Offroading in Alabama

With this being our third annual "couples trip" with some of our oldest friends, we decided that it needed a name. So, it has been dubbed Fall with Friends. Each year we have hit a different park. This year we spent two awesome days at Hawk Pride Offroad in Tuscumbia, Alabama. We had a great time cruising around the park and riding a variety of trails. Hawk Pride is a great park for big rocks and technical driving.

This trip was also the shakedown run for my TJ after doing the JK44 axle swap. It did really well and after getting home and inspecting it, everything is still in one piece. I can't wait to explore the new capabilities of this little Jeep.

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A few of us took a trip over to Stony Lonesome for the weekend. The last time we visited the park was right at the start of the pandemic, so we were anxious to get back over to Bremen to hit some trails that we had been talking about. It was wet and we did a TON of winching, but we had an awesome time. This was my first time getting the CJ on the trail since I bought it 11 months ago and I had a blast in that thing! Totally different experience than my TJ and now I can't quit thinking about how much fun I had in it.

Kyle did some great driving and crawled over some big rocks. On the flip side, he also smashed the rear corner right behind the back door. It was kinda bad, but he treats it like an XJ so he was OK with with. Actually, he already has the Motobilt corners on the way so there's that.

Stopher chose some tough lines and followed the bigger tire Jeeps all day without hesitation. It's amazing how being nimble on the trail is always such a big advantage.

Michael enjoyed his first wheeling trip. He has a TJ Rubi that he picked up a few months ago and he is about to start building it for the trail, so we are pumped to see that in action as well.

Kent couldn't get his 4 door JK to the park, but he rode shotgun with me in the CJ. With all the stuff that we rode, I'm sure it was killing him not having his Jeep. He was a trooper though and we had fun putting some trail time on Frank.

Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy our Fall trip to Stony Lonesome. If you are in northern Alabama, definitely put this park on your list. I'm ready to go back and hit the trails that I mapped out but didn't have time to ride. Cheers!

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A few weeks ago, Dewey hit me up and said that he, Chris, and David were headed to Hawk Pride. I told him that as long as the van was ready by then that I could make it. I mentioned it to the rest the Pine Belt Jeep Club group and it quickly turned into a big group of Mississippi folks heading to Alabama for a weekend of riding. We pretty much had the park to ourselves and the weather could not have been better.

Our trip from Hattiesburg to Hawk Pride was delayed a few hours by some van issues, but once that was fixed it was good to go and we made it to HPO without any extra hiccups. We did some good riding on Saturday, but had multiple breakages throughout the day. We were, for the most part, able to get the issues fixed on the trail so that they could keep wheeling for the day. The only Jeep that we had to take back to camp early was Stopher's Jeep with its broken axle shaft.

After an exhausting day of dealing with problems, we headed to Rattlesnake Saloon for dinner and drinks. We headed home Sunday morning, but that journey wasn't free of its own issues. My trailer blew a wheel bearing just south of Tupelo, so Kent and I had to run to Napa and do a roadside repair. After another hour or hour and a half delay, we were back on the road. Not only did I have an issue, but David and Stacy had a flat in their RV and had to wait a couple of hours for roadside assistance to save the day.

All in all it was an action packed trip, that was full of surprises. We lived through it and gained a few more camp fire stories in the process.

Enjoy the video of a bunch of Mississippi guys bashing their Jeeps against the gnarly Alabama terrain. I'd say HPO won this round, but we will be back for more.

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The crew got together for another trip to Choccolocco Mountain Offroad in Jacksonville, Alabama. Much like 2020, this trip was plagued with issues: (1) Had a blowout in the rear of the van. The blowout managed to take out the coolant line that was running to the rear heat. After a few hours on the side of the road we finally managed to get everything back together. (2) We had a Jeep run out of gas on the trail (3) We had to do some death wobble diagnosis on the way home so Stopher could drive it back to Hattiesburg. Luckily a parts store nearby had what we needed to get it fixed. All of the issues aside, we had a great time. The park has gotten more difficult and with the addition of some rain, we failed to make it through some spots that we have done in the past.

I finally got to test out the camping van setup with the awning and door screens from SkeeterBeaters. Being able to sleep with the doors open is crucial since the van does not have camping AC. Pumped on how everything worked and super ready to use the van again.

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It's been a while since I have done a video for the [UNCUT] series, so I did a little digging on the hard drive and found this clip from our last trip to Stoney Lonesome. Stoney was hard on the little Jeep that day as you can tell from all the popping and noises that it is making in the video. This trip motivated me to get the Jeep into the shop and freshen it up some. Since this trip it got new bushings in all the control arms, new shocks, new lower control arm and track bar mounts on the Dana 30. Hopefully next trip it won't be making all of this racket.

I can't remember exactly which trail this was on at Stoney, but I definitely had to work for it to make it up this spot. Between hanging the diff, catching the under cut of the rock, and the mud from the rain, it proved to be a tricky little spot. With a bit less finesse and way more throttle and bouncing, the Jeep made it through while ripping off the rear lower shock mount and destroying my shock in the process. No big deal as these shocks were old as dirt and probably shot anyway.

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The Pine Belt Jeep Club takes a trip to Stoney Lonesome OHV Park in Cullman, Alabama. It has been a few years since we have been to this park and word on the street is that the trails have gotten better. This is the first time in a few years that we have had the whole crew back together all on one ride, so it was awesome to have such a good group. We had a variety of Jeeps which always adds to the fun by seeing the strengths of each one. It was super wet and slick but we made it around the park pretty well. Thankfully we were able to get one last trip in before going on lock down for the Coronavirus.

Hopefully you enjoy this from your home while staying inside and staying safe. We will be back on the trails again soon!

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In this episode of Rock Crawling [UNCUT], we have Chris Kimes' 1982 CJ7 offroading on some private property north of Birmingham. From my experience, this has always been a pretty challenging trail for Jeeps with tires under 40". On this day in particular, it was really wet and slick. I grabbed the camera and started filming as soon as I saw him fall in behind the 40"+ Jeeps and start heading up the trail. It was really awesome to see this vintage CJ keep up with the big boys. Watch Chris finesses his CJ on 35s through the technical terrain. Great driving Chris!

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We wanted to squeeze in one more trip before the holidays came around, so we headed to North Alabama. Hawk Pride is one of my favorite parks in the area. It has lots of rocks and technical spots that keep it interesting during a day of wheeling.

We had a good group and everyone was pretty equally built. The rain from the week before had the park nice and slick, so we did plenty of skinny pedal bouncing, winching, and maneuvering to get through these trails. Check out the action as our Mississippi group takes on this awesome off road park.

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In this episode of Rock Crawling [UNCUT] we have the TJ on Slab at Choccolocco Mountain Offroad in Alabama. This is a fun spot and can be just a little bit sketchy in a short wheelbase Jeep. The last time I hit this spot was a few years ago and the TJ shot right up it. This time wasn't as easy and I attribute that to the rut that is now at the base of the slab. You used to be able to carry a bit more momentum up the slab, but with the rut at the bottom it creates a nasty bounce if you try to roll into it too hard. The successful line here was hitting it a little bit at an angle from the left side of the slab. This line gave the TJ enough traction to pull up the Slab. If you are ever at Choccolocco Mountain Offroad, you HAVE to give this fun little obstacle a go!

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Rock Crawling UNCUT brings you a built YJ on one of the largest obstacles at Choccolocco Mountain Offroad Park, Hells Revenge. This spot is a main attraction in the park and it is pretty bad ass to see the Jeeps make it through this technical spot. It takes finesse along with some appropriately timed skinny pedal, along with some really BIG tires and a decent wheelbase to make it over the huge rock on the left. Watch as our buddy works his custom built YJ Juggy through the spot unscathed.

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The Pine Belt Jeep Club made a trip to Choccolocco Mountain Offroad Park in Jacksonville, Alabama. We visited the park a couple of years ago with a pretty big crew and everyone really enjoyed it. This year we came back with a smaller group which allowed us to cover a large area of the park. Our group included three locked JKUs on 37s and my locked TJ on 35s.

Choccolocco is a great park for Jeeps our size and has plenty of trails for the one ton and 40s crowd. Every trail at the park had plenty of good rocks and challenging spots. I highly recommend this park to anyone looking to do some Jeep riding in eastern Alabama.

The weather was pretty decent for August and camping at night was kind of enjoyable. All of the Jeeps performed great and we did not have any issues on the trail.

Everyone we met was super friendly and helped point us in the right directions more than a few times. Shout out to them! Our group had the smallest rigs at the park BY FAR, but we had a blast trying to keep up with the big boys for a little bit, challenging our rigs, and getting some good footage of them on the big rocks.

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Follow the journey from South Mississippi to Central Alabama as we hit Adam and Heather's Shrimp Boil Ride for the third year in a row. This ride is always a great way to kick off a new year of wheeling. With plenty of super cool rigs, friendly people, and lots of shrimp and drinks being consumed around a large bonfire, who wouldn't want to be here every year? There were just under 20 Jeeps that came out and we got in a lot of good trail riding. From rocks and mud, to creek crossings and steep hills, we hit a little bit of everything that the Alabama terrain has to offer off-roaders. I look forward to next year, and as always it was great to see everyone.

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1997 Jeep Wrangler making it up the Slab at Choccolocco ORV. Jeep is fully locked on 35" BF Goodrich KM2s at about 10psi. This wasn't a terribly difficult climb, but it does get the heart pumping at stock wheelbase. Choccolocco is a super fun park in central Alabama, check it out if you get the chance.

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Brokefoot is one of my favorite trails at Hawk Pride and it was the perfect one to give the TJ a good shakedown on after the JK44 axle swap. The last two times that I have been on brokefoot I had to winch after the little slab section. I was always able to bypass that section and the take the right line exit out. Today, I felt like the "straight ahead" exit looked more challenging because it had some bigger rocks. I was super pumped to make it through the entire trail pretty easily after the new setup.

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The Cancer Beat Down was envisioned by Jason Rutledge. Our friend Rich, is a bit ill right now and can't get out to go wheeling. So, Jason wanted to get everyone together to do some riding and film some cool Jeep stuff for Rich to watch. Jason and Matt Colerick contacted an awesome group of guys with some really nice Jeeps and we headed to Hawk Pride Offroad in Tuscumbia, Alabama.

Rich, we missed you on the trail. I want to wheel with that YJ of yours.

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