SledgeHammer is another trail we did this past weekend. I put together a pretty long video to show as much of the trail as possible in case anyone is considering running it and wants to get a better idea of the difficulty. In my opinion, Sledge is definitely tougher than Tack, ClawHammer, Lower and Upper Big Johnson, Chocolate Thunder, and a few others, so it is probably in the bottom 1/3 of the Hammer trails in terms of difficulty.

An experienced driver can get through with 35's on a 2-door, rock rails, and a winch. With this set-up you will get high-centered a lot and will use your winch often.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fao6zvX6gx8&feature=plcp

 

I'm the silver jeep and took a lot of rocks to my skids, diffs, and sliders sitting so low.

The trail was difficult for my rig, but extremely fun.

-Scott

 

Were u guys running stock or chromoly axle shafts. I was there last Fri and sat but I didn't take my rig cuz I'm on 37" km2's and stock axle shafts

 

I did not have my Jeep with me, but my son (Vince) is in the black 2-door. All of his shafts are upgraded. But, more to your point, I have run Sledge before on 37 km2's on my 4-door and with stock shafts - It was a pretty tough trail with that set-up, but I did not have any breakage. But, I was easy on the gas and avoided any hopping...

 

Ok cool, I wish I would have known this before I went then I would have take my rig on it. I'm going to upgrade my axle shafts here pretty soon cuz were going back in a month and this time I wanna try it in my own rig

 

I'm the Silver 2 Door and am heavy on the gas:

Front: Rubi 44 with TEN Factory 4340 Chromo shafts
Rear: Teraflex's CRD60 with 35 spline 4140 Chromo shafts

Vince and I both carry our factory front axle shafts as trail spares.

 

I was thinking about getting some ten factory's. Have u had any problems with them yet. I also have a rubi too, I will most likely get chromo front and rear axles.

 

This is my setup for my 12' rubi. 2.5" teraflex coil lift, 1.25" body lift, warn stubby front bumper w/ warn vr8000 winch, no rear bumper, evo sleeves gussets, control arm skids, Protek skid, pure jeep sway bar motor skid and evap skid. Stock wheels with spidertrax spacers and 37" km2's,flatfenders, poisonspyder rock skins with rubi rock sliders do u think I would have been ok to run sledge

 

No problems and if there were they have a 10 year warranty. I understand there was a long long wait list for the rubi rears when I was looking at them as upgrades.

 

Ok thanks a lot. I will most likely order them in a week or so