Big Bear AUG 25 07

[Fjamming]

Had a wonderful time guys.  It's my first time running with TTORA and it was great! 








I was going to do the medium trails when Jon from AllPro suckered me into doing Dishpan!  I've never been on that trail and heard that it had some challenging spots.  I don't know if I was ready since I didn't have full skids and I'm still on stock tires, but Jon said I should be fine.  What am I to say?  Anyway, arrived at the east end of Dishpan and saw a traffic jam. 







He lost the bead in the 2 driver side tires.  After a while we decided to run Holcomb-Jon did anyway.

Ok..  we're going to drive on this?


Jon's answer


I didn't have full skids and really don't like trail repairs so I had lunch while they ran part of the trail.  The trail was being worked on so it was only accessible 1/3 of the way.  Soon, the other group repaired the Rover and joined us at Holcomb trailhead and had lunch.  I got to know a few guys, made some friends and checked out quite a few extremely built rigs. 

After about an hour of relaxing, Kenny (92 4Runner) and I thought we'll go back towards Dishpan and see what's going on.  We were going to check it out and see if anyone is running.  I have to say, I was nervous about the trail after seeing the Rover earlier on today.  I didn't want to have to explain any trail carnage to the family.  Since we left for Dishpan after just about everyone has left for a while, we didn't expect to see anyone there.  As luck/fate would have it, there was still a large group of guys there and since I was in the presence of greatness (Mr. Marlin), I couldn't resist.  Marlin Jr. (I'm so sorry I forgot your name) was kind enough to spot me down the waterfall.  Could I have asked for someone more capable?  That group of guy included the Marlins, Jason Demello, Wyatt, Dylan (Donahoe), and a few more guys that I've forgotten the names of...  Anyways, I couldn't pass it up.







Notice where Dylan (Donahoe) is sitting


OMG!!!  Woohoo.  Where did Dylan go?


No no, don't shake it!!!  j/k.


While I had my head cranked to the left and leaning back as far as I can and right foot pegged to the floor, they told me to hold that position while they take pictures-seem like an eternity!

After the waterfall, everything seem easy.  Big thanks to the wonderful Marlins for their help.  I couldn't have done it without you guys-would've even tried.  I cam away with only a few scratches on the rock rails front skid.  I had a great time at this event look forward to more in the future.

Relaxing with the guys at days end.



More pics.







Until next time!

[Troy]

Was great to meet everyone up there this weekend !!!

We ran from the bottom of dishpan cedar glenn up to holcolm creek, before we started holcolm we ran into
JON BUNDRANT and SARAH from ALLPRO , hangin with MARLIN and BIG MIKE, with WHAYTT and JASON from DEMELLO,

So Big Bear was happenin this weekend,   was great to see everyone out there 

[AWSUMDC]

Troy, Great to see you again.  Too bad we didn't get to run together but we had a great time anyway. 

Thanks to Marlin, Big Mike, Dave and the rest of the Marlin Crawler crew for a great product and install of the Crawler Box in my '05.  It ran flawlessly the entire weekend and completely changed the personality of my truck.  It walked over everything out there without using either of the lockers and then On Sunday morning, Ben Crocket from 4WD Toyota owners Magazine and myself played on the lower portion of John Bull with street pressure in the tires and open diffs on wet rocks and it just went right up.  Love It.

Thanks Dave, Marlin, Rocky, Angelo, Big Mike, and the rest of the crew.

Here are my pics from the weekend.  Sorry for some of the blurred ones.  Had my 9 year old taking pictures.

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/560443211niINda

[iNfErNaL]

I see BigMike got some drive time,huh?.

[Troy]

Whaytt from look of the pics your trucks gettin it,  lookin good

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PEPE'S  it was really kool Big Mike was driving coming off of Holcolm and put it in triple low and walked away
from the truck,  for my customers that hadn't seen this, they were really wowed, big smiles everywhere      lots of fun,   by the way good job keeping the low down on the Jon and Sarah
making an appearance!!!

The ALLPRO brawler wasn't in the house at big bear, gotta get the Nacho going !!  whoops Macho !!    

[iNfErNaL]

The ALLPRO brawler wasn't in the house at big bear, gotta get the Nacho going !!  whoops Macho !!    

 

[AWSUMDC]

Whaytt from look of the pics your trucks gettin it,  lookin good

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PEPE'S  it was really kool Big Mike was driving coming off of Holcolm and put it in triple low and walked away
from the truck,  for my customers that hadn't seen this, they were really wowed, big smiles everywhere      lots of fun,   by the way good job keeping the low down on the Jon and Sarah
making an appearance!!!

The ALLPRO brawler wasn't in the house at big bear, gotta get the Nacho going !!  whoops Macho !!    

Thanks Troy, the crawler made all the difference in the world, then the trac bar has helped with all that axle wrap I had going on and the Toyota drive shafts and flanges are great too.  One of these days we'll actually get to wheel together for an entire run.

[Fjamming]

Wyatt, you definitely have the baddest Taco.   

[Troy]

Whaytt

next time you guys go out call me,  well definitely have to hook up,    and good times ahead

[BigMike]

Great pictures Fjamming!

it was really kool Big Mike was driving coming off of Holcolm and put it in triple low and walked away
from the truck,  for my customers that hadn't seen this, they were really wowed, big smiles everywhere

I've got a bunch of pictures I will upload soon. Here is a video of Marlin "Walking the Crawler"

http://www.youtube.com/v/JFk9yVwVLrE

Above Video Link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=JFk9yVwVLrE

[84socal]

it was really kool Big Mike was driving coming off of Holcolm and put it in triple low and walked away
from the truck,  for my customers that hadn't seen this, they were really wowed, big smiles everywhere 

that  was byfar the coolest thing i think i have ever seen

[AWSUMDC]

Wyatt, you definitely have the baddest Taco.  

Thank you very much.

[AWSUMDC]

Whaytt

next time you guys go out call me,  well definitely have to hook up,    and good times ahead

No problem Troy.  I think the next run for me will be Marlins round up.  Will you be there

[Fjamming]

Very cool video.  Thanks for sharing!

[Marc P]

Sweet video...looks like a great weekend.

[fj40forlife]

Whaytt from look of the pics your trucks gettin it,  lookin good

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PEPE'S  it was really kool Big Mike was driving coming off of Holcolm and put it in triple low and walked away
from the truck,  for my customers that hadn't seen this, they were really wowed, big smiles everywhere      lots of fun,   by the way good job keeping the low down on the Jon and Sarah
making an appearance!!!

The ALLPRO brawler wasn't in the house at big bear, gotta get the Nacho going !!  whoops Macho !!    

doent he have 510to1 ?

[Fjamming]

More like over 1000:1

[84socal]

heres a few from dishpan

[BigMike]

doent he have 510to1 ?

My truck is 510:1, but Marlin's truck is 1,372:1.

You know, technically my truck is 510.5289:1, which rounds up to 511:1, but for some reason the first time I did the math 3 years ago I thought it was 510:1, and I've been advertising this for so long that I've just kept that number to preserve credibility.

[EarlKann]

Stepson took some pictures I didn't even realize! 

[fj40forlife]

My truck is 510:1, but Marlin's truck is 1,372:1.

You know, technically my truck is 510.5289:1, which rounds up to 511:1, but for some reason the first time I did the math 3 years ago I thought it was 510:1, and I've been advertising this for so long that I've just kept that number to preserve credibility.

ya. when I saw BIGMIKE i tho about your rig. wish I had low gears like that. Im stuck with 2;1

[BigMike]

The reason why Marlin and I have such low gearing is not just to be ridiculous, but its because our Trucks can demonstrate every available gear ratio combination for potential customers.

For instance, I can show you what stock gearing looks like, what stock dual cases look like, what a single 4.70:1 looks like, and what a Dual Ultimate looks like, simply by using different shifter configurations. Very few trucks can do this, and very few trucks need to do this. In our case it is a great marketing and advertising tool to have.

BigMike

[Rocksurfer]

Awsome trip, I've got video of Marlin walking the crawler, from 1996 I think he was only 1033:1 then.

[84socal]

heres some from holcomb creek

[84socal]

thne  the one  from gold mountain on sunday

[dizzydevil]

Sweet pics everyone! looks like i missed a really good time

[Troy]

How was the weather on Sunday ??  When we got home saturday night the news had video of hail, high winds,flash floods from sat. and i saw nothing like that, just thunder ,??

Gold Mountain trail looks  really kool   i heard those rocks talk too ya when you go thru there  ??

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Whaytt,  I don't have a tow rig to go the Marlin run,  my insurance company is battling me, cheap arse bastards
3 months into it and nothing,  well see what happens there

[iNfErNaL]

Hey 84SoCal,are those bedsides from that canadian company or are those just fiberglass fender flairs?...That's a nice Nissan Patrol,I've seen that thing before it's really cool.I also see Andres' brother in the white SASed 2nd gen Runner,was Andres there?.

[84socal]

How was the weather on Sunday ??  When we got home saturday night the news had video of hail, high winds,flash floods from sat. and i saw nothing like that, just thunder ,??

Gold Mountain trail looks  really kool   i heard those rocks talk too ya when you go thru there  ??

ya  the weather wasnt too bad   it stared to rain a little   then stoppen   when we were at the top   then at the end  it just   started coming down like crazy   and there was a bit of thunder and lightning

[84socal]

Hey 84SoCal,are those bedsides from that canadian company or are those just fiberglass fender flairs?...That's a nice Nissan Patrol,I've seen that thing before it's really cool.I also see Andres' brother in the white SASed 2nd gen Runner,was Andres there?.

the fenders are just ad on fender frails  i got thenm from a guy a while ago  i dont remember were he told me he got them from      that nissan  was cool thats the first one ive ever seen   and someone told me theyr really rare      and andres  i herd that name  around there  i think troy was talking to him    did he have a red first gen?