Nice Doug!!! I'm rafting next Mon and Tues but the week after I'm free... Let's talk through the week and figure it out.... I have all the recovery gear needed just in case

 

Jason-

I'm open to just about anything. I relatively new to 4 wheeling around the Portland area so Just about anywhere we go would probably be my first time there.

 

Doug, lets shoot for Monday the 5th of July if you can... Anyone else is free to join. Will hit up Barlow Rd. up on Mt. Hood. Trail should be snowless but I bet there's a patch or two The trail is relatively easy but very beautiful. We can meet in Sandy OR. and maybe have breakfast at Tollgate the best place to eat Keep in touch and let's trail ride

 

I'm back in town and the Jeeps ready to roll...right after I change the diff oil out and inspect the gears

 

July 5th Runit?

 

Yessir. will there be mud up there? I'm rippin out all the seats/carpet tomorrow and herculining the rest of the Jeep, that stuff will stink for the next week and since it's nice and sunny I'd like to keep the top off ...maybe I'll just add some more mud accents to my interior

 

I'm down for the 5th. What time should we meet up at Tollgate?

 

My girlfriend has reluctantly agreed to come along, she was very hard to convince that I actually won't break anything this time.

 

Yeah, well that would be her policy normally...but if you're like me and have snapped axle joints -got new axles-, broke an inner axle seal and had the gears swapped to 5.13's at the same time, had your rear driveshaft bent out 1/8th of an inch w/shot joints, and instead of rebuilding the front drive shaft you just get a new one custom built for the same price -all within the last 4 months- her idea of "DON'T BREAK ANYTHING ELSE" starts to make a lot of sense

I'm looking forward to a relatively calm trail ride to finish breaking my gears in before I swap out the fluids. Maybe this time I won't get stuck in a snowy ditch of death on mt. hood

 

HEY BOYS, I'm back from rafting... Fun trip for sure... And yes this is a mellow trail but there will be some mud and maybe snow parts I myself am building my rig slowly but it costs $$$ to do that So mellow with some technical stuff is good by me.

How about 9am at Tollgate?