The Adventures of Rex

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LeftHandRubi

Discussion Starter · Jan 1, 2012 (Edited)

Decided to collect Rex and friends shots and videos in one place, easier to share.

I'll try and keep it up to date.

In this thread you will see LoRider, Tigger, the White One, Apacolypto, The Gekko, The Dozer, Planman, Landshark, Spooky, and a whole bunch of others. The pics and vids are from all over Colorado, Moab, St. George, Las Cruces, South Dakota. We've met a lot of great people and had lots of fun.

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1st Post:

2011 was a big year for Rex: lots of modifications getting him to be really robust. I think we are there now. :bounce: Kudo's to TnT Customs in Cheyenne for building me a heck of a rig. Also they are good friends.

Here are some videos to get started (if I duplicate other posts, sorry).

December 31, 2011 North Sand Dunes OHV near Walden CO. It was frigg'n cold yesterday. 17 rigs came out to play. I'll post picks of them when I get them. I was playing on one of the dunes and noticed Rex could jump. So had to come back around for vids:

4DR JK Jumping Dune--T-Rex in Action - YouTube

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LeftHandRubi

Discussion Starter · #21 · Feb 2, 2012

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More Winter on the Rocks

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LeftHandRubi

Discussion Starter · #22 · Feb 2, 2012 (Edited)

Video of T-Rex at Winter not he Rocks

Thanks to TnT for doing this one

T&T Customs T-Rex in St George - YouTube

LeftHandRubi

Discussion Starter · #23 · Feb 2, 2012 (Edited)

T-Rex Climbing a wall

This wall was about 6 feet tall.

This shows the height of wall:
Height of Wall - YouTube

This shows Rex Climbing it:

T-Rex Climbing on Chain Reaction, St. George UT 2012 - YouTube

LeftHandRubi

Discussion Starter · #24 · Feb 2, 2012

Climb out on Chain Reaction

T-Rex on Chain Reaction, St. George UT - YouTube

TJDukit

· #25 · Feb 2, 2012

Awesome pics and videos. It was great to meet you, thanks taking me along Friday night and being patient with my lack of ground clearance.

artayay

· #26 · Feb 2, 2012

Nice vids.. not afraid to bang on it a little..

LeftHandRubi

Discussion Starter · #27 · Feb 2, 2012

TJDukit said:
Awesome pics and videos. It was great to meet you, thanks taking me along Friday night and being patient with my lack of ground clearance.

It was a pleasure. That trail we did was narly. 😳 especially at night!

LeftHandRubi

Discussion Starter · #28 · Feb 2, 2012

artayay said:
Nice vids.. not afraid to bang on it a little..

Thx. The benefit of armor! No body damage to speak of. Scratched fenders, sliders, but heck that is what black paint is for.

LeftHandRubi

Discussion Starter · #29 · Feb 28, 2012

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Chili Challenge, Las Cruses, NM 2012

We went down for four days of wheeling. Lots of fun. Big ledges, rock fields, rigs of all types, and a whole lot of great people. We ran the extreme trails: Pitzicaro's Revenge, Habanero Falls, Rocotillo Rapids, and Tabasco Twister. I'll post pictures as I get them, but here are a few to get started:

Approaching a wall on Pitzicaro's Revenge.

Climbing the wall:

Climbing the first waterfall on Pitz.

My wheeling buddy Steven in his TJ coming up the waterfall:

Can't remember what trail:

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ALASHA

· #30 · Feb 28, 2012

Pat,

I keep saying I want to wheel with you but after some of these pics...

Brads09wrangler

· #31 · Feb 28, 2012

Just my luck. You come into my neighborhood and I'm stuck overseas. Would have loved to see this in person.

LeftHandRubi

Discussion Starter · #32 · Feb 28, 2012

ALASHA said:
Pat,

I keep saying I want to wheel with you but after some of these pics...

We really do have to get out! I'm trying to get some pics of the BIG ledges we did!

Brads09wrangler said:
Just my luck. You come into my neighborhood and I'm stuck overseas. Would have loved to see this in person.

We like wheeling down there. We'll be back. I would like to do Tabasco Twister again before the BLM closes it.

LeftHandRubi

Discussion Starter · #33 · Feb 29, 2012

Chili Challenge

Click this link to see a whole bunch of different rigs (including Rex and the Nemisis rig). Most of the pics are on a trail called Rocotillo Rapids.

http://haskelloffroadphotography.zenfolio.com

LeftHandRubi

Discussion Starter · #34 · Mar 1, 2012

Rex Climbing Big Ass Ledge at Chili Challenge 2012

This is called "the abyss" on Tobasco Twister. Thanks to Joe for posting the Vid.

T&T Rex chili challenge 2012 - YouTube

ALASHA

· #35 · Mar 1, 2012

Pat,

I was expected to hear some full throttle on that ledge :bawling:

You made it look easy.

Maybe time for a dry sump system?

terrahawk

· #36 · Mar 1, 2012

The Barney Jeep is definitely one of my favorites. :thefinger:

:thefinger:

:beer:

LeftHandRubi

Discussion Starter · #37 · Mar 1, 2012 (Edited)

ALASHA said:
Pat,

I was expected to hear some full throttle on that ledge :bawling:

You made it look easy.

Maybe time for a dry sump system?

Allan, tell me more about this dry sump system. I'm clueless.

The abyss was easy. Right everything for Rex.

Wait till I post the vids on Habanero falls. The first waterfall was about a 4-5 footer. I had to "bump" over it. It was more of a slam over it. The second waterfall was in the 10' size. I crawled most of it then everyone started yelling "go, go". So having been trained to listen to the spotters, I gave it the onion. This will not be Rex's most graceful climb.

Rex was the only rig out of 25 to try the line you see in the vid. It did real well. The new grooves in the TSL/SX's helped a lot.

Pat

LeftHandRubi

Discussion Starter · #38 · Mar 1, 2012

terrahawk said:
The Barney Jeep is definitely one of my favorites.

Damn. Maybe I out to paint that little purple bugger on the tail gate. :beer:

:beer:

ALASHA

· #39 · Mar 1, 2012

LeftHandRubi said:
Allan, tell me more about this dry sump system. I'm clueless.

This would probably be a good start to understanding a dry sump:
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/fuel-consumption/question331.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_sump

Essentially you replace your current oil pan and pick up with a much shallower pan and a pump that sucks the oil up.

A dry sump has several advantages which are listed in the link but the reason I brought it up here is because when your Jeep is standing like that, the oil pick up may become uncovered failing to properly lubricate during that time period.

There are pros and cons of each system, wet sump (stock) and dry sump.

LeftHandRubi

Discussion Starter · #40 · Mar 1, 2012

ALASHA said:
This would probably be a good start to understanding a dry sump:
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/fuel-consumption/question331.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_sump

Essentially you replace your current oil pan and pick up with a much shallower pan and a pump that sucks the oil up.

A dry sump has several advantages which are listed in the link but the reason I brought it up here is because when your Jeep is standing like that, the oil pick up may become uncovered failing to properly lubricate during that time period.

There are pros and cons of each system, wet sump (stock) and dry sump.

Thanks. That helped. I'll look into this more. I've seen the oil light come on a couple times (not this trip, but others).

I've had tranny issues--didn't have any since it has been rebuilt, but always worry about its pick up too.

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