Keeping any extra car parts when off-roading....

Any off-roaders here keep extra car parts in the back with the tools? Extra Tie-rods, shocks?

It all depends on how hard your driving offroad, It is always a good idea if your going far from any civilization.  Normally I don't carry any parts when I'm wheelin' in NJ/PA and at any Hummer Club events.  But when I go out to places like Moab I will carry some tie-rods and tools.

I carry a black trunk full of offroad goodies... anything from an extra jacket, flashlights, tie rods, shovel, shackles, wire splices, basic hand tools, etc...

I carry a couple of half shafts, tie rods,ball joints, pitman/idler arm etc. plus just the tools needed to change those things. Usually people on the trail will help fix what breaks but you should be able to do it yourself.

I dont know how to fix those types of things, but I do know how to pay for it lol. Any h3's been up to "Lions Back" if so how did it handle? How was the view?

 

 
 
not my pics but I had them on file from awhile ago.
 
 

btw....lions back is now closed so you don't have to worry about how traction would be

all you would need is some at's.... and you too would be always wheeling...

you SOB!!!! Twice now yo got me to spit out my coffee....DAMNIT!!!
 

CLOSED, why is it closed?? Dam well breakin and entering was a rule I never like to follow........as a juvenile lol j/k.

Unless you have a DIFFUE

If you don't know how to fix something I wouldn't bother hauling the spares and tools.

True true but I would want to go with people and and stop them from having fun to help me fix my car and then let alone ask to borrow there parts and tools.
 
 
Why did they close it down?

property was sold to a private company that's building condo's or something. they are not allowing any wheeling. there was a big article about it in my JP magazine.

Doesn't seem like a great condo site, especially given todays real estate market. You can barely give away condos with ocean views at the moment.

seems like it would be a real bitch walking down to the mailbox everyday...

That took me a minute Muddy, think I've been sitting here staring at this screen too much. That's funny

Walk back up to the condo would be a real bit%h also.

Importkiller that first pic has to be one of the coolest pics I have seen!! Its now my screen saver! Were is it at?

Lion's Back at Moab

well, from what the article said Lions gate now has huge boulders in front of it and the gates are locked...and dump bump is also now closed...the owners of a local hotel, the Gonzo Inn, bought the property and plan on building condo's. There was a rumor that potato salad was also bought in the lotbut it is still open. and here is another good pic of Lions back
 

Too bad. What an amenity for a local hotel though. Rent a room and go and back and play on our private off road course for free. Beats cable tv and a high speed internet connection.

it was pay to play place the last few years anyway from what I understand.....kinda sad that people with money can buy famed american landmarks and charge us to enjoy them....congress should step in and protect the property...a guy posted this on another forum...wonder why no one checks into it.
 
 
I'm talking about RS 2477 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, in which Congress specifically and explicitly reaffirmed all RS 2477 grants previously made. Any publicly-accessible road, trail, path, or navigable waterway that existed in 1976 was recognized and protected by Congress in this Act.

No federal land management agency can determine the validity of an RS 2477 assertion. The agency can only determine for its own administrative purposes whether or not it will recognize the assertion as valid. Constitutionally, only a court can determine the validity. To my knowledge, no federal agency has the authority to close an RS 2477 road for any reason, period.

If, based on the documentation the county provides, a federal agency recognizes the validity of a RS 2477 right of way claim, then it is bound by the right of the local governmental unit to exercise its bundle of rights. If it does not recognize the validity, then the right-of-way holder can still exercise its right. Where a dispute cannot be resolved, the issue goes to federal court for a decision.

I've done some reading on this rs 2477 thing and he's right...any land or water passage used before 1976 cannot be closed for any reason. I'm sure a lot of smarter people than me are looking into it.
 
 
 
BTW....here is a good pic of lions back
 

That is so cool.