The BFG Challenge

[T.C.'S TOY]

Six months ago i put Payette Draw into the BFG TOP 10 CHALLENGE and it won top 5 trails in the country for 06.There were 31 Qualified rigs on the trail october 14th,06.........There were 177 spectaters with camers and a few magazines,sorry i could not post this run as there would not have been room for 5,000 members,i ask everybody who ran the Draw to post all there pictures...There were 4 reps from BFG one was from Tread Lightly,the other two reps from BFG was from United Four Wheel Drive Assoc....pic's to follow...BFG provided a continnental breakfast for all the wheelers and there families and a sack lunch as well .I espeacialy want to thank COLE and Simon from 4 wheelers supply.Troy from Toys by Troy.Stu Olson.Everyone of these drivers were hand picked by me and i thank them all for there trail manors and edicate.......Thom (T.C.'S TOY)

[k7mto]

Glad it ran smoothly and everyone had a good time. Wish I could have been there but I spent all weekend getting my CJ in this condition...

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[T.C.'S TOY]

Glad it ran smoothly and everyone had a good time. Wish I could have been there but I spent all weekend getting my CJ in this condition...

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WOW MATT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN WORKIN OVERTIME ON THIS ONE LET ME KNOW WHEN SHE'S DONE AND WE WILL REDO WHAT YOU HAVE MISSED OUT ON.....THOM (T.C.'S TOY):) :) :)

[4 Wheelers Supply]

With all the rain I left my camera in the truck. Cole took some pics and will post in the morn. Thanks again T.C. for a great run. It was nice having the Sheriffs and the Fire and Rescue guys there. Everybody did a top notch job.:)

[Antman]

Sorry I had to miss this one guys.:( I can't wait to see the pictures and some video!:)

[desertdawg]

X2 on what Simon said. It was a very well organized run and a whole lot of fun. Everything from the Police escort to Fire rescue in full gear at the waterfall ready for action.

BFG raffled off a set of tires and Toys X Troy, 4 Wheelers Supply, and 4 Wheel Parts raffled off some nice prizes. Additionally BFG awarded a check for $3,500 for trail maintenance.

Thanks to TC for organizing this. It was amazing all those Jeeps made it through in the amount of time with only a few minor problems.

Here are some pics....

Lined up ready for inspection.
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Police escorted convoy to the trail.
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Air down and disco
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One of our Police escorts.
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Simon and Cole with Troy tagging along.
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The water was pretty deep in some areas.
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Simon and Cole on the rocks.
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Marty sliced a tire going up this ledge
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Walt getting a little tippy on the waterfall.
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I think Cole was the only one that made it up without a winch.
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[desertdawg]

There was quite a gathering of spectators at the waterfall obstacle. Note the Fireman in the middle ready for action.
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End of the run raffle.
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Presentation of the check for $3,500. Great Job TC!:)
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[Wind_Danzer]

Great pics!!! Good job you guys!!!

[mingoglia]

What type of "action" were the firefighters ready for? Were they getting ready for someone rolling upside down in the drink?

[4 Wheelers Supply]

What type of "action" were the firefighters ready for? Were they getting ready for someone rolling upside down in the drink?

That waterfall was covered in mud. One wrong move and you would go in roof first. Pictures dont do it justice. From what I hear, Cole was the only one to make it without a winch. Bfg Krawlers,LS1 and a heavy foot. If you notice in the pic, I got out. That water looked cold. I wasn't going in.:D Coles young he can swim for it.:)

[k7mto]

When we ran it in May, I dropped my passenger rear into that dip and it teetered for a second or two where I thought for sure I was taking a swim, and it wasn't anywhere near that deep. Anyone who goes over will certainly land on their roof. Even if they roll further onto the driver side, the driver would still be submerged and could drown if they can't get themselves unbuckled.

Glad nobody gave the rescue crew anything to do, but still nice to see them on standby.

[mingoglia]

That waterfall was covered in mud. One wrong move and you would go in roof first. Pictures dont do it justice. From what I hear, Cole was the only one to make it without a winch. Bfg Krawlers,LS1 and a heavy foot. If you notice in the pic, I got out. That water looked cold. I wasn't going in.:D Coles young he can swim for it.:)

Yep, pictures definitely don't do it justice. That ledge gives you a very funny feeling and if you were to go over as you said you would definitely be upside down. I ran that trail a couple months back... I'm suprised Nick hasn't chimed in yet as he brought his XJ up that without a winch...

Mike

[Woody]

I'm suprised Nick hasn't chimed in yet as he brought his XJ up that without a winch...

Mike

I've done it :D It was dry at the time though. I had no spotter, and didn't even pause at the bottom to scope it out. Just crawled it.

I'm sure it's a lot different when wet.

Woody

[Antman]

I've done it :D It was dry at the time though. I had no spotter, and didn't even pause at the bottom to scope it out. Just crawled it.

I'm sure it's a lot different when wet.

Woody

Yea Woody, you went up it so fast nobody even got a picture of it!!:D :D


Good pictures and hope there's more to come. :)

[Simon]

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Big thanks to the Rim Country 4 Wheelers. For a wonderful well organized run from the breakfast and lunch to the raffle prizes. Glad we were able to be part of it. And congrats on the big check from BFG, you guys and gals deserved it!!:)

We were in the last 5 rigs so sorry not a lot a pics from the front crowd:)

PS. Thom that d-ring/insert is yours!!


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[Simon]

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Great day..Look at the sky!
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Thanks to Eddie for being everyones winch man!!

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[T.C.'S TOY]

That waterfall was covered in mud. One wrong move and you would go in roof first. Pictures dont do it justice. From what I hear, Cole was the only one to make it without a winch. Bfg Krawlers,LS1 and a heavy foot. If you notice in the pic, I got out. That water looked cold. I wasn't going in.:D Coles young he can swim for it.:)

Ya no room for any mistakes as this years water and mud makes it very hard to get up there,the water is as deep as ive seen it yet and thats why we had the rescue boys there just in case somebody took the tumble,someone told me the water was 6 to 7 ft. deep plenty of water to drown a person in an upside down rig........Thom (T.C.'S TOY):) :)

[Devil Man]

Ya no room for any mistakes as this years water and mud makes it very hard to get up there,the water is as deep as ive seen it yet and thats why we had the rescue boys there just in case somebody took the tumble,someone told me the water was 6 to 7 ft. deep plenty of water to drown a person in an upside down rig........Thom (T.C.'S TOY):) :)

i would have tried it :rolleyes:

[Stu Olson]

From what I hear, Cole was the only one to make it without a winch. Bfg Krawlers,LS1 and a heavy foot. If you notice in the pic, I got out. That water looked cold. I wasn't going in.:D Coles young he can swim for it.:)
From what I hear, Cole was the only one driving a buggy with rather large tires. :rolleyes:

Had he not made it, what then? :D

[janicewinters]

A Big Thanks for all of you who made this Event a Great Time! Without the Rigs that came it would have not gone as well. Really great timing too, 31 rigs and we were out of there by 2:15pm. Great Jobs Drivers & Crew. I need to see if all those who took pictures would send them to me direct email so I can make a disk for The Rim Country 4 Wheelers. My daughter was to take pics but she had to deal with her small WET daughter and had to go back to the camp area. Please email them to janicewinters@yahoo.com. or send me a disk. Let me know, Thanks Again for everyones help. TC/Donna you Rock.

[DsrtJeeper]

Was the boulder field run?

[Heinz57]

From what I hear, Cole was the only one driving a buggy with rather large tires. :rolleyes:

Had he not made it, what then? :D

Rookie driver, he is still in diapers:D Or quite possibly a tire and wheel fell off.:eek:

[T.C.'S TOY]

i would have tried it :rolleyes:

YA I KNOW YOU WOULD HAVE .....THOM (T.C.'S TOY)

[Devil Man]

YA I KNOW YOU WOULD HAVE .....THOM (T.C.'S TOY)

NEXT TIME ;)

[T.C.'S TOY]

Was the boulder field run?

YES IT WAS ERIC.....THOM (T.C.'S TOY):) :) :)

[1BLKJP]

Nice work fellas. Great stuff putting that together it should get some great publicity on all the good work you do up there.

I love that obstacle when it's full of water. To me it's no fun when it's dry and you can see the bottom. :D

[T.C.'S TOY]

Nice work fellas. Great stuff putting that together it should get some great publicity on all the good work you do up there.

I love that obstacle when it's full of water. To me it's no fun when it's dry and you can see the bottom. :D

YA THANK YOU,IT'S ALL ABOUT KEEPIN IT OPEN.....THOM (T.C.'S TOY):)

[DsrtJeeper]

YES IT WAS ERIC.....THOM (T.C.'S TOY):) :) :)

Awesome. That's my favorite part. You guys made good time. Who was the 17 yr old girl spanking on the guys that day? I heard she wheels well.

[T.C.'S TOY]

Awesome. That's my favorite part. You guys made good time. Who was the 17 yr old girl spanking on the guys that day? I heard she wheels well.

THE DAUGHTER WAS GORDON N NADLEY'S OF THE AZXJ'S SHE DID WELL FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THEY WERE WAY IN THE BACK AND I WAS UP FRONT...THOM:)

[Oc1paddler]

Great job putting this weekend together. The trail was quite fun in the rain!!!! Iam a little suprised that there wasn't more carnage. My group was at the tail end and we towed an xj off an obstacle after his water pump died, and helped an old cj get unstuck off the first waterfall. Other than those two minor things I didn't see any other problems.
Kudos for pulling off a great weekend!!!!:) I know you guys worked hard, and it all came together. Thanks for the invite. Hopefully we'll get a snow run in soon.

[Skii4x4]

That seemed like a lot of fun, and great recognition for that trail Congrats to all

[T.C.'S TOY]

That seemed like a lot of fun, and great recognition for that trail Congrats to all

YA MAN JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT OPEN FOR EVERYBODY.......THOM (T.C.'S TOY):) :) :)

[k7mto]

Thom - I meant to ask. What were the inspection criteria for the run. I'm just curious if my junk would've passed :)

[T.C.'S TOY]

Thom - I meant to ask. What were the inspection criteria for the run. I'm just curious if my junk would've passed :)

It was just havin both axles locked and at least 33'' tires and as far as forestry was concerned had to have some kind of liability insurance,case a rig flipped and caught fire yeta,yeta.........Thom

[Stu Olson]

The movie from last weekend can be found at http://www.stu-offroad.com/others/movies.htm

Donna took the footage and I shrunk it down to an hour's worth of viewing time.

[T.C.'S TOY]

I WANT TO APPOLOGIZE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE NOT INVITED ON THIS RUN,I WAS UNDER STRICK RULES FROM THE BFG FOLKS ON HOW MANY TO ATTEND AND AM SORRY IF ANY FEELINGS WERE HURT I DID NOT MEAN NOR INTEND TO DO THAT,ALL I WANTED TO DO IS PUT THIS TRAil ON THE MAP AND KEEP IT OPENED FOR FURTHER 4 WHEELING,I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH JOHN CAPPA OF JP MAGAZINE TO SEE IF HE WANTS TO COME UP ONCE AND 4 ALL TO DO A SHOOT.......AM WAITING FOR AN ANSWER AND IF HE DOES I WILL POST FOR THE CLUB............THOM (T.C.'S TOY):)

[DsrtJeeper]

I WANT TO APPOLOGIZE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE NOT INVITED ON THIS RUN,I WAS UNDER STRICK RULES FROM THE BFG FOLKS ON HOW MANY TO ATTEND AND AM SORRY IF ANY FEELINGS WERE HURT I DID NOT MEAN NOR INTEND TO DO THAT,ALL I WANTED TO DO IS PUT THIS TRAil ON THE MAP AND KEEP IT OPENED FOR FURTHER 4 WHEELING,I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH JOHN CAPPA OF JP MAGAZINE TO SEE IF HE WANTS TO COME UP ONCE AND 4 ALL TO DO A SHOOT.......AM WAITING FOR AN ANSWER AND IF HE DOES I WILL POST FOR THE CLUB............THOM (T.C.'S TOY):)

Wasn't it JP that ran that trail three years ago?

[T.C.'S TOY]

Wasn't it JP that ran that trail three years ago?

ERIC, IT WAS SPORT UTILITY MAG.....THOM

[DsrtJeeper]

ERIC, IT WAS SPORT UTILITY MAG.....THOM

That's right. I ran the Draw after seeing that article and basically we followed the pics in magazine to guide are way through. I broke an axle shaft in the very spot that one of the mags Jeeps did. :rolleyes: :D

[T.C.'S TOY]

AND WANT TO ESPEACIALLY THANK STU AND DONNA OLSON FOR SHOWING UP AND PUTTING THERE VIDEO UP FOR ALL TO SEE MAN DONNA YOU SURE ARE HARD ON TROY BUT THEN AGAIN SOMEBODY'S GOT TO DO IT........HAHAH THOM (T.C.'S TOY):rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[GLEN REAMS]

im watching the video now and its a really good the clips are pretty cool and its hard to tell that thats even in az in some of thos spots

[Stu Olson]

Thanks Thom.....glad it turned out well. Donna likes to give friends (and even a few strangers) a hard time. Beats the heck out of the videos I've seen where no one says anything for an hour. :eek:

Edit: You should have heard some of the stuff that didn't make the final edit. :D

[desertdawg]

Great Video Stu! So does Donna know what that sticker on your window means?:D