GeneralDisorder Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Bugaru and I both live in the Portland area, and found some great off-roading in our own backyard - just 45 minutes away in Scapoose. We found a couple pretty narly trails, and Bugaru got his stock hatch stuck first thing. I had already gone through that part, but had to turn around and come back to the rescue.... a couple kids in a Ford truck showed up and helped, as well as a guy on an ATV out for a day of drinking and shooting :cool: We got the hatch back up on the trail from where it had slid off to the side into a tree with the use of a come-along, and when that got old, we just picked up the back end, and moved it about 5 feet onto the trail! He was able to drive forward out of the hole, and then we got out the shovels and filled it in a bit for him to get back out of the obsticle.... that went fine, but then as I tried to cross back, I spun the wheels a bit too much, and slid into the same tree Mine proved much easier to extract with a come-along, and I was on my way in about 20 minutes. We found a lot more good trails and had some fun removeing fallen trees from the last snow storm. You can check out the carnage inflicted on Bugaru's hatch here: http://web.pdx.edu/~whirl/scapp_vern_021504.html He managed to rip off the front bumper, dent the passenger side rear quarter, and flood the car with muddy water all in one day! All told, we had a great time, and if some other Portland guys want to come along next time..... GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edalexandr Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 very cool boy you got some mud inside yeekkk i could not do that with my brat , but cool pictures;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbone Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Sorry GD, just had to laugh when I saw those. Were they alcohol related? Glad to hear you found a place close to wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahDL88 Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 I like the idea of using a ski rack as a shovel holder, looks pretty gnarly, and if thats anywhere near WCSS6 we should check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted February 16, 2004 Author Share Posted February 16, 2004 This is about an hour and a half from WCSS6 - but only about 30 minutes from I-5, so pretty close if you have to go down I-5 anyway.... which I'm guessing most people will. There's some narly mud holes that might swallow a lifted soob whole..... like that one we were perilously close to when we got stuck. It looks to be about 4 feet deep in places by what we guaged with our shovels - once I get my floor herculined, and a snorkel, I'll take it on. No alcohol involved - I was just trying to stay away from the soob-swallowing abyss on either side, and I got a little too close to the bank side, and leaned over against that tree. I just stopped at that point cause I didn't want to rip the whole side of the car off on that tree.... GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboobaroo Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 looks like you guys had a fun filled day with the Soobs and the Ford. Glad to hear that nothing was majorly broken and no one was injured....including the Soob:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugaru Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Well put GD. That is a pretty sweet area, most of the people up there are doing the same thing we are, and are more than willing to help out when needed. The guy on the 4 wheeler ended up going along for the rest of the trip, sorta as our guide, since he knows the area so well. I have been to that exact spot before, but decided to wait to go further until someone else was there to help me get out of trouble. Glad I did, i'ts much worse "better" than I thought. One thing I learned from my first off-road episode in a stock wagon was that the stock skidplate is no match for stumps. After destroying that one, I made one for the hatch out of 3/16 plate steel. I'ts a good thing too, I really plowed some stumps this time, skidplate unfazed. Now if I only had a lift.... Well I guess this is a good excuse to build those bumpers I've been wanting to, with a reciever for a removable winch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaroonDuneDoom Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 i've still got mud on parts of the wheel and around the bottom of the driver's window from a night of boozing and offroading. first time i got it stuck too. had 4 other people in my wagon. we eventually got out. burned the clutch up a little bit. looks like fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted February 17, 2004 Author Share Posted February 17, 2004 Yeah - and I learned that going off-roading when your missing an exhaust stud, and don't have any skid plate is just asking for problems Now I've got the backfires a bit cause I'm sucking air at the head. Looks like I'll be replacing those gaskets and maybe tapping a new stud in there..... GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedbump Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 the wheels on the wagon are what i am looking for.Would they fit an 86 wagon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooinater Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 wish i had mud like that around here . the home page says you were challenging bugaru... i got a challenge for you come up to washington and play with me in may! i'll have my new tires on by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted February 20, 2004 Author Share Posted February 20, 2004 Actually - I didn't "challenge" anyone - I think he was just saying that I "took up the challenge" cause no one else would go out mudding with him around here.... lots of soobs, but not any that are lifted and want to go play..... sure - I'll be up for something come May. Don't think my goal will be to keep up with you tho.... hehe. If I can keep up with Ken, I'll have done OK in my book. Last time he led me straight into a lake.... speedbump - those rims are chevy 6-lug trailer rims that I re-drilled to 4 lug. If you do a search on the board for "6-lug" or "chevy rims" or "toyota rims" you should find several topics dealign with this mod. They are 15" trailer rims - US wheels 70 series. You can get em in white or black from Les Shwabb for about $25 to $28 each... GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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