Dr. Marneaus
Station Wagoneer
So, this was the most recent trip, and this was a trip that brought up some issues.
Angles Peak.
the trail goes up over 8000', up to the observatory on Mt. Charleston. I wasnt worried about the elevation, but I was told the last mile or two of the trail gets kinda sketchy.
Started out as normal, just gaining alot of elevation. I was with 3 rubicons and a mostly stock TJ.
And here we come. You can see the phone poles are gaining elevation quick.
The rubi's all shifted into 4 low and flipped their cute little locker switch. I got ready for some fun.
In this pic, up where the red jeep is is about as far as I made it. I got past the tight turns where the white one is, and we all paused for a little bit to take stock of the hill. decently sized rocks, lots of loose sand and shale, and a pretty steep incline with uneven footing.
Well, This is as far as I got.
I was maybe 50 yards further up the hill (right where the base of that 2nd phone pole is), bouncing around, getting dug in, and giving it plenty of skinny pedal to power my way up the hill. Soon as i got dug in and let off the gas, the truck would shut off. I could start it up if I tried, but the steep angle, bouncing, and off camber stance did me in. My carb just kept flooding. I could keep it running my opening the throttle but soon as I let off it would die out. I backed down to where that pic was taken, and told the rubi's over the radio I was turning around. The stock TJ behind me followed me out because he wasnt too keen on trying the hill either.
Afterwards the Rubi guys said they were definitely slipping and sliding too, but after that hill it got smooth for a while, then the next uphill section was just as bad.
So, my truck was bested by a hill. Sad. Carburetors have their limits, especially street carbs. I've got some mods planned for my carb (off road needles and seats, lowering the floats, putting fuel line in the bowl vent) that should help me out, but I'm not about to drop $400 on a truck avenger, or $1500 on fuel injection at this time.
So, that pretty much catches us up to now. That was a month or two ago, and here we are. The truck is running great, I used it to tow around the camper all weekend, and we've got 2 trips planned in the near future. This weekend we are headed back to Carpenter canyon (sans camper) for an overnighter, and in 3 weeks we are headed back up to Ely for a 2 nighter. I'm planning to bring the pop up for that one!
Thanks for reading, I'll keep updating!
Angles Peak.
the trail goes up over 8000', up to the observatory on Mt. Charleston. I wasnt worried about the elevation, but I was told the last mile or two of the trail gets kinda sketchy.
Started out as normal, just gaining alot of elevation. I was with 3 rubicons and a mostly stock TJ.
And here we come. You can see the phone poles are gaining elevation quick.
The rubi's all shifted into 4 low and flipped their cute little locker switch. I got ready for some fun.
In this pic, up where the red jeep is is about as far as I made it. I got past the tight turns where the white one is, and we all paused for a little bit to take stock of the hill. decently sized rocks, lots of loose sand and shale, and a pretty steep incline with uneven footing.
Well, This is as far as I got.
I was maybe 50 yards further up the hill (right where the base of that 2nd phone pole is), bouncing around, getting dug in, and giving it plenty of skinny pedal to power my way up the hill. Soon as i got dug in and let off the gas, the truck would shut off. I could start it up if I tried, but the steep angle, bouncing, and off camber stance did me in. My carb just kept flooding. I could keep it running my opening the throttle but soon as I let off it would die out. I backed down to where that pic was taken, and told the rubi's over the radio I was turning around. The stock TJ behind me followed me out because he wasnt too keen on trying the hill either.
Afterwards the Rubi guys said they were definitely slipping and sliding too, but after that hill it got smooth for a while, then the next uphill section was just as bad.
So, my truck was bested by a hill. Sad. Carburetors have their limits, especially street carbs. I've got some mods planned for my carb (off road needles and seats, lowering the floats, putting fuel line in the bowl vent) that should help me out, but I'm not about to drop $400 on a truck avenger, or $1500 on fuel injection at this time.
So, that pretty much catches us up to now. That was a month or two ago, and here we are. The truck is running great, I used it to tow around the camper all weekend, and we've got 2 trips planned in the near future. This weekend we are headed back to Carpenter canyon (sans camper) for an overnighter, and in 3 weeks we are headed back up to Ely for a 2 nighter. I'm planning to bring the pop up for that one!
Thanks for reading, I'll keep updating!
