Johnson Valley: Goatfest 2012

[Desert Dog]

Even though I was sick as hell and only got to wheel for 1 day, it was worth it. We ran HWY 19 & 20, and out fissure mountain. Great trail and a great time! I got some absolutely Killer video too.

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[Desert Dog]

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[Desert Dog]

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[munepit]

Who's buggy is in the last picture?

How did Richards buggy work after the motor swap?

Your a trooper for making it.

[sandbuggy]

I will be going back ....but I'll be camping next time !!
Had a great time

[Beck*A*Poo]

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[Beck*A*Poo]

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[Beck*A*Poo]

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[munepit]

WTF. Who did the beadlock seperate?

[Beck*A*Poo]

[quote="munepit"]WTF. Who did the beadlock seperate?[/quote]

Matt's jeep got caught on sharp rock and made a slash then they plugged it and then drove it some then bead came off and so we put spare tire on

[REDxj5150]

I had a blast! I stayed from thursday till today. I'll post pictures when I'm off work. Which I'm going to take the rest of the night off because we won't be doing anything for another 18 hours.

[Beck*A*Poo]

Where's Waldo??? better yet like Brandon says bitches love bananas lmao ....;P

[Toycrawler5481]

Looks like a great time! Thanks for posting

[abendx]

[quote="Beck*A*Poo"]Where's Waldo??? better yet like Brandon says bitches love bananas lmao ....;P[/quote]

Waldo loves bananas.

I had a great time.... good trails and good people.... as always! We wheeled hard, partied hard, and then did it all again and again. When's the next one?

I was really happy to see AJ, Cruz, and Randy show up.... those guys are a lot of fun and wheel hard. Gotta get them back on the trail with us some more.... BRC candidates!

Cruz... your wife is a killer cook and I love her salsa. Thank you both so much for being so generous. One day I will get her name right.... I am close!! lol

It was nice meeting many of the XJ guys.... very diverse group and a lot of fun. I wheeled the first two days with them and had a blast.... everything from stockers to buggies. I even got to wheel with some inconsiderate, condescending piece or shit from their club.... better known as the Cracker. That is one crazy mo-fo with a killer buggy. Another IOR/BRC candidate?

Mark (Bobbed Burb) made an appearance, sans the burb buggy and rode with me.... always a good time brother! Hope to see you on the trail with your buggy soon!!

Other than that, there was Josh, Becca, Matt, Brandon, Aaron, Travis, Richard, Roberto, and me (I think I got all of us?)... plus the XJ guys.

I didn't get too much in the way of video that was worthwhile.... either the GoPro sucks ass or I do, but before I started using that, my video was always much, much better.... don't waste your cash!!!!

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[cracker]

Did you have to instagram all those pics?

Otherwise they may have been cool.

[REDxj5150]

Great weekend. The damage report will have to wait for the front differential, but the unibody looks rough... several bad cracks around the trackbar bracket. Some more cracks in the rear by the leafs, but well worth the amazing weekend of wheeling. Oh and I got a little more body damage. Unfortunately this is going to put me out of wheeling for a while. I'll have to really work on that jeep before it gets back out. I'd like to stiffen the unibody frame and make an engine cage to start, but first I'll have to fix that diff, regear, and put the dana 44 in the rear.

[REDxj5150]

Some more.

[abendx]

Richard... can you post your three pics? lol

[Lake_v2]

Wow what a trip that was the hardest ive ever pushed my rig, all weekend it felt like I was holding it back,.

The hammers were no joke for us, me and Becca are sore and dented lol.

Friday evening got to camp, unloaded sat at campfire for a bit then went on night run through chocolate thunder. Short but challenging trail, Josh rolled in slow mo onto his lid, I got hung up when I slipped off line at the midpoint. Had to winch off with a highlift to get clear. Oh and winching with Josh as anchor is funny either my jeep needs to lose weight or his sami needs to gain some nearly rolled him with my winch.

Saturday was highway 19 &20, fan blew a fuse and nearly toasted motor at start of trail. The first obstacle had a great near flop save... Went to far driver and jeep fell in hole, cranked it passenger and gave it full throttle and it popped out of hole like a champ, was effing awesome.

Then we came up to the cherokee line, was good fun watching brad get egged on ”mob it, mob it, mob it” came over the cb.....20 seconds later brad broke a shock bar pin lol... Everyone helped out or heckled him some more and he was able to put it together and get moving.

Next up was was watching Aj working his yj in a crazy spot, was 5-7 attempts then all of a sudden, he was in the moment, the tires hit the perfect.bounce and when they did you saw it in his face and heard that.v8 roar to life perfect mob it moment. Aj had the biggest smile on his face and got fistbumps and congratulations.

Next came uturn... Er Josh in the same spot, he went for the omg your nut line... Put all three squirrels to work and gave her hell, nearly had it until it took a weird bounce then did a near 180 uturn in the middle of obstacle... Put on a great show as always

Robert put in a couple attempts on uturn but it was getting lae and decided to keep the group moving.

Saturday started a bit late had to wake up ”Princess” and fix some broken bolts on the sami.

We headed for wrecking ball, wich I feel should be called boulder hell..

I actually didnt see much of action on wrecking ball as it was schooling me all day long... huge thanks to Aj and Randy for keeping us moving and together.

Damage talley so far for my rig without even crawling under it, steering has a frown, front diff leaking, tire gashed, fan near death, softtop torn, and the antenna is now a curb feeler....

Thanks all for the good times and great memories, cant wait for next one

[Goatman]

[quote="abendx"]Richard... can you post your three pics? lol[/quote]


Hey dude, I have a job, I'm working. I'll do it tonight.

[Goatman]

Not sure why, but I did more night runs this trip than I ever do. Thurs night ran Resolution and broke my steering, ran half the trail with no ram assist, which is a bitch with 40" stickies, got back after midnight. Fri night Travis and Chris and John wanted to run something so we ran Turkey Claw, got back after midnight. Sat night went out with the buggies and we ran Resolution and Gaucamole, got back after midnight.

Very fun trip, great to get the buggy out again after a year, really enjoyed the new motor, lot's of fun running with the IOR gang. Weather was a good as it gets in JV all weekend. Pretty good turnout, plenty of NAXJA folks, IOR, guys from Ridgecrest, Tinbenders, 4x4Him, URF, and others.

[Lake_v2]

Crawled under heep found some more damage

Rear track bar mount is bent and some welds broke, front left limit strap is barely hanging on, muffler is pancaked, and the jamnuts on steering and front trac bar were loose...

[abendx]

[quote="Lake_v2"]Wow what a trip that was the hardest ive ever pushed my rig, all weekend it felt like I was holding it back,.

The hammers were no joke for us, me and Becca are sore and dented lol.[/quote]


No shit man.... that pushed me hard as well and I felt the same most of the trip... holding back the buggies.

I think we both have a little thinking to do on our rigs.... they both performed well I thought, just some tweaking might be in order. I think I'll start by cutting the back half off.

[B. Zuki]

So B-rad your gonna have someone do your rearend finally? Josh said he was down to do your rearend.

[REDxj5150]

[quote="Lake_v2"]Crawled under heep found some more damage

Rear track bar mount is bent and some welds broke, front left limit strap is barely hanging on, muffler is pancaked, and the jamnuts on steering and front trac bar were loose...[/quote]

I'm in the same boat. It actually crossed my mind today that this jeep is ruined. I tore into the differential and didn't find anything wrong. I still haven't put it back together, so I don't know what caused the play. I think i'm just going to have to regear them.