2013 Colorado Trip - 4 of 10 spots filled
The trip is going on as planned, well kinda. We have 4 of 10 spots filled. The trip is going to cover a lot of miles off-road and on-road. We are going to hit Telluride, Montrose, Gunnison, Leadville, BV/Salida, and the Silverthorne areas. The Jeeps need to be reliable as we will not be dragging the trailers with us daily. If you are interested in going, let me know by sending me a PM. My wife will handle the hotel arrangements, and meals will be "on the fly". This will be a great time.
Here is what I would recommend for this trip:
I would recommend minimum 35" tires and a functional spare.
You will need to be able to air up and down your tires rapidly. I would highly consider a CO2 tank and tire de-flators.
Lockers - I would want them, it is not completely necessary to have them. You will have issues at times.
A CB radio and a FRS radio.
Skid Plates underneath, highly recommended.
Rock Sliders
Winch
LED lighting (optional for a night run). I would like to do at least one night run. Completely optional.
Tools to do work.
A COPY OF THE CHARLES WELLS BOOK FOR COLORADO TRAILS (SOUTH). This will not only cover all of the trails we are going on, it will give everyone the ability to reference 90% of the trails we would be doing. It also allows you to download waypoints to your gps of the trails we will be going on.
This trip is going to be fun. Bring a camera and maybe a GoPro, the scenery is crazy cool.
Tools: We will need to plan prior to the trip regarding tools and how we can optimize the fact that we have lots of Jeepers (let's not all bring the same stuff!).
Probably most important is a Jeep that can handle off-road and on-road travel. We will do a lot of trails, yet will be travelling on hard roads A LOT. I am thinking starting near Eagle, working our way SW down to Telluride, over to Gunnison, Salida, BV, and to Jefferson. It will be a lot miles on the road and a lot of trail riding. No trails harder than a 9 out of 10. The most challenging trails would be Poughkeepsie, Chinaman Gulch, Black Bear, and Iron Chest. No one gets left behind, no one rolls their Jeep.
Please reference traildamage.com for ratings.
I would recommend buying a CO2 tank from Airgas. They are steel, not like the fancy aluminum PowerTank. The Airgas tanks are returnable for EXCHANGE. I will make arrangements to have enough tanks to be able to swap all the tanks from the trip team. With 10 Jeeps airing up at the same time, gas station air isn't an option! I like airing down to 12 psi and filling up to around 30psi at the end of the day.
More to follow. Please PM me if interested.