First of all, I want to thank all the trail ride participants and all the sponsors for making it all happen. It was a great event with lots of cool rigs and great weather. The trails were very busy as there was a Land Rover event going on at the same time.

Uwharrie event flyer PDF.pdf

We ran two trail groups; one that went on the intermediate trails for first timers and stock rigs, and an advanced group that tackled the more challenging trails. We managed an entire weekend of wheeling with no breakage. I was pretty amazed. I was the only one in the group that had to winch, which was a good opportunity to show some of the guys that had never done recovery how to use the equipment properly. We also managed to help out a couple rigs that broke on the trails. (not part of our group) I think the advanced group guys replaced a drag link on a FJ after he smashed it on a ledge, and I got an old Cherokee rolling that killed his battery on the slab pile.

Speaking of sponsors, what a great group of vendors we have in the industry. With relatively short notice, we were able to pick up 10 sponsors who provided Gift Cards, T shirts, hats, and even a winch. Thank you guys so much for what you do for the sport. Rachael with Superwinch sent us a winchtogo for the raffle which was so awesome. It's a great winch and it actually went to a fella that left a little early with a family emergency. I thought that worked out perfect. Evan and Danielle with Tread Lightly sent us a bunch of great items, to include stickers, informational packets, and things for the kids. Poison Spyder, Rock Auto, and Extreme Terrain all provided 50/25 dollar gift certificates for raffle and other cool items. Chris at Morris 4x4 provided like 100 gift cards, which we gave out in grab bags and on the trails. Ginny over at Teraflex sent us a certificate for a set of disconnects, which was won by a young lady on her first trail ride driving! Rancho and Cooper tire sent us some swag and other cool items. A big shout to Don over at Pixel Decals for hooking up some CTOR stuff on short notice. Quality work as always sir! Last but not least, thanks to the Eldorado Outpost for providing us an area to stage and get organized. These vendors gave everything a special touch and provided great service in support of the event.




I hope you all enjoy the pictures from the various trails from each group, and feel free to ask any questions you may have. I provided a link to our facebook page where you can find video and more pictures! Enjoy everyone.

www.facebook.com/groups/carolinatrailsoffroad/

 

Here are a few more pictures from the trail ride, to include the raffle winners!

 

I'm glad you guys had a great time. I'm glad the weather held for you as well. It looks like it was all dried up. So I'm assuming it was smoothing sailing. I'll be back up there probably in a month or so. I hope its semi dry or just dry. I want to camp next time instead of getting a hotel.

 

Very cool.

 

The main roads were pretty dry and dusty as usual. The trails were perfect IMHO, and the temps were awesome. If we would have got a quick 10 minute rain, it would have took care of the dusty conditions on the roads. A small group of us may be heading back up on May 14th, FYI.

 

I tried to tell you Matt. LOL!!

 

If anyone was wondering why there was such a hold up on Daniel trail April 9th, watch this video. This is the FJ that broke.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b77FPHJ0Sgs&feature=youtu.be

 

Right there is why Solid Front Axles are King When in comes to Rock Crawling. Or it could have been a Junk tie Rod but it looks more like the IFS Arms took a dump.

I went up that wet (Different line) but as far as axles I was good.

He was trying the left side which is a harder line for built Rigs... But you know FJ's are the best.. They can do anything that a Jeep can do......lol

 

It was his CV that broke. A few wrenches and a BFH, and our guy had him out of the way. He didn't have much pressure on the tire when it broke, which lead us all to believe there was pre-existing damage. One of the guys in our group has the rock crawler edition FJ, and it's actually a pretty capable rig. A little beefier than a typical one from the factory, comes with front and rear lockers, etc.. What will really surprise you is a Samurai, those things are nasty.

 

Yup, I've a friend who runs a Sami and that thing will amaze you.