i guess i have to find out more about "Fains Ford"! Do tell :)
cheers,
-isaac
--- Ron Ward <redsrover@knology.net> wrote:
>
> Hey Bill!
>
> I stay away from the crazy stuff at Tellico unless I'm riding along, or
> watching at night. Fains Ford and 4,5,6,8, and some portions of upper 2 I
> can handle in the Disco and surely in the 109.
>
> Mine is military as well so the dual fuel tanks are under the two front
> seats.
>
> Ron Ward
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William J. Rice" <jarvis64@juno.com>
> To: <lro@koan.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [lro] Wheeling a 109
>
>
> >
> > Ron,
> > The only reason I really worry about dropping the 109s rear end coming
> > off ledges is that it's a SW and therefore has the fuel tank there. If
> > yours is a 109 reg. you shouldn't have that worry. I've dropped mine
> > pretty hard and not damaged anything at the rear end. If you go slowly
> > enough--easing off ledges w/ the wheels almost locked, you can easily
> > scrape off anything w/ no damage. I went off some really tall drops at
> > Moab.
> >
> > Speaking of Moab I was only limited there by my own fear (visions of once
> > again rolling the truck, this time off of that 200 ft. drop to my
> > left--man, once that's happened unexpectedly the trauma can last and
> > last), and my engine (ahem--pontiac). I think my engine was running too
> > lean for the altitude there (much lower than CO) but I just don't know
> > for sure. All I know is that it bogged down on more than one steep face.
> >
> > Though military shackles and frame look super-groovy they can't have much
> > affect on the breakover angle and departure angle. They do, of course,
> > add a bit of regular ol' clearance, but angles are tough to change w/o
> > chopping the ass of the truck off.
> >
> > That said, you can neatly get off lots and lots of ledges by taking them
> > at an angle. Get the front wheels off going straight, then just turn and
> > let your rear wheels take it at an angle. Not always possible, but often
> > possible and quite beneficial. I did some trails at Tellico a few years
> > ago and, though I doubt I did any of the crazy tough ones, I don't think
> > I had any problems on the trails I did do, which were not the easy ones,
> > and were done in the company of a lot of very tricked-out (and
> > occasionally very stuck) D-90s with very surprised owners (who really
> > were just not very talented drivers).
> >
> > bill, wishing it would warm up soon.
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