Got all the steel I need to finish my bumper. Made some more progress on it today.
isn’t it pretty…
centered and drilled for the winch
then I built on the front crossmember for additional support
adding to the existing braces:
grabbing 2 more bolts in the middle of the existing front crossmember
I added another part to my bumper mounts also, so i can catch 2 mounting holes on the bottom of the framerail
I got one wheel/tire finished tonight (out of 2).
outer beadlock rings came yesterday
tire back on wheel (it’s so easy with the tire changer)
bolted and torqued and done (so far i haven’t found any leaks)
I finally got a little more work on my bumper. should have the rest of the steel I need this week sometime.
one mount
both mounts bolted together so i could grind them down to match
both mounts
awaiting the rest of the steel so i can finish the bumper
got my first beadlock ring welded up tonight
ring
ground
tacked
beads
done
Here’s some videos from Back Door at Johnson Valley.
Right click and choose ’save as’
Got home this morning from my weekend out at Johnson Valley. I had a great time hanging with the SoCal guys among others. Definately some nice hardcore trails there that are a lot of fun. I am hoping to get my rig out there next year 
On to the pictures!
Got a late start leaving from LA on Friday morning at 3:30am…….so by the time we were getting close to JV, the sun was just coming up
Bunch of people from our group were already there when we got there
Once everyone woke up and headed out, I ended up riding with one of Richards friends who had a TJ. We started out on the beginning of Wrecking Ball and then turned off down Bender Alley.
Here’s some pics from the first part of Wrecking Ball
Now on to Bender Alley
oops…..broken stub on the 44
After finishing Bender Alley, we headed down Jack Back.
Then we shot over to check out Dirty Sanchez…..Matt was the only one to try, but didn’t make it.
Finally we went over to take a peek at Chocolate Thunder, and Richard decided to give it a shot, and made it look easy.
Just as the sun was setting
After an evening of hanging out and actually getting a bit of sleep, Saturday I rode with Geoff and did some easy scenic stuff and then went and watched some of the others on the big waterfall at the top of Wrecking Ball.
Here’s some pics from the easy scenic stuff
Part of the easy stuff included a nice flat dry lake bed that we got to race across.
don’t go past the barrier 
more racing
Then off to watch the waterfall on WB
Then it was back to camp for our dinner and raffle. Oh yeah, and Scrappy was tired of his roof flapping around, and had an angle grinder
Lots of good raffle stuff
Sunday we didn’t stay too long, but neither did anyone else. Went and watched some rigs run the waterfall on Backdoor.
Got some video of that fall, too:
All of my pics can be found here:
Enjoy.
made some good progress on the coil buckets tonight
just left with the top
cutting the sides out
one side in place
other side in place
the axle just needs some finishing touches
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