I did a lil 4x4

[mindaugas]

I decided to take the VX out on a drive during the fantastic weather CO had this past Saturday. We went the back way from Denver down to Colorado Springs. From Sedalia I took 67 all the way down. The plan was to take rampart range road, but it was closed. On the way down I stopped by rainbow falls park, somewhere I hadn't been in years since I haven't had a 4x4 in so long. I used to go down there with a pair of ATV's and cruise through all the trails and stare at the backside of beautiful Pike's Peak. Instead, I got the treat of experiencing how capable the VX is off road. Aside from the Polaris, which had 4x4, the only other vehicles I've done this with was a stock XJ, and two 86 Troopers.

At first I was timid and stuck to the main trail, it was bumpy enough and had plenty of deep ruts from the dirt bike runs. I passed by some lifted Jeeps crawling up a little pit of rocks. I got some smiles and maybe one or two odd looks as I stopped to watch them do their thing. I think the minimum lift I saw was 4", and an FJ popped up that had to be 2' up, it looked hideous.

After I started to head out of rainbow falls I took a detour up an ATV trail. One that I had been on many times, but only in an ATV. The VX handled incredibly. I kept turning to my wife and saying, "I love this truck, I can't believe it's doing this." And never did I put it in 4x4 low, just high and every now and then I put it in L so I could go really slow.

So ... I never planned on off roading with this, but now I'm hooked again and remember why I wanted one in the first place (beside how awesome they look). I'm hunting now for a new trail, hopefully one that's open close to Denver. Thinking Mt Herman by Monument, and maybe trying some of the easy parts of Moab hill.

A couple images, no action shots tho :(

http://www.mikesaysmeh.com/images/vx/img_1531-web.jpg

http://www.mikesaysmeh.com/images/vx/img_1606-web.jpg

http://www.mikesaysmeh.com/images/vx/img_1615-web.jpg

[Mile High VX]

Looks like a blast!

You gotta' call me next time you go. You were about 5 miles from my house in the Rock.

I'm always up for a quick trip to the trail...:yesgray::yesy::yeso:

[vt_maverick]

Makes me miss CO so much, at my first job after college I was in Denver or Boulder about once a year and we always made sure to take these back roads and enjoy the scenery. If we ever moved off the east coast, CO is easily my first pick.

Nice lookin' Foxfire, great pics! :thumbup:

[mindaugas]

I'm going to try and go next weekend. If I had kept going up the trail I was on, it would have gone through Moab Hill. So weather permitting lets plan a trip. My lil sis is gonna come and would love to take some action shots.

http://www.colorado4x4.org/vbb/showthread.php?t=178294

I'll go the easier route, but should be fun to test. If there isn't a good line thru it, just turn around. From the mile or so I went up on the trail, there was plenty of fun stuff to go over.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agkC81jboqM&feature=player_embedded

[Cobrajet]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agkC81jboqM&feature=player_embedded

what front bumper is that? I like that one? i have the older C4x4 bumper.

ummmm....there were 9 bumpers in that video can? you be more specific??
Well, Duh!! The one on that JEEP, of course! :slap:

[Triathlete]

Moab hill looks like fun to me!

[pbkid]

hey Mindaugus... please give me a call if you end up going out any weekends.. 720-273-1099 and my name is jack.

Im off arapahoe and 25... im always up for some wheeling. whether it be denver area, castle rock, or springs....

[mindaugas]

Awesome, I'd love to get as many VX as possible, especially with experience so I can learn. I've never had a "capable" vehicle, so my experience has been smashing my old trucks until they go up something.

I'm serious about going this weekend, on Saturday, provided the snow has melted. I post something to meet ups

[pbkid]

well i might dissapoint a little if your looking for vx wheeling partners... i drive a 4runner nowadays.

but i have some time on the trail, and a locker to yank out stuck people to boot

[mindaugas]

Its more experience in partners than what they drive.

[VXorado]

i drive a 4runner nowadays.


sell out :happyface

Jk, its a nice rig...especially that rear locker :drool2:

I'm jealous you front range guys can go wheeling, way too much snow around here :(

[MsConduct]

I have no idea about where this is, but my hubby remembers this from his days in Colorado...

"Starting from Idaho Springs, you can cross a river and one of the roads continues up the mountain and over. Drops into Central City on the North side. There are a lot of logging roads and mining trails to get stuck in..."

He isn't sure if these have been turned into real roads now or not, but is willing to try to find a map.

[pbkid]

Lets get this goin. Call me tomorrow, who ever wants to go. Id like to get a head count

[mindaugas]

I'm iffy now based on weather, I just can't get traction on these horrible tires the VX came with :( Plus I ran into a mechanical issue today ... may be changing oil and other stuff on sat ... joy

[mindaugas]

So yeah, this was all my idea and now I have to bail. I've got to work on the VX tomorrow and also change the oil in my OBW.