NEW YEARS FLAT NASTY 07......anyone interested?

[DTB]

Hey Guys!  I would be interested in Going to Flatnasty as well.  I'm not sure who is who here based in your forum names but Victor pointed me to this website.    What is the scoop for New Years Day?    I know of a few FJ80's going down there on the 29th too.  Also have any of you considered washita off road park in Farmington?

ive heard washita is bad ass. I would like to make a trip down there in January sometime too.... Victor said the bronco club is gonna be there New years day and I think there are some other guys from some informal toy club or something are coming down

[Gittinit]

It would be great if ya make it down for new years toyminator200.

washita, near farmington Mo, i thought that was st joe state park or are they different? Got a link?

[DTB]

It would be great if ya make it down for new years toyminator200.

washita, near farmington Mo, i thought that was st joe state park or are they different? Got a link?

this is a newer park...its near Elephant rocks just south of Farmington
...supposed to be pretty sick. its completely different type of rock than anywhere else

[DTB]

from what I have heard...alot of it is undeveloped..I couldnt find many pics..It DOES look sick though

[Toymin8r]

You can look through the midwest and midrivers Jeep dorks website and find some pics.  The cool thing is that its just over an hour drive from St. Louis

[Gittinit]

Thats a must do! I like. I wonder what the traction is like on those rocks? Do yall know anyone who has been there?






Weather forcase for new years, and the previous weekend.
Friday
Dec 28 Showers / Clear
Hi: 45° Lo: 29°
Slight chance of light rain. High 45F and low 29F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.
25%
Saturday
Dec 29 Sprinkles
Hi: 43° Lo: 30°
Slight chance of light rain. High 43F and low 30F.
15%
Sunday
Dec 30 Fair
Hi: 47° Lo: 41°
Mostly clear skies. High 47F and low 41F.
15%
Monday
Dec 31 PM Rain
Hi: 51° Lo: 26°
Cloudy with drizzle. High 51F and low 26F.
65%
Tuesday
Jan 01 Cloudy
Hi: 34° Lo: 11°
Cloudy skies. High 34F and low 11F.
70%

[DTB]

Weather forcase for new years, and the previous weekend.
Friday
Dec 28 Showers / Clear
Hi: 45° Lo: 29°
Slight chance of light rain. High 45F and low 29F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.
25%
Saturday
Dec 29 Sprinkles
Hi: 43° Lo: 30°
Slight chance of light rain. High 43F and low 30F.
15%
Sunday
Dec 30 Fair
Hi: 47° Lo: 41°
Mostly clear skies. High 47F and low 41F.
15%
Monday
Dec 31 PM Rain
Hi: 51° Lo: 26°
Cloudy with drizzle. High 51F and low 26F.
65%
Tuesday
Jan 01 Cloudy
Hi: 34° Lo: 11°
Cloudy skies. High 34F and low 11F.
70%

Rain, eh?

Maybe I should do like Cole did last year and buy the most expensive ez-up awning tent that Wal-mart sells.....







and then return it when Im done....

[Gittinit]

Get a big one couse Our group is gonna be about 2x as big as last year. The guys in the open tube rigs may want some place warm to kick back a few but I love a good camp fire.

[DTB]

Get a big one couse Our group is gonna be about 2x as big as last year. The guys in the open tube rigs may want some place warm to kick back a few but I love a good camp fire.

I wanna camp right next to that big fire ring with the giant boulders

[Gittinit]

I wanna camp right next to that big fire ring with the giant boulders

I think thats where I would want to be too. I'm gonna be in a nice warn place to sleep though. We may have to help get some fire wood and build a big fire. I plan to hit the trails at night saturday, for a couple hours, but things may change couse my wife is gonna be there that night and she wimps out.

[Toymin8r]

Sorry guys I don't mean to be changing the subject but here is a 6 minute video on youtube at washita.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUhmMmNH6ew

[DTB]

Ok...our group is meeting at Mcdonalds at 141 and 44 in Saint Louis on Saturday at 7AM.....

so far we have 6 people and 4 rigs...with toyminator possibly making an appearance..


heres the latest in weather for jadwin..looks like its gonna be NICE...except tuesday looks COLD


Sat
Dec 29  Partly Cloudy
44°/32°

Sun
Dec 30  Partly Cloudy
50°/34°

Mon
Dec 31  Mostly Sunny
46°/25°


Tue
Jan 1  Flurries / Wind
29°/19° 30%

[alwayzbroken]

With the suggestions of the fella looking after the park for Ron and Sheila I put my name in for a 4 bedroom 1 1/2 bath  mobile home, with 5 beds.

You got balls! I remember the looks of the trailers off of the highway on the way there last year. I would rather sleep in the room with all the snakes from Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark than in any of those trailers!

[DTB]

You got balls! I remember the looks of the trailers off of the highway on the way there last year. I would rather sleep in the room with all the snakes from Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark than in any of those trailers!

thats kinda what I was thinkin ...I thought those were meth labs


Ron isnt gonna be there? tell me it aint so!

[Gittinit]

You got balls! I remember the looks of the trailers off of the highway on the way there last year. I would rather sleep in the room with all the snakes from Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark than in any of those trailers!

Ok now i'm scarred. I don't rember any of that, in Jadwin. I do rember some pretty freaky looking creedence type stuff on the drive there though. Its definately backwoods. We always take our own covers if we are unsure of where we are staying, atleast that way we have a barier from whatever was there before us. I'd much rather just pitch a tent, but I'm married and she won't have it, in the middle of winter.

[Gittinit]

Ron isnt gonna be there? tell me it aint so!

Ron Maximoff park owner? Yea he will be there. He said he was looking foward to hitting some trails.

[DTB]

Sweet! I got the truck all packed up ready to leave @ 6:30am.....I also secured a spot in OldSkools nice and toasty pop up camper

oh man only 7 and ½ more hours of work

Ok now i'm scarred. I don't rember any of that, in Jadwin. I do rember some pretty freaky looking creedence type stuff on the drive there though. Its definately backwoods.

We gonna find out if we got us a sow or a boar!


SQUEAL LIKE A PIG BOY! SQUEEEEEEEL!

[alwayzbroken]

Take pictures boys! Come up with some good stories. Somebody is gonna have to make up for my absense.

[Gittinit]

Take pictures boys! Come up with some good stories. Somebody is gonna have to make up for my absense.

It just wasn't the same without you there Cole. The campfire was difenately smaller!

[DeMented Toys]

Woo-hooo!  Post up the pics!

[Jordan7118]

  Yea, pics or it didn't happen 

[Gittinit]

I'm reorganizing my photobuckrt acct. As soon as I'm done I will post some pics up here, and redo the ones I posted on the arttora forum.

[Gittinit]

[Gittinit]

Here are the ftoys from Memphis, driven by John, and James, of Alpine Auto. I didn't get verry good shots of Johns rig, but the blue one belongs to Hobie. John said it was gonna be in his possesion for a couple seasons while hobie is busy at a new job.

[Gittinit]

Rons runner was patched back together not long ago. This is what is left of it.


I think this is where I broke my headlight out. I got a lil too close to the tree.

[79coyotefrg]

those are some BIG BOULDERS

you'd need  54's  to climb them things 

[79coyotefrg]

 

[Gittinit]

and of course the mans rig. Snakeeye's dd

Matts crawlers



You can definately tell in this pic that DTB's springs have settled into a nice functonable ride height.


This seemed to be the theme for the weekend. My advice to you is even if you have your build completed don't take it out for extreme wheeling unless you know all the bugs. We completed the build on this rig(lots to change) bled the brakes and loaded it on the trailer, after testing to see if the 4wd worked in the yard. Then it was one little thing after another all weekend. I didn't feel confortable taking him along on the hardest trails with a large group so for the most part we hung out just the 3 of us arkie boys as to not hold everyone up.
Just after Lance broke the driver birf on a obistacle I was last in line and I proceded to spin and claw around, just enough to get fustrated. Without thinking I hit the gas, and came bouncing up the ledge. We pulled Lances rig up to the top of the hill to find the upper trunion bearing exploded into a milion chunks. The race was still intact, but with no trunion bearing we were screwed. Snakeeyes gave up the knuckle rebuild kit that he was gonna buy from DTB and Lance went getting his rig back to gether.
When the trunion bearing bit the the inner part of the bearing was stuck on the arm. He had to take the arm and a grinder that Jeff had and go down to the office to grind just a little on the arm. When returning the new bearing would not fit on the arm. It seems the trail gear arms had a slight oversize to them. We spent about 30 mins with a file and sandpaper till the trunion bearing fit the steering arm.
Finally we headed back to our cabin for some Grub only to find the alternator on Lances rig crapped its pants. We grabbed a bite to eat and a spare from John and used the shop at Bartons Lodging to swap it out. then headed back to meet DTB, Oldskool and the gang at the campground. We decided to run the creek bead quickly lined up and headed out. Not even 200feet down the creek bed while climbing a small climb, I hear a loud bang, promply get out to check it out, but I cant see anything. I continue back down into the creekbed only to come to the realization that I must have sheared the teeth of the front ring gear, and that ended my weekend, of wheeling. Luckly for me it was the last trail I would have seen that weekend anyhow.

It was great wheeling with yall, what little we did get to do. I can't wait till next time!  

[Gittinit]

those are some BIG BOULDERS

you'd need  54's  to climb them things 

Nope just 35s ad longs

 

Cat got your tounge? 

[Gittinit]

You can definately tell in this pic that DTB's springs have settled into a nice functonable ride height.