coldbore556

New guy to NJ. Ill come out to help. Never been to the pines yet!

04flareside

awesome, do you know where the ranger station is located? is your truck stock, what kinda tires? i only ask cause there is a a lot of sugar fine sand. you will definatly want to drop tire pressure and have a way to fill it back up but otherwise stock will normally be fine.

jeepfan93

Well, someone was in there and apparently replaced the ring and pinion gear.220k on the truck and no wear on them. Spider gears are chewed up pretty bad. LSD is not working.I've only put about 5k on the truck since I bought it 3 years ago. I went to install a detroit EZlocker to get ready for this weekend. I noticed the pinion shaft was cracked and looked really hammered and beat on when I pulled the locking bolt for the shaft. Well hammering on the shaft, it is now facing forward into the case, getting hung up on the spider gear. I can't move it any more and the shaft is not out of the way enough to remove the Cclips to pull the axles. The shop who maintains our vehicles for work says he can cut the gear with a torch and not damage anything else. If he can do that today, then I should be good to go.I'll keep my fingers crossed. On a side note I should have known better than to do anymore work that day. When I went to move my truck to work on it, I had no brakes. Turns out there was hole in the brake line right where the fuel filter sits. So 8ft of line later that's fixed. Broke one of the drums getting it ready for the locker. Dam rust.

04flareside

I say better now then on the trail! Hope its all taken care of, and hope to see you Sunday.

Pfierro1

I want to sign up.Who do I contact?Where is the entrance to the place.Anyone have GPS coordinates (LAT,LONG)to the site if entrance is way off?

Pfierro1

I have BFG all terrain rugged trail tires(LT 265 70 R17s) Is the good enough to get me around down there?

04flareside

entrance to atsion ranger station is on Rt 206 (Latitude/Longitude: N39.74280°, W74.72586°) from what i understand signups are done there and starts @ 9

you should be fine with those tires, some of the trails are a little more narrow so just a heads up you may get scratched if youre not paying attention while youre driving there. its not horrible bad so dont think i am trying to talk you out of this just want you to be aware since youve never been in the pines. its a fun place to wheel as long as your responsible and tread lightly

Pfierro1

Thanks flareside.What needs to be brought?Im thinking of a rake,chainsaw,maybe a portable generator,comealong,chains,Never been to something like this&would like an idea on what else to bring

04flareside

ive been in the pine 100's of times, never been to the cleanup every time the cleanup comes my trucks break down, i would bring standard off roading gear- shovel, tow straps, chains, spare tools or a tool kit. i would also invest in a pair of mechanics gloves from pepgirls i mean boys lol.just in case there is trash the needs to be picked up thats sharp metal or something.i would not brin ga chainsaw.... rangers might not like that.. always wanna protect yourself. i am sure even if you bring nothing but your truck and the keys to run it youll be fine. everyone i have every roaded with in the pines is always there to help out and with the large amount of people going sunday i am sure every group will have whatever they need. i would either bring ipod or a friend with you too helps the ride seem more fun then sitting in silence by yourself lol

Pfierro1

Thanks Adam.Got the GPS coordinates&thanks for your help.Hope to meet up with you