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Posted: 9/15/2023 10:09:28 AM EST
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One of the best camping experiences I’ve had was in a first come first serve rustic campground back in the Canyonlands national park. The stargazing was fantastic.
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Posted: 9/15/2023 10:11:34 AM EST
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1 - AWESOME!
2 - in my experience, a Jeep configured for proper offroad, is just terrible on the highway. White knuckle drive at those 10 MPG highway speeds with loud tires, and you feel like it's just going to jump off the road and flip at any moment. I would not enjoy a 1500 mile highway road trip in one going 70+, I'll say that! Can you just tow it? (You'll get about the same mileage either way!) But once you get to MOAB, you will be a God amongst men, with that badboy. |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 10:12:57 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Make Lions Back great again…. Have to make due with Baby Lions Back...   Attached File(Moab) Jeep Thread!  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 10:14:49 AM EST
[#4]
Be sure to post pics here.
https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/OVERLAND-ing-Talk-Rigs-Mods-Trails-Trips-Part-2/5-2559303/ Also don't forget the jeep wave. I believe jeep guys do this so they have friends willing to give them a pull when stuck on the side of the road. 
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Posted: 9/15/2023 10:15:31 AM EST
[#5]
Going there and wheelin' will be nice but are you going to be able to drive it home?
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Posted: 9/15/2023 10:18:34 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 1976 CJ5 from Stevens Point to GA then NC Smokey's then up to the UP and back home. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I drove a lifted 1978 CJ5 with 35's from Kansas to Nothern Michigan after I got out of the Army. Fuck. That. 1976 CJ5 from Stevens Point to GA then NC Smokey's then up to the UP and back home. I had a couple of CJ5's back in the '70's. Great fun........for a while. Not so great on road trips. |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 10:25:08 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Keep the phone number for Matts Off-Road Recovery handy. Trail Mater covers Moab, Matt is further south. |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 10:30:24 AM EST
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Sorry your gonna die because you didn’t bring a photocopier/printer. Travel without one invites peril.  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 10:42:36 AM EST
[#9]
Have fun OP!
If he can’t drive it back the IN signal mafia group will make sure he gets home! Oh and…  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 10:44:12 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The White Rim Canyon road in Canyondlands looks amazing, but that doesn't sound like a good idea without 4x4, low gears, recovery equipment, camping gear, etc. I've done the White Rim Trail twice, both times in an all-stock 4Runner SR5 with factory tires. We camped for two nights on each of the trips. It might have been doable in one day, during the summer when you have more daylight, but that would be a long, long day. Got stuck once on Potash Road during or not long after monsoon season, but getting pulled out of that was easy. During dry season it wouldn't have happened at all. |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 10:49:01 AM EST
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Posted: 9/15/2023 10:52:32 AM EST
[#12]
You need to update the thread as you go, from the time you leave, along the way, getting there, on the trails and back.
Update how things go, what works, what failed... |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 10:59:15 AM EST
[#13]
Have fun. Now that you have shown us your Jeep. What guns are you bringing for the trip?
I brought my Glock 43X and AR15 with me out to Colorado last year to hit the Jeep trails.  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 11:10:11 AM EST
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Have fun. Now that you have shown us your Jeep. What guns are you bringing for the trip? I brought my Glock 43X and AR15 with me out to Colorado last year to hit the Jeep trails. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/41568/CO_JP_JPG-2954630.JPG Hellcat Pro with Chinasun 507k  Colt 6920 upper, poverty lower. PA ACSS red dot and 4 mags.  |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 11:10:46 AM EST
[#15]
Jealous here OP
Have a great time..!! |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 11:26:34 AM EST
[#16]
Moab is an amazing place. Jealous.
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Posted: 9/15/2023 11:28:39 AM EST
[#17]
Man I dread driving my TJ to the KAT from Indiana
hats off to you.
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Posted: 9/15/2023 11:42:18 AM EST
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Hellcat Pro with Chinasun 507k https://i.postimg.cc/T3sXkFFW/20230725-184723.jpg Colt 6920 upper, poverty lower. PA ACSS red dot and 4 mags. https://i.postimg.cc/d0Q4yV42/20230102-161940.jpg Woa there buddy. 4 mags...? The yotes will eat your babies if you roll with anything less than 10. At least make sure one of them is sporting some photo realism. |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 11:52:33 AM EST
[#19]
I really want to take my X3 out there. We ride the Black Hills all the time but I'd love to see Moab.
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Posted: 9/15/2023 12:00:03 PM EST
[#20]
Went to Moab for the first time last summer.
What a spectacular place. I want to go back. Soon. Have fun OP! |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 12:05:01 PM EST
[#21]
Cool.
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Posted: 9/15/2023 12:18:42 PM EST
[#22]
Awesome! We do a Moab or Rockies trip once a year.
What trials are you going once you’re there? |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 12:22:11 PM EST
[#23]
We did 2,500 miles round trip in our gx460 to go wheeling in Ouray, Co in July. Had issues on the way up and only got to do two trails. It sucked after building up a vehicle to take up there after wanting to go for years only to not do any of the trails we wanted to do. Got to see some beautiful areas though.
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Posted: 9/15/2023 12:22:36 PM EST
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I've been wheeling out there 10 times and driven my rig from NE Ill-annoy each time. The only thing I've broken is a sway bar end link (back when I had sway bars). and I don't wheel the easy trails.
It does make me a little nervous wheeling for 7 days and then having to drive nearly 1400 miles home after, but I wheel my rig accordingly. The answer is not always all the skinny pedal. Have a great time |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 12:33:26 PM EST
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'll just leave this here for the OP to ponder...... https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/376764478_759360169325091_4851231541331080011_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=49d041&_nc_ohc=Llp5RC-0jhMAX-XXWvP&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.xx&oh=00_AfCMdT8zYXTi_wqcMMCduvqnbGcCbjVTYGd9lVaJi6aSiA&oe=65091F34 That looks like Uwharrie |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 12:37:04 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Awesome! We do a Moab or Rockies trip once a year. What trials are you going once you’re there? Trail list voted on by the group. May change during trip. In no particular order. Top of the world Seven mile rim Long canyon trail Onion trail Hell's revenge |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 12:57:42 PM EST
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It's not the 1500 miles out there that's the potential problem, it's the 1500 miles back...
It'll be an adventure at least. |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 2:10:36 PM EST
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Good luck, have fun and pay attention to your rig. My son (a real dumbass in his younger years) had me re-gear the Samurai so he could go rock crawling. He failed to tell me about the rock crawling part. So he’s 125 miles from home, slides off a rock and the center section landed on the rock. He split the weld in the center and didn’t know it. Drove it home, and drove it around a week or two after.
Told him I was done being his pit mechanic. Sold it. If he told me what he was doing we could have installed sliders or something to protect the housing. |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 2:24:30 PM EST
[#29]
Forgot what trail we were on when i took this pic.
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Posted: 9/15/2023 2:26:44 PM EST
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuote HistoryBidens Jeep so he wont run out of money |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 2:38:06 PM EST
[#31]
Used to travel to Moab annually in my 2012 4Runner. My favorite place in the US.
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Posted: 9/15/2023 6:39:58 PM EST
[#32]
Go have fun then post pics!
LJ for the win! |
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Posted: 9/15/2023 7:06:10 PM EST
[#33]
If you need mechanical help I’m in eastern Iowa, shoot me a message
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Posted: 9/15/2023 7:10:28 PM EST
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If you need mechanical help I’m in eastern Iowa, shoot me a message Appreciate it. Hope I don't.
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Posted: 9/15/2023 7:14:28 PM EST
[#35]
Be sure to stop for a minute in Cisco, UT.
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Posted: 9/15/2023 7:37:30 PM EST
[#36]
Good luck.
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Posted: 9/15/2023 7:50:54 PM EST
[#37]
Thanks the good lord you don't have gay angry eyes
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Posted: 9/16/2023 7:05:52 AM EST
[#38]
We need updates or train pictures!!!
[IN signal group] |
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Posted: 9/16/2023 7:16:32 AM EST
[#39]
Nice! My LJ was a POS that should have been lemoned.
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Posted: 9/16/2023 7:49:59 AM EST
[#40]
Many trips to the UP in this to wheel and camp when I was a young man
Top speed 66 sway filled mph 
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Posted: 9/16/2023 7:52:01 AM EST
[#41]
What are you bring for spare parts and tools?
Running stock front shafts I would recommend spare shafts for easy change out, The shafts ujoint ears are the weak point. Its even a quicker trail swap with the wheel bearing attached as a unit. As a owner of a Bronco and a TJ, The Bronco driver is going to have a nice comfortable ride there. You, not so much FYI, the ZJ steering upgrade is plenty strong for 35s" and a a lot less $ than the Currie setup. |
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Posted: 9/16/2023 7:54:44 AM EST
[#42]
No skid plates?
 I see sliders. 
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Posted: 9/16/2023 7:56:24 AM EST
[#43]
Quote History I didn't get the copy/printer reference. |
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Posted: 9/16/2023 7:58:37 AM EST
[#44]
Have a great trip and be safe.
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Posted: 9/16/2023 8:02:31 AM EST
[#45]
It's not the getting there, it's the getting back that can be challenging.
Enjoy!!!!! |
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Posted: 9/16/2023 8:15:02 AM EST
[#46]
As a former owner of a built LJ.
Godspeed I complained about 5 hours to Kentucky to wheel it. So sweet when you get there. 
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Posted: 9/16/2023 9:38:19 AM EST
[#47]
So, how many times did you smash your head before you put that pipe insulation on the high-lift?
 
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Posted: 9/16/2023 9:47:22 AM EST
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Posted: 9/16/2023 8:23:28 PM EST
[#49]
Made it to Nebraska. Jeep was a handful running 75mph.
Here's my camp.  Letting the old girl cool off after a long day of not dieing. 
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Posted: 9/16/2023 8:32:51 PM EST
[#50]
Your idea could be worse
 Will the mini jeep make it to Moab? Ep1: The build. |
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