Photos: Peak Putters Darland Mountain 4×4 Snow Run

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Ceg

Darland Mountain 4×4 Snow Run
Hosted by Peak Putters
By Clay Graham / CegPics.com

On April 14th, 2007 Colemancooler and I went and met up with the Peak Putters Club at the Ahtanum Sno-park. I drove the RV up and Colemancooler drove up his Toyota. We pulled in sometime around 11 PM. We BSed with Roman to around 1 AM.

Saturday morning we headed up the Mid Fork Ahtanum Road with the Peak Putters. They had a special DNR permit to go up to Darland Mountain.

The snow started getting deep right above Tree Phones. Colemancooler found he needed to let more air out of his tires.

On up the road we found Roman stuck. The snow was washed away under where he was driving. Old Green was about to pull Roman’s rig when he started having problem keeping his rig running. Old Green’s battery was getting low so Commando14 came around to jump him if needed. Old Green got his rig running and pulled Roman out. We could hear Roman yelling at Old Green to stop as he slid down to the road.

The snow started getting real deep toward Eagle Nest. We got up to Clover Flats and Old Green’s rig was having problems. Old Green got his rig running again and we headed on up to the top of Darland Mountain.

Up on top of Darland the snow was real deep with big drifts. On the way back down the mountain, we stopped for lunch and then played some.

Back at camp we had some killer tacos around a nice warm camp fire. Colemancooler had to leave that night.

Sunday my son was going to come up and escort our old RV home because we still have a few bugs to work out. He had to work so he sent Roll Over to follow me home. Lucky Roll Over had some tools because we had some fan belt problems on the way out.

This was a great run. Thank you Peak Putters for letting me tag along. Thank you Colemancooler for the ride.

For more information about the Peak Putters, see their web site: peakputters.com

Here are some photos of the Peak Putters Darland Mountain 4×4 Snow Run:

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Photos: Ahtanum Sign Trip

Posted on April 9, 2007 by Ceg

Ahtanum Sign Trip
Hosted by BSLM
Report by Clay Graham. Photos by Clay Graham / CegPics.com

Due to the closed signs on the Mid Fork Ahtanum we decided to see if the other roads and trails where open. So on April 9th, 2007 BSLM came and picked me up in his Blazer and we headed up.

We made it up to the Grey Rock Trailhead (the snow level) on the North Fork and did not see any closed signs. Next we headed up Jackass. We turned around at the snow level which was at A2320. Next we took A2400 over Sedge Ridge. We never saw a closed sign on those Roads/Trails.

In Tampico BSLM had to add some airing after his wheeling trip.

Next we headed up to BSLM’s land from Nasty Creek and out the other side near Cowiche Mill Road. There were a lot of elk grazing. We ran Cowiche Mill and came back out Nasty Creek.

This was a real fun trip even though I yelled “Dude, there’s a cliff” once as we were sideways in the snow.

Here are some photos of the Ahtanum Sign Trip:

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Photos: EWOR 99’s Ahtanum Run

Posted on April 7, 2007 by Ceg

99’s Ahtanum Run
Hosted by 99 & Eastern Washington Off Road
Report by Clay Graham. Photos by Clay Graham / CegPics.com

99 called a run to get out of the house. She wanted to see if we could make it up to Tree Phones.

On April 7th, 2007, Tiny met us for the run at Ceg Ranch and Test Dummy rode with him. Near Slavin Road the Tweety Jeep started smoking. We found out we had ATF coming out the filler tupe. We had a sharp bend in one of the tranny cooler lines and thought that could be the problem so we by passed the bend. We made it to the church in Tampico before she started smoking again. We added more ATF and let the rig run awhile and all was fine. As we were checking out the Tweety Jeep, Krazy Gimp was passing by and stopped. He said he would run up to the Ahtanum with us. The Tweety Jeep started smoking again on the way up. I just slowed down and she stopped smoking. At the Sno-park we dropped into low range thinking that it would be less work on the tranny. That seem to be the fix. Trail Rated, not road worthy.

We headed up the Mid Fork Ahtanum road and the road was clear up to Tree Phones. At Tree Phones the snow was deep. I tried to drive around the campground loop and got stuck. Tiny pulled the Tweety Jeep out with his CJ5’s 8274 Warn Winch. We stopped in a camp site to let the kids play some. Leaving Krazy Gimp and I both got stuck. Tiny liked using his winch.

The roads above Tree Phones were closed, so we ran up the Whites Ridge 4×4 Trail. We hit snow right above the Whites Ridge Loop Trail. We made it up to the steepest climb on the Whites Ridge 4×4 Trail.

Krazy Gimp had to get going so we turn a round and headed down the ridge. We tried to take the Whites Ridge Loop trail on the north face but the snow was deep. We didn’t have enough day night to winch so we turned around. Krazy Gimp got stuck climbing back out. Tiny’s winch was pulling his CJ5 down the hill as he was winching Krazy Gimp. We used the Tweety Jeep to keep the CJ5 from being pulled.

We headed to Sno-park and met up with IF and Build-not-bot. We sat around their camp fire as Test Dummy ran home for the Truck and Trailer to haul the Tweety Jeep home. That gave us some time to visit so it worked out good. Everyone thinks the Tranny vent tube is plugged up on the Tweety Jeep. We will check that out this week.

Here are some photos of the 99’s Ahtanum Run:

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Photos: EWOR ORV Play Day at Ceg Ranch

Posted on March 31, 2007 by Ceg

ORV Play Day at Ceg Ranch
Hosted by Eastern Washington Off Road/Ceg Ranch
By Clay Graham / CegPics.com

On Saturday March 31st, 2007, we had many come to our free community event, Eastern Washington Off Road ORV Play Day at Ceg Ranch in Gromore, Washington. It was held in Ceg Ranch’s Field of Dreams Arena which use to be used for the Gromore Children’s Rodeo.

Since it was a free play day, people had a chance to run over cars with their 4×4 rigs, Flex out on the RTI Ramp, and compete in the 4×4 Tug-A-War sponsored by Ron Dunn Jr. with 4WheelingPlus.com.

This was a very fun day of play in our back yard thanks to all the volunteers and the people that came to play.

Here are some photos of the EWOR ORV Play Day at Ceg Ranch:

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Aftermath

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Photos: EWOR Getting Ready for the ORV Play Day

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Ceg

Getting Ready for the ORV Play Day
Hosted by Eastern Washington Off Road/Ceg Ranch
Report by Clay Graham. Photos by Clay Graham / CegPics.com

We had volunteer work days through the month of March 2007 at Ceg Ranch to get ready for a ORV Play Day in the Field of Dreams Arena.

I had a lot of old scrap metal from convener belts use at the old Gromore Packing House. They were in a barn on some land I bought. We use it a long with pieces from my old silo to build a RTI Ramp (Ramp Travel Index) for the event. People brought over tools to build it. Some donate other things toward the project.

TestDummy and some other had some junk vehicles they donated to be ran over.

Here are some photos of some work and a lot of testing/Playing:

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