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New England If you live in the New England area (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut) and would like to meet some of the great JK-Forum members in your area and/or discuss upcoming trail events, this is the forum for you.
View Poll Results: Best date for meet and greet
July 20th
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July 27th
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Old Jun 22, 2008 | 06:49 PM
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I would like to go. Can the water crossings that come up to the doors be avoided? If it was my old TJ I wouldn't mind but I'm not ready to soak the inside of my JK.
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 08:53 AM
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Well tolland should be fine than, even if you have tires there are a couple spots that you can go that make it challenging mud holes and muddy climbs etc... The water crossings can not be avoided. But i will tell you everytime we went up there with my jeep and many other JK'S there was no water inside there rigs. So i hope that the water issue will not scare u off. And the water went only 2-4 inches above the rubicons rock rails there are pictures i still believe on this site search for tolland. But when would you guys want to do this???
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 07:04 AM
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Im down to go, im a Jeep newbie, still stock X. I know the rubicons and saharas have a bit more height than the stock X, am i gonna have any trouble with the water crossing since the air intake is only at the headlight?
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 07:35 AM
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Nope no problems just dont bomb threw it. Just follow what other people do what i usually do is go 5-10 mph and dont slow down so the wake doesnt come back and splash over the hood. Really not that hard of a trail but it is good for newbies to get a good feel for water crossings and some rocky spots.
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 07:50 AM
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Sounds good, ill most likely be at this. Looking forward to seeing a place and date set
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by wayland1985
Sure you can come. But some of us have the stock non-rubicon tires, so we need to try and cater to that crowd too....
I went out there three times with stock goodyear wranglers and did fine. The last time I went the water was at it's highest from snow melt and rain, and there were really icy, rocky, snow-covered climbs that were tough, but I got through it all.

And don't worry about the water crossings, if you've never done them they're a little nerve-wracking. But I never had any water get in my doors of air intake.

Over all, I think it's a great place for both stock or modded, newbies or veterans. Wish I could go, but I'm 2000 miles south now.
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 11:01 AM
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Ya sucks you did move, but this time im trying that mud hole that i tried with my rubicon. I didnt try it with my fj last time because i just let the other fjs do it but now i have armor lift and better tires Im going to try it unless its like 4 feet deep like it was in the winter.
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 12:49 PM
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So, let's try and set a date. July 20th, July 27th???
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 02:29 PM
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Unless something comes up, I'm in.
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 03:00 PM
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I'm unavailable both dates. If it were a few hours on the 27th, I could sneak out, but not a whole day of wheelin'.
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