Crown King Trail Run (tons of pics)
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Crown King Trail Run (tons of pics)
It's a 25-30 mile trek (1 way) from Lake Pleasant up to Crown King (old mining town). It goes from the desert up to the pine trees. It's usually fairly easy and a stock 4x4 can do it. Currently with the rains and washouts short wheelbase highly recommended (Jeep) and a rear traction device. I hit my undercarriage so much it hurts. I got hung up once on a ledge, had to rock stack to get me over. My long wheelbase hurt me 3 major times on this trail. I used my rock sliders once and if I didn't have them my passenger door wouldn't be operating. I was aired down to 15psi the whole trip. It starts out easy and gets harder towards the top. There were worse parts of the trail that I don't have pics of because we were more worried about not losing a truck than pics. My truck made it over every place these Jeeps did, I just had more difficulty. There are some fun obstacles down low but they have bypassess. Here are the pics mostly in order.
2 Jeeps and the hardcore Ranger
Airing down
Trail Buddies
Steep hillclimb!
Break Time (the really hard stuff begins after this "break")
That is the "you're screwed look"
Funny Sign
6 hours later we made it into town (not really a town)
lol the saloon is downtown
The main road off the mountain
My scratches:
Torsion bar eats rocks
Torsion skids like rocks too
My rocks sliders that saved me from body damage
Exhaust damage
Frame and skid
Draging my *** a lot
There so so many dings undere there I don't want to count but those are the big ones.
That is enough pics. Overall I beat up my truck way more than I wanted to but it was all fun. Tough trail that is scenic and very rewarding at the end. 6 hours of trail riding that ends at a Saloon in the pines, it was nice!
2 Jeeps and the hardcore Ranger
Airing down
Trail Buddies
Steep hillclimb!
Break Time (the really hard stuff begins after this "break")
That is the "you're screwed look"
Funny Sign
6 hours later we made it into town (not really a town)
lol the saloon is downtown
The main road off the mountain
My scratches:
Torsion bar eats rocks
Torsion skids like rocks too
My rocks sliders that saved me from body damage
Exhaust damage
Frame and skid
Draging my *** a lot
There so so many dings undere there I don't want to count but those are the big ones.
That is enough pics. Overall I beat up my truck way more than I wanted to but it was all fun. Tough trail that is scenic and very rewarding at the end. 6 hours of trail riding that ends at a Saloon in the pines, it was nice!
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Wow what an incredible looking trail ride! Especially like whats at the end of the trail!! (saloon in the middle of nowhere) I wish i had trails like that near me!
I bet a set of 285/75/16's would give you just enough clearance to avoid rubbing on a trail like that.
Great Pics!
I bet a set of 285/75/16's would give you just enough clearance to avoid rubbing on a trail like that.
Great Pics!
My long wheel base screwed me the most. The 3 large ledges (1 pictured above) cought the underside and created almost all the damage seen in the pics I posted. Wet rocks also made it harder.
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I might get some KM2s but I'm on the fence. It's my DD and on the rare occasion we get rain here in Phx the ATs are nice. Plus this past winter I bought 2 sets of snow chains which cost me around $230. I get larger tires = mud tires = more expensive rubber = worse gas mileage = buy a set of new chains. All I do is see it costing me more $$ than it's worth. If somebody wants to buy these snow chains for $175 plus shipping they're yours. I used them once. Then I'll buy larger tires.
Here are my chains. Anybody wanna help me, lol.
Here are my chains. Anybody wanna help me, lol.
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dangit bryan. i should have gone. although good thing i didnt because i would have body damage!! now i need to buy some sliders, front bumper and more lights and i will be good to go. i go for a job interview tomorrow wish me luck lol. the faster i get a job the faster the truck gets modded
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it is in tempe or out of tempe i should say it is called team security lol. you do concert security lol. can you see me doin that? i cant really, but i need a job i am almost out of money and i cant seem to find one closer to home so if i am goin to have to travel 25 miles one way i guess that is what i will have to do
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