danrhiggins
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Just arrive home from Overland Expo. What a mess! Seriously, it was a good event but the weather definitely put the damper (or simply the "damp") on it. Thursday and Friday rain turned the open air event into a muddy, slippery bog with many people (not me fortunately) camping. I had gone specifically to spend some time on the Land Rover obstacle course with one of their professional trainers. Never happened as they had to close the course after the first morning.
But, since I had my own truck there and because they took pity on me (and because they were bored) Tim Scully (LR trainer from Sacramento) offered to spend a couple of hours with me. It turned out great! Not only did a learn a lot more about the truck, and a lot more about how to trust it, we also took about a 90 minute drive out a muddy, slick, waterlogged forest road with lots of training and tips on how to drive in mud and ruts. (We don't get much of that in Colorado.) Awesome experience. Made the trip worthwhile.
While talking with Tim about winches he mentioned he had just fabricated a system that puts a "hidden" trailer hitch receiver on the front of the truck. He then pointed out what I will call a "cradle" that mounts into a trailer hitch and that can carry a winch (the one he showed me was on display at the WARN booth). The benefit to all of this is the ability to temporarily mount a winch and to be able to mount it on or move it to both the front and the back of the vehicle (using the trailer hitch mounts). What do you all think about this?
And a couple iPhone pics from the trip.
1 - Onion Creek Canyon. I drove this and the connecting Thompson Canyon on my way through Moab. Great drives. Highly recommend.
2 - Camping at Muley Point 1,000' above the San Juan River area below.
3 - Moki Dugway. 3 miles, 1,000'. Fortunately I did this early in the morning and no one was coming the other way.
4 - After wheeling in the mud with Tim Scully.
But, since I had my own truck there and because they took pity on me (and because they were bored) Tim Scully (LR trainer from Sacramento) offered to spend a couple of hours with me. It turned out great! Not only did a learn a lot more about the truck, and a lot more about how to trust it, we also took about a 90 minute drive out a muddy, slick, waterlogged forest road with lots of training and tips on how to drive in mud and ruts. (We don't get much of that in Colorado.) Awesome experience. Made the trip worthwhile.
While talking with Tim about winches he mentioned he had just fabricated a system that puts a "hidden" trailer hitch receiver on the front of the truck. He then pointed out what I will call a "cradle" that mounts into a trailer hitch and that can carry a winch (the one he showed me was on display at the WARN booth). The benefit to all of this is the ability to temporarily mount a winch and to be able to mount it on or move it to both the front and the back of the vehicle (using the trailer hitch mounts). What do you all think about this?
And a couple iPhone pics from the trip.
1 - Onion Creek Canyon. I drove this and the connecting Thompson Canyon on my way through Moab. Great drives. Highly recommend.
2 - Camping at Muley Point 1,000' above the San Juan River area below.
3 - Moki Dugway. 3 miles, 1,000'. Fortunately I did this early in the morning and no one was coming the other way.
4 - After wheeling in the mud with Tim Scully.