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Old 10-30-2007, 09:08 PM   #1
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SIRA 4x4 does Tellico, 10/21 - 10/28

A group of about 10 of us from SIRA 4x4 made the trek down to Murphy, NC for our first annual Big Trip. We had a few from CT, one from OH, a couple from PA, NJ, one from MD, and another from DE - 5 rigs total. Normally we'd be wheeling Rausch Creek and the old Paragon when it was open, but we were ready to try something different.

I think that for most of us, Tellico turned out to be a pleasant surprise. Just getting through the toughest trails was a challenge for our group of mildly built jeeps, and all the obstacles had lines that could test the big guys.

We got to meet some really nice people, learn how to wheel different types of terrain, and make some more educated decisions about the mods to plan for wherever our next big trip takes us.

We stayed at Tellico Cabins, in the Grand Cherokee. It was clean, well maintained, and very comfy after a long day on the trails, even for 10 people. The owners were very nice people who are working hard to maintain OHV access. We'd definitely recommend them for a place to stay.





On to the fun stuff. We managed to bring record rainfall with us, so the first couple days on the trail were miserable. These shots on upper 2 do a good job of showing what the conditions were like:






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Old 10-30-2007, 09:12 PM   #2
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The same day we hit lower 2, which was a slippery mess. It was a blast.








Hard landing.



NeZZr did just fine on 33s:







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Old 10-30-2007, 09:29 PM   #3
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The bottom of slickrock was still a mudhole by the time we hit it. Or maybe it's always a mudhole. Who knows. Maybe we just suck at the no traction, high wheelspeed climbs.

I dont have many pics of this trail, cameras were put away to do some winching and then we stopped for lunch.



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Old 10-30-2007, 09:39 PM   #4
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Guardrail and helicopter pad were really cool. Here's me setting up for guardrail:



Stupidly thinking I had any control over the line I'd end up on:



Got some hang time and chewed a hole in my shorts.



Craig giving it hell:



Which resulted in some unfortunate carnage:

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Old 10-30-2007, 09:41 PM   #5
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More to come as we sort through our remaining pics.

Until then, there are about 1700 pics in our gallery here.

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Which resulted in some unfortunate carnage:

Looks like a 4X3 now! Great pix! Thanx for sharing!
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Good pictures!
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Some video from the day:

Tommaho on Guard Rail
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TellyDSP on Guard Rail.... When a mod breaks a ujoint it makes a cool sound!
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TellyDSP on the Rock Garden at the Tellico Cabins
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Google Video Link of Trail #2 @ Tellico:

See post below........
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Looks like a 4X3 now! Great pix! Thanx for sharing!
That was the second u-joint to poop the bed in 2 days. Time for Alloys...or 1-tons.
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Seems I've been listening to you too long. Time to lay off the skinny pedal. The 4-banger is such a torquer monster that I have no choice with the stock 231. <>
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More video of Trail 2 @ Tellico:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5527574050316993244
(Better than the first... will be removed because of mistakes.)
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