Utah Official TJ Fest 2023 Thread
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Every time I watch a video of someone there, I realize I'd never have the courage to try it. Sometimes it looks easy, other times it looks scary as hell!
Both times I was there all the tubs had water in them so I had a GOOD excuse not to try.
Was that a bolt-on long arm? Been meaning to PM some of ya'll footage of stuff having more trouble than that Jeep.
@Apparition
I kind of zoned out on Upchuck trying to find traction to pull me up. I got sideways real quick and flopped. No, I didn’t hear Jeff saying “Stop!” repeatedly. Another thing is that everything is a lot faster for the driver than it is for everybody watching. They yell things at you while you’re rolling ove, but I don’t think there’s the capability for your mind process that as a driver. You have so much going on and it’s all just a blur. So, saying things like keep your arms in the car is not helpful. We all know that rule. It’s like your mom saying well. Don’t bump your head idiot. After you bump your head. It’s kind of fruitless. We have the same thing in snowboarding. They always said don’t try to catch yourself with your arms but cross them in front of your chest. Well, yeah you can say that but everybody’s instinct is to put their arm out to catch themselves and you have to do it 30 or 40 times to train your self to do that. Hopefully we’re not flopping our rigs that many times.
Earlier at the gate keeper to behind the rocks, there was a bronco that roled from close to the top. He did one full roll, and landed on all four. When I saw him, his body was flailing about wildly. There was nothing he could do. It’s really about your harnesses And whether they’re up to snuff. Of course, don’t reach out the rig when you’re just sitting somewhere with a wall rock there like you think you can hold the rig up. I think that one is easy, so that’s not really what I’m talking about.
When you get to the ledges before Chewy you’ll see on the right where are you to send then turn left below the ledges. You can’t really miss the line. It’s easy to see and natural, unless things change before you get there. As Alex said, the TJ’s were narrow enough to make it look pretty easy.
Chewy itself was more difficult. After we got up the first ledge with all tires the next ledge wanted to push us to the right. It did this repeatedly until we decided to winch.
I kind of zoned out on Upchuck trying to find traction to pull me up. I got sideways real quick and flopped. No, I didn’t hear Jeff saying “Stop!” repeatedly. Another thing is that everything is a lot faster for the driver than it is for everybody watching. They yell things at you while you’re rolling ove, but I don’t think there’s the capability for your mind process that as a driver. You have so much going on and it’s all just a blur. So, saying things like keep your arms in the car is not helpful. We all know that rule. It’s like your mom saying well. Don’t bump your head idiot. After you bump your head. It’s kind of fruitless. We have the same thing in snowboarding. They always said don’t try to catch yourself with your arms but cross them in front of your chest. Well, yeah you can say that but everybody’s instinct is to put their arm out to catch themselves and you have to do it 30 or 40 times to train your self to do that. Hopefully we’re not flopping our rigs that many times.
Earlier at the gate keeper to behind the rocks, there was a bronco that roled from close to the top. He did one full roll, and landed on all four. When I saw him, his body was flailing about wildly. There was nothing he could do. It’s really about your harnesses And whether they’re up to snuff. Of course, don’t reach out the rig when you’re just sitting somewhere with a wall rock there like you think you can hold the rig up. I think that one is easy, so that’s not really what I’m talking about.
When you get to the ledges before Chewy you’ll see on the right where are you to send then turn left below the ledges. You can’t really miss the line. It’s easy to see and natural, unless things change before you get there. As Alex said, the TJ’s were narrow enough to make it look pretty easy.
Chewy itself was more difficult. After we got up the first ledge with all tires the next ledge wanted to push us to the right. It did this repeatedly until we decided to winch.
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I remember when we flopped over on the wall of the escalator I felt like I was falling out so I started reaching out to stop myself and then realized that was a bad idea and pulled my arm back. It was at that point I decided I wanted harnesses.
But later on I decided to build another Jeep and determined I’d put harnesses in that one instead since Mrs App was getting this blue one. But it’s not done so yet again I’m going back to Moab without harnesses.
The machines can be fixed much easier than a person if the person can be fixed at all.
I had no idea when I posted that you had gone to potato salad hill. It was something I saw in my feed and figured it was applicable.
I’ve never been there. This year I’ll have to give it a go.
Harnesses if I continue to wheel hard. I say if because the TJ was usually at a disadvantage With its short wheelbase on those trails.
I’d prefer an LJ or even better a buggy for those trails
I’d prefer an LJ or even better a buggy for those trails
Bummer on the flop. Good see to see all your gear was strapped down. How many times do we see the contents of a rig emptied when they go over.
I am OCD (who, me?) about keeping everything secured for that exact reason. Even our cooler did not drip a drop.
Funny - the only thing that fell out was the Moab Trail Guide. I was joking with my brother about how we could engineer something to keep that secured.
It is definitely, definitely much more gnarly than it looks in any video. I was quite surprised.
When I rolled my CJ5 I didn't have stuff tied down and had a chain in the back (before straps) that almost hit me in the head. After that I started tying everything down. I didn't have my seatbelt on because I was only going to back it down off a rock. Yep learned my lesson real quick.
I'm getting skeerd from all these roll overs I am seeing.
Nobody hurt and minimal damage. If you’re going to do it, they did it right.
These are memories that will last forever especially when it’s on video. Jeff might as well keep it tagged as a favorite for “remember the time” time.
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