Phoenix Flight of The

 

It was a large scale undertaking.

Bolt for bolt had been passed over and something new was created on old foundations. With the real journey now less than 2 weeks away, this bird was in desperate need of a wing check and to survive Higher Ground’s Moab09, she had to test true.

 

Testing Grounds: Table Mesa

The usual suspects are always around to rustle up for a Table Mesa run or four. Bob’s new Phoenix had the pleasure of 5 other Jeeparticipants, including the HG Yellowsub, and Joe’s Absolute Offroad JK. The plan was wheel some easier stuff to find out what needed tweaking on Bob’s rig. The first feeler was Raw Deal. Passing with flying colors, it was soon obvious that not enough flex would never be the issue. His crossed up axles looked to be puppeted by strings from above.

That being accomplished they raised the bar to Lower Terminator. Nothing to see here either. The bird walked it strutting the whole way. Even though it’s axles were scissoring, Bob was impressed by how stable she was. The long arms worked the springs hard and the wheelbase gave clean clearance.

Everyone played around a bit on optional obstacles and the trail was completed still early on. Bob and Joe decided the Phoenix was greenlight for Moab and we ended the morning there instead of looking for trouble elsewhere.

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