Hummer/John Bull/White Mountain Snow and...

[Buckeye Hummer]

White Mountain was white this time around. The snow made this incline unbelievably difficult. We're in Hummers so we all made it (no tracks btw of any other vehicles)

[Buckeye Hummer]

Rick took the lead. This is one of the easy sections. The rock gardens got rather interesting later particularly with 6" of snow on them.

[Centerfire]

Excellent pictures.. I've never had opportunity to have that much fun with my clothes on ( You guys do keep your clothes on , right"

I noticed in the pictures that there was not that much snow.. I usually have to fight 3-5' drifts in my 900ft driveway. Does the small amount of snow shown really cause that much of a difficulty?

Mike

[Artie]

nice pictures

[Buckeye Hummer]

Here is the obstacle right before the two trees we needed to thread. It took some time to get through this one. We needed to go perfectly straight. There is no room for slipping or error or you slide in to the tree.

[Buckeye Hummer]

This was a really fun obstacle. The 16" of ground clearance didn't help much because we were totally resting on the underbelly protection. The two rear tires are not touching and the rock between the trees forced your tires on a specific line because of the snow. See boo boo on next post.

[DRTYFN]

Excellent pictures!!!! Love seeing the tanks in action. I've taken a couple of loaner H1s wheelin' so I have complete understanding of how tight trails can be in those things. Did you guys ever have to use a winch?

Argo, hannah Hummer is going to the Washougal track again on Decmber 7th. It was a mud fest last time. A total blast!!

[Buckeye Hummer]

Now that we are winched to a tree we get a just a little tug and then the Hummer is back on power again. The only problem was when the rear end got the tires on the ground again it forced the roof line in to the tree. We all drove away with bruises up top. This is where one of those little 4x4's would really help but I think the diff would get caught up if not broken in the rear.

[Buckeye Hummer]

I really liked this trail combo. We hit some really steep stuff that would leave the Jeepers and Yodas behind. The Hummer has such a great center for this stuff it was just perfect not to mention the ability to constantly change your tire pressure really helped on this trip. On the road we were at 35psi. Easy trails were 20-25psi to smooth the ride. When we hit the steep snow covered climb we tried 15psi, which was a no go so we aired down to 8psi and it climbed perfectly now here is the great thing about an H2 vs. an H1. The H2's traction control is a little easier to use than the H1 so on this climb, properly aired down the H2 would have done really well. Don't get me wrong the H1 is great but it takes some talent to use the TT4 (right Rick?)

On the rock crawling a Jeep or Yoda would have done well with the short wheel base BUT probably would have never reached the trail head without hitting some serious climbs.

I think the perfect run is white mountain, John Bull, and finish with Gold Mountain. That would be a full day with 3-4 vehicles attempting it. An H2 can make John Bull with a good driver (Steve, Alec) (in the snow), it is NOT for a newbie! You will really need to watch your lines to maximize ground clearance.

I'll post a recovery pic shortly.

[argonaut]

Damn, those guys never invite me. Of course I didn't buy my Hummer from them... Still, I get my service done there. I love mud, it looks so good on the H2...

[Buckeye Hummer]

Getting ready to hit the dirt en route to the trails. There were 3 of us. Notice the CB antennas. You won't see them later

[argonaut]

Very Nice Jason. That is sweet. makes me want to get out again. It has been a month now since I have seen mud. I need to hit the trails. Very inspiring Hummer pics. BTW, a Hummer is a Hummer. I would love to have a bunch of H3 people join the forum when that comes out.

[Buckeye Hummer]

Silly tree tried to block us from getting to John Bull (we had just completed White Mountain). Tree vs. Hummer. Hummer won.

[JSA_3]

All great shots!!

[RockYoda]

Hey glad you guys tried it and made! Looks like you had alot of fun! What was the deal with the tree? I don't remember any tree being in the way last time i was there.

I have done all the trails you did with snow in my Yoda (we have also done Holcom Creek and Deep Creek with 4-6' of snow on them). It was not that hard with my locked and loaded Toyota but it was also hella cold last year.

Keep up the good work and get those things on the trails!

[Buckeye Hummer]

Here is what the ass end looks like on this obstacle. The two rear tires aren't touching the ground. The truck is resting on the underbelly protection so we only had 2 tires to pull from the front, one of which was slipping in the snow.