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Rubicon on Snow Tracks

Postby Ken » Sun May 08, 2011 6:29 pm

Rubicon on Snow tracks....What a day....beautiful weather at first, easy ride in.....

Ride back? 6 hours, more winching than I can count, broken axle, broken track mount, 2 unspooled winch cables, 200 feet of cable used, snatch block, 2 hours winching in 1 location...and partridge in a pear tree.

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Re: Rubicon on Snow Tracks

Postby ACLakey » Sun May 08, 2011 7:58 pm

Great photos, sounds like a lot of work.

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Re: Rubicon on Snow Tracks

Postby Beizo86 » Sun May 08, 2011 9:26 pm

Thats starting to look more like alaska in the winter..lol! A lot of guys run those things up here during the winter, but i dont like riding when it gets below zero(other then to plow the driveway :wink: )!
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Re: Rubicon on Snow Tracks

Postby GrizzlyGuy » Mon May 09, 2011 12:22 pm

Whoa! It started out sounding fun, then later... not so much.

How did you deal with the broken axle? Was that on yours or Scott's?
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Re: Rubicon on Snow Tracks

Postby Ken » Mon May 09, 2011 1:34 pm

The axle....there was nothing to do. I did look at it yesterday more closely, without all the snow mashed around it. The axle actually just yanked out of the CV joint....Since it was the front axle....just let the broken one spin...so I had 3 wheel drive...and a strong pull to the right....that left my arms dead tired.
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Re: Rubicon on Snow Tracks

Postby Ken » Mon May 09, 2011 1:43 pm

The last words spoken before a YouTube video is filmed: "Hold my beer, now watch this..."

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Re: Rubicon on Snow Tracks

Postby EigerMike » Tue May 10, 2011 7:51 pm

very cool guys! i like when you ran into the branch with the camera :lol: did you guys have your insurance cards for runing on the ( dual use road) :?: how far do you think you could have went with tiers? looks like alot of fun thanks for sharing :D
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Re: Rubicon on Snow Tracks

Postby ATV'er » Tue May 10, 2011 8:03 pm

We could have made it to spider with tires in the morning. But in the afternoon the snow would have been to soft to get back up the slabs.
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Re: Rubicon on Snow Tracks

Postby auendave » Thu May 12, 2011 4:56 pm

that sure looks to be an awesome trip.
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