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    My journey to moab and beyond

    Preface:
    For those that don't know, I am in the process of moving from SC to WAin support of my upcoming deployment. I shipped my vx to kc,mo.

    Last week I took the wife and her RS wheeling in tuttle creek,ks, thevideos are on my FB and utube.

    Yesterday I headed out for washington with the vx jam packed,sans backseats. I bought a new kicker solobaric 10L3, damn it hits har now.

    Anyway, I drove 750 miles yesteday to georgetown,co. I deided to play isuzu bingo to keep my sanity. Even playing with only myself (that was for tom) I still lost. 1000 miles,only 7 zus. 4 rodeos, a pup, a trooper and an impulse. Very sad.

    The vx ran like a champ. She took her medicine (1qrt oil) like a big girl. I have been qadding lucas oil every fill up. I got 15-16mpg except the last tank from georgetown to grand junction, 19.7mpg!!!

    I will have an exact cargo weight when I get to washington, I woud guess somewhere round 600lbs.

    I am here in moab alone, droe around till I found some well built imports. I am now tagging along with some yotas for the weekend!

    I would like to give special thanks to verizon for providing 99% 3g coverage on I70 all the way to loveland pass. Also shout out to pandora and the ability to stream music to my headunit via bluetooth. I may have died otherwise, my sirius expired last month.

    I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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    PS, sue, forgivemy spelling and grammar errors, I am typing all this on my andi-7+ tablet.

    I forgot to mention, my trip through vail, I was running 65ish, I flogged the oldgirl. First down shift, 5k rpms, she farted a cloud of smoke, not sure what color, it was night time. I hope it was black. Not a peep from her since, she rarely sees freeway speeds, and hasn't been pushed like that in 3 years. It was good for her.

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    Nice videos, looks fun!

    Seems like a rear locker would have helped the VX up that ledge, the front wheels didn't have enough weight for the locker to be effective.

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    Maybe you had it on....

    ..but I kept shouting "Bit'o E Brake" at the video!



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    No, I never hit the brake, going back and watching, well u know what they say bout hindsight.
    Well, Hell's revenge in the dark is no joke. No major damage, I did everything the two SASed yotas did. Only damage I can find, another torn boot on front prop shaft and the front third pinion seal is leaking. I can live with that. They were very surprised I kept up with them.

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    Nice. Especially liked the first vid.
    42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.

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    Yea..Love Hindsight..gets me all the time!

    Hells revenge is one of my favs..lots'o good stuff.
    If you get a chance...Steel Bender is a great trail too...
    ...as is Cliff hanger.

    When ya get to the wall on Steel bender.....go straight down it....

    ...when ya get to the 3 way (??3 different ways up the hill) go LEFT, and crawl..with a touch of "momentummm" at the top!!

    Wish I was there...

    jo

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    Trying to do goldbar rim tomorrow,. Not my group, so I have no say, I am just along for the ride.

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    NICE!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Marlin View Post
    Trying to do goldbar rim tomorrow,. Not my group, so I have no say, I am just along for the ride.

    ..great sites...good mixture...nothing really crazy.

    jo

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    How long and in what part of WA are you going to be stationed in? I'd love to go wheeling with you when I get my truck all fixed up.

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    I will be in everett for about 5 weeks. Im down to wheel.
    Did elephant hill today. The group was blown away by the vx. They were hopping and spinning up ledges, I ran my normal crawl style. It was a blast. I am heading out tomorrow for washington. 1200 miles, I hate my seat the vx is so loud, lol. Im going deaf. Hopefully hit some snow on the way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marlin View Post
    I hate my seat the vx is so loud, lol. Im going deaf. Hopefully hit some snow on the way.
    I have to recommend the wet okole seat covers if your seat is bugging you. It has a nice thick cushion, I recently sold mine to Jo and I can definitely notice the difference in comfort without them.

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    Ditto on the "Wet Okole"..

    ...I'm on my second set ( first new/ second GOOD used), great value over 6 years.
    Take e'm out..hose 'em down.
    Good as ...

    Elaphant Hill..Yup!..
    .what up with Gold bar?

    jo

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    That was fun to watch. ha ha. loved the wifes comment under her breath: "he's gonna get stuck" lol. I guess you dont have a locker in your rear.

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