Well Saturday nite we decided to have a fire up at Stave. Got a little muddy. Sunday rolled around and I got a phone call that we were going up again. I happily obliged.
Most of the pics of me are me getting stuck, I had too much fun to stop and take pics of me lol.
Only carnage was my truck. I went through a deep deep hole twice, and the third time I thought I would hit it with a little more speed. Bad idea, really bad idea. The truck drowned, and then stalled out. Water was up to the top of my bumper. Figured I would give it one go, and to my surprise, she started right up, and them procede to drive me right out the water. I pulled the lid off the airbox, and this is what I saw:

It'll buff out, don't worry....




Got my buddy Spencer to run me up to Lordco, grabbed me a new airfilter, cleaned out the box and ran it for the rest of the day. I swear to god it ran better that before lol.

All-Terrains for the loss




Epic fail (all 3 were stuck)




And the classic "stand around and look like we know what we are doing" Ended up taking 2 trucks to pull the Heep out.


The GF, the one driving



Spenny getting stuck, he gave a valiant effort, but the mud won.








We were up there for about 5 hrs, so it was a good time. Now I have to go wash off my truck.

 

looks like u had fun!

 

that's alot of mud!

 

damn jeff, GET SOME TIRES! lol

 

NEVER!!!!!

lol yeah they are on the list, along with a body lift and traction bars

I can't believe I missed you haha. We were on the far side of the flats lol. What are the odds that both of us would be up there?

 

i was on the first flat

 

Awesome scenery. I want to go to that place!!

 

dang thats some serious mud!

 

Yes it is haha, there are also a fair amount of trails around the area too.

 

Soooo.... You guys just drive around in the mud until you get stuck or what?
Why don't you go up in the trails?

 

Trails are fun, but I've been there enough that I have ran most of the ones my truck can handle 10+ times. You can only take so many lines to challenge yourself before you get bored. The next step up, you need alteast 35's to avoid winching and seriose body damage. 3-4 times a year the mud flats flood, and the terrain changes just enough to make things interesting. Besides a couple of the guys I was with do not have the skill or patience to hit the harder trails.

 

LORD that looks familiar!!

 

Yeah lol, that one sucked. But I swear to go, it now runs better than before...

 

Hahahaa mannn! Looks like you put you're truck to the test quite often man! Lol I miss the old 4.0OHV I used to have!

 

looks like fun but once again goes to show how much i hate mud...

I'll take sand thank you. or trails

 

Lol yeah almost too much. I gotta concentrate on getting my quad back together and stop beating on my truck. Blah that will never happen. But I agree, I love the OHV. There seems to be alot more power down low. Really nice for crawling, even with my crappy 3.73's.

Well Stone, I hate to break it to you, but it is sand. It is sandy muddy lake bed crap lol. Like I said before, the trails are cool around here, but I have been going to this place for a few years now. Things are getting old lol. Time to explore. There are a few places along the river bed that create some really cool trails. Once the water comes back up the flats, it wipes everything out and then creates new ones. There are a new set of trails 3-4 times a year. Alot of off camber, flexy fun. Keeps the sphincter nice and tight

 

that place looks like sooo much fun

 

I thought mine ran better after too! lol. But only after about a gallon of seafoam, cheap *** plugs, cleaned all intake sensors/valves, then seafoamed again, nice APP5144 plugs, cleaned them sensors again. gooooood times. OH...andreplaced the trans. lol.

But now, i swear, my 100k engine runs like it's got 200k on it. :( Of course, mine chugged dirty water on 3 occasions. lol.

 

Road Trip time!!

 

That's some nasty lookin stuff. I'll pass.

 

looks like fun guys

 

i know, old thread, but im curious, how far away is stave lake from the washington border? (my google maps wont load)

 

mission isnt too far, maybe an hour? ive never driven from the border straight to mission so I could be off

 

Mission is like 20 mins from the boarder

This is the entrance right here.
burma rd mission bc - Google Maps

 

i failed