March 7 through 9 JHO/Tejon Hunt

[hatchet1]

big buisness nate,you are correct sir.if they can book that place 7 days a week and make 5 to 7 hundred
bucks a guy, there gonna do it, somebody is doing the math and its adding up pretty darn good for um

as for the I-5 4WHEEL DRIVE,i own one too,its terrible in the mud,almost lost it a few weeks ago
in the snow

sure looks nice though

 

[Speckmisser]

KC, Sacfire's smart-aleck comment may have been a touch out of line if you guys don't know each other. Sometimes jokes and teasing don't come across just right on the Internet.

Even so, need a little self-control on the personal attacks and language. This is a family-friendly website, and we try real hard to keep it that way.

 

[hifi55]

I just got a megacab myself, broke it in good last week Not that I am an offroad guru by any means, but the truck handles most challenges pretty good even with the stock suspension and tires until you get into the wet stuff... its just too big and heavy, likes to sink in and slide. I won't even think about going up on the higher/less traveled Tejon roads if they are wet at all. Besides all that, the mega is sweeeet, a nice truck for toting the family around outdoors in style, and it is capable within reason. Looking forward to taking it to Tejon in May, may the roads be dry and the pork plentiful!

Congrats on the hogs guys!

 

[jackrabbit]

Since we've digressed a bit to mega-trucks, I guess I'll chime in. I have a 4wd, raised F350 7.3 diesel crew cab, long bed, that is 22 ft bumper to bumper and 10,000 pounds, with 3 tons of that on the front end!! If you have the money to wrangle a rig like this in the tough stuff and pay for the damages, you get to tell a lot of war stories around the campfires. Unfortunately, my son proved that we don't have the money to do that more than one time!! I also have a '73 classic Bronco with detroit locker in the rear and air-locker in the front, and my son is used to wheelin' that with his friends. Unfortunately, my son likes the bragging rights of going out with the F350 and towing out all the smaller rigs with the humongous grunt that diesel has. Well, long story short, he took the mega-truck up to New Idria (hell-hole) in rainy weather, T-boned the two passenger doors on a boulder trying to keep up with his jeep buddies, then managed to break the steering box output gear in the campground! Luckily, our mechanic only charged me $40/hour to spend the whole next day traveling up there with acetylene tanks, pitman arm puller, etc., to replace the steering box in the muddy rain. On the way down, I told my 24 y/o son he was driving the mega-truck down the godforsaken slippery road to the asphalt since he got it into trouble to start with. The last off-camber hairpin turn downhill was a real butt-puckerrer and he was able to get that big rig sideways going into it (with all four wheels chained up to boot)!!! I just screamed at him on the radio to keep the wheel turned up hill and he slid right down around the hairpin (good drop-off to the downhill side) and finally onto terra firma. He said that he was more scared than he had ever been in his life -- and that's a lot for a kid who just one year before had to jump out of the second story window of a burning dorm building to save himself. Thank god, he finally says that the mega-truck just isn't a TRAIL VEHICLE!! We still put the big truck thru some tough stuff, but we mind the limitations and the financial risk (and the personal risk). But I'm sure we will still have some mega-truck war stories to tell in the future -- we just can't help ourselves!! If you got it, you just gotta use it -- and not just on pavement! Oh, and the vegetation-applied pinstripes are really cool too.

 

[MJB]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jackrabbit @ Mar 12 2008, 04:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Oh, and the vegetation-applied pinstripes are really cool too.[/b]

Thats some funny stuff.....

....now I know how to explain it the next time.

 

[hatchet1]

ARIZONA PINSTRIPING IS WHAT THEY CALL IT I BELIEVE

{enough of the banter from me,im off to man thursday,catch you dudes on friday

}

 

[kcravnit]

Hey Speckmisser nice pig. Thankyou for the info and video. Hope to see some of you out at the ranch this weekend.

 

[chirohunter]

Speck,
Good work on your Hog Blog video!!

 

[SacFireJT]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SDHNTR @ Mar 12 2008, 02:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Dude, relax a bit. In a joking manner, his advice might keep you out of a jam, or worse. I drive the exact same truck as you and I've been all over Tejon's hills. Guess what, no matter how big and bad you might think your rig is, our trucks totally suck for hunting that place. They are just too damn big and heavy. Add a little mud and it is a recipe for disaster, or at least a very butt puckering experience. Listen to the guys that know, a big truck is not Tejon friendly. It's better for chasing 2 legged tail than Tejon's pigs. It's not an attack on your manhood, it's just good advice. Have a beer and chill.[/b]

Um, yep! I found out the hard way. I got my "Pavement Princess" stuck last time I was there. All it took was a few inches of mud on top and the Toyo Mud Terrains kept loading up. The slope in the road kept the truck sliding to the edge

every time we dug her out. I chose to leave her for the night in a high and "dry" spot and come back the next morning...I did not want to make things worse! The next morning we drove right out of there no problem at all. What a difference 12 hours of wind and dry weather make.

Dodge Turbo Diesels are not the best trucks in the mud...I am looking for a Suzuki Samurai

 

[One Track]

I know that section. You have to hit it at about 50.

 

[MJB]

A little messy but when it's wet I will carry wood pallets and steel mesh to put down, works real well in some conditions like small patches that you think would be no problem to go through. It has saved me ass before!

Nice picture SacFireJT

 

[SDHNTR]

classic One Track Tejon driving comment. When in doubt, floor it! Dude, I'm going to make you start washing the skidmarks from my skivies.

 

[Coues]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SDHNTR @ Mar 13 2008, 12:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

classic One Track Tejon driving comment. When in doubt, floor it! Dude, I'm going to make you start washing the skidmarks from my skivies.[/b]

HAHA!

You know that 50 mph is slow for Brent. He probably has to stand on the brake pedal to get it slowed down to 50 on that hill.

 

[One Track]

This thread has been completely high jacked by a bunch of A-clowns.

 

[rusman66]

Onetrack don't get stuck!! After three tries he might turn around but he don't get stuck.

If you'd a stayed up on the grass you'd of got more traction, then if you slide off you just land on the road.

 

[SacFireJT]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (One Track @ Mar 13 2008, 12:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

This thread has been completely high jacked by a bunch of A-clowns.[/b]

I agree

 

[Suzmar1997]

Although these pics don't do it justice I'll show a few photos of the stuck truck.

 

[Suzmar1997]

The snow in the pics above actually extended halfway across the road until we dug it out, and the left rear tire was completely off the road and in the air. In the picture with the damage to the road you can see the angle the truck came up prior to finally recovering it. Kenny was $hitting his pants as the front end of the truck was completely off the road and his life was dependent on a few heavy duty tow straps connected to the winch cable from the tow truck.

Here's a pic of the condors Kenny and I walked up to on Sunday evening. The wingspans on those things were incredible.

 

[chirohunter]

Kenny,
Glad to see you got your truck out in one piece! For the wrong reasons, I'm sure this hunt will always be one to remember. Look foreward to hunting with you guys again in May!

Those condors are some big birds!

 

[One Track]

You're right. The photos don't do it justice. I know that section well. If it's wet, it's a seriously scary place to be. White knuckles. Serious pucker seat suckin' gnarly knot in the gut kind dealio. 2000 ft to the bottom of that stuff on the left. That's when you have your buddies get out and walk next to the truck to help hold the rear of the truck on the road. It works. Glad you made it out.