UP offroad pics

[loudblack97z71]

I'm a long-time member finally got a photobucket account so I can post pics. So I picked a few of my favorites from past wheelin trips. Trails are all around the Keewenaw area. There's more pics on the second page of this thread.
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq137/mtuboarder/fsc16.jpg
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Poor chevy I found on the trail, the guys jumped it and broke the frame, and the bed got trashed when they tried to tow it out.
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq137/mtuboarder/fsc11.jpg
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And one Clean pic haha!
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq137/mtuboarder/truck1.jpg

[Blue-Z71]

dang.... truck took alot haha looks like a blast! are you running a BL?

[CarolinaHD]

damn you got some balls lol

[Atomic]

givin that girl hell haha

[rebelbowtie]

thats awesome. a few of those pics you should email to neevnav for the fsc youtube contest thing. they would go great in the slide show

[loudblack97z71]

No body lift, just a crank and 2" block. Actually no crank or block in most of the pics. (they're older)

33x12.50 pep boys M/T's and locker in the rear really helps.

[Suburban454]

Im going to school in houghton this fall, so i will be around that area and i wanted to know if i need an ORV sticker for my truck to go on the trails?
Thanks

[loudblack97z71]

no ORV sticker is required for most of the trails I go on, don't quote me on that tho. I know you need one if you're cruising the snowmobile trails on an atv tho.

[Underpowered]

very nice man. you seem to wheel that truck pretty good.

[bai78]

Those are awesome shots. The one with the 40* angle with one side in the mud trench is amazing.

I love the hood. Is it a functional ram air/induction hood. What brand is it & how much?

[loudblack97z71]

the hood is a goodmark i payed 400. its functional as a cowl induction, not as a ram air, thats just a plastic peice.

I've thought about making it ram-air functional but i recently installed a 79 trans am fender vent as a cold air intake so the hood will remain the same.

[Kyle_K15]

Poor ole busted Chevy but Always good to see some full size wheelin goin on good lookin truck man.

[Vanquish]

i like it, trucks used as trucks, who wouldda thought.......... props man.

[MindlessDeviant]

Youre giving that truck hell...good on ya! I wish I had trails like that around here.

[GMC Sierra]

what wheels are those? they don't look like they are a steel wheel thats why i ask

[Outlawz2004]

Some of the best wheeling pics I have seen posted here.

[loudblack97z71]

The wheels are Mickey Thompson classic II's painted black. The UP winters are hell on polished aluminum so I decided to paint them.

[Suburban454]

Thanks, Now i will probably hold off on the ORV sticker. Also before you painted your rims how bad did the winters eat them up? I ask because i just got new polished aluminum rims and if the winters will destroy them, i might get a winter set with steel rims.
Thanks

[$ilverado8405]

I'm a long-time member finally got a photobucket account so I can post pics. So I picked a few of my favorites from past wheelin trips. Trails are all around the Keewenaw area.
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq137/mtuboarder/fsc16.jpg


http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/560555/fullsize/offroading91070063.jpeg

Look familiar?? Don't know if it's the exact same spot but it looks like the same trail.



no ORV sticker is required for most of the trails I go on, don't quote me on that tho. I know you need one if you're cruising the snowmobile trails on an atv tho.

I don't know about now but back in '06 you needed an ORV sticker to be on the snowmobile trails with your truck. The back roads by the power lines and by wheelkate you don't need one but for established trails it was required at that time.

[loudblack97z71]

The aluminum got all pitted and oxidized, so I got tired of polishing them. It only took one winter for my chrome exhaust tips to rust thru also.

That looks really similar but I don't think its the same trail, the vegetation looks different. That trail is off the beacon hill toivola road.
edit: upon a closer look it probably is the same trail but a different season. I noticed the matching birch tree on the right hand side.

[$ilverado8405]

yeah that was taken 2 or three falls ago and I think that was the same road we came off onto. I wasn't in the lead with the map so I wasn't paying much attention to where we were. I know at one point we visited Agate Bay during that same day and we got on the trail in Strange Range and went up through Freda.

[loudblack97z71]

Yeah thats my neck of the woods, if you come up this way and want to learn some new trails shoot my a PM.

[loudblack97z71]

Here's a few more pics:
Thats my hood in the 1st pic, water was over the top of the tires. You can see how deep it is on the jeep, but that wasnt the deepest part.
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq137/mtuboarder/SD530075.jpg
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my buddies jeep is an XJ lifted 3" on 34x10.50 ltb's He recently chopped the rear hatch off and welded in a roll cage.:hack:
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq137/mtuboarder/SD530082.jpg
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq137/mtuboarder/SANY0331.jpg

[scottyy360]

Nice pics man, reminds me how much I miss Michigan.

[$ilverado8405]

Yeah thats my neck of the woods, if you come up this way and want to learn some new trails shoot my a PM.

I used to ride along with my friends a lot when we were going to school at Tech as I didn't have a beater or the funds to build a beater. I keep telling myself that some day I'm going to retire in Houghton and trail ride all day long.

[Jimmy P]

cool pics, I think Ive got pics from some of the same places! Miss it up there.

[Quyonmob]

Nice to see shots of a liftless truck wheeling hard. Alot of folks seems to believe that it isn't possible. We both know otherwise. :cool:

[rebelbowtie]

Nice to see shots of a liftless truck wheeling hard. Alot of folks seems to believe that it isn't possible. We both know otherwise. :cool:

thats actually opposite from what ive usually seen at least around here. guys with stock trucks wheel 10x harder and 10x more often than guys in modded trucks

[Quyonmob]

thats actually opposite from what ive usually seen at least around here. guys with stock trucks wheel 10x harder and 10x more often than guys in modded trucks

Round my home, its mostly the jeep tools saying "you need at least 35's to get down this trail". I laughed and drove a bone stock 2008 ford F250 (on 245/75/16) through for work.

This site is actually pretty good for respecting driver ability more than mods like lifts and tires.

Money buys lifts and tires and winches. Experience builds a driver.

[rebelbowtie]

they still put tires that small on fords? my dads 06 came stock with 275/70/18 theyre big tires

[Quyonmob]

they still put tires that small on fords? my dads 06 came stock with 275/70/18 theyre big tires

Base model F250 with steel wheels.

[rebelbowtie]

boo steel wheels

[Quyonmob]

boo steel wheels

Work truck... fleet white with power nothing. (V10, 4.10's and a locker make up for the blue oval on the grill).

[rebelbowtie]

v10 does nothing for me :lol: just a noisy motor.

[loudblack97z71]

I agree, my lil vortec 305 smoked a v10, granted his was a crewcab and mines a rcsb with mods but I would still expect it to be closer.

[sunburnedaz]

Back to the original post. Damn how hard do you have to hit to break a frame like the one you found out there. Man oh man that must have been one hell of a hit.

[loudblack97z71]

I think the frame was severely rusted before they decided to..uhh jump the truck :badidea: silly yoopers.

Here's some more pics from today:
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq137/mtuboarder/SANY0233.jpg
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[rebelbowtie]

i want to take my truck on some trails....

[hunters_chevy]

The aluminum got all pitted and oxidized, so I got tired of polishing them. It only took one winter for my chrome exhaust tips to rust thru also.


Yeah, I know what you mean. Im down south here around Grand Rapids. Some kids at my school just got exhaust after I did. Im running dumped but they went full length and I told them to get SS tips but they insisted that chrome doesnt rust. One already has a rust spot and we'll see come spring what the other kids looks like.

[CowboyUp]

nice picks, gotta love the UP!

[DURAGAS 8.1]

good to see some more people from this neck of the woods on here

what is your antenna it kinda looks like a browning logo

[loudblack97z71]

The antenna is a 3d flame one off stylintrucks.com

[chevyman98]

makes me wish i wouldnt have sold my 90 z71 rcsbss and make me want another lol look pics and nice wheelin

[Smalltown]

Dude you really do some wheeling. Nice pics.

[sierra85]

i snowmobile there. nice pics man

[adam728]

Great pics. I love (and miss) the UP! A lot of the areas we used to play at close to town are now gone, Superfund sites. I hope to get up there some day, at least for a lengthy visit. I won't make it to the UP this time, but I am leaving to road trip the Jeep to Michigan and pick up a C2500 n about 2 hours.

To the ORV sticker thing. Snowmobile trails are ORV routes, you need an ORV sticker OR a license plate. The only places in Michigan you need an ORV sticker on your truck is the Mounds and Silver Lake (ORV parks or "scramble areas"). Otherwise the license plate covers you. If you are on an ORV trail (sticker required), then you are in trouble no matter what, because you are not allowed on those with any vehicle over 50" wide. We looked all this up this summer when I came up to play for a few weeks. The law has been the same for a good number of years now.

[loudblack97z71]

thanks for clearing that up adam, I wasnt sure what the law was for the snowmobile trails in the off-season.

[adam728]

Just remember, some snowmobile trails are closed to all wheeled vehicles in the summer time. I can't recall if there are any in that area like that, but I know in the northern lower there are quite a few. Usually because they run through wet areas.

[DURAGAS 8.1]

around here ther non exisient when there aint snow but thats because they all run through farmland

[CowboyUp]

we have some through farmland, but it makes it nice come winter riding on the trails that were closed for the summer... a lot easier on your back

[buck98]

I got accepted to tech up in houghton. Gunna have to get ahold of you do some wheelin!

[ssdeuces]

What's the Zip code for this area? I'm 49240 if you ever get down this way.

[adam728]

What's the Zip code for this area? I'm 49240 if you ever get down this way.

49930 (Hanc-o-c-k, it won't let me spell the town!)
49931 (Houghton)

Almost 6 years since I lived in those towns, and I still remember for some reason. I can't hardly remember my zip here!

A lot of the pics are from 48863 (South Range area)

[ssdeuces]

Got it! Thanks. And this is public or Utility land? Is it limited to power line accesses?

Thanks

[crazyman11591]

i wish we had trails like that in sw MI

[quiksilverz71]

Great pic's man, I miss wheelin in the UP, I'm from Marquette and have done alot back in the day.

[Hilltoppervol]

Nice picks.

[bambam4x4]

niceee

[blackchevyguy]

thanks for clearing that up adam, I wasnt sure what the law was for the snowmobile trails in the off-season.
.....more like fourwheeler trails down here lol

[CREEPSHOW]

Hey nice pics man. truck looks good too!