Steel Soldiers VA rally

Website · Post by **tsmall07** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:10 pm

Here is the link to the thread on SteelSoldiers.com that has a bunch of pictures. I forgot to take my camera and I was only there one day anyway. It was a really good time for that one day, though. They even came up with a fun new name for my Civic wagon.

There was 2 5-tons and 3 deuces while I was there. One 5 ton was on super singles with 53" Micheline XLs. Great lineup of trucks!

Post by **TheGr8Doughboy** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:50 am

holy crap... I wondered for a long time how jeeps were doing that much damage to those trails....

Website · Post by **tsmall07** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:43 am

Oh yea and we did get permission from the forest service to camp and wheel there.

Post by **BlueDodgeRam** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:23 pm

thats pretty damn awesome! where was that? that trail looks familiar.

Post by **Arya Ebrahimi** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:53 pm

Pretty damn sure it looks like GWNF

The parking lot they're in looks like the old Food Lion on Rt 33

Website · Post by **tsmall07** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:53 pm

Arya Ebrahimi wrote:Pretty damn sure it looks like GWNF

The parking lot they're in looks like the old Food Lion on Rt 33

winnar!

Post by **TheGr8Doughboy** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:44 pm

That old food lion has turn into a mexican night club. They pulled the old sign down and there's an orange/pink neon sign proclaiming "nite club" You guys should have hit it up after wheeling.

Rockn4x4 · Post by **Rockn4x4** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:02 pm

Damn that's home for me. I wheeled those trails back in high school all the time.

Post by **Redneck7** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:24 pm

So, if a 5 ton gets stuck...another 5 ton what's getting it out?

I know 5 years ago my uncle got a tractor stuck in one of his fields that took an act of god to get out because of it's weight (literally, like days of working 10 hours at a time with plenty of heavy equipment)...I'd think a 5 ton has some mass that wouldn't really be happy about jumping out of the mud if it were to get lodged down in it?

Website · Post by **tsmall07** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:39 pm

3 of the trucks there had 40,000 lb winches. The 5 ton weighs in at about 20,000 lbs if I remember right. I think they woulda been ok.

Post by **Redneck7** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:26 am

tsmall07 wrote:3 of the trucks there had 40,000 lb winches. The 5 ton weighs in at about 20,000 lbs if I remember right. I think they woulda been ok.

I reckon if you're right about the weight then you're right about it being a non-issue... 3*(2*X number of snatch blocks doubling the lines)*40,000=more than enough.

Post by **TheGr8Doughboy** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:43 am

how many trees does it take to hold 40K?

Lukipela · Post by **Lukipela** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:33 pm

TheGr8Doughboy wrote:how many trees does it take to hold 40K?

every tree in the forest :lol2: