SlinkySam
RCC Addict
Chino63 (Dean) and I went out to Bean Hollow for some much needed trail crawling. It was also an excuse to see Dean's newly revamped "Old Reliable Cruiser" project rig. Dean has one of the sweetest R/C rigs out there when it comes to realism. It's very smooth to drive and very predictable. He just redid it and made it even better than before. With a whole new body, trail lights, bead lock rims, and "fresh" oil in the shocks, the rig was just unbelievable.
We met up with Keith (Tynman) at one point in the day and he borrowed Dean's Bronco for a little running with us.
Here are all the pics, but here are some that I'd like to put some words to:
http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=beanhollow-30Apr06
Dean's cruiser on the strap on a wicked drop in. It nearly ended well until the my rig came tumbling down on top of his just as the Cruiser was inches from touching down. What can I say, I ran out of strap.
I know I know..... all you Jeep lovers were worried about how well it survived such a horrific fall. Everything turned out fine though as Cruisers have more than one purpose. They also make great landing pads. No Jeeps were hurt during this trials moment. The Cruiser actually did well too as expected.
We didn't think this was climbable, but we thought we would try anyway. Damn..... that has to be one of the sickest climbs for our rigs to date. Steep, jagged, and straddling the whole way up.
Going down the other end of this run wasn't as friendly. The Cruiser got into a tad bit of trouble, but the stinger kept it from going down the cliff side. This is a shot looking up the straddle cliff drop in. A little help from the rope got it back down onto all 4s. There is video of it getting in and out of trouble. Check the Nor-Cal website gallery for the videos. The videos are at the end of the Bean Hollow gallery itself.
Later in the day, Keith joined us using Dean's Bronco and was doing great until some "throttle down" spotting from the dualing yoyo brothers got him in trouble. Well, it wasn't all our fault. He did listen to us
So he went barreling over the side of this cliff with a good 12+ foot drop below. Luckily the truck stuck to the wall just barely and a double rig recovery had to be made. A couple setups and yanks on the rope and the Bronco was back on its rubberside again and wheeling with no problems.
Look close, there is a Bronco dangling over that cliff.
Here's one of our newly found and favorite canyons. The entrance way (not in any of the pics) was a *****!!!, but the rediculously steep and narrow climb wasn't that bad, but a great challenge. The entrance had a few jagged rocks that grabbed axles, body, stingers, and more. We spent more time on the entrance than the climb itself.
Finally, the day was long and we were heading back to the cars, but just in case, we picked up some CalTrans firewood in case we needed to cook dinner out in the boonies. Actually, we used some of these to build bridges across tough sections.
I had a great time as usual. We had to suffer through the horrible Bean Hollow weather again (70 degrees, sunny, clear skies). It was tough. ;-)
There are more pics over at http://www.Nor-Calrcrc.com in the gallery along with some small classic video clips, so have a look.
-Sam
We met up with Keith (Tynman) at one point in the day and he borrowed Dean's Bronco for a little running with us.
Here are all the pics, but here are some that I'd like to put some words to:
http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=beanhollow-30Apr06
Dean's cruiser on the strap on a wicked drop in. It nearly ended well until the my rig came tumbling down on top of his just as the Cruiser was inches from touching down. What can I say, I ran out of strap.
I know I know..... all you Jeep lovers were worried about how well it survived such a horrific fall. Everything turned out fine though as Cruisers have more than one purpose. They also make great landing pads. No Jeeps were hurt during this trials moment. The Cruiser actually did well too as expected.
We didn't think this was climbable, but we thought we would try anyway. Damn..... that has to be one of the sickest climbs for our rigs to date. Steep, jagged, and straddling the whole way up.
Going down the other end of this run wasn't as friendly. The Cruiser got into a tad bit of trouble, but the stinger kept it from going down the cliff side. This is a shot looking up the straddle cliff drop in. A little help from the rope got it back down onto all 4s. There is video of it getting in and out of trouble. Check the Nor-Cal website gallery for the videos. The videos are at the end of the Bean Hollow gallery itself.
Later in the day, Keith joined us using Dean's Bronco and was doing great until some "throttle down" spotting from the dualing yoyo brothers got him in trouble. Well, it wasn't all our fault. He did listen to us
So he went barreling over the side of this cliff with a good 12+ foot drop below. Luckily the truck stuck to the wall just barely and a double rig recovery had to be made. A couple setups and yanks on the rope and the Bronco was back on its rubberside again and wheeling with no problems.
Look close, there is a Bronco dangling over that cliff.
Here's one of our newly found and favorite canyons. The entrance way (not in any of the pics) was a *****!!!, but the rediculously steep and narrow climb wasn't that bad, but a great challenge. The entrance had a few jagged rocks that grabbed axles, body, stingers, and more. We spent more time on the entrance than the climb itself.
Finally, the day was long and we were heading back to the cars, but just in case, we picked up some CalTrans firewood in case we needed to cook dinner out in the boonies. Actually, we used some of these to build bridges across tough sections.
I had a great time as usual. We had to suffer through the horrible Bean Hollow weather again (70 degrees, sunny, clear skies). It was tough. ;-)
There are more pics over at http://www.Nor-Calrcrc.com in the gallery along with some small classic video clips, so have a look.
-Sam
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all who didn't/couldn't make it missed out on some awesome wheeling!
