Trail Honcho, For Trailing

[lonleycreeper]

Originally Posted by TAT76

Been in the same boat. Freaking weather has taken a toll on me. I get off work and don't want to go out and deal with it after.
Soon I hope it'll break and we can start hitting the trails.

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Right!

When the weather breaks, I will be testing these vs my current favorite Tsl's...




And a comparison...

[HLDMYBR]

sheesh, this guy has more crawler tires than most wives have shoes

[lonleycreeper]

Originally Posted by HLDMYBR

sheesh, this guy has more crawler tires than most wives have shoes

Lol, Worse! I had to fill a set of rims. Right...

My wife and I are probably on equal terms, Shoes to tire set ratio...

Edit: At least thats what I tell myself...

[lonleycreeper]

Again small tires vs big...


Picture does not do this hill justice...

[lonleycreeper]

I got her out today...

Hit the riverbed for a little over 4 hours, killed the aluminum servo horn on my F150, so I ran the Honcho today...

[Jboucher]

I see you have a rig with duratrax deep woods and one with Goodyear MT/R.

Can you compare the 2 and give me your opinion?
I was mostly set on the MT/R but there is something about those HUGE deep woods that i can't shake off.

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[lonleycreeper]

Originally Posted by Jboucher

I see you have a rig with duratrax deep woods and one with Goodyear MT/R.

Can you compare the 2 and give me your opinion?
I was mostly set on the MT/R but there is something about those HUGE deep woods that i can't shake off.

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I haven't run the Mtr's yet. I will be doing a comparison to Proline Tsl's in a couple weeks on my Honcho.

The Deep Woods are mounted on my buddys truck, (HLDMYBR) and are a awesome tire. I am throuroghly impressed. They grip every bit as well as my old standby,Proline tsl"s. The lug spacing is very similar and they move dirt, mud, sand, and snow like a shovel. Yet they still move the rig forward while not digging too deep.

The little bit of time we have run the two tires together we match line for line in climbing. Our trucks are set up very similarly with a advantage going to my rig due to foams. But my had been breaking everything I can possibly break, while the Bronco is still going strong, with minimal breakage.

The foams are too soft and the sidewalls have no support, so with anything but the lightest truck they fold over and are almost undriveable.

[Jboucher]

Yeah foams are the most important thing.

I already have new crawler innovation double deuce 6.0inch ready for either of them.
Thx for the feedback.

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[lonleycreeper]

Sure any time.

Next week I will be in Helena for job training. Taking this rig along to see if I can find any good crawling.

I anyone has some tips, I would appreciate it.

[TAT76]

Originally Posted by lonleycreeper

Sure any time.

Next week I will be in Helena for job training. Taking this rig along to see if I can find any good crawling.

I anyone has some tips, I would appreciate it.

Helena use to hold the scale nationals back in the day and have some Rocky trails if you can locate them. I think rimini at the bottom of McDonald pass (Helena side) is am epic area.
Weather's changing and trailing is in the air. ;)

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[lonleycreeper]

Originally Posted by TAT76

Helena use to hold the scale nationals back in the day and have some Rocky trails if you can locate them. I think rimini at the bottom of McDonald pass (Helena side) is am epic area.
Weather's changing and trailing is in the air. ;)

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Well not in Helena... Lol. Town is buried under a foot of snow, so no trailing for me here. I also found my schedual is 12pm-12am for the week, so long week on top:( .

[lonleycreeper]

I got back from helena yesterday and went to play today...












Found a real live moose...

[lonleycreeper]

Trying on some Pitbull Rock Beasts...





Also thanks to HLDMYBR for the sand ladders, they fit the truck perfectly.

Still waiting for good weather for a tire test from the big three, Proline, Pitbull and Rc4wd...

[lonleycreeper]

Stacks of tires...

[lonleycreeper]

Just got home, after loosing complete track of time today on the trail.


Climbing the first portion of the climb.







Into some hardcore rocks.







First lookout.





Big rocks.



The second lookout.





Trying to give an idea of how steep the climb was.





Up to the snow line.





The ultimate crawler.



A view from the top.







And what was left. At this point I realized how late it was and booked it back down the hill. I had a nasty 200' tumble arrested by a tree fortunately. Amazingly nothing broke.

[retro77]

Epic setting for crawling!

[lonleycreeper]

Originally Posted by retro77

Epic setting for crawling!

Thanks, I couldn't agree more. Western Montana is a amazing place to live. I couldn't ask for a more beautiful place.

[Jboucher]

Makes me want to find a job in the USA, im so tired of the snow and cold 6 months per year...

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[lonleycreeper]

Originally Posted by Jboucher

Makes me want to find a job in the USA, im so tired of the snow and cold 6 months per year...

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Ha. Saturday night we got 8-10 inches of snow, and todays high was just above freezing. Being above the 45th parallel the snow and cold just comes with the territory.
That said I wouldn't trade it for anything.

[lonleycreeper]

A nice long trail run today. 8 ish miles, with a mix of rocks, snow, ice, water crossings, mud and dry dirt. So a little bit of everything. We went around Como lake, south of Hamilton Mt.

A view from the dam.









From the other end....