Pictures

This page is under serious construction...check back often!

For now there isn't much organization, but I'm trying to keep them in reverse order of time (newest pictures at the top of the page.)  Eventually I plan to separate the pics into different pages for quicker downloading. Check back often, since I have many, many pictures, and I will be constantly adding them.

Mason/Brookline Trail

My Other Toys

This is the brusk truck for the Goshen Fire Dept. in Goshen, NH.	I wonder if I can fit that grill guard on my XJ?	It even has a winch! Its a large PTO winch.	How would you like to see that coming at you in your rear view mirror?
Heavy closed knuckle front axle.	My XJ as I bought it. Read a little more about it on the My Vehicles page.	A view from my first trail trip with my newly purchased XJ. This is also the same day I finished installing the 3" lift.	My XJ up on a ledge.
Another shot of the ledge.	Just playing here, to see how the lift flexes.	Pictures never do justice...it looked cooler in person. Isn't that always the way?	My first mud crossing...
...and the XJ did well. It was slimy under the water, but it made it.	I was talked into playing on a trail after class one day...	...and I got stuck for the first time! The 31" Uniroyals suck in the mud-	-and it didn't help that there were ruts and I high centered.
Luckily a Toyota pickup came along while we were working on getting it out...he pulled us out without a problem just after this picture was taken.	About a year after the last pictures were taken I did my first real four wheeling. I did a few little modifications to increase flex...and even the little 215/75/15 tires rubbed the inner fenderwell!	I plan to do a little more modifying to increase droop.	And only a couple days after playing on the trail I had to tow this van. The XJ handled it without a problem!
It was a pretty large load for an XJ, but the rear disk brakes really helped stopping, and with the Dodge springs, the rear of the XJ didn't even sag.	My newly purchased (at the time) '86 Samurai. I went to school with a bunch of flatlanders who drove Hondas and Acuras...I was very entertaining to them.	Kids need to play, right?	I was living in a city at the time, and wanted to see how the Sammy articulated...this was the best place I could find. And the Samurai failed the test.
A Vette being pulled by a REAL vehicle...yea, right...		The start of my low buck snorkel.	Just cut the hole...
run the Sears Shop-Vac hose behind the battery...	...and plug it into the airbox like it was made for it. Seal around the lid, and its water tight!	Zip-tie it in place for that professional touch...	and find the deepest water you can! O.K., not very deep, but it was close by, and lots of fun.
	I got a little carried away and got stuck on the ice.	That's what friends are for!	Just a little push did the job. You have to love 2000 lb. 4x4s!
I did play on real trails with the Samurai. It was hung on the ice and wouldn't move.	Ford to the rescue! My friend didn't quite make it to me.	He slid back into this nice ravine. I had already driven down it and backed out (notice the narrow tire tracks behind the truck)	He wasn't going anywhere for a while. Oh well, walk back to his house for the night, and crack open some beers.
After he got pulled out the next morning...	...he came in and pulled me out.	Then it was my turn when he got to some mud.	Stock Sammy, stock tires, and a snorkel...as you can see there is a reason for it!
Unfortunately it doesn't help when high centered.	Acme Portable Samurai...just pick it up and carry it with you!	Here is the poor Sammy on its final outing.  It has 33" Swampers with NO LIFT! They barely touched the fenders when twisted.  Sawz-Alls are cool!	My '92 YJ with CJ nose.
Other than the nose, its bone stock.  It may have the full cage in these pics though.	The same Jeep after a couple quick mods and some partially worn 33" Swampers.	My Tensen 12,000 lb. electric winch is also mounted.	Considering the suspension was mostly stock, and it flexed decently, I'm surprised the 33s didn't rub.
Here is a decent shot of the full cage I built.	Same Jeep after a spray can paint job.  I had removed the winch for New Hampshire legal reasons.  I built the simple front bumper shortly before this pic was taken.	Those ledges were very icy! We could barely walk on them.	Carnage at that point was limited to a broken shock and exhaust...
...until the rear axle pinion yoke exploded at this exact time!  Notice front tires spinning, rear aren't?	And this is how it sits now. I have quite a few more pictures of this Jeep, but I'll wait until I separate this page into categories.	Good shot of my Grand Wagoneer in action.  It was used to tow heavy loads, but also did a little light to moderate 4-wheeling.	My Toyota pickup.  It survived this swamping, and even drove home afterwards.
In this shot you can see the snorkel that went on right after I swamped the truck.  Snorkel worked great!	Another of my Samurais, right after painting.	And this is a week later.	'85 CJ-7.  Fresh from an overnight camping trip.
There is something about red vehicles...they always seem to end up on their sides.	That washout is actually pretty deep.  To the right of the Jeep (left of the picture) is a LONG steep drop I was trying to keep away from.	This is right after the roll.  Not much damage, just a slight dent on the passenger fender.	My second Samurai.  I had a lot of fun with this one, and won some trophies with it.  Those trophies are a second and third place in the modified class.  I let my friend Tony run it in the stock class, where he took first.