Author Topic: Colorado 4Runner Jamboree 2010! (Read 15240 times)

toytank · « **Reply #30 on:** Jun 08, 2010, 07:43:02 PM »

any word from them cali guys aaron?

Volcom · « **Reply #31 on:** Jun 09, 2010, 07:47:47 AM »

Quote from: toytank on Jun 08, 2010, 07:43:02 PM

any word from them cali guys aaron?

Not really. I know a couple of them are planning on coming out. I believe they are going to run Indy the weekend before the Jambo and then head to the BV area after wheeling in Penrose. Scotty is taking the week off and tour guiding them around. Did you still want to show some of them around the GJ area? I can post that on the Pirate thread if you want.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=846896&page=7

Volcom · « **Reply #32 on:** Jun 18, 2010, 01:14:45 PM »

6 week bump!!!!! It's just around the corner. I've got a ton to do before then. Anybody else as pumped about the trip as I am?? Last year was a blast. I couldn't wait for this year's Jambo and now it's almost here!

Volcom · « **Reply #33 on:** Jun 18, 2010, 01:27:00 PM »

What's everyone bringing to drive at the CO4RJ?? (just trying to get some action in these planning threads)

bigarms23 · « **Reply #34 on:** Jun 23, 2010, 09:33:21 PM »

im out going in for surgury to remove some stomach cancer and ill be recooping so have fun its not serious my doc is removing a benine tumor

Volcom · « **Reply #35 on:** Jun 23, 2010, 10:24:31 PM »

Quote from: bigarms23 on Jun 23, 2010, 09:33:21 PM

im out going in for surgury to remove some stomach cancer and ill be recooping so have fun its not serious my doc is removing a benine tumor

Good luck and hope your surgery goes well!

Volcom · « **Reply #36 on:** Jun 23, 2010, 10:27:07 PM »

Quote from: toytank on Jun 08, 2010, 07:43:02 PM

any word from them cali guys aaron?

Sounds like 2 of them so far (Opps & Booger Welds from Pirate). I don't know what their plans are though. I know the tenitive plan is to wheel Penrose the weekend before the Jambo. Then Scotty is going to take them to BV and show them around. We're wheeling Holy Cross Friday and BV Carnage on Sat.

You guys going to make the Holy Cross trip on Friday this year?

bigarms23 · « **Reply #37 on:** Jun 23, 2010, 11:21:45 PM »

doc stopped by and i don't have to go for surgury so its back to getting the 4runner ready

Volcom · « **Reply #38 on:** Jun 24, 2010, 07:13:21 AM »

Quote from: bigarms23 on Jun 23, 2010, 11:21:45 PM

doc stopped by and i don't have to go for surgury so its back to getting the 4runner ready

Thanks good news, surgery is never fun. So, we'll see ya in Colorado in a couple of weeks? What are your plans? When were you planning on coming out? Just trying to help ya out and get the most of your CO wheeling vacation.

Volcom · « **Reply #39 on:** Jun 25, 2010, 09:04:11 AM »

5 WEEKS AWAY!!!!!!! The CO4RJ is going to be an awesome weekend! I always look forward to this weekend of wheeling.

Things I have left to do before the trip
* Install Longfield 5th knuckle studs, upgraded trunion bearings & new Longfield wiper seals
* Build rear bumper & swing down tire carrier
* Install rear Creeper joints on rear shackles.
* Cut down front shackles to lower frontend
* Install new winch
* Finish body work & paint 4Runner
* Install CB & CD player
* Finish wiring up rock lights
* Finish wiring up OBA

bigarms23 · « **Reply #40 on:** Jun 25, 2010, 01:32:35 PM »

for me its

install a replacement 4.3
get new rims
install arb in front axle
work my butt off for more gas money

toytank · « **Reply #41 on:** Jun 27, 2010, 12:03:43 PM »

yep plans are to make the holy cross trip this year cant wait ive been living in north dakota working and just got back phil isnt coming this year he doesnt have a rig but corey and i will be there

Volcom · « **Reply #42 on:** Jul 02, 2010, 07:16:22 AM »

4 weeks away!!! Get those last minute mods done and make sure your rigs are in sound running condition. Start saving a couple bucks to throw towards the raffle. Each Toyota owner that brings a rig will receive 1 raffle ticket. Additional tickets can be bought for $1/ea or 6 tickets for $5. All the proceeds will be donated to "Stay the Trail".

http://www.volcom.rockfrogs.org/CO4RJ-10/Fourmile-CO4RJ-map.pdf

Our campsite is 1/8 mile west of the intersection of 315 & 376.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=38.858218,-106.055866&sll=38.254447,-104.609141&sspn=0.400088,0.617294&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16

If you have any questions about the event, directions, trails to run, etc... please post it up here or shoot myself a PM.

Volcom · « **Reply #43 on:** Jul 02, 2010, 07:18:43 AM »

Quote from: toytank on Jun 27, 2010, 12:03:43 PM

yep plans are to make the holy cross trip this year cant wait ive been living in north dakota working and just got back phil isnt coming this year he doesnt have a rig but corey and i will be there

Glad you guys are going to make the Holy Cross run, you'll love that trail. Welcome back to CO, I didn't realize you were out of the state. That sucks about Phil not being able to make it. He always puts on a good show and cool to shoot the sh1t with. He should still come out and ride shotgun with somebody.

Volcom · « **Reply #44 on:** Jul 09, 2010, 08:16:44 AM »

Bump. 3 weeks away!! Hopefully everyone is finishing up their projects and will be ready to roll.

toytank · « **Reply #45 on:** Jul 13, 2010, 01:19:40 PM »

i cant leave town until thursday about 7 looks like im alone this year. but im looking forward to holy cross because ive never ran it my rid is ready just have to get some spare parts rouned up and i think im going to build something to hold a cooler im thinking some 1" tubing and make a little frame that pins into the back half so i thinking we will see! arron whats the rd that i need to turn onto for camp i remember how to get thier just want to make sure because it will be dark when i arrive

dcastell · « **Reply #46 on:** Jul 16, 2010, 10:32:54 AM »

I am going. If I don't break in the next couple of weekends

Volcom · « **Reply #47 on:** Jul 16, 2010, 11:06:31 PM »

Bump!!! 2 weeks until the Jambo! If anybody wants to run Indy next weekend, let me know. I know that Scotty plans on taking a group through Patriot next Sat. or Sun (probably sunday).

Volcom · « **Reply #48 on:** Jul 16, 2010, 11:07:37 PM »

Quote from: dcastell on Jul 16, 2010, 10:32:54 AM

I am going. If I don't break in the next couple of weekends

Glad to see you on the Marlin board Dan! Glad to finally get to wheel with you at the Jambo as well.

Volcom · « **Reply #49 on:** Jul 23, 2010, 07:51:15 AM »

1 week away!! Hope everyone is getting their last minute projects finished up this weekend.

On a sidenote, NAXJA (North American XJ Association) ColoradoFest event is taking place in BV at the same time we are holding the CO4RJ. I looked at their schedule and the only trail that seems to conflict is going to be Saturday's run of Chinamans. I would suggest either holding off from running Chinamans Gulch on Sat. and maybe running it on Sunday or having a late start (like noon-1pm) to avoid them on the trail. We can also run Chinamans Gulch Sat. night as a night run if anybody's up for that.

There's tons of trails in the area so I'd suggest Wheeler Lake or Iron Chest on Sat. if you're looking to get a moderate trail run in on Saturday.

toytank · « **Reply #50 on:** Jul 24, 2010, 09:42:20 AM »

depends on how long carnage takes this year to decide if i want to take a night run or not

Volcom · « **Reply #51 on:** Jul 29, 2010, 07:31:05 AM »

1 day left!!! We'll be unloading the trailers and heading up to the Holy Cross trailhead at this time tomorrow. I hope everyone makes the trip and have a safe drive to HC or BV. If you want my phone number just in case, PM me.

This will be the trip of the year!!!

jss · « **Reply #52 on:** Jul 29, 2010, 10:39:47 AM »

Well the runner's front axle is in pieces, parts wont be til monday.

But I could unload my welding truck and come, it's a 93 dodge 250 with 35s and a 4" lift to it. Could bring the road nector, oh and cheez it's for mr. wakk!!! $Beer Chug\'n$

Volcom · « **Reply #53 on:** Jul 29, 2010, 11:31:12 AM »

Just talked to Scotty. We have the same campsite so we're good to go! Anyone have a chainsaw they can bring? It would save me 45 minutes of having to pick one up from a friend of mine. If not, I don't mind borrowing his for the weekend.

Volcom · « **Reply #54 on:** Jul 29, 2010, 11:31:42 AM »

Quote from: jss on Jul 29, 2010, 10:39:47 AM

Well the runner's front axle is in pieces, parts wont be til monday. But I could unload my welding truck and come, it's a 93 dodge 250 with 35s and a 4" lift to it. Could bring the road nector, oh and cheez it's for mr. wakk!!! $Beer Chug\'n$

There will be plenty of open seats if you want to ride along for the weekend or drive your work truck, either way.

Volcom · « **Reply #55 on:** Aug 03, 2010, 01:09:59 PM »

Another awesome Colorado 4Runner Jamboree in the books! Big thanks to everyone that attended, always fun to meet new people to wheel with and catch up with the others that have been wheeling the CO4RJ over the years.

I believe we had 24 rigs start Holy Cross. We did have some minor breakage, it's always to be expected with a group that big. I've never seen a group this big run Holy Cross before. We started @ 10am and were off @ 6. There was also a group of 4 Jeepers behind us (that waited for us all day and never once gave us a hard time about being a huge group). We got 20 of those rigs over the creek in 3 hours. Not bad.

Holy Cross pics

Even a Jeep or 2 ran with us

At the exit waiting for the group to go by.

Sami buggy on Rockwells (F&R steer) and 49's

Another big buggy on Rock's and 49's with Brian E's FToy looking like a go-cart

Ledge right before French Creek. Left side was muddy and not many of us made the left line.

Dcastell in the creek with CGuava on the right line.

Dcastell on the right line

Dean in the only IFS rig to make it over the creek. He had a killer line over the creek and got stuck at the very end.

Jeremiah getting ready to lift the driver's side front tire on the hard right line.

Cleveland was a muddy mess. We were 2 for 4 getting rigs to the top. CGuava & Brian E made it. The Sami buggy & myself didn't.

Volcom · « **Reply #56 on:** Aug 03, 2010, 01:10:52 PM »

BV Carnage lives up to it's name

We start the day @ 10am on Saturday. There was a couple other rigs waiting at the base of Carnage to jump into a group to run it. We let them tag along.

We started with 8. One Jeep bailed after the gatekeeper boulders. We made killer time, getting to the exit @ 2pm. We picked up another rig at the dome rock so we were back up to 8.

Russell broke his 2nd CV U-joint for the trip and borrowed my front square shaft to get him out of the exit. We had the old guy in the newly bought buggy roll after his winch line was cut on his angle iron fairlead trying the far left line (13-15 foot straight vertical ledge). He ended up with a concussion and a big knot on his head. He was able to fix the hole in his LS1's plastic intake manifold and get some fluid in the radiator.

YJ on 37's / Sami buggy on 49's / Toyota buggy on 42's / 4Runner on 39.5's

3 wheeling the gatekeeper

Boulder field right before the V-notch

Custom body work on the passenger side. I took the harder left line around that big rock and it won.

V-notch. First time in 3 years I haven't gotten out on my own. Rear passenger tire slipped in the notch and it was over.

Winching out

Brian E and Dcastell

This trail doesn't ever left up once to get to the boulder field before the V-notch. It's non-stop big boulders.

Justin climbing the right line on Squeeze Rock.

Dcastell showing off the wheelstand

That's a big wheelside on 47" tires

The exit. Nastier than ever. We had 4 climb out without a winch.