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Current Scrambler pics

I need to get back to New Orleans to work on Andy's CJ-7 BUT we haven't had a good rain yet to wash all the salt/de-icer crap off the roads yet 😒 So, Scramblers are stuck at home, but old red being put to use doing yard clearing work. Pictures always make the slope look level, but believe me this is all four low both differentials locked territory. My yard is awesome 😆

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Working on the upper slope/cliff which is the biggest PIA to work on. This is my final "clearing" pass. I'm gonna knock out the slopes first, then the bottom of the cliff at the river. Once those hard parts are done the rest of the upper/level yard will be a piece of cake. Going to at least try to get the two hard areas knocked out before pivoting back to working on my '86 CJ-7.
 
I believe that brine has been beaten to death by 18 wheelers and covered with rubber. :thumbsup:
 
spankrjs said:
Wolf Creek Pass was fun just driving the Scrambler in nice weather. I imagine it is a bit more "interesting" towing a Jeep during winter :crazy:
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Wolf Creek was all clear over and back. Did hit a couple of minor snow storms coming back, one coming down La Veta Pass in to Walsenburg and another between there and Lamar.
 
Got out with the "NorCal Explorers" Facebook group. Did about 25 miles on pretty easy dirt trails. Followed sections of the "California Trail". We started near the town of McArthur, CA.

The California National Historic Trail was a mid-19th century highway for human movement to lures of gold and farmland in California. Between 1841 and 1869, more than 200,000 emigrants traversed the California Trail.

Pretty cool. Will definitely get back out there. That's Mt Shasta in the background.

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There were information posts made of railroad track with quotes from some of the travelers.

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gpassida said:
Got out with the "NorCal Explorers" Facebook group. Did about 25 miles on pretty easy dirt trails. Followed sections of the "California Trail". We started near the town of McArthur, CA.

The California National Historic Trail was a mid-19th century highway for human movement to lures of gold and farmland in California. Between 1841 and 1869, more than 200,000 emigrants traversed the California Trail.

Pretty cool. Will definitely get back out there. That's Mt Shasta in the background.

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There were information posts made of railroad track with quotes from some of the travelers.

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Looks fun, I will look into it. Thanks
 
If that was a gun safe, I’d say you better take in some more weapons and ammo. You never know when you might be under siege.
 
More yard work. Pictures never show the angle correctly but the Jeep is at about a 35-45 degree angle. The tree in the foreground that blocks the front of the trailer from view is vertical. This is the back yard coming up from the relatively flat area down at the river. Gotta go up and down the cliff to get up to the house level. House level is about 40' higher then river bottom level. I used to have some log ramps to make this climb easier but they rotted/broke. So, gotta pull cable to get back up the hill. Sounds terrible but only adds about 10 minutes to each trip, so not worth wasting a day rebuilding bridging ramps. Probably 3 more trips to pick up what I already cut down, maybe 10 more trips total to get it cleaned out how I want it. This is our winter time, snowed a few weeks back and now it is 70 degrees with 90% humidity!! Which sucks, because I am wearing short sleeve shirts so my forearms are already covered in poison ivy :crazy:

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spankrjs said:
Which sucks, because I am wearing short sleeve shirts so my forearms are already covered in poison ivy :crazy:

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Have you used/triedTecnu for the poison ivy? It works well to lesson the itch and short the length of irritation. I have a big 32oz bottle from Amazon from when I worked I. The tree care industry. I did build up a tolerance/resistance to it some but tecnu really helped.
 
barrys said:
Have you used/triedTecnu for the poison ivy? It works well to lesson the itch and short the length of irritation. I have a big 32oz bottle from Amazon from when I worked I. The tree care industry. I did build up a tolerance/resistance to it some but tecnu really helped.
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I've been using "Zanfel" cream to wash the affected areas, seems to work well. I just have small little patches here and there, not widespread terrible outbreak. In the summer time I will usually make myself stop work every hour on the hour and scrub my arms/hands/face with Dawn dish washing soap and a stiff brush. This really seems extreme, but it cut back on rash/outbreak by 90%. My immunity to it seems to have improved over time, too. I don't get outbreaks going Jeeping or hiking or camping, but once you start chain sawing stuff down and man handling the same debris multiple times it will get you!!
 
I break out if I even look at poison ivy. I have been using a bar soap from Amazon meant for washing the oils off the skin. Use it with shower water that is as hot as I can tolerate. If I think I might have gotten close to any, it is shower time immediately.

I think this is the same soap, the brand and seller I was buying from are gone from Amazon.

 
barrys said:
Have you used/triedTecnu for the poison ivy? It works well to lesson the itch and short the length of irritation. I have a big 32oz bottle from Amazon from when I worked I. The tree care industry. I did build up a tolerance/resistance to it some but tecnu really helped.
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I will need to get this, seems to have a cult following.
 
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