IntrepidXJ's Adventure Weblog

Wow, what a great day for wheeling. The sun was out all day, and the temps were around 70. Got to check out another ORV park in Kansas today; Tuttle Creek ORV. I really enjoyed this park. There were a lot of obstacles that you could choose many different lines on, making it as hard or as easy as you liked. Lots of rocks, and ledges, plus some trails that would be similar to The Cliffs (my closest local wheeling spot), except with more rocks thrown in

Colleen and I wheeled most of the day with two different groups. The first group was a few guys from the Trail Krawlers, the local club that maintains most of the trails at this park. The second part of the day we wheeled with Dirk from DPG Offroad and some people that came up with him. It was great to finally meet him and wheel with him.

A good time was had by all. Here’s some pics!

Pick your line

…and as always, plenty more pics here

http://myxj.net/g2/v/2005_Trips/Kansas/Tuttle/

Got back from a half-day of wheeling at Kansas Rocks Recreation Park a little bit ago.

When we got to the park there was pretty much no one else there, so we headed off on our own and did a bunch of moderate wheeling, with a little difficult stuff thrown in as well. There were some hardcore obstacles I would have like to try, but didn’t since we had no one else with us. I’m sure I’ll get back sometime next year, so hopefully I can try them then. We did cover and see most of the park.

Definately a nice little park, would recommend it to anyone.

Here’s a few pics

Zook Squeeze

More pics here:

http://myxj.net/g2/v/2005_Trips/Kansas/Rocks/

Well, I was hoping to get to The Badlands this weekend to test out my rig before heading down to KS Wednesday. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find anyone that would go with me, but BurnedBronco wanted to head to The Cliffs today, so I decided last minute to go with him.

We started out heading over to the rock garden so I could test my new replacement rockers

…and I made sure to get nice and hung up on them

Then Zach tried a brand new exit on trail #7

Then he went over to ‘wheelie’ tree on trail #11 to play.

Unfortunately on trail #21, a log jumped into my wheel and ripped out my valve stem, causing me to also lose my inner bead

Zach just can’t keep his wheels on the ground

…and one more I like

Overall, my Jeep seemed to work well, and didn’t fall apart….so that’s good. Few minor things to take care of, and it will be ready for KS next weekend

More pics located here:

http://myxj.net/g2/v/2005_Trips/Shakedown/

The first daylight pics I got…..loaded up for today

The passenger side rocker is done.

I also got the interior trim and misc. stuff installed again

Also took it around the block

Well, I finally chopped the top off of my XJ

I added the support from the back part of the roof that I cut off to the edge of the remaining roof, to give it a little more support.

I’m just about done now….few more welds and some more paint

I worked on my passenger side rocker replacement last night

…just a little more trimming and grinding to do, and I should be able to weld it up tonight

Flat belly pan finished

…and my XJ finally made it out of the garage and moved under it’s own power for the first time in almost 2 months

…and I cut out the passenger side rocker

Rear driveshaft modified to work with my new SYE

How in the hell did my steering box develop a leak sitting in the garage the last 2 months? Now I need to replace that this week

new 231 transfercase in