Let's see those Bad Lines!

[Whiplashrace]

Ive learned that in El Paso, you dont put a tire off of the race course. Ive been stuck many times, and still apparently have not learned my lesson. In this instance, i blew a turn in somebody’s dust, and tried to turn around and cut back to the race course. Which cost me about 45 mins by the time the boys got me pulled out. I knew better and i still did it. Any line that is not an obvious trail out here is a bad line.

 

[Rowdy Fitz]

These are from just this past winter. I have had many more instances where I didn’t take pictures. I like to say screw it and keep going when the conditions suck.

 

[gitt of 6]

Zigged when I should've zagged at the cinders last summer

 

[dwphoto]

Zigged when I should've zagged at the cinders last summer
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noooo! looks like you managed to save the window !

 

[dwphoto]

These are from just this past winter. I have had many more instances where I didn’t take pictures. I like to say screw it and keep going when the conditions suck.

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I love the last pic. Hounds looking out the back.

 

[Rowdy Fitz]

I love the last pic. Hounds looking out the back.

Thanks! They weren’t too impressed with my driving but they were happy to get petted as I was kicking the snow out down to the dirt lol.

 

[dwphoto]

Thanks! They weren’t too impressed with my driving but they were happy to get petted as I was kicking the snow out down to the dirt lol.

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Rowdy, DM your address i'll send ya some stickers you are the winner of the Bad Line of the week haha..

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[Harry Johnson]

ooops

 

[theycallmeWALLY]

Ive learned that in El Paso, you dont put a tire off of the race course. Ive been stuck many times, and still apparently have not learned my lesson. In this instance, i blew a turn in somebody’s dust, and tried to turn around and cut back to the race course. Which cost me about 45 mins by the time the boys got me pulled out. I knew better and i still did it. Any line that is not an obvious trail out here is a bad line.
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What series are you guys racing in texas?

 

[Giant Geoff]

One summer, Baja trip we had two rollovers and one slip off a cliff.

 

[exp24]

MORE race 2020, high centered on some rocks. Got pulled out and still won the race!

 

[turbomonty]

couldnt quite see the terrian enough that day
flipped it over, cleaned out glass and kept on cruising

 

[turbomonty]

the sand was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo soft, i just idled into and poof! there went the front end. a guy on a quad thought it was funny and he was going to show me how dum i was. he flew right over his bars. lol

 

[Whiplashrace]

What series are you guys racing in texas?

TDRA and STORR, definitely check them both out! we need more racers

 

[Harry Johnson]

 

[badlinesgoodtimes]

It's been a bit since this has been bumped.
What lets see those Bad Lines.

 

[juberafab]

Had a little misshap in ocotillo a few months back. We were on our way to superstition and decided to stop by the train bridge on the way. When we were almost there my wife and son mentioned that they felt like water was hitting them. We were probably 20 seconds away so I decided to keep going as I knew there was hard pac there that we could stop on and check it out. When I got out we could hear water pouring out of the engine compartment and once we pulled the hood and looked closer I realized it was the water pump weep hole. We slaved the hood back on and started heading back at a decent pace. On the way back almost to.the turn towards ple line I got cornered in-between two large washouts with no exit. In a panic I threw the truck into reverse and as I back up I realized I couldn't see as the dust caught up by then and as I told the wife I needed to stop to get out the back tire feel off the ledge. I knew we were dead in the water. I made a dew call.and a buddy had a few fries staying off split mountain rd. They finished up dinner and headed our way. There was a power pole a 100 or so feet in front of us that I possibly could have used to pull us out with the tire straps but didn't have enough length with my tow strap. They showed up in their buggies pretty quick. We used a strap from the side of my truck to keep tension and another one to the other buggy to pull us out. The truck came out very easy considering a 2500 to 3000 lb buggy pulled us out first try with a little bit of gas. They toped us off with some water and we hauled but back to the trailer! Picture's don't do the cliff justice. Glad we didnt go over.

 

[SaltyMethods]

Plaster City/Ocotillo.

 

[36Fan]

Thanks! They weren’t too impressed with my driving but they were happy to get petted as I was kicking the snow out down to the dirt lol.

Hunting for cats?

 

[Beneeets]

So... A couple summers ago my wife and I were exploring around the June Lake, CA, scouting for potential campsites. I was driving down this hill that had a very little amount of running water through it and got to a dead end. The majority of the road was dry and this section didn't feel squishy or unstable so I didn't engage 4WD. After I turned around and started heading back up the hill, not expecting any trouble, I sunk. I put it in 4lo, engaged the rear lockers... I was already too deep. I also wasn't equipped with any recovery gear at this phase in my overlanding so I had to call for help. Oh wait, there's no cell service! Had to hike out a bit to finally get some service and was able to call some buddies that lived in June. This prompted me to invest more in recovery gear. At least my wife wasn't mad, we kinda just laughed a lot at the situation.