wheelin ended up pretty good. started out with 5 trucks in the morning and 2 of them droped off about 5 or 6 in the evening and 1 more droped off at the very very end of the night before hitting up the camps. so showed up with two truck (3 people) and had no problem finding spots to sleep.
So here are some details: Ran 3 "trails" covering about 25 miles in 4 or 4 low, Covered over 100 miles on gravel, Burnt 15 gallons of gas,Used the chain saw several times, Spent a very short period of time on pavement (15 miles). Spent WAY too much money between getting breakfast, linner, gas, munchies, and other camp neccesities. Had alot of fun and close to way too much fun.
started at 9:30 in the A.M. getting breakfast and a general meeting point for everyone. Hit the store in the same parking lot as the resturant for odds and ends before getting into the woods.
jus getting hubs locked in since the night before we got a good little snowfall of about 6"
Rolling a huge bolder that everyone was dragging diff over last truck turned it up on end and made it nearly impassable
the obstacle previous to this one i had to get pretty aggressive with the throttle and my front/front U-joint started making awful noises so i threw in the towel early on this hole and just winched. got thru and greases the front joint was able to limp it for the rest of the day/night
oops log between axle steering and ground...SNAP...
no pictures of the fix but ended up gettin it all back together and bettwe than before. even had time to enjoy a little camp fire, greasing my front shaft and had time to change a half shaft in the MJ on 40's
and for what ever reasone there are no pictures from the second and more fun trail. also unfortunately the vehicle with the only camera did not continue on to the night wheelin where we encounteded several DEEP water hole iced over with 2-3 inches of ice. making sevral slow speed attempts necissary as to break away the ice slowly preventing damage to grill,headlights, and radiator. only other "issue" for the rest of the trip was the s-10 started to have issues early on with rear brakes locking up due to repeatedly packing with slush and ice. lemme tell u the trucks really didnt want to move after getting parked overnight. they made some BAAAADD noises when first taking off. I'm waiting for one of these times a seal freezing to a shaft and tearing it apart upon attempt to pull away. drove home down 2 track roads that were completely iced over making progress pretty slow at best