The aftermath...

chvythndr · July 11, 2003

After the Jimmy Buffet concert Sat. night we decided to take the Jeep wheelin' We managed to beat her up pretty bad. Here's a pic of the aftermath. As you can see, we fried the winch solenoid, tore up the winch cable, busted the ds front leaf spring, ripped off the exhaust, bent the front ds shackle, and I could go on and on. That's the easy stuff to fix though. The real PITA is the trans and tcase. She would only go in 5th, reverse, 2low, and N. No 1st - 4th gear, and no 2wd or 4hi. Also need to change every fluid on it.

We got down in this deep hole with boulders close to 3 feet high and we got highcentered on a few. After winching as far forward as possible and frying the winch, we realized she wasn't going anywhere and started walking. We finally had a dump truck pull her out.

MarkD · July 11, 2003

greyghost03 · July 11, 2003

OUCH! That looks (and sounds) like it hurt!

Looks like you got yourself a new project! Good luck patchin it up!

TROYROBO · July 12, 2003

did ya go down BLACK BEAR ROAD???????????????

tmf6902 · July 12, 2003

i take it since you went to buffett on sat you went to the concert in manassas, where'd you find such a good place to go wheelin???

chvythndr · August 7, 2003

There are some killer trails all over Prince William County. Haven't been out in a while since I've spent so much time out of town recently.

tmf6902 · August 8, 2003

I used to go over by the manassas airport, and there were a few back roads on Linton Hall road, and vint hill road. That was like, 5 or 6 years ago though, now there's just houses everywhere.

chvythndr · August 15, 2003

I used to go over by the manassas airport, and there were a few back roads on Linton Hall road, and vint hill road. That was like, 5 or 6 years ago though, now there's just houses everywhere.

I remember those trails like it was yesterday. Too bad that was 10 years ago. there are still some down that way. It's not far from my parents house, and when I'm back there, I've been known to hit them up. Shoot me an e-mail and maybe we can wheel soon.