WSI, RPG and ICON present: The SnoBall 500

[devildevil]

I'm bummed to not be on the trails having fun with everyone and seeing how fast tonloc aka "****** avengers" and i can go. Catching up on sleep today was much needed after all the late nights tho. All the other groups have no idea the fun that was had in group D. If it wasnt -18 out right now with over -30 wind chills i'd go wash my truck and put my new WSI race rack in! Thanks again to Jason, Mark, Jimmy, ****** avengers, netix, and everyone else we met and that made a great weekend! I never thought it was going to be anywhere near as much fun as it ended up being. I can confirm the raptor's stock abilities are amazing. We ran the trails with 43 psi in the stock bfg tires, stock fox shocks, 4 peoples bags and stuff in the truck, 3 people, etc. I will sort through the hours of video and pics and get them posted in the next week hopefully. We got a couple phone videos of us doing 60+ through some of the tight paths that shows the speedo, road, and how much wheel movement was needed at times to stay on trail. Bigblueballs looked at me one point and said "not gonna lie, i thought we were going in the woods there" and i just looked back and said "me too man!" as we proceeded to blast down the trails. I wouldnt doubt if we caught some air on a few of the dips of the trails as well, still surprised we didnt lose a bin of stuff at some point, that would have been "frustrating" lol. The videos of a "20 MPH" corner sign and then seeing the speedo at 40-50+ are pretty fun as well. We hope to see you all again soon!

 

[Squatting Dog]

This is why I have to laugh at the "california" rake that's oh so cool.
Around here, it's only gm's with the cheapest lift kits, and severly worn out trucks, riding around with the rear lower than the front.

I might give the duratracs a go next, the grabbers aren't epic in the winter, and don't balance well.
Something you snow ballers with stick on wheel weights might be noticing right about now, the ice builds up inside the wheel, when it eventually gets knocked off by the caliper, it takes your wheel weights with it...

Good to see everybody had fun and there were no major casualties !

My truck ONLY has "Californian rake" because of two completely sacked out rear leaf springs.. By the time I finished 2500+ mile trip they were completely "W" shaped. RPG is sending out a new set to me, to get the gangster lean taken care of!

-Greg

 

[devildevil]

P.S.

ANYONE have videos of me showing people how to whip shitties before the cops came?

 

[Ms. MI Raptor]

Mandy,
Can you send me that Pic of WSI and I side by side.

Its pretty badass!

I want one too...

Yukon Joe
Delta Force
Snoball500 Support Raptor

You got it guys. I just got home from work so will start emailing pics!

I shoulda copyrighted that panoramic pic I took at the lodge - that thing is all over the raptor sites now!

 

[Wilson]

that is by far the best picture I've seen yet.

 

[Yukon Joe]

P.S.

ANYONE have videos of me showing people how to whip shitties before the cops came?

Yes I do... with your ******* out.... and it's so frustrating....

Yukon Joe
Delta Force
Snoball500 Support Raptor

 

[Java]

The roads here are bad today. I couldn't drive like a civilian. I picked up my daughter from a friends after work and asked her if she wanted to go 2-tracking. She says sure, and when we get done she says wow Dad, I didn't know you could have fun 2 tracking in the snow. Maybe I'll bring her along next year.

 

[Allied Offroad]

Just got home, thanks everyone!

 

[RaptorWifey]

I'm going through the day 1 stuff and it appears that our hero 2 was accidentally set to take pictures every few seconds instead of video...whoops. I now have 3000 pictures of the trail and Donk's ass (when we could catch up to him)

Here are some drive up and day 1 pictures.

Doesn't the space without snow on Donk's tailgate look like a tank?

Canon upgrade!

 

[Squatting Dog]

Here are a little trip details... 4 hotels, 7 states, 2479 miles, 2 time zones, 52 hours in the truck, 206 gallons of gas, 5 tanks gas, and we drove completely around lake Michigan..

-Greg