89 SFA buildup for rocks

[Chevtech]

Cool video.

We are heading to TSF (Tillamook State Forest) for father's day weekend (June 20,21) we'll probably also make runs there in July and Aug. Our www.poorboyoffroad.com annual Summer bash is @ Sand lake the first weekend in Aug, so the Aug. run will probably be the 3rd or 4th weekend. Let me know when you guys want to come up, we can meet up and show you around if you want.

Josh

[Golana]

thats awesome man. sweet video. i guess it kept stallin on ya cause the gas wasnt getting to the pick up line...

[Donahue]

part of the reason it stalls is because the motor does not have quite enough torque at idle to idle over those rocks. the main thing the way it is now is to give it a little gas now and then do it doesnt die.

[Donahue]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chevtech

Cool video.

We are heading to TSF (Tillamook State Forest) for father's day weekend (June 20,21) we'll probably also make runs there in July and Aug. Our www.poorboyoffroad.com annual Summer bash is @ Sand lake the first weekend in Aug, so the Aug. run will probably be the 3rd or 4th weekend. Let me know when you guys want to come up, we can meet up and show you around if you want.

Josh

i think you guys should come down and run these rocks

[dball]

sweet video! 5 stars

[Chevtech]

Quote: Originally Posted by Donahue

i think you guys should come down and run these rocks

Let us know when and where and I'll see what I can arrange. As many pics as possible would be nice so I can let everyone know what they are getting into. Where exactly were you at and is there more to do there?

[Donahue]

the rock garden is basically this corridor of rocks that go a little ways up a hill side. the top is probably roughly 1/4 mile up, it kinda has terraces and steep spots. memorial day i made it to the last steep spot before the top when i broke a front axle shaft. this was by far the furthest that anyone in our group has made it, and i doubt anyone else has ever driven up here. the corridor is roughly 30-50 yards wide and the rocks seem to range from small to large from left to right. you basically get to pick your difficulty right now, but we have thought about marking out some "courses" or something similar to follow. i have driven my truck though parts of this when it was bone stock, street tires and all, and it will still challange any locked and doubled truck.

i broke my back window on memorial day weekend two years ago, and that promted the build of this truck.





i made it about as far up as you can see from this pic





another cool thing is that you can drive passenger cars right up to the entrance, where you see the trucks parked in this pic


this particular site is one that one guy goes through, and everybody watches, then the next guy, etc. you basically go up, then come back down or exit on one of the sides. there are some big holes, and lots of contour on the ground the rocks are covering. its kinda hard to get the idea from the pics.

this place is probably roughly a 3 hour drive from the portland area, its just over an hour east of eugene. if you guys wanted to come down, i'm sure i could round up some people that would want to do it whenever. you could also just come in a car and check it out before driving the trucks down.

[Tim99Zr2]

man, thatd be a ton of fun.. but i def wouldnt know how to drive on rocks! and a standard prob isnt the best thing to use.

we have zero rocks around my place.

[Donahue]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tim99Zr2

man, thatd be a ton of fun.. but i def wouldnt know how to drive on rocks! and a standard prob isnt the best thing to use.

we have zero rocks around my place.

mines a stick. but its a little hard on the clutch without a doubler.

[DieselS10]

That place looks like a lot of fun, sweet video too!

[Donahue]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chevtech

Cool video.

We are heading to TSF (Tillamook State Forest) for father's day weekend (June 20,21) we'll probably also make runs there in July and Aug. Our www.poorboyoffroad.com annual Summer bash is @ Sand lake the first weekend in Aug, so the Aug. run will probably be the 3rd or 4th weekend. Let me know when you guys want to come up, we can meet up and show you around if you want.

Josh

i hear that we are going to be running tillamook the last weekend in july, something to keep in mind.


some more video's for all your viewing pleasure

[Chevtech]

Nice vids! Keep me informed as time gets closer and we'll meet up for a run with ya if that's ok. Can't believe you can actually steer that thing, during my testing last weekend I couldn't steer mine, it really needs the hydro assist installed, that's my project for this week.

[wrekd]

That looks fun as hell. Now I want a doubler

[Donahue]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chevtech

Nice vids! Keep me informed as time gets closer and we'll meet up for a run with ya if that's ok. Can't believe you can actually steer that thing, during my testing last weekend I couldn't steer mine, it really needs the hydro assist installed, that's my project for this week.

it will steer if i jog the truck back and forth while trying to steer. the locker makes it almost impossible to do while the truck is stopped.

[Donahue]

i'm offically part of the club now

[bubbagt57]

lol bout time if i say so myself, although technically you have been apart of it for a while when your snapped your 10 bolt

[Donahue]

but i've upgraded my membership to the dana 44 club. now i have to see if i can find a Hp 60, they are not that easy to come by around here, even if you are willing to pay $1000 for them.

[Tim99Zr2]

ha nice.. i was wondering to myself watching those videos "how doesnt he break axles, and i snap ujoints in mud" well... i guess you do snap axles. ha

and d60s around here go for 1000+ sometimes you seen one that needs built for 750 or so.

[Baggey22]

Haha, funny story. I was in NH today getting my new transfer case and the guy told me he was GOING to put a Ford D60 in his Blazer but he found a Chevy D60 in better condition so he bought that. He said he got BOTH (and a waggy D44) at this junk yard down the road where ANY axle is $50, the only stipulation is that you have to pull it yourself.

[Tim99Zr2]

damn, i wanna go to that junk yard

[DieselS10]

Quote: Originally Posted by Donahue

i'm offically part of the club now

, it's about time! Was it the long side?

[BuzzerPB]

Quote: Originally Posted by Donahue

but i've upgraded my membership to the dana 44 club. now i have to see if i can find a Hp 60, they are not that easy to come by around here, even if you are willing to pay $1000 for them.

X2

[Donahue]

yeah, it was the long side. people around here are too smart to go for the any axle $50 thing. the only think i can find right now from looking is a ball joint 60 from a 90's era truck and that wont even bolt up to my suspension the way it is.

[BillaksBlazer]

if anybody is willling to drive to cleveland ohio a friend of mine has a pair of 60s for 900. rear is like a 79 and the front is 93 balljoint style.

[Donahue]

i've finally got all the media from the other people.



back in the day (which was a wednesday...)







a view from the top



just a sea of rocks and the beautiful pacific northwest


some rock rash and a slightly bowed tie rod.

[Chevtech]

Looks like an R/C truck in the view from the top pic.

[wrekd]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chevtech

Looks like an R/C truck in the view from the top pic.

Haha, yeah it does.

Nice pics Don. You oughtta throw one up on s10extremists for ROTM. I just won last months

[ChrisInVT]

Quote: Originally Posted by Baggey22

Haha, funny story. I was in NH today getting my new transfer case and the guy told me he was GOING to put a Ford D60 in his Blazer but he found a Chevy D60 in better condition so he bought that. He said he got BOTH (and a waggy D44) at this junk yard down the road where ANY axle is $50, the only stipulation is that you have to pull it yourself.

Did he have any 8.8's? Where was this in NH?

[Baggey22]

I didn't actually go to the junk yard. The guy I got the transfer case from in Laconia told me about it. It's where he got his 9", Ford 60, Chevy 60, and a Waggy D44

[jwglover]

Don , nice pics and video,,,,, the rocks look A LOT BIGGER with you tires swollowed up by them . we should all have a play ground like that

[mvanhelden]

is that rock garden man made? or some kind of volcanic thing?

[Donahue]

its way to big to be man made, it would be cost prohibitive. plus there is no point for why it would be made, i feel it must be natural.

[4wdjoey]

Quote: Originally Posted by Donahue

just a sea of rocks and the beautiful pacific northwest

that is some awesome scenery! you do kinda look like an action figure standing next to an RC truck.

[bubbagt57]

LOL i didn't even see don next to the truck its that far back lol

[Chevtech]

I posted up some pics of the rock garden on my web site, got alot of interest in going down there sometime this summer, we are just wondering exactly where it's at. We are big into wheeling legally so we need to find out if it's a legal wheelin spot or not. Someone guessed that it might be part of the Santiam Pass OhV area, is this true? Here is a link to the OHV area.

http://www.oohva.org/ohv%20area%20pages/santiam.html

[Donahue]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chevtech

I posted up some pics of the rock garden on my web site, got alot of interest in going down there sometime this summer, we are just wondering exactly where it's at. We are big into wheeling legally so we need to find out if it's a legal wheelin spot or not. Someone guessed that it might be part of the Santiam Pass OhV area, is this true? Here is a link to the OHV area.

http://www.oohva.org/ohv%20area%20pages/santiam.html

its not part of that OHV area, its on land owned by a logging company, and its public access as of right now. i will check on that for you though

[Chevtech]

Thanks!

[Donahue]

confirmed this is private logging land, and as of now it is open for use.

btw, i signed up for poorboys, lord knows i qualify