The 'iceman' trail is a 4+ difficulty rated trail (out of a possible 5), located in the Black Hills of South Dakota. With my new trail rig (more details about that in the vehicles forum), I participated in this huge annual spring-opening trail run.
My rig:
Showing off a little of the flex it has; it has plenty more to give even now:
The passenger in this Ford rod with me most of the way:
The rest of these photos are of some of the better built rigs taking on an obstacle known as 'first rock' or 'Jason's rock'. I wanted to have more time to get used to my rig before I went down that way.
A very nice Willys Jeep starting to climb:
A Toyota based buggy in the same spot from a different angle:
A Jeep Cherokee doing surprisingly well, but still having some trouble, and threatening to flip over:
A new JK 4-door Wrangler on its way in to the obstacle. It will make it over with ease, but not with enough clearance... that rock has a few new scratches now.
This TJ Wrangler had problems, but good driving overcame them. For a lot of the time, this Jeep was only on 3 wheels, but it did impressively well for a mostly un-modified vehicle:
My rig:
Showing off a little of the flex it has; it has plenty more to give even now:
The passenger in this Ford rod with me most of the way:
The rest of these photos are of some of the better built rigs taking on an obstacle known as 'first rock' or 'Jason's rock'. I wanted to have more time to get used to my rig before I went down that way.
A very nice Willys Jeep starting to climb:
A Toyota based buggy in the same spot from a different angle:
A Jeep Cherokee doing surprisingly well, but still having some trouble, and threatening to flip over:
A new JK 4-door Wrangler on its way in to the obstacle. It will make it over with ease, but not with enough clearance... that rock has a few new scratches now.
This TJ Wrangler had problems, but good driving overcame them. For a lot of the time, this Jeep was only on 3 wheels, but it did impressively well for a mostly un-modified vehicle:
