My brother and I went out to Durhamtown Plantation near Greensboro, GA on Saturday. My brother drives a 2010 JK, lifted and locked but stock tires. I've got a 2010 AG FJC AT, rear locker, A-Trac, OME 3" lift, TC UCA's, BFG AT KO's (285/75/17). I've had several Jeeps before and this is my first FJC.
There were several big Jeep clubs there and I was the only FJC that I saw all day. The FJ did great but its heavier weight and longer wheel base had it at a disadvantage in a couple of places. There were several FJ80's, 4-Runners, and Toyota pick-ups, some highly modified.
If I had more aggressive mud tires and a front locker I think the two places where I got stuck would have been no problem. I can't really go with more aggressive tires since I spend so much time on the highway and I don't want to deal with the vibration and or noise from them. I will definitely be installing an ARB locker in the front diff. The A-Trac does OK, but the jerky side to side power transfer actually stopped me where where my brother could lock his front axle and then just let the front tires chew on it for a few seconds and eventually they would find some bite and keep going. Like I said, he had stock highway tires but he went places that some of the modded (but open diff) trucks couldn't go.
Now back to the trail report. Fantastic place! It was a little busy with all of the Jeep clubs there, but not too bad. The trails offered some of everything from rock crawling, to hill climbs and plenty of wet, sloppy, Georgia clay.
You can choose from several trails that offer different levels of difficulty and terrain. We did trail 2 and 3 twice, trail 4 once, Ball Breaker twice (and they named it right!), Monster Moutain, hill climbs that easily maxed out the clinometer in the dash-top gauge pod.
Check them out at Welcome to Durhamtown. If any of the Atlanta FJ'ers want to get together and go, I'm all for it. It took me 9 hours to get my FJ cleaned up today, but it was worth it.
Here's a few photos from yesterday and see the rest of the photos here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=268245&id=514102226&l=1b01cccbfd
There were several big Jeep clubs there and I was the only FJC that I saw all day. The FJ did great but its heavier weight and longer wheel base had it at a disadvantage in a couple of places. There were several FJ80's, 4-Runners, and Toyota pick-ups, some highly modified.
If I had more aggressive mud tires and a front locker I think the two places where I got stuck would have been no problem. I can't really go with more aggressive tires since I spend so much time on the highway and I don't want to deal with the vibration and or noise from them. I will definitely be installing an ARB locker in the front diff. The A-Trac does OK, but the jerky side to side power transfer actually stopped me where where my brother could lock his front axle and then just let the front tires chew on it for a few seconds and eventually they would find some bite and keep going. Like I said, he had stock highway tires but he went places that some of the modded (but open diff) trucks couldn't go.
Now back to the trail report. Fantastic place! It was a little busy with all of the Jeep clubs there, but not too bad. The trails offered some of everything from rock crawling, to hill climbs and plenty of wet, sloppy, Georgia clay.
You can choose from several trails that offer different levels of difficulty and terrain. We did trail 2 and 3 twice, trail 4 once, Ball Breaker twice (and they named it right!), Monster Moutain, hill climbs that easily maxed out the clinometer in the dash-top gauge pod.
Check them out at Welcome to Durhamtown. If any of the Atlanta FJ'ers want to get together and go, I'm all for it. It took me 9 hours to get my FJ cleaned up today, but it was worth it.
Here's a few photos from yesterday and see the rest of the photos here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=268245&id=514102226&l=1b01cccbfd
