Oscar the Grouchs build thread. the 2012 JKR

[oscar the grouch]

Helped SpiderwebShade, Genright, Caronlina Metal Masters, BFGoodrich, JeeperDen and Raceline wheels move the tiki party inside the hall. Lets just say the bottom fell out of the sky so we move it inside
Jeep Beach 2016 (33) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
Jeep Beach 2016 (35) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
Jeep Beach 2016 (37) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
Jeep Beach 2016 (38) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr


Ran into my favorite Land Advocate Partners the Blue Ribbon Coalition Team of Stacie and Del Albright
Jeep Beach 2016 (36) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
Jeep Beach 2016 (39) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr


After a long week it was time to pack up. Last trip into the infield to tear down the booth
Jeep Beach 2016 (42) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
Jeep Beach 2016 (43) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
Jeep Beach 2016 (44) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

Ran into the guys from Havoc offroad on the way home.
Jeep Beach 2016 (45) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
He had room. Almost took

 

[oscar the grouch]

Then it was TRAILFEST#13
TrailFest is one of the 2 big events that the SFWDA puts on every year. This year was epic.

TrailFest2016 (82) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

Over 800 participants
27 Clubs in attendance
120 Volunteers to make it happen
and 26 Vendors on site.
All to support land use and conservation in the South.

There is a ton of pictures so ill only share a few highlights but they are all at this link. https://www.flickr.com/gp/125470833@N04/m01md6

TrailFest2016 (70) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

TrailFest2016 (88) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
TrailFest2016 (89) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
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My home for the 4 days of TRAILFEST
TrailFest2016 (5) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

had a little oops this trip
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TrailFest2016 (25) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

Apparently Im pretty good on a Microphone so they made me MC the whole weekend. Between this and the bullhorn My voice hurt like hell come sunday
TrailFest2016 (27) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
TrailFest2016 (28) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
TrailFest2016 (30) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

Took a few of my vendor pals on a ride. shake down run for spenc and his XJ
TrailFest2016 (68) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
TrailFest2016 (76) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
TrailFest2016 (77) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
TrailFest2016 (79) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

Mike from the uhwarrie offroad training center hosting our advanced whinching class
TrailFest2016 (69) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

TrailFest2016 (68) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

Ladies Only ride girls had a blast
TrailFest2016 (85) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

 

[BCobe]

Are you using the Smittybuilt overhead counsel thing?

 

[oscar the grouch]

Are you using the Smittybuilt overhead counsel thing?

Yes. I like it. there are some things id change. the bags sag a bit when loaded up. so i went thru and pulled the material they attach to up and secured it to the rack. With 37s i can barrely see out my rearview anyway so the back up camera comes in handy

 

[BCobe]

Yes. I like it. there are some things id change. the bags sag a bit when loaded up. so i went thru and pulled the material they attach to up and secured it to the rack. With 37s i can barrely see out my rearview anyway so the back up camera comes in handy

Damn. I really like the smittybuilt one but they do not work for a hardtop.

 

[oscar the grouch]

I made it work with a hard top.

take the center lever off.
drill a hole in the console
use a bolt to hold the center hole

 

[Stoked]

I don't know how I missed so much of this thread until now. I'm still a rockcrawler at heart. Thanks for sharing all the pics. I just got on the board of directors for my local club and I want to take some of the events the your club does back to mine.

Congrats on the news of becoming a father! If you think that the day at the orphanage hit you in the feels, wait until you have one of your own.

 

[oscar the grouch]

I don't know how I missed so much of this thread until now. I'm still a rockcrawler at heart. Thanks for sharing all the pics. I just got on the board of directors for my local club and I want to take some of the events the your club does back to mine.

Please do. Any questions don't hesitate to send me message.

Congrats on the news of becoming a father! If you think that the day at the orphanage hit you in the feels, wait until you have one of your own.

THANK YOU. Im sure it will hit me more than once. Im super excited.

 

[BCobe]

I made it work with a hard top.

take the center lever off.
drill a hole in the console
use a bolt to hold the center hole

Do you have a picture of this?

 

[oscar the grouch]

Unfortunately no.

Seriously tho. Install the rack.
The Center throw lever on the freedom panel is what gets in the way. It doesn't let the center come down enough. Remove it. And use a bolt thru the rack to pull the center down instead.

Alternatively there is one on ebay that will clear. Google "molle over head rack JK"

 

[oscar the grouch]

I took the team rig to Morris Mountain ORV Park with the Warner Robins Jeep Club for a little shake down. Great group and a great ride!

Full Album here. 220 ish photos
https://www.flickr.com/gp/125470833@N04/15F4J8

Some of my favs from the weekend

WRJC 5th Anniversary Ride (2) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anniversary Ride (8) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anniversary Ride (9) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anniversary Ride (13) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anniversary Ride (20) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anniversary Ride (25) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anni (126) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anni (125) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anni (119) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anni (113) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anni (99) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anni (73) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anni (68) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anni (62) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anni (55) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anni (48) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anni (47) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anni (38) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anni (18) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anni (17) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anni (16) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

WRJC 5th Anni (12) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

 

[oscar the grouch]

This Vehicle is for sale

https://butte.craigslist.org/cto/d/2012-jeep-wrangler-rubicon/6416621272.html

or

http://forum.expeditionportal.com/threads/188114-2012-Wrangler-Rubicon?p=2406921#post2406921

 

[oscar the grouch]

I ended up keeping the beast.
Modifications were made to fit a pair of buckets in the rear for the kids. Turned out great. My daughter loves it and hopefully little man does when he gets here.

Added a hard top and routed the exhaust out the rear instead of the crawler dump to quite it down to.
Honestly hadnt been out of the garage much. Keep waiting on kids to get big enough and momma to be able to ride again.
I'll post some pictures of the Montana adventures over the last 2 years soon.

We are now Utah residents so that will make for some awesome adventures soon.

 

[oscar the grouch]

Well since my last good update was early 2016 I guess I need to go back quite a bit. In that last update we were prepped for the 36 hours of uhwarrie.
We ended up taking 6th in that event. Would have been a podium but the warn service center screwed up and my "rebuilt" winch needed to be rebuilt on the side of the trail in order to continue to compete. That lost time took us from first to last. In the last day and half we were able to fight our way back to 6th. Pictures below.



36 HRS (1) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
36 HRS (6) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

36 HRS (7) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
36 HRS (8) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
36 HRS (9) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
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36 HRS (20) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
36 HRS (21) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
36 HRS (21.5) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
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36 HRS (28) by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

 

[oscar the grouch]

End of 2016 was super busy but not for the Jeep world.
I moved to Montana with the 6 month pregnant wife.
Daughter was born end of December so Jeep life was on hold while dad life took over.

2016-08-25 20.13.10 by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
2016-08-28 19.24.20 by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
2016-11-05 08.34.58 by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
2016-12-15 09.49.09 by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
2016-12-15 17.01.35 by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

This poor weather meant the jeep got a break. Well when it wasnt needed for the local search and rescue guys. Turns out it was pretty capable in snow unless it was really packed then the short wheel base showed its flaws.
During that break I was able to prep for something I had dreamed about for years.
My frist trip to Moab. 2017 Easter Jeep Safari was going to happen but I needed to fix some things that were broken by the 36 hours.
New ball joints and rebuilding my sway bar motor.
Oh and Warn apologized for their incompetent service center that cost us the win. They sent me a new motor for the winch but i still would have rather won.

2017-03-12 13.17.16 by Oscar Indy, on Flickr 2017-03-12 13.25.29 by Oscar Indy, on Flickr
2017-03-12 14.36.59 by Oscar Indy, on Flickr

2017-03-12 15.50.41 by Oscar Indy, on Flickr