4x4Wire's TrailTalk Forums: Building the next StinkBug........Super Trooper

Well the last week has been a marathon of working, traveling and wheeling. Last weekend we had a WERock Competition in Globe, AZ. While that was going on I spent a lot of time on the trailer finishing up a ton of little things on the buggy to get it into running shape. On sunday night we left Globe and drove to Farmington, NM with a number of other competitors for some practice time and a video shoot with RP Films. While they were playing I got to do the first round of testing on the buggy. I found a number of minor issues, and a few loose nuts and bolts, but nothing major. The biggest issue was the need for a center limit strap on the rear end to keep the t-case u-joint from binding at full droop.

Monday afternoon we left farmington and headed for Moab.

Upon arriving in moab at around 11pm I stopped by Moab 4x4 Outpost where a few of the guys were workin late to get ready for EJS. Luckily the manager, Steve was there and even though the store was all closed up he gave me a limit strap, and just told me to come back and pay when they were open again. Definitely an awesome guy there, thanks again Steve. Tuesday and Wednesday were spent doing company runs with Pro-Comp tires and taking people for rides on Behind the Rocks and Hells Revenge. Finally on Wednesday we headed over to AREA BFE for some serious testing. I was really happy with the performance on the trail, and even happier with how it did on all the competition courses. I still dont have any winches on it for axle control, so big steep stuff was a little sketchy, but it still did awesome overall and was extremely stable.

On friday night I went on a night run with Team Redbull Spotter Frank Johnson up to the top of Moab Rim. This was probably the funnest run I've been on in a long time. With just the 2 of us, both in very capable buggies we were able to run from the parking lot up to the overlook in about 10 minutes. The weather that night was pretty interesting, lots of wind and high patchy clouds with a bright nearly full moon and lightening flashes from the west. We spent a bit of time up there enjoying the night and the view before heading back down. When we got to the Z-turn there was a group of teenagers in mostly stock jeeps attempting the obstacle. We decided to stick around to watch the show, and help if needed. The first rig needed a bit of rock stacking to get up, and after a number of attempts the second one ended up on its side. Luckily no one was hurt, and amazingly the jeep barely got a scratch. After uprighting the jeep they all turned around a followed us back down. Saturday I went to the XRRA Rock Race out at BFE, and then drove all day and night yesterday to get back home. Man i'm tired.

Dallas

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