WUD - Naches Wagon Trail Run Report (July 15th, 2006)
I when up Thursday to set up camp near the East Naches Pass Trail Head. I blew a tire on the RV just outside of Cowiche. Off to a great start. On Friday Test Dummy lost his tranny loaded his rig on the trail. He came on up to camp with out his rig. Fatboy, Mischief Maker, Tiny, Yeti, Colemancooler and Blaine all pulled in Friday to camp. PullUout, Dr. Turbo, YJ Guy and his friends showed up Saturday morning.
YJ Guy and his friends came over from the west side by the forest service roads. They wanted to get going and we were not all ready yet so they went on a head of us.
We finely were all ready and left around 10:30 or so. Blaine left his Scout at camp. It was new to him and he hadn't did any mods to the rig yet or something a long those lines.
As soon as you come on at the trail head you can see this new sign. BF Goodrich just get the PNW4WDA some money to put into the trail.
Read more about that at: http://cegranch.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=589
Dr. Turbo sticks his rig at the second set of mud holes. He broke his rig here.
Yeti's Scout wouldn't come out of gear because the linkage broke.
Yeti got his linkage fixed and Dr. Turbo got his rig going enough to go back home in two wheel drive. As we were getting ready to get going, Fordman's party of 3 XJs showed up from the west side. Fordman tried the Dr. Turbo hole from the other side and broke is welded Dana 35.
PullUout pulled Fordman out and we headed up the trail. The next part was a climb with a big hole at the top. I drove up around the hole. It was a little off camber but better than climbing up out of the hole.
Fordman had to winch up that part. Yeti was the Tail Gunner. Yeti tried to climb up through the hole on top and twisted the rear drive shaft. Here are pics of us in front of him.
We moved up the trail to give Yeti some room to winch up. There was a nice flat area to regroup after we dropped back off the side of that hill.
This is the point Fordman's party decided to go on up the trail so they could get Fordman's XJ back to the other side of the pass. We headed out in two groups. Yeti, Fatboy and I (Ceg) hit the first forest road we found and headed back to camp to drop off Yeti's Scout. We met back up with our group at FS1913. We were back on the trail with Fordman’s party ahead of us. This part of the trail had a lot of short bridges. One was zigzagged a few times. We caught up with them after Fordman broke his Dana 30. At least that is what we heard on the CB. We took a break to let them get up the trail.
After it sounded like Fordman was on a forest service road we headed on up the trail. We came up to a long bridge.
On up the trail we had more climbs.
This was a short stop to read the sign.
More bridges.
Here we stopped to check out the cabin. I found a good place to park. Poser shot!
After the cabin, we ran on down to the first FS road we could find to run it back around to the east side. We stopped at a place we had cross earlier.
Colemancooler had to get going so he went back toward NF19 and we hit the trail to run it back to camp. It was getting dark.
PullUout drove over this stump without hitting the body.
It was nice to get to see the part of the trail that we missed as we headed back. We were back at the part of the trail where Yeti broke his drive shaft and found a quad on it's side. We helped the guy flip it back over and headed on into the mud hole section. I drove on through the last mud hole and Tiny followed. Tiny didn't make it. We had to go around the by pass to get him out. When this was happening, PullUout got stuck in the Dr. Turbo hole and had to winch out with two flat tires. He popped the beads on them. We couldn't do anything until morning so we headed back to camp. I drove through the last mud hole again and Tiny had to try it one last time. Stuck again! Fatboy pulled Tiny's XJ out of the mud and then they went on the by pass to get around. We got back to camp and had a few beers before bed.
The next morning PullUout, Tiny and Fatboy were gone trying to get PullUout’s rig back to camp. I guess PullUout lost a bead on another tire too. They used my front tires off my pickup. At the time I was hoping that was who took them. They got the rig back to camp. It looked funny with all the miss matched tires. They use my other two tires so PullUout could get his rig back home. PullUout came back with a small pickup to swap tires with me.
The Naches Pass Trail was a lot of fun. The trail head is only 52 miles from my house so I think I we go back real soon.
I when up Thursday to set up camp near the East Naches Pass Trail Head. I blew a tire on the RV just outside of Cowiche. Off to a great start. On Friday Test Dummy lost his tranny loaded his rig on the trail. He came on up to camp with out his rig. Fatboy, Mischief Maker, Tiny, Yeti, Colemancooler and Blaine all pulled in Friday to camp. PullUout, Dr. Turbo, YJ Guy and his friends showed up Saturday morning.
YJ Guy and his friends came over from the west side by the forest service roads. They wanted to get going and we were not all ready yet so they went on a head of us.
We finely were all ready and left around 10:30 or so. Blaine left his Scout at camp. It was new to him and he hadn't did any mods to the rig yet or something a long those lines.
As soon as you come on at the trail head you can see this new sign. BF Goodrich just get the PNW4WDA some money to put into the trail.
Read more about that at: http://cegranch.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=589
Dr. Turbo sticks his rig at the second set of mud holes. He broke his rig here.
Yeti's Scout wouldn't come out of gear because the linkage broke.
Yeti got his linkage fixed and Dr. Turbo got his rig going enough to go back home in two wheel drive. As we were getting ready to get going, Fordman's party of 3 XJs showed up from the west side. Fordman tried the Dr. Turbo hole from the other side and broke is welded Dana 35.
PullUout pulled Fordman out and we headed up the trail. The next part was a climb with a big hole at the top. I drove up around the hole. It was a little off camber but better than climbing up out of the hole.
Fordman had to winch up that part. Yeti was the Tail Gunner. Yeti tried to climb up through the hole on top and twisted the rear drive shaft. Here are pics of us in front of him.
We moved up the trail to give Yeti some room to winch up. There was a nice flat area to regroup after we dropped back off the side of that hill.
This is the point Fordman's party decided to go on up the trail so they could get Fordman's XJ back to the other side of the pass. We headed out in two groups. Yeti, Fatboy and I (Ceg) hit the first forest road we found and headed back to camp to drop off Yeti's Scout. We met back up with our group at FS1913. We were back on the trail with Fordman’s party ahead of us. This part of the trail had a lot of short bridges. One was zigzagged a few times. We caught up with them after Fordman broke his Dana 30. At least that is what we heard on the CB. We took a break to let them get up the trail.
After it sounded like Fordman was on a forest service road we headed on up the trail. We came up to a long bridge.
On up the trail we had more climbs.
This was a short stop to read the sign.
More bridges.
Here we stopped to check out the cabin. I found a good place to park. Poser shot!
After the cabin, we ran on down to the first FS road we could find to run it back around to the east side. We stopped at a place we had cross earlier.
Colemancooler had to get going so he went back toward NF19 and we hit the trail to run it back to camp. It was getting dark.
PullUout drove over this stump without hitting the body.
It was nice to get to see the part of the trail that we missed as we headed back. We were back at the part of the trail where Yeti broke his drive shaft and found a quad on it's side. We helped the guy flip it back over and headed on into the mud hole section. I drove on through the last mud hole and Tiny followed. Tiny didn't make it. We had to go around the by pass to get him out. When this was happening, PullUout got stuck in the Dr. Turbo hole and had to winch out with two flat tires. He popped the beads on them. We couldn't do anything until morning so we headed back to camp. I drove through the last mud hole again and Tiny had to try it one last time. Stuck again! Fatboy pulled Tiny's XJ out of the mud and then they went on the by pass to get around. We got back to camp and had a few beers before bed.
The next morning PullUout, Tiny and Fatboy were gone trying to get PullUout’s rig back to camp. I guess PullUout lost a bead on another tire too. They used my front tires off my pickup. At the time I was hoping that was who took them. They got the rig back to camp. It looked funny with all the miss matched tires. They use my other two tires so PullUout could get his rig back home. PullUout came back with a small pickup to swap tires with me.
The Naches Pass Trail was a lot of fun. The trail head is only 52 miles from my house so I think I we go back real soon.
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