welcome to good ole flat iowa... lol. so, where in nor cal are you from? i was born in los gatos and spent my childhood in san jose.. been tossing around the idea of going back out there..

as for good snow trails.. find a snowy level b road and give er hell.. really not alot of off road places in iowa that i know of..

 

Thanks! Im from Sacramento/Chico. Personally I say don't go back. Cali has turned into a police state. The taxes and gas prices are higher there than anywhere else. Maybe it's just me being bitter but after 30 years in that state I had enough.

Kind of noticed Iowa (Des Moines) area is pretty flat. Went to go snowboarding at Seven Oaks to find out it was a hill... was very disappointed. Might have to venture out n see what I can find. Google earth helps a lot in finding old logging roads/trails and what not.

 

515-419-0104 if anyone wants anything. just got 10 sticks of tubing and a 4x8 sheet of 3/16s and im feeling froggy

 

lol, i bet seven oaks was a joke when ya got heavenly and all those right up the road from ya in tahoe... the only reason id go back is because my 86yr old granny is there all alone in san jose.. and my grandparents on the other side of the fam are right over the mountain from tahoe on the nevada side... south of gardenerville.. so it would be more of a temporary stay to help all my grandparents enjoy their golden years... hope your ready for some pretty cold temps.. looks like this weekend gonna be quite chilly... did i mention that i hate the cold.... lol

 

have you made any rock rails for the rockers? i wanna set for mine with the tube step built in and figured maybe since your feeling froggy, youd wanna make me some...

 

havent made a set yet. but am planing on it soon. send me a pic of the design you like

 

Yup. It's like racing a Viper against a dump truck, completely different leagues. But I guess if I really wanted to snowboard its better than nothing.

Just seen the temps and ya, 2 degrees for fri and 3 on saturday. That's freaking cold!!! Coldest Cali ever got was like low 30s lol.

 

http://www.jcroffroad.com/mm5/mercha...gory_Code=XJSL

the ones on the bottom of the page.. stage 3...

 

what about a dual tube setup. orange jeep bottom of page 1

http://www.xjtalk.com/showthread.php?t=8080

only in between the tubes would be tube. not flat stock

 

not bad, but i like the 2x3 square tube for the main part like the jcr style.. my bumpers are all square tube styled too... what would you want for a fairly simple interior cage? i got one of the rockhard cages that is a bolt in deal i couldnt pass up but its for the 84-96 xj.. i contacted them and they claim that it wont work in a newer jeep.. i may just mod the one i have to fit.. none the less, id have to tie it into the framerails one way or another cuz if it did roll the rockhard cage would probably poke right thru my floorboard...

 

well it would be awhile before i would make the box tubing sliders. i gota keep with what materials i use with everything elde. that keeps material cost low. once i start making money then i can play a little more with materials

 

I hear ya.. thats cool.. im gonna wait it out for a set of the box style.. ya interested in a cage build? i wanna help getting ya some moola... plus i gotta finish this jeep... taking way to long..

 

cage is a very interesting challenge. id give it a go

 

did ya survive the last few days? lol.. got pretty chilly those couple of days... made putting my bearings on my lockers a breeze tho... threw the lockers outside overnight and in the morning i tossed the bearings on the stove for a couple mins and they just slide right on.. didnt have to get em pressed on... guess the freezing *** cold is good for something.. haha

 

what do you think of something like this one... kinda what im looking for.. not to crazy but should hold up to a decent roll...

http://www.dandcextreme.com/product_...e.asp?pkID=126