I saw a guy go through the busy wild with 31s and 3.5 inch lift relatively easy, just sayin.

JEEP UNIT! lol

 

Man, I really want to go to evans now! i didnt know it was that challenging i thought the next best after elbe was walker.

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

Ya i thought about doing mine myself until i had to google gear lash and preload. that was enough for me lol.

honestly with the right tools it doesnt look that hard if u take your time and do it right, but i just didnt want to chance that.

 

Oh No!!!! Evans is much more challenging than Walker Valley. There are more trails and like Bill said NO BY-PASSES. Everybody has to show wearing their Big Boy pants and no crying about body dents, broken windows or light lenses is allowed if you want to be invited back to wheel with the local guys.

I've made it through all of the trails at Evans without breaking any windows or lights but, as far as dents....it's not a matter of if but, when...LOL!!

 

....AND like Elbe, Evans has a very nice dedicated campground. Walker Valley has no marked campground.

 

HaHa!! I'm pretty sure I saw that guy on the 31s doing a lot of winching and taking the by-passes.

As dry as it has been I bet a guy could cruise right through the Busy Wild right now. It's amazing how much a moisture changes up how hard the Busy gets.

 

And most mechanics who set up gears charge a lot less if you bring in just the bare axle housing and the gears and install kits. If the only labor they have to do is the actual gear setup itself you can find guys who will do it for as little as $200 an axle.

 

Yea i have a buddy that has done tons of setups, he did mine for 200 for both axles all still in the jeep. was a good deal.

 

ya i think he used the winch 3 times and took one bypass, but still not to shabby for small tires.

I can imagine that trail is a lot worse a little earlier in the year, as it was for a capable jeep it was pretty easy.

I have my eyes set on evans now, might be taking a trip there soon!

 

Much like the Busy Wild, Evans Creek is a lot easier when its dry. Many of the spots where people take damage are because of a root, rock, rut, or off camber section that when wet will slide your jeep right into a window/panel killing stump on the side of the trail. When dry its a different animal and many of those spots pose no risk of damage. I just like to prepare people for the worst. One time we had a big cherokee group up there on a wet day and several guys ended up taking damage and going back to camp early. I remember one guy was a pretty big dude and he dented up his entire drivers side and broke off his door handle. It was kind of funny watching him squeeze himself out through the passenger side. I've run the trails there so many times there that when I go with locals like Branden (98CherokeeSport) we like to see how fast we can get through the trails. Last time we were there it was wet and nasty and we did every trail that wasnt snowed over in just under 3 hours.

 

I have a buddy that wheels with us and he lives in bonney lake. Thats only like 25 miles from evans so i can foresee making a trip up that way very soon. maybe a month or two from now.

However id rather not go when it is dry, when is the best time to come there and have it be somewhat a challenge? mid to late fall?

 

Im not scared of damage, my jeep has a broken mirror and some good dents already. I built it to wheel not to take to a car show=D

 

Plus they look better with some "character".

 

and my cherokee apparently doesnt like drinking water, who would of thought.

 

If you want to run Evans Creek when it's wet October or November would be best. Evans Creek, now, gets closed between 15 December and 31 March of every year "for the winter". It can be REALLY nasty up there when the snow is deep, though.