[Feb 15, 2014] Big Creek '30/30 Valentine' Trail Drive (Uwharrie, NC)

I have not been debriefed yet but here's the dish from the B Team.

I led the uncoachable, er, uh, know-it-all, er, uh, group that preferred less coaching/spotting with Rodney Eppes as tail gunner and grnsanddemon as ground support. We had a good mix of rigs from built Toyota truggys to stock Jeeps. The trails were SLICK but not undoable and I personally had a blast!

CORE was represented by a couple of well built TJs. Edgar who was shepherding the Trail Stalkers group did a GREAT job of coaching/spotting/rock stacking for his mod challenged club members while his rig had no problems. The Bragg Boys in a silver TJ on 37s and an Orange Rubicon on 40s ran some nice lines and made a couple of obstacles look easy. Green Cherokee dude hung his rear diff TWICE which resulted in popping his slip yoke rear driveshaft TWICE, second time he replaced that sucker in about 10 minutes! That included dropping a ujoint cap which threw about about 8 bearings into the mud, he found them all cleaned them off, re installed in the cap and slapped the drive shaft in and drove on! Quick work dude! SFGator could have been a contender in his Toyota pickup but he had to cut out early :(

B Team "Driver Of The Day" award goes to 1BIGAZZBURBN in his propane powerd Toyota truggy. With his 192:1 crawl ratio and Iroks he made most everything he tried look easy from gnarly rock lines to slushy, mushy steep hill climbs. To lock up the award he BACKED up Birthday Cake after crawling up and down it! This is a pretty steep and rocky climb on the East Perimeter Loop at the entrance to Boulder trail. It was first conquered by karatejosh and his group at the 2014 Icebreaker and named Birthday Cake in Josh's honor since the Icebreaker was his birthday! (Since he was first to make the obstacle and has naming rights the name is temporary subject to Josh's OK)

Thanks to everyone who came out for the 30/30! Everything seemed to go very smoothly! I enjoyed seeing all the rigs on the trails and look forward to my next trip to Big Creek!
 
As trail Gunner, we all started off very well, but wasn't long till everything turned to mush. The front guys had it easier, as the more the trails were traveled, the worse they got! The Trail Stalkers did a great job, considering several had AT tires, no lockers, or limited slip. A few times tow straps were used, & only a Cherokee had to get a short pull from my winch. Several vehicles got a rubbed spot, or a scratch, nothing that wont buff out. There was 1 incident, where a TJ [I think], rolled back into me. His right rear corner caught the end of my left front bumper. Luckily his rear tire stopped against my bumper, as my 2" up-right tube, on the end of my bumper, was being embedded in his sheet-metal. Broke my tube off, & knocked the tip end on my Flare lose! Not a real problem for me. He now has an inverted rear corner! On the way out, I tried to get my right front flare to match, the left, but only knocked the marker light out! I haven't gotten use to how far my New recycled Flares, stick out! As you can see by my pics, I even had a "personal", lose of traction:eek:ops:! All in All, I had a great time, enjoyed meeting everyone [ I never remember names], & looking to return, When it's DRY!:D
 

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JC said:
I have not been debriefed yet but here's the dish from the B Team.



B Team "Driver Of The Day" award goes to 1BIGAZZBURBN in his propane powerd Toyota truggy. With his 192:1 crawl ratio and Iroks he made most everything he tried look easy from gnarly rock lines to slushy, mushy steep hill climbs. To lock up the award he BACKED up Birthday Cake after crawling up and down it! This is a pretty steep and rocky climb on the East Perimeter Loop at the entrance to Boulder trail.

Thanks to everyone who came out for the 30/30! Everything seemed to go very smoothly! I enjoyed seeing all the rigs on the trails and look forward to my next trip to Big Creek!
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WOW Thank's JC. WE HAD A BLAST & the place has a lot of potential. I'm thinking karatejosh & I should both get together & do the next ride... I wanna be the first to sign up
 
Josh I know Jarret and a few of his friends wanted to go back for a private ride. Might be able to work something out there.
 
Being on ground support for Team B, I had a great time! We had a nice mix of rigs in our group which keep it interesting all day. I met a lot of cool people and had a good time playing in the slick mess. Our group was very patient when we had some down time on the trail (Thanks!) and ready to go when we were rolling. Hopefully the female co-pilots had a good time also.

The Big Creek property is one of the best places I have seen to gain an understanding of the technical side of our sport. Things like locker selection (when and when not to use them), how tire pressure plays a role, and proper trans. gear selection for an obstacle.:driver:

A Big Thanks to UROTC for putting on this event!
 
Hi enjoyed it and I know it will be better with slightly improved weather conditions. We could round up 3-4 built rigs from the Fayetteville/Ft. Bragg area for a private ride. Hopefully this would cut down on the large groups and long waits while vehicles are being winced, etc. But that did provide a good opportunity to meet some good folks and eat a sammich.....or two, or....
 
I sent scott a message so I will let you guys know he had told me we could do a club ride aslong as we had 10 or more a wile back so hopefully we can work it out

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karatejosh said:
I sent scott a message so I will let you guys know he had told me we could do a club ride aslong as we had 10 or more a wile back so hopefully we can work it out

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Just keep us informed. We have a couple other rides planned for the next few months all over the state. As long as te schedule is clear we should be game.
 
Where y'all going I wanna go to lol we all going to harlan memorial day also if anyb body wants to go

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