Jeeps Going Wild has members in and around Chicago and multiple other areas as well. We often head out to the Badlands in Indiana and occassionally to the Cliffs. Odds are we'll head out again before the end of the year....I hope any way.
theres a group going to the badlands on the 22nd. The group I usually go with is kind of burnt out on the Badlands and is heading to Redbird that same day. They are having night runs that night and callowing campers.. so we will stay over night and possibly wheel some more the next day.
if you guys wanna get out somewhere.. the closest for you is the cliffs.. its like 35-45 mins from joliet. its smaller. if you guys wanna go to redbird with us on the 22nd.. come on down.
Nick, I'm still mostly stock with my wj, also my 4 wheel is not working, still working on getting it fixed but I'd possibly still want to ride out just for fun and check out everybody else
Come on out then chase. We have stock Jeeps come out with us all the time. You could probably jump in with someone if you wanted to. Have you tried manually putting it in 4wd?
It's the all-time 4 wheel, problem is I got this from a guy at work an he took the front gear out cuz it was humming after he replaced the ring and pinion. I put the gear back in for winter last year and it still made a god awful hum so I took it back out.
You guys are a little west of me. I'm down for wheeling.
I would like to get out to the cliffs again. Maybe it won't be a mud pit this time.
Are there any maintained power line roads around?
There is a a nice little area out in bartlett off of sterns and munger road. its a atv path but i like to take my jeep on it. im always down to go tear around back there if any of you guys are.
Hello all! I'm new-ish to the forum and new to owning a jeep, just bought 08 Wrangler 2d about 2 weeks ago. I live out in bartlett if anyone wants to wheel anytime I'm in!
Chase.. sounds to me like the gearing needs an overhaul kit. Did the person who regeared it know what he was doing? That's one of those things that needs to be precise or goofy stuff will happen.
Stock axles, horrible drive shaft angles, top never taken. Probably because it to tall. Haha and never gets dirty. It does look pretty good though just not built to wheel.
Don't let people scare you about the cliffs. There's a lot of guys (mostly on other forums) That say the cliffs sucks because the trails are "too tight" or you run the risk of getting "body damage" too easily. 1) I went to the cliffs for the first time a month ago and had a blast. Needed a change from the badlands and that was a decent option. We camped out there and ran the trails at night and had an even better time. 2) if you are worried about damage... why the hell would you wheel it at all?
It honestly isn't that bad. We had a Guy with us running a cummins diesel truck and he made it through the trails just fine. Some people just have no clue how to drive.
Don't let people scare you about the cliffs. There's a lot of guys (mostly on other forums) That say the cliffs sucks because the trails are "too tight" or you run the risk of getting "body damage" too easily. 1) I went to the cliffs for the first time a month ago and had a blast. Needed a change from the badlands and that was a decent option. We camped out there and ran the trails at night and had an even better time. 2) if you are worried about damage... why the hell would you wheel it at all?
It honestly isn't that bad. We had a Guy with us running a cummins diesel truck and he made it through the trails just fine. Some people just have no clue how to drive.
That is so true. All the trails have ruts that are perfect for the jeep width and you stay in the ruts and you will not hit trees. So spots do get a little tight but that's on the hardcore trail or if you get on to a atv path. I haven't had anybody damage there.
That was actually the worse part about it for me! those ruts are so deep in spots.. its like you dont even need a steering wheel and are on a roller coaster.. it just takes you wherever it wants to go. Part of my day i spent trying to steer out of the ruts but it was next to impossible!
If you go to the Cliffs watch out for this hole on trail #1 (easiest). I could've went around, but wth I had to try to get thru it... lol I ended up going down further instead up forward or back, so we pulled the winch.
Any chance I could get in some of this? I am downtown but if you guys have something out in the Bartlett area, that would be cool. Just got my XJ this summer. No lift, just 235/75/15 M/T tires...Would that make it through anything you guys are doing?
Hey im out in Batavia...I ran into CHASE08 at the gas station the other day,hes an alright dude.I'll be hittin the cliffs in the next couple weeks.
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