Went to URE yesterday and met up with oldblue, 95GranZJ, and Crusty. We had a great day up until about 4pm.
We started on Daniel, and had a great time. The we talked Kodak, and had a blast on all the trails.
A couple shots first thing of the group
A couple from Poser Rock
Then the "excitement" happened
We were going down the trail, I had the windows up and the A/C on, and we heard some pops. We just thought it was the Aussie in the front ratcheting like all lunch box lockers do. Well it wasn't. That sound was my wheel studs snapping. All but two snapped off and the two remaining ones were bent and just barely holding the wheel on.
Apparently my lug nuts had worked them selves loose and the pressure from the 2.5" backspacing wheels combined with some good wheeling and a locked front end were just too much for the studs.
We jacked up the front and surveyed the damage. A long story short oldblue and 95GrandZJ drove all the way to the Advance Auto in Albemarle and got me five studs and four lug nuts. Brought them back and we were able to use four studs and four lugs to get the wheel back on and get the jeep back to the trailer.
I can't thank Crusty enough for his help and for oldblue and 95GrandZJ for going and getting the wheel studs.
All in all we got back to the trailer around 6:30pm.
On to some more pics.
Then here is the fix to get off the trail