Haha, nice job Buck! looks like a good time. Minus the flop.

I just got a rope on my winch, im kinda scared of braking it, how reliable are they?

 

The first synthetic rope I bought was a cheapy I bought it off of amazon.com. I forget what the brand name was but basically the cheapest I could find and I got what I paid for. It snapped on me a couple of weeks ago while I was winching myself over a boulder I was high centered on. The new synthetic rope I just bought is called Pro Mark. This stuff is amazing!!! There was a guy in a 93 ZJ Grand Cherokee hung up on that same boulder this weekend. I attached my Jeep to a tree from behind and pulled that ZJ up over the rock. Unfortunately the kid in the ZJ was hard on it as I was pulling him and when his crossmember cleared the rock it hit his rear DS and tacoed it. So, I pulled this ZJ up a hill. I had about 80' of my winch line out plus my 30' tow strap. As I was pulling him the rest of the way over the rock my 3"x30" tow strap snapped. So, we tied it to the winch hook and I pulled him all the way up that hill with just front open drive (one wheel turning) on his Jeep. This new synthetic winch rope from Pro Mark I would recommend to anybody. I was skeptical about rope after my first one snapped on me but, if you spend a little cash and get it from a good company the stuff is worth it's weight in gold.

 

Nice one buck! Thanks for the input with the dead wrangler on sat. It was indeed a interesting far from dull day!

 

Sorry I couldn't be more help to you guys. I just couldn't make heads or tails of that rat's nest of wiring. Hey, what is your first name. I've wheeled with you several times but never got your name.

 

Bryan lol

 

Went really well ,there is a huge mud pit at the first trail up to the express way that is new and challanging,its a white mud like concretez

 

I was newly introduced to this mud pit Saturday, as well. I love it!!! It will keep the stockers out. I had to go up the drop off and out of it. I ended up having to winch out of it only because somebody had put two large tree rounds down in it and they got all caught up under my Jeep and basically high centered me in the goo. I'm looking forward to trying it again. I will take a try at the side trail first.

 

Yup bryan!! And that mud pit is totally the new gate keeper. Haha! Last weekend we were at the mud pit and came across a ranger stuck as puck so we tried pulling him out and the bonehead hooked the line to his cheap ash winch mount and bent the handle all to heel. Well the guy totally freaked out and was like that's my new mount and it costed 100.00 blablabla!!!!! Well he ended up turning around haha! Good gate keeper

 

lmao, he hooked it to where the fairlead goes? he dont belong there!

 

Yes I agree that mud pit is a good Gate Keeper. Anybody who can't get their own rig through that pit should just turn around at that point. It will prevent improperly prepared people from getting hurt, improperly equipped rigs from getting broken and trails from getting destroyed by people trying to get impropely equipped rigs through them.

 

I am worried there going to shut that trail down due to that mud pit it getting really bad! And that wrangler (mikes jeep) is still dead in the water he wanted me to look at it but with that wireing nightmare it was a no go for me! I need to hit some trails with you xj boys soon!

 

I need to call him... He need to look at getting his whole rig rewired or something, it's a mess

 

I took a look at Mike's Jeep out on the trail when I ran into Him and Bryon. As soon as it started Arcing and Sparking everytime I moved that rat's nest of wiring by the battery, I was done messing with it...lol.

 

Yeah hopefully that bare wire did not fry the system. Who knows with electrical.......takes lots of patience.

 

I wouldn't worry too much about that mud pit. I didn't see a natural water source of any kind feeding it. Unless PEOPLE periodically go up there and add more water and whatever that concrete looking stuff was in it, it should dry up during the summer just like all of the rest of the mud in Walker. If people/volunteers are maintaining it, then the DNR should know about it and not close the trail because of it. I love it. I hope they leave it just like it is.