Wheelin in the Country
Stacey David and the film crew from TrucksTV taped most of the day with Angie and Darron Buchanan, owners and operators
Darron gives tour to film crew from TrucksTV and Stacey David (in the blue jeans, on the left) |
from the base of Cherokee Hill, looking up from the approach
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Stacey David shows how vertical Cherokee Hill is with its ledges
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red Heep makes it up Cherokee Hill |
Ronnie Rowland, WITC staff, in his M38-based Pathfinder |
Ronnie is denied -- broken rear driveshaft on new Dana 70 |
black Heep makes it over the top of Cherokee Hill |
heavily-modified Heep takes a nasty 1 3/4 roll on Cherokee Hill |
3/4 ton-based Chebby S-10 makes it up Cherokee Hill |
Darron drives the forest trails in his 3/4 ton-based Toy 4Runner |
red Heep makes it up The Ledges
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ace mechanic, Sam, cleans the shop (kitchen is in the background) |
Darron spots through the rocks of phase one of Slick Holler
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phase two of Slick Holler = several logs, a deep hole, and a high ridge
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good vantage point for watching the early action on Slick Holler (Angie Buchanan is to the left and Ronnie Rowland is directly in front of her) |
a heavily-modified Zuki conquers the rocks on Slick Holler (Darron spotted most of these rigs.) |
the heavily-modified Zuki tackles the logs for the camera
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one last truck comes up Slick Holler, with Darron spotting, for the cameras of TrucksTV |
cameras roll as trucks tackle the Waterfall climb (Anderson Creek)
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Wheelin in the Country |
Doc Lewis & Jason White emerge victorious from the Waterfall climb and are on the way back to camp |
July 4th pictures
Neil gets stuck in the Mud Pit at the top of The Tunnel. Morris Rothfeldt, in green EB, and Doc, standing to the right of his black EB, winch him out. Donald Dickerson, on the left, checks to make certain that all is working correctly. |
Bents & Dents is a tight squeeze! Good friends lend a hand: Jason White (yellow shirt with white hat); Pat Hayes (other yellow shirt); Ron Foster; Adam Harris; Donald Dickerson; and others. Alicia Foster takes pictures! (See note below.) |
Neil, driving a BB on 44s with a healthy 460, attemps Cherokee Hill, but is denied. Neil and his friends trailered their rigs down from Indiana. |
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Scott gives Donald Dickerson a tour of WITC in his heavily-modified EB: Dana 60s with a macho 460! |
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