2004 JGC to Silver Lake Dunes
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"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
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> That's Test Hill, on the left as you come out of the entrance road. Gets
> to be about a 45-50 degree angle at the top. Most novices (I suspect those
> are the local tour rentals) don't make it the first time. You have to
> leave it in 2nd gear/high to get enough momentum to clear the top.
Yup. Regarding turning and coming back down frontwards if you lose
momentum, I think you'd get booted out of the park (if you didn't roll it
first), as all of the dunes are strictly one-way traffic... I may be
misremembering, though.
I'd also guess that those are also the local tour rentals - they all have
their tops on. ;)
I learned the hard way that it's possible to get body damage on the dunes.
I was taking a run at Test Hill, saw a piece of driftwood in my path at the
base of the hill, figured that rather than find a different line, I'd just
straddle it, no problem. I hit the bottom of the hill, the nose went up,
the tail went down, the gas tank skid went BANG onto the driftwood, bashed
it upwards about 2 inches in the middle, and I suddenly lost a couple of
gallons-worth of capacity. My gas gauge was screwed up until I got a new
skid plate that let the tank pop back out into shape. Oops...
Made it up and over the hill, though... ;)
Tirya
'99 TJ Sahara
TDC Inca Jeeper
A girl and her Jeep... it's a beautiful thing...
news:Z_mdnVcjf5Br81HfRVn-oA@comcast.com...
> That's Test Hill, on the left as you come out of the entrance road. Gets
> to be about a 45-50 degree angle at the top. Most novices (I suspect those
> are the local tour rentals) don't make it the first time. You have to
> leave it in 2nd gear/high to get enough momentum to clear the top.
Yup. Regarding turning and coming back down frontwards if you lose
momentum, I think you'd get booted out of the park (if you didn't roll it
first), as all of the dunes are strictly one-way traffic... I may be
misremembering, though.
I'd also guess that those are also the local tour rentals - they all have
their tops on. ;)
I learned the hard way that it's possible to get body damage on the dunes.
I was taking a run at Test Hill, saw a piece of driftwood in my path at the
base of the hill, figured that rather than find a different line, I'd just
straddle it, no problem. I hit the bottom of the hill, the nose went up,
the tail went down, the gas tank skid went BANG onto the driftwood, bashed
it upwards about 2 inches in the middle, and I suddenly lost a couple of
gallons-worth of capacity. My gas gauge was screwed up until I got a new
skid plate that let the tank pop back out into shape. Oops...
Made it up and over the hill, though... ;)
Tirya
'99 TJ Sahara
TDC Inca Jeeper
A girl and her Jeep... it's a beautiful thing...
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"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:Z_mdnVcjf5Br81HfRVn-oA@comcast.com...
> That's Test Hill, on the left as you come out of the entrance road. Gets
> to be about a 45-50 degree angle at the top. Most novices (I suspect those
> are the local tour rentals) don't make it the first time. You have to
> leave it in 2nd gear/high to get enough momentum to clear the top.
Yup. Regarding turning and coming back down frontwards if you lose
momentum, I think you'd get booted out of the park (if you didn't roll it
first), as all of the dunes are strictly one-way traffic... I may be
misremembering, though.
I'd also guess that those are also the local tour rentals - they all have
their tops on. ;)
I learned the hard way that it's possible to get body damage on the dunes.
I was taking a run at Test Hill, saw a piece of driftwood in my path at the
base of the hill, figured that rather than find a different line, I'd just
straddle it, no problem. I hit the bottom of the hill, the nose went up,
the tail went down, the gas tank skid went BANG onto the driftwood, bashed
it upwards about 2 inches in the middle, and I suddenly lost a couple of
gallons-worth of capacity. My gas gauge was screwed up until I got a new
skid plate that let the tank pop back out into shape. Oops...
Made it up and over the hill, though... ;)
Tirya
'99 TJ Sahara
TDC Inca Jeeper
A girl and her Jeep... it's a beautiful thing...
news:Z_mdnVcjf5Br81HfRVn-oA@comcast.com...
> That's Test Hill, on the left as you come out of the entrance road. Gets
> to be about a 45-50 degree angle at the top. Most novices (I suspect those
> are the local tour rentals) don't make it the first time. You have to
> leave it in 2nd gear/high to get enough momentum to clear the top.
Yup. Regarding turning and coming back down frontwards if you lose
momentum, I think you'd get booted out of the park (if you didn't roll it
first), as all of the dunes are strictly one-way traffic... I may be
misremembering, though.
I'd also guess that those are also the local tour rentals - they all have
their tops on. ;)
I learned the hard way that it's possible to get body damage on the dunes.
I was taking a run at Test Hill, saw a piece of driftwood in my path at the
base of the hill, figured that rather than find a different line, I'd just
straddle it, no problem. I hit the bottom of the hill, the nose went up,
the tail went down, the gas tank skid went BANG onto the driftwood, bashed
it upwards about 2 inches in the middle, and I suddenly lost a couple of
gallons-worth of capacity. My gas gauge was screwed up until I got a new
skid plate that let the tank pop back out into shape. Oops...
Made it up and over the hill, though... ;)
Tirya
'99 TJ Sahara
TDC Inca Jeeper
A girl and her Jeep... it's a beautiful thing...
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"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:Z_mdnVcjf5Br81HfRVn-oA@comcast.com...
> That's Test Hill, on the left as you come out of the entrance road. Gets
> to be about a 45-50 degree angle at the top. Most novices (I suspect those
> are the local tour rentals) don't make it the first time. You have to
> leave it in 2nd gear/high to get enough momentum to clear the top.
Yup. Regarding turning and coming back down frontwards if you lose
momentum, I think you'd get booted out of the park (if you didn't roll it
first), as all of the dunes are strictly one-way traffic... I may be
misremembering, though.
I'd also guess that those are also the local tour rentals - they all have
their tops on. ;)
I learned the hard way that it's possible to get body damage on the dunes.
I was taking a run at Test Hill, saw a piece of driftwood in my path at the
base of the hill, figured that rather than find a different line, I'd just
straddle it, no problem. I hit the bottom of the hill, the nose went up,
the tail went down, the gas tank skid went BANG onto the driftwood, bashed
it upwards about 2 inches in the middle, and I suddenly lost a couple of
gallons-worth of capacity. My gas gauge was screwed up until I got a new
skid plate that let the tank pop back out into shape. Oops...
Made it up and over the hill, though... ;)
Tirya
'99 TJ Sahara
TDC Inca Jeeper
A girl and her Jeep... it's a beautiful thing...
news:Z_mdnVcjf5Br81HfRVn-oA@comcast.com...
> That's Test Hill, on the left as you come out of the entrance road. Gets
> to be about a 45-50 degree angle at the top. Most novices (I suspect those
> are the local tour rentals) don't make it the first time. You have to
> leave it in 2nd gear/high to get enough momentum to clear the top.
Yup. Regarding turning and coming back down frontwards if you lose
momentum, I think you'd get booted out of the park (if you didn't roll it
first), as all of the dunes are strictly one-way traffic... I may be
misremembering, though.
I'd also guess that those are also the local tour rentals - they all have
their tops on. ;)
I learned the hard way that it's possible to get body damage on the dunes.
I was taking a run at Test Hill, saw a piece of driftwood in my path at the
base of the hill, figured that rather than find a different line, I'd just
straddle it, no problem. I hit the bottom of the hill, the nose went up,
the tail went down, the gas tank skid went BANG onto the driftwood, bashed
it upwards about 2 inches in the middle, and I suddenly lost a couple of
gallons-worth of capacity. My gas gauge was screwed up until I got a new
skid plate that let the tank pop back out into shape. Oops...
Made it up and over the hill, though... ;)
Tirya
'99 TJ Sahara
TDC Inca Jeeper
A girl and her Jeep... it's a beautiful thing...
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"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:Z_mdnVcjf5Br81HfRVn-oA@comcast.com...
> That's Test Hill, on the left as you come out of the entrance road. Gets
> to be about a 45-50 degree angle at the top. Most novices (I suspect those
> are the local tour rentals) don't make it the first time. You have to
> leave it in 2nd gear/high to get enough momentum to clear the top.
Yup. Regarding turning and coming back down frontwards if you lose
momentum, I think you'd get booted out of the park (if you didn't roll it
first), as all of the dunes are strictly one-way traffic... I may be
misremembering, though.
I'd also guess that those are also the local tour rentals - they all have
their tops on. ;)
I learned the hard way that it's possible to get body damage on the dunes.
I was taking a run at Test Hill, saw a piece of driftwood in my path at the
base of the hill, figured that rather than find a different line, I'd just
straddle it, no problem. I hit the bottom of the hill, the nose went up,
the tail went down, the gas tank skid went BANG onto the driftwood, bashed
it upwards about 2 inches in the middle, and I suddenly lost a couple of
gallons-worth of capacity. My gas gauge was screwed up until I got a new
skid plate that let the tank pop back out into shape. Oops...
Made it up and over the hill, though... ;)
Tirya
'99 TJ Sahara
TDC Inca Jeeper
A girl and her Jeep... it's a beautiful thing...
news:Z_mdnVcjf5Br81HfRVn-oA@comcast.com...
> That's Test Hill, on the left as you come out of the entrance road. Gets
> to be about a 45-50 degree angle at the top. Most novices (I suspect those
> are the local tour rentals) don't make it the first time. You have to
> leave it in 2nd gear/high to get enough momentum to clear the top.
Yup. Regarding turning and coming back down frontwards if you lose
momentum, I think you'd get booted out of the park (if you didn't roll it
first), as all of the dunes are strictly one-way traffic... I may be
misremembering, though.
I'd also guess that those are also the local tour rentals - they all have
their tops on. ;)
I learned the hard way that it's possible to get body damage on the dunes.
I was taking a run at Test Hill, saw a piece of driftwood in my path at the
base of the hill, figured that rather than find a different line, I'd just
straddle it, no problem. I hit the bottom of the hill, the nose went up,
the tail went down, the gas tank skid went BANG onto the driftwood, bashed
it upwards about 2 inches in the middle, and I suddenly lost a couple of
gallons-worth of capacity. My gas gauge was screwed up until I got a new
skid plate that let the tank pop back out into shape. Oops...
Made it up and over the hill, though... ;)
Tirya
'99 TJ Sahara
TDC Inca Jeeper
A girl and her Jeep... it's a beautiful thing...
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We turn around nearly one hundred percent of the time, just use
common sense before we commit ourselves to the turn, being careful not
to cut someone off: http://www.----------.com/tascher/comphill.htm
http://www.----------.com/temp/glamis.mpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Tirya wrote:
>
> Yup. Regarding turning and coming back down frontwards if you lose
> momentum, I think you'd get booted out of the park (if you didn't roll it
> first), as all of the dunes are strictly one-way traffic... I may be
> misremembering, though.
>
> I'd also guess that those are also the local tour rentals - they all have
> their tops on. ;)
>
> I learned the hard way that it's possible to get body damage on the dunes.
> I was taking a run at Test Hill, saw a piece of driftwood in my path at the
> base of the hill, figured that rather than find a different line, I'd just
> straddle it, no problem. I hit the bottom of the hill, the nose went up,
> the tail went down, the gas tank skid went BANG onto the driftwood, bashed
> it upwards about 2 inches in the middle, and I suddenly lost a couple of
> gallons-worth of capacity. My gas gauge was screwed up until I got a new
> skid plate that let the tank pop back out into shape. Oops...
>
> Made it up and over the hill, though... ;)
>
> Tirya
> '99 TJ Sahara
> TDC Inca Jeeper
> A girl and her Jeep... it's a beautiful thing...
common sense before we commit ourselves to the turn, being careful not
to cut someone off: http://www.----------.com/tascher/comphill.htm
http://www.----------.com/temp/glamis.mpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Tirya wrote:
>
> Yup. Regarding turning and coming back down frontwards if you lose
> momentum, I think you'd get booted out of the park (if you didn't roll it
> first), as all of the dunes are strictly one-way traffic... I may be
> misremembering, though.
>
> I'd also guess that those are also the local tour rentals - they all have
> their tops on. ;)
>
> I learned the hard way that it's possible to get body damage on the dunes.
> I was taking a run at Test Hill, saw a piece of driftwood in my path at the
> base of the hill, figured that rather than find a different line, I'd just
> straddle it, no problem. I hit the bottom of the hill, the nose went up,
> the tail went down, the gas tank skid went BANG onto the driftwood, bashed
> it upwards about 2 inches in the middle, and I suddenly lost a couple of
> gallons-worth of capacity. My gas gauge was screwed up until I got a new
> skid plate that let the tank pop back out into shape. Oops...
>
> Made it up and over the hill, though... ;)
>
> Tirya
> '99 TJ Sahara
> TDC Inca Jeeper
> A girl and her Jeep... it's a beautiful thing...
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We turn around nearly one hundred percent of the time, just use
common sense before we commit ourselves to the turn, being careful not
to cut someone off: http://www.----------.com/tascher/comphill.htm
http://www.----------.com/temp/glamis.mpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Tirya wrote:
>
> Yup. Regarding turning and coming back down frontwards if you lose
> momentum, I think you'd get booted out of the park (if you didn't roll it
> first), as all of the dunes are strictly one-way traffic... I may be
> misremembering, though.
>
> I'd also guess that those are also the local tour rentals - they all have
> their tops on. ;)
>
> I learned the hard way that it's possible to get body damage on the dunes.
> I was taking a run at Test Hill, saw a piece of driftwood in my path at the
> base of the hill, figured that rather than find a different line, I'd just
> straddle it, no problem. I hit the bottom of the hill, the nose went up,
> the tail went down, the gas tank skid went BANG onto the driftwood, bashed
> it upwards about 2 inches in the middle, and I suddenly lost a couple of
> gallons-worth of capacity. My gas gauge was screwed up until I got a new
> skid plate that let the tank pop back out into shape. Oops...
>
> Made it up and over the hill, though... ;)
>
> Tirya
> '99 TJ Sahara
> TDC Inca Jeeper
> A girl and her Jeep... it's a beautiful thing...
common sense before we commit ourselves to the turn, being careful not
to cut someone off: http://www.----------.com/tascher/comphill.htm
http://www.----------.com/temp/glamis.mpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Tirya wrote:
>
> Yup. Regarding turning and coming back down frontwards if you lose
> momentum, I think you'd get booted out of the park (if you didn't roll it
> first), as all of the dunes are strictly one-way traffic... I may be
> misremembering, though.
>
> I'd also guess that those are also the local tour rentals - they all have
> their tops on. ;)
>
> I learned the hard way that it's possible to get body damage on the dunes.
> I was taking a run at Test Hill, saw a piece of driftwood in my path at the
> base of the hill, figured that rather than find a different line, I'd just
> straddle it, no problem. I hit the bottom of the hill, the nose went up,
> the tail went down, the gas tank skid went BANG onto the driftwood, bashed
> it upwards about 2 inches in the middle, and I suddenly lost a couple of
> gallons-worth of capacity. My gas gauge was screwed up until I got a new
> skid plate that let the tank pop back out into shape. Oops...
>
> Made it up and over the hill, though... ;)
>
> Tirya
> '99 TJ Sahara
> TDC Inca Jeeper
> A girl and her Jeep... it's a beautiful thing...
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We turn around nearly one hundred percent of the time, just use
common sense before we commit ourselves to the turn, being careful not
to cut someone off: http://www.----------.com/tascher/comphill.htm
http://www.----------.com/temp/glamis.mpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Tirya wrote:
>
> Yup. Regarding turning and coming back down frontwards if you lose
> momentum, I think you'd get booted out of the park (if you didn't roll it
> first), as all of the dunes are strictly one-way traffic... I may be
> misremembering, though.
>
> I'd also guess that those are also the local tour rentals - they all have
> their tops on. ;)
>
> I learned the hard way that it's possible to get body damage on the dunes.
> I was taking a run at Test Hill, saw a piece of driftwood in my path at the
> base of the hill, figured that rather than find a different line, I'd just
> straddle it, no problem. I hit the bottom of the hill, the nose went up,
> the tail went down, the gas tank skid went BANG onto the driftwood, bashed
> it upwards about 2 inches in the middle, and I suddenly lost a couple of
> gallons-worth of capacity. My gas gauge was screwed up until I got a new
> skid plate that let the tank pop back out into shape. Oops...
>
> Made it up and over the hill, though... ;)
>
> Tirya
> '99 TJ Sahara
> TDC Inca Jeeper
> A girl and her Jeep... it's a beautiful thing...
common sense before we commit ourselves to the turn, being careful not
to cut someone off: http://www.----------.com/tascher/comphill.htm
http://www.----------.com/temp/glamis.mpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Tirya wrote:
>
> Yup. Regarding turning and coming back down frontwards if you lose
> momentum, I think you'd get booted out of the park (if you didn't roll it
> first), as all of the dunes are strictly one-way traffic... I may be
> misremembering, though.
>
> I'd also guess that those are also the local tour rentals - they all have
> their tops on. ;)
>
> I learned the hard way that it's possible to get body damage on the dunes.
> I was taking a run at Test Hill, saw a piece of driftwood in my path at the
> base of the hill, figured that rather than find a different line, I'd just
> straddle it, no problem. I hit the bottom of the hill, the nose went up,
> the tail went down, the gas tank skid went BANG onto the driftwood, bashed
> it upwards about 2 inches in the middle, and I suddenly lost a couple of
> gallons-worth of capacity. My gas gauge was screwed up until I got a new
> skid plate that let the tank pop back out into shape. Oops...
>
> Made it up and over the hill, though... ;)
>
> Tirya
> '99 TJ Sahara
> TDC Inca Jeeper
> A girl and her Jeep... it's a beautiful thing...
Guest
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We turn around nearly one hundred percent of the time, just use
common sense before we commit ourselves to the turn, being careful not
to cut someone off: http://www.----------.com/tascher/comphill.htm
http://www.----------.com/temp/glamis.mpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Tirya wrote:
>
> Yup. Regarding turning and coming back down frontwards if you lose
> momentum, I think you'd get booted out of the park (if you didn't roll it
> first), as all of the dunes are strictly one-way traffic... I may be
> misremembering, though.
>
> I'd also guess that those are also the local tour rentals - they all have
> their tops on. ;)
>
> I learned the hard way that it's possible to get body damage on the dunes.
> I was taking a run at Test Hill, saw a piece of driftwood in my path at the
> base of the hill, figured that rather than find a different line, I'd just
> straddle it, no problem. I hit the bottom of the hill, the nose went up,
> the tail went down, the gas tank skid went BANG onto the driftwood, bashed
> it upwards about 2 inches in the middle, and I suddenly lost a couple of
> gallons-worth of capacity. My gas gauge was screwed up until I got a new
> skid plate that let the tank pop back out into shape. Oops...
>
> Made it up and over the hill, though... ;)
>
> Tirya
> '99 TJ Sahara
> TDC Inca Jeeper
> A girl and her Jeep... it's a beautiful thing...
common sense before we commit ourselves to the turn, being careful not
to cut someone off: http://www.----------.com/tascher/comphill.htm
http://www.----------.com/temp/glamis.mpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Tirya wrote:
>
> Yup. Regarding turning and coming back down frontwards if you lose
> momentum, I think you'd get booted out of the park (if you didn't roll it
> first), as all of the dunes are strictly one-way traffic... I may be
> misremembering, though.
>
> I'd also guess that those are also the local tour rentals - they all have
> their tops on. ;)
>
> I learned the hard way that it's possible to get body damage on the dunes.
> I was taking a run at Test Hill, saw a piece of driftwood in my path at the
> base of the hill, figured that rather than find a different line, I'd just
> straddle it, no problem. I hit the bottom of the hill, the nose went up,
> the tail went down, the gas tank skid went BANG onto the driftwood, bashed
> it upwards about 2 inches in the middle, and I suddenly lost a couple of
> gallons-worth of capacity. My gas gauge was screwed up until I got a new
> skid plate that let the tank pop back out into shape. Oops...
>
> Made it up and over the hill, though... ;)
>
> Tirya
> '99 TJ Sahara
> TDC Inca Jeeper
> A girl and her Jeep... it's a beautiful thing...
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Oops, yeah, I forgot about that, but I think if you are coming down because
you didn't make it up you should be OK. It's one-way on those hills so no
idiotic ATV drivers decided to catch air into oncoming traffic.
"Tirya" <tirya@spamfree.addy> wrote in message
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> "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
> news:Z_mdnVcjf5Br81HfRVn-oA@comcast.com...
>> That's Test Hill, on the left as you come out of the entrance road. Gets
>> to be about a 45-50 degree angle at the top. Most novices (I suspect
>> those are the local tour rentals) don't make it the first time. You have
>> to leave it in 2nd gear/high to get enough momentum to clear the top.
>
> Yup. Regarding turning and coming back down frontwards if you lose
> momentum, I think you'd get booted out of the park (if you didn't roll it
> first), as all of the dunes are strictly one-way traffic... I may be
> misremembering, though.
>
> I'd also guess that those are also the local tour rentals - they all have
> their tops on. ;)
>
> I learned the hard way that it's possible to get body damage on the dunes.
> I was taking a run at Test Hill, saw a piece of driftwood in my path at
> the base of the hill, figured that rather than find a different line, I'd
> just straddle it, no problem. I hit the bottom of the hill, the nose went
> up, the tail went down, the gas tank skid went BANG onto the driftwood,
> bashed it upwards about 2 inches in the middle, and I suddenly lost a
> couple of gallons-worth of capacity. My gas gauge was screwed up until I
> got a new skid plate that let the tank pop back out into shape. Oops...
>
> Made it up and over the hill, though... ;)
>
> Tirya
> '99 TJ Sahara
> TDC Inca Jeeper
> A girl and her Jeep... it's a beautiful thing...
>
>
you didn't make it up you should be OK. It's one-way on those hills so no
idiotic ATV drivers decided to catch air into oncoming traffic.
"Tirya" <tirya@spamfree.addy> wrote in message
news:INmdndSvhNJCnVPfRVn-3w@comcast.com...
> "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
> news:Z_mdnVcjf5Br81HfRVn-oA@comcast.com...
>> That's Test Hill, on the left as you come out of the entrance road. Gets
>> to be about a 45-50 degree angle at the top. Most novices (I suspect
>> those are the local tour rentals) don't make it the first time. You have
>> to leave it in 2nd gear/high to get enough momentum to clear the top.
>
> Yup. Regarding turning and coming back down frontwards if you lose
> momentum, I think you'd get booted out of the park (if you didn't roll it
> first), as all of the dunes are strictly one-way traffic... I may be
> misremembering, though.
>
> I'd also guess that those are also the local tour rentals - they all have
> their tops on. ;)
>
> I learned the hard way that it's possible to get body damage on the dunes.
> I was taking a run at Test Hill, saw a piece of driftwood in my path at
> the base of the hill, figured that rather than find a different line, I'd
> just straddle it, no problem. I hit the bottom of the hill, the nose went
> up, the tail went down, the gas tank skid went BANG onto the driftwood,
> bashed it upwards about 2 inches in the middle, and I suddenly lost a
> couple of gallons-worth of capacity. My gas gauge was screwed up until I
> got a new skid plate that let the tank pop back out into shape. Oops...
>
> Made it up and over the hill, though... ;)
>
> Tirya
> '99 TJ Sahara
> TDC Inca Jeeper
> A girl and her Jeep... it's a beautiful thing...
>
>


