Badlands

[Fullsize4life]

Myself and a few buddys are going to the badlands in march. Leaving thrusday the 20th after work. Wheel friday and saturday and come home monday morning. If anyone wants to go you are more than welcome.
Hope to see some of ya there.
Collin

[Fullsize4life]

No one wants to go? Someone needs some good fun.

[sodapop]

Hmmmmm, I might be interested. Let me check with the wife! I should have that week of from work but I'd prolly leave either after Saturday wheeling or early Sunday Morning.

[Fullsize4life]

Let me know. I think we are staying at the Attica motel. Ill have my bronco and my buddy will have his TJ.

[xj4life]

i would but i already have 3 trips planned between Feb and May

[Groundhog]

I wood to but I dont think i can swing it. Im hoping to get down there this yr somethime!! Thanks for the invite.

[sodapop]

i would but i already have 3 trips planned between Feb and May

coupussygh

[xj4life]

coupussygh

and i'm most likely having knee surgery and trying to build a house :flip:

[Fullsize4life]

Soda what do you wheel?

[sodapop]

I wheel this:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c228/sodapop_yj/Drummond%20May%202007/100_1141.jpg

95 YJ
35's (MTR's front/Boggers rear)
Dana 44 Front, locked
Ford 8.8 Rear, locked
2.5L, 4cyl engine....

[MuddyPaws 3.0]

I would love to go but just have too much planned early in the year.

[Mongo]

I wheel this:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c228/sodapop_yj/Drummond%20May%202007/100_1141.jpg

95 YJ
35's (MTR's front/Boggers rear)
Dana 44 Front, locked
Ford 8.8 Rear, locked
2.5L, 4cyl engine....

I really like that yj.

[pre4runner]

hmm maybe, we'll see whats going on as it gets closer

[Fullsize4life]

Sounds good. You should fit in good with us. This is our first wheeling trip without the wives so we might have a few beers at night!!

[xj4life]

Sounds good. You should fit in good with us. This is our first wheeling trip without the wives so we might have a few beers at night!!

:ha::ha::ha:

[PeteC]

Sounds good. You should fit in good with us. This is our first wheeling trip without the wives so we might have a few beers at night!!



Wow, you need the wives to not be there to have beer? :eq::poke::hehe:
Hell, my wife is a very straight laced, religious person who does not swear. Yet she is the one with the bottle of single malt around the camp fire. Some of the wives in our group have been known to get more drunk than the guys, although not too often. :mongo: p.s. We are a family oriented bunch of wheelers, with kids from 4 though teens with us on most trips. And parents ranging into the 80's. Damn sounds like Disny, fun for 4 - 80.

Oh, and sorry, no can do that time of the year. have early season plans in place and can not afford any more. WIll make the Badlands later this year though.

[Fullsize4life]

Not that our wives dont enjoy some beers when we are out but when its just the guys we tend to have a little to much fun. In fact at drummond last year myself and nick ended up chasing our ladys around the hotel in our under wear. It was fun.

[MuddyPaws 3.0]

Women in underwear = good

You and Nick in underwear = bad

[Fullsize4life]

What can i say it was a good time.

[Grandcherokee]

I too am willing to go if everything checks out OK from Sodapop's wife. If he can go then I will....

Soda and I can share a room

[Fullsize4life]

Sounds good. Im ready for some fun.

[sodapop]

It's looking pretty good so far, I even made it onto the family calendar in pencil!

[Fullsize4life]

We got nicks jeep ready to go this weekend. I hope its not too cold when we go. I dont have a top or doors. All i have to do is put in my new gears in the front and new housing and gears in the rear and a Master Cylnder and finish the front exo...............I got lots of time

[alboy79]

All i have to do is weld up Als control arms, axle truss, spring perches, coil buckets, make radius arms, and install front seats...............I got lots of time

fixed it!:flip::mongo:

[Fullsize4life]

Yeah Im off of work for a week take some sick time.

[Fullsize4life]

Is everyone ready? You guys meeting us down there? Shoot me a PM and let me know.

Thanks

[Grandcherokee]

I hope I am ready..Got a few things to finish up......... like my whole front end..........and some minor wiring

[Fullsize4life]

You had better get going. I stafted to break in my gears today. This is going to be something. First time i set up gears and going on a run right after.......................I hope it turns out ok.

[sodapop]

I've reserved one room at Hotel Attica for Karen (+1), myself and my co-driver for thursday & friday night.

Hotel Attica
126 N. Perry Street
Attica, IN 47918
Tel. 765-762-3088
$55 per night for 2 people $5 for each additional person

[Fullsize4life]

I reserved ours yesterday. We got a 3 bed room and our putting 4 guys into it, little tight but we are cheap. And it is the same place. Hotel Attica. Look for a Red Dodge dually with my green bronco and a Red Ford super duty with a goose neck and a Tj on it. The other guys are coming down friday night and only going to wheel on saturday. Looks like this will be a good trip cant wait to meet you guys.

[sodapop]

I reserved ours yesterday. We got a 3 bed room and our putting 4 guys into it, little tight but we are cheap. And it is the same place. Hotel Attica. Look for a Red Dodge dually with my green bronco and a Red Ford super duty with a goose neck and a Tj on it. The other guys are coming down friday night and only going to wheel on saturday. Looks like this will be a good trip cant wait to meet you guys.



We're out (grandcherokee and Myself).... After some frenzied wrenching today, we just ran into to many problems and won't be able to get them done in time. List includes:

- Tie rod needs to be shortened and retapped
- Drag link needs to be shortened and retapped
- Wiring finished for the ARB's
- Rear driveshaft lengthened
- Front Driveshaft shortened.
- Tire care bolt pattern changed to 5x5.5"

All of those aren't really the issues though. We knew we'd have to deal with these in the time between tonight and the trip. the real problem was what we didn't expect.

- Stub shafts are too short and will need a new circle clip ring machined into them :pissed:
- We are short one stub shaft too. Originally we were going to use ford stubs (have cromoly's) but they were too short. :pissed: So we grab the "just in case the Ford's would be too short backup" chevy stubs (stockers) only to find out that they weren't chevy's but in fact another set of fords :pissed: . Have no fear though, we've got another set of chevy's in the spare shafts. . . only to find out that we had one chevy and one ford.... Son of a bi__ch :pissed: Even the chevy stub is too short (by like 2-3mm). . . :pissed: We think, no biggie, get another chevy stub and run with them after massaging them to fit but then the big problem...
- Rotors don't have clearance for the brake pads. :fryingpan::cry::lol: SO now, i've got to spend a day in the parts store trying to find a 5x5.5 rotor that has a shorter hat than the Ford that was "supposed" to fit. This is the part that I don't see us fitting in our schedules.

I'm going to see if I can work some magic, but as of tomorrow, I'll be canceling my reservation. Sorry guys, we'll have to try it again later in the summer....

[Fullsize4life]

Damn that sucks. I was hoping to get a chance to meet some more people from the site. I guess there is always next time. HOpe you get it fixed and dont have to much problems

[Fullsize4life]

One more time for anyone thinking about maybe going

[Fullsize4life]

Ok if anyone is thinking about going we are leaving around 3 pm thursday.

[Fullsize4life]

Bronco is all loaded up and ready for the trip