Breakin' in the new Rubicon
01-03-2004, 01:53 PM
#11
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Re: Breakin' in the new Rubicon
Any pictures?
Larry Greenwood
"Laeglin" <Laeglin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> After seeing it mentioned the Jeep magazine that Chrysler puts out, I
> decided to take my month-old Rubicon up to Spruce ****, a mountain top
over
> the border in West Virginia. Surprise, surprise -- at 4800 feet, there's
> snow up there! :)
>
>
>
> All in all, kinda fun, but the there was one section where the forest road
> turns into something of a shelf road and twists around on a north-facing
> side of the mountain. There the snow had transformed into a sheet of ice
> and, worse, the grade of the road was noticeably towards "the edge".
Didn't
> think much of it on the way up - the TJ climbed up without a problem - but
> the trip down was a bit.exciting. Even with the wheels turned all the way
to
> the left (inside), with a little bit of gas the Rubi would start sliding
> towards the right (edge). I had to ask my Navigator (wife) to leave the
> vehicle for a bit as I found her repeated shrieks more unnerving than the
> ice (She followed behind on foot). Eventually I put the left wheels into
the
> drainage ditch on the inside of the road - it had enough built up snow to
> give us some traction.
>
> What a great way to start the New Year! :)
>
>
>
> --
> John
> '04 Rubicon, '02 Sport, '85 CJ-7
>
>
Larry Greenwood
"Laeglin" <Laeglin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:TgCJb.43369$a44.36804@okepread04...
> After seeing it mentioned the Jeep magazine that Chrysler puts out, I
> decided to take my month-old Rubicon up to Spruce ****, a mountain top
over
> the border in West Virginia. Surprise, surprise -- at 4800 feet, there's
> snow up there! :)
>
>
>
> All in all, kinda fun, but the there was one section where the forest road
> turns into something of a shelf road and twists around on a north-facing
> side of the mountain. There the snow had transformed into a sheet of ice
> and, worse, the grade of the road was noticeably towards "the edge".
Didn't
> think much of it on the way up - the TJ climbed up without a problem - but
> the trip down was a bit.exciting. Even with the wheels turned all the way
to
> the left (inside), with a little bit of gas the Rubi would start sliding
> towards the right (edge). I had to ask my Navigator (wife) to leave the
> vehicle for a bit as I found her repeated shrieks more unnerving than the
> ice (She followed behind on foot). Eventually I put the left wheels into
the
> drainage ditch on the inside of the road - it had enough built up snow to
> give us some traction.
>
> What a great way to start the New Year! :)
>
>
>
> --
> John
> '04 Rubicon, '02 Sport, '85 CJ-7
>
>
01-03-2004, 01:53 PM
#12
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Re: Breakin' in the new Rubicon
Any pictures?
Larry Greenwood
"Laeglin" <Laeglin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:TgCJb.43369$a44.36804@okepread04...
> After seeing it mentioned the Jeep magazine that Chrysler puts out, I
> decided to take my month-old Rubicon up to Spruce ****, a mountain top
over
> the border in West Virginia. Surprise, surprise -- at 4800 feet, there's
> snow up there! :)
>
>
>
> All in all, kinda fun, but the there was one section where the forest road
> turns into something of a shelf road and twists around on a north-facing
> side of the mountain. There the snow had transformed into a sheet of ice
> and, worse, the grade of the road was noticeably towards "the edge".
Didn't
> think much of it on the way up - the TJ climbed up without a problem - but
> the trip down was a bit.exciting. Even with the wheels turned all the way
to
> the left (inside), with a little bit of gas the Rubi would start sliding
> towards the right (edge). I had to ask my Navigator (wife) to leave the
> vehicle for a bit as I found her repeated shrieks more unnerving than the
> ice (She followed behind on foot). Eventually I put the left wheels into
the
> drainage ditch on the inside of the road - it had enough built up snow to
> give us some traction.
>
> What a great way to start the New Year! :)
>
>
>
> --
> John
> '04 Rubicon, '02 Sport, '85 CJ-7
>
>
Larry Greenwood
"Laeglin" <Laeglin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:TgCJb.43369$a44.36804@okepread04...
> After seeing it mentioned the Jeep magazine that Chrysler puts out, I
> decided to take my month-old Rubicon up to Spruce ****, a mountain top
over
> the border in West Virginia. Surprise, surprise -- at 4800 feet, there's
> snow up there! :)
>
>
>
> All in all, kinda fun, but the there was one section where the forest road
> turns into something of a shelf road and twists around on a north-facing
> side of the mountain. There the snow had transformed into a sheet of ice
> and, worse, the grade of the road was noticeably towards "the edge".
Didn't
> think much of it on the way up - the TJ climbed up without a problem - but
> the trip down was a bit.exciting. Even with the wheels turned all the way
to
> the left (inside), with a little bit of gas the Rubi would start sliding
> towards the right (edge). I had to ask my Navigator (wife) to leave the
> vehicle for a bit as I found her repeated shrieks more unnerving than the
> ice (She followed behind on foot). Eventually I put the left wheels into
the
> drainage ditch on the inside of the road - it had enough built up snow to
> give us some traction.
>
> What a great way to start the New Year! :)
>
>
>
> --
> John
> '04 Rubicon, '02 Sport, '85 CJ-7
>
>
01-03-2004, 01:53 PM
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Re: Breakin' in the new Rubicon
Any pictures?
Larry Greenwood
"Laeglin" <Laeglin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:TgCJb.43369$a44.36804@okepread04...
> After seeing it mentioned the Jeep magazine that Chrysler puts out, I
> decided to take my month-old Rubicon up to Spruce ****, a mountain top
over
> the border in West Virginia. Surprise, surprise -- at 4800 feet, there's
> snow up there! :)
>
>
>
> All in all, kinda fun, but the there was one section where the forest road
> turns into something of a shelf road and twists around on a north-facing
> side of the mountain. There the snow had transformed into a sheet of ice
> and, worse, the grade of the road was noticeably towards "the edge".
Didn't
> think much of it on the way up - the TJ climbed up without a problem - but
> the trip down was a bit.exciting. Even with the wheels turned all the way
to
> the left (inside), with a little bit of gas the Rubi would start sliding
> towards the right (edge). I had to ask my Navigator (wife) to leave the
> vehicle for a bit as I found her repeated shrieks more unnerving than the
> ice (She followed behind on foot). Eventually I put the left wheels into
the
> drainage ditch on the inside of the road - it had enough built up snow to
> give us some traction.
>
> What a great way to start the New Year! :)
>
>
>
> --
> John
> '04 Rubicon, '02 Sport, '85 CJ-7
>
>
Larry Greenwood
"Laeglin" <Laeglin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:TgCJb.43369$a44.36804@okepread04...
> After seeing it mentioned the Jeep magazine that Chrysler puts out, I
> decided to take my month-old Rubicon up to Spruce ****, a mountain top
over
> the border in West Virginia. Surprise, surprise -- at 4800 feet, there's
> snow up there! :)
>
>
>
> All in all, kinda fun, but the there was one section where the forest road
> turns into something of a shelf road and twists around on a north-facing
> side of the mountain. There the snow had transformed into a sheet of ice
> and, worse, the grade of the road was noticeably towards "the edge".
Didn't
> think much of it on the way up - the TJ climbed up without a problem - but
> the trip down was a bit.exciting. Even with the wheels turned all the way
to
> the left (inside), with a little bit of gas the Rubi would start sliding
> towards the right (edge). I had to ask my Navigator (wife) to leave the
> vehicle for a bit as I found her repeated shrieks more unnerving than the
> ice (She followed behind on foot). Eventually I put the left wheels into
the
> drainage ditch on the inside of the road - it had enough built up snow to
> give us some traction.
>
> What a great way to start the New Year! :)
>
>
>
> --
> John
> '04 Rubicon, '02 Sport, '85 CJ-7
>
>
01-03-2004, 03:24 PM
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Re: Breakin' in the new Rubicon
"twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for sharing. Glad you made it back, it sounds like it was really
> exciting! How's the wife doing now? :)
Still walking?
01-03-2004, 03:24 PM
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Re: Breakin' in the new Rubicon
"twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for sharing. Glad you made it back, it sounds like it was really
> exciting! How's the wife doing now? :)
Still walking?
01-03-2004, 03:24 PM
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Re: Breakin' in the new Rubicon
"twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for sharing. Glad you made it back, it sounds like it was really
> exciting! How's the wife doing now? :)
Still walking?
01-03-2004, 08:36 PM
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Re: Breakin' in the new Rubicon
"Larry Greenwood" <greenwoo@misu.nodak.edu> wrote in message news:<bt732t$3s6oh$1@ID-126251.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> Any pictures?
>
> Larry Greenwood
>
I'm so glad you asked. No pictures of the ice section were we had the
fun (I was busy), but I got a picture on the way up of the bottom of
it. You can see the ditch on the inside we used at the top to get some
traction. Not exactly a tumble to our deaths if we went off (even at
the steepest spot the trees probably would have stopped us)...just a
long walk down the mountain.
http://www.lueker.net/Jeep/images/SpruceKnobIce.jpg
No snow on the top... lots of sun up there.
http://www.lueker.net/Jeep/images/Sp...NearTheTop.jpg
But the road going up/down was lots of fun...
http://www.lueker.net/Jeep/images/SpruceKnobSnow.jpg
> Any pictures?
>
> Larry Greenwood
>
I'm so glad you asked. No pictures of the ice section were we had the
fun (I was busy), but I got a picture on the way up of the bottom of
it. You can see the ditch on the inside we used at the top to get some
traction. Not exactly a tumble to our deaths if we went off (even at
the steepest spot the trees probably would have stopped us)...just a
long walk down the mountain.
http://www.lueker.net/Jeep/images/SpruceKnobIce.jpg
No snow on the top... lots of sun up there.
http://www.lueker.net/Jeep/images/Sp...NearTheTop.jpg
But the road going up/down was lots of fun...
http://www.lueker.net/Jeep/images/SpruceKnobSnow.jpg
01-03-2004, 08:36 PM
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Re: Breakin' in the new Rubicon
"Larry Greenwood" <greenwoo@misu.nodak.edu> wrote in message news:<bt732t$3s6oh$1@ID-126251.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> Any pictures?
>
> Larry Greenwood
>
I'm so glad you asked. No pictures of the ice section were we had the
fun (I was busy), but I got a picture on the way up of the bottom of
it. You can see the ditch on the inside we used at the top to get some
traction. Not exactly a tumble to our deaths if we went off (even at
the steepest spot the trees probably would have stopped us)...just a
long walk down the mountain.
http://www.lueker.net/Jeep/images/SpruceKnobIce.jpg
No snow on the top... lots of sun up there.
http://www.lueker.net/Jeep/images/Sp...NearTheTop.jpg
But the road going up/down was lots of fun...
http://www.lueker.net/Jeep/images/SpruceKnobSnow.jpg
> Any pictures?
>
> Larry Greenwood
>
I'm so glad you asked. No pictures of the ice section were we had the
fun (I was busy), but I got a picture on the way up of the bottom of
it. You can see the ditch on the inside we used at the top to get some
traction. Not exactly a tumble to our deaths if we went off (even at
the steepest spot the trees probably would have stopped us)...just a
long walk down the mountain.
http://www.lueker.net/Jeep/images/SpruceKnobIce.jpg
No snow on the top... lots of sun up there.
http://www.lueker.net/Jeep/images/Sp...NearTheTop.jpg
But the road going up/down was lots of fun...
http://www.lueker.net/Jeep/images/SpruceKnobSnow.jpg
01-03-2004, 08:36 PM
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Re: Breakin' in the new Rubicon
"Larry Greenwood" <greenwoo@misu.nodak.edu> wrote in message news:<bt732t$3s6oh$1@ID-126251.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> Any pictures?
>
> Larry Greenwood
>
I'm so glad you asked. No pictures of the ice section were we had the
fun (I was busy), but I got a picture on the way up of the bottom of
it. You can see the ditch on the inside we used at the top to get some
traction. Not exactly a tumble to our deaths if we went off (even at
the steepest spot the trees probably would have stopped us)...just a
long walk down the mountain.
http://www.lueker.net/Jeep/images/SpruceKnobIce.jpg
No snow on the top... lots of sun up there.
http://www.lueker.net/Jeep/images/Sp...NearTheTop.jpg
But the road going up/down was lots of fun...
http://www.lueker.net/Jeep/images/SpruceKnobSnow.jpg
> Any pictures?
>
> Larry Greenwood
>
I'm so glad you asked. No pictures of the ice section were we had the
fun (I was busy), but I got a picture on the way up of the bottom of
it. You can see the ditch on the inside we used at the top to get some
traction. Not exactly a tumble to our deaths if we went off (even at
the steepest spot the trees probably would have stopped us)...just a
long walk down the mountain.
http://www.lueker.net/Jeep/images/SpruceKnobIce.jpg
No snow on the top... lots of sun up there.
http://www.lueker.net/Jeep/images/Sp...NearTheTop.jpg
But the road going up/down was lots of fun...
http://www.lueker.net/Jeep/images/SpruceKnobSnow.jpg
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