.
1. Having to back down through anything super technical, especially on rocks and inclines, or in this case - declines.
(I don't mind this so much in my 4Runner, but it sucked in my Tundra).
2. The same situation - but on Ice!
(Again, the Tundra was much worse - so big and heavy - it would just start to slide.)
... I did love that Tundra however.
Traveler III
- 4,002
- First Name
- Kelly
- Last Name
- Herrin
- Member #
-
2032
- Ham/GMRS Callsign
- KFØDEX
The corner of Florence and Normandie
Off-Road Ranger I
- 2,932
- First Name
- Dan
- Last Name
- Rich
- Member #
-
0582
- Ham/GMRS Callsign
- K6DHR
"The corner of Florence and Normandie"
Haha, inside joke between you and 9 million friends from LA!! I remember those days.
Haha, inside joke between you and 9 million friends from LA!! I remember those days.
Enthusiast III
Advocate II
Flat slippery down hill with a clif on one side other then that bring it on! Road full of landminds would be interesting
Sent from my iPhone using OB Talk
Sent from my iPhone using OB Talk
Off-Road Ranger I
My first ever accident was in a mall parking lot.... Can't stand those things!
Off-Road Ranger I
My fingers are tingly... I would have such a white-knuckle grip... I'd have turned around long before getting that far!this would get me wet or dry
Off-Road Ranger I
And finally, off-camber scares me the most. I get nervous pretty quickly as the top starts to angle over...
Enthusiast III
Member III
Ice. Plain and simple. My Dad and I decided to take our Cherokees up a local forest service road several years ago in the snow. At the top of the first little plateau, we realized that under the 2" of snow on the road was a solid sheet of clear ice. We pushed on a bit further to see if the south facing roads would be better and they weren't. Where we turned around was after a short descent and climbing back out was rough. My first attempt turned into what amounted to a free-fall back about 75 yards just looking out the back window and sawing the wheel to keep it as straight as I could. I came to rest, gently, against a bank with one tire in the ditch. It pulled itself out and the second attempt was much more successful, but hairy just the same.
EDIT: Found a picture from that day. Mine is the white Jeep. Looks deceiving but under that dusting of snow was a solid sheet of ice.
I avoid water and deep mud if at all possible as well. I don't mind a good solid breakage, but the wearing out and seizing that mud and water cause is just annoying. I've had to torch and split one set of bearing to save a spindle and I DO NOT want to have to do that again. Plus unit bearings....
EDIT: Found a picture from that day. Mine is the white Jeep. Looks deceiving but under that dusting of snow was a solid sheet of ice.
I avoid water and deep mud if at all possible as well. I don't mind a good solid breakage, but the wearing out and seizing that mud and water cause is just annoying. I've had to torch and split one set of bearing to save a spindle and I DO NOT want to have to do that again. Plus unit bearings....
Last edited:
Member III
I laughed entirely too hard when I read this. Must be the 16hr day exhaustion setting in.
Sent from my LGMS631 using OB Talk mobile app
Lol I'm terrified if you pick a line for me and say its easy. Lolnew thing I fear on the trail @prince1990 and his kia lol
Sent from my LGMS631 using OB Talk mobile app
Sent from my LG-H918 using OB Talk mobile app
I fear being in a wash and a rain storm hits, those things can get bad very quick, and even more so when youre in a canyon with straight up walls. in an event like that id prolly ditch my rig and climb for higher ground asap.
Have you died or broke the kia yet from my "easy" lines?
Sent from my LGMS631 using OB Talk mobile app
True but it make me nervous everytime. but i always do it anyway lol
Sent from my LG-H918 using OB Talk mobile app
