Gas Pipe Line (26fEB OR 27FEB)

[Calizonia]

Black Canyon City to Table Mesa RD. Sunday evening 3pm or 4pm or Monday morning, 9am or 10am. (26feb or 27feb)

As usual plans have changed. Gus, the guy with the stock jeep will not be able to make it, this whole trip was kinda for him. Looks like we will have to plan for another day. thanks for all the replies.

[SVanHerpen]

Not having seen this before - what's the problem with running a stock Jeep through the tunnel?:confused:

[AZG23]

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[AZG23]

Just the ledge coming out of the southbound I 17 culvert...its doable though

[AZG23]

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[AZG23]

I wanna go on this if its Sunday at 4p....only been once, and at night...so I'm not wanting to lead it tho...:cool:


Black Canyon City to Table Mesa RD. Sunday evening 3pm or 4pm or Monday morning, 9am or 10am. (26feb or 27feb)

I'm looking for a leader and a few other people to run the trail. I have been thru it once (stock). Now I am lifted. I have a couple of other guys interested, one is lifted and the other is stock. The only issue I know of is going thru the tunnel for the stock jeep. If anyone can and wants to help LEAD A GROUP THRU GAS PIPELINE please let me know.
Thanks, Jimmy

[AZG23]

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[AZG23]

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[SVanHerpen]

I haven't been on this trail - but I gotta ask - what's the deal with the tunnel and a stock Jeep?:confused:

[SHNIPE]

if i remember correctly after the tunnel is a large drop that a stocker might have a bit of trouble with. not ot mention large rocks just outside it? correct me if im wrong, ive only seen pics

[xFallen]

if i remember correctly after the tunnel is a large drop that a stocker might have a bit of trouble with. not ot mention large rocks just outside it? correct me if im wrong, ive only seen pics

The tunnel has a ledge that a stocker might have trouble negotiating. However, this past 12 months it has been almost completely filled in with rocks. Someone went to a lot of trouble to effectively pave it -- maybe the ranchers who use the area or the beekeepers, or who knows?

That's really the only obstacle on the entire run. There is a hill that is kind of steep but not very bad at all, and a stock rig probably has the advantage there due to lower CoG. Coming back from Rock Springs through Black Canyon (the canyon, not the town) is kind of fun because it is scenic and follows the canyon. Again, stock rigs will do fine and no need for anything other than good driving skills. Watch for horseback riders and keep your distance!


Barry

[paparonbo]

The tunnel has a ledge that a stocker might have trouble negotiating. However, this past 12 months it has been almost completely filled in with rocks. Someone went to a lot of trouble to effectively pave it -- maybe the ranchers who use the area or the beekeepers, or who knows?
Barry
I stopped and talked to the guy that runs the Hummer tours in the area. He said that the gas company keeps that maintained so their trucks can get through (after all it is the gas line road). They come through once or twice a year and stack them high. I'm sure they curse the people who knock them down the rest of the year :). This is one area where "rock stacking" makes sense.

This is a great trail to expose people to wheeling or just to have an easy day out when the weather is good. Stockers should have no problem except for the ledge, and that shouldn't be too bad either. A friend of mine actually rode with a guy who rolled a Blazer on this trail. :confused: Moral of the story...Never try to do a u-turn on a steep hill :rolleyes: and scream like hell at the driver if he starts to do it.

I would be happy to join if it ends up being a monday run. Sunday I will be brewing beer all afternoon.

[xFallen]

I stopped and talked to the guy that runs the Hummer tours in the area. He said that the gas company keeps that maintained so their trucks can get through (after all it is the gas line road). They come through once or twice a year and stack them high. I'm sure they curse the people who knock them down the rest of the year :). This is one area where "rock stacking" makes sense.


That makes a (ahem) "pile" of sense. :rolleyes: I figured someone other than a wheeler was purposefully stacking them because one day I looked at it and I am pretty sure I could have driven my Accord up it -- it was nicely done.

So, that's an area that should NOT be unstacked since it is first and foremost an access road for service vehicles. Good suff.


This is a great trail to expose people to wheeling or just to have an easy day out when the weather is good. Stockers should have no problem except for the ledge, and that shouldn't be too bad either. A friend of mine actually rode with a guy who rolled a Blazer on this trail. :confused: Moral of the story...Never try to do a u-turn on a steep hill :rolleyes: and scream like hell at the driver if he starts to do it.

I would be happy to join if it ends up being a monday run. Sunday I will be brewing beer all afternoon.

Yikes. Well, lots of people turn uphill when they get tippy which is exactly the opposite of what you should be doing. I have seen this on VJC runs I have been on....

You typically always turn the direction of the flop, turning into it transfers weight the opposite direction.

There's a great Wheeling 101 article on the web somewhere...I will try and find it. Maybe you can pass it along to youtr buddy. It'd be good for anyone to review.


Barry

[AZG23]

Maybe its time for a Wheelin' 101 class again...Id attend...always something to learn. (different thread perhaps to not detract from this run)

[SVanHerpen]

Thanks for the answer! Sorry for the dual posts - but my PC just hung up after I posted both times.

I've seen the tunnel - was there a year ago with one of my sons, geocaching and doing a bit of wheeling. Lots of fun bits in the area. I seem to remember that we went the wrong way first, and then had to find a way across to the tunnel.

I'm up for following - I never driven the whole road, and there are a couple of geocaches along the way that I'd like to log.

[AZG23]

Thanks for the answer! Sorry for the dual posts - but my PC just hung up after I posted both times.

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it wasnt your PC...it was the site...it was down...:)

[swhalin]

That's a fun little run. The trip I was on did not have any issues even though we did not complete the full trail. The hill mentioned before has a bypass, and the stacking mentioned is a piece of cake. In fact, we ran into a couple of photographers who missplaced themselves looking for a hotel ruin. Iselljeeps helped them find it using GPS and we all explored the washes and trails surrounding trying to find it. They had a stock cherokee and made it without issue. Lots of fun to be had. Even got buzzed by a helicopter doing inspections of the powerlines in the area.

Steve

[Crawldit]

I might be down for a Sunday afternoon trip. I'm a geocacher too, so wouldn't mind a couple extra stops along the route.

[Calizonia]

As usual plans have changed. Gus, the guy with the stock jeep will not be able to make it, this whole trip was kinda for him. Looks like we will have to plan for another day. thanks for all the replies.

[Crawldit]

As usual plans have changed. Gus, the guy with the stock jeep will not be able to make it, this whole trip was kinda for him. Looks like we will have to plan for another day. thanks for all the replies.
Rock Tease :eek: J/K man. It's probably better since I'll have a tire carrier to put on Sunday along with some other modification involving a cutting wheel :D

[SHNIPE]

youre not gonna cut up a perfectly good NEW jeep are you!?! can i watch :D Jeep Porn!

[Crawldit]

youre not gonna cut up a perfectly good NEW jeep are you!?! can i watch :D Jeep Porn!
:eek: :D :D