Fun in the sun. 10 rigs out to an adventurous day turned out to be just that. A little breakage right away is not always a good sign of thing to come. For Jerome Klabunde and his 74 FJ40 it was quite the day. Horse power is not always a good thing even with open diffs. 

We all dropped in down a steep entrance into the first ravine with little complication. Mike Heitland in his 77 FJ 40 was the trail leader for this Farmingdale fun run. He was the first to drop in and boy did he drop, nose first, if it wasn’t for his front bumper sticking way out there he might have been on his noggin. Thanks for showing use the wrong line Mike. A little bit of rear tire lifting from most rigs made it kind of exciting.

With Jason Kresbach, and friend Jared in Jason 87 runner. Sean Reagan and Jamie in Sean’s 95 Taco. Charley Rupp and his 88 4 runner, son Kalob in his 84 mini with friend Dusty. A surprise to me was Peter and Natalia Kronenberg in there oo jeep, this was the first time that I would wheel with them. And long distance traveler Steve Iker and future wheeler Dusty in Steve’s propane powered 89 4 runner. Adam and Chuck McClain in Adams 90 4 runner was in front of me. For someone that does not get out much, this is one kid who can drive. And last is me, Rayland and my son Korbin in his future 93 4 runner. By then is should be broke in and broke good by then.  

We wandered through this first ravine with no complications. It was a good interdiction to those who have not been to Farmingdale with full size rigs; most people bring atvs and motorbikes. To the right was the beginning of what we love about this place. Tight and winding channels. Mike made it through and out, not with out have to work at the exit. This is the point were Jerome has his major dilemmas. He works is front tires out but the rear does not want to come out, more gas a nature male response. Snap the rear pinion breaks. And as Mike is attempting to pull Jerome out, the out shaft on Jerome’s transfer breaks going to the front diff. A little bit of winching and the 40 was out of the way. With some great driving the rest of the rigs came on up. Lunch was announced and just about everyone enjoyed the food they brought. Jerome was trying to figure out how he was going to get the rear diff to move forward. The pinion fell down into the carrier. Lunch was over and Jerome was stumped, He jumped in with Mike and away we went running several recognized ravines from the past.