Almost done filming Episode 2
We were out on the trails again this past weekend filming for 'GetBent!' Episode 2 - Clayton. We made the trip with a pair of Professional Rock Crawlers, Weston Blackie (#781) and Bryan Gillespie (#187) of the Loose Cannon Offroad Racing team. Both drive Campbell Enterprises competition buggies; Weston has a rear-engine Moon buggy, and Bryan has a more traditional front-engine buggy.
WESTON BLACKIE (#781)
While these guys are used to running PRO events on the W.E.ROCK and XRRA competition circuts, they decided to spend a day with us running one of the nastiest, narliest trails in Clayton, Oklahoma--the 'Black Sheep Bounty' trail at the Green Acres off-road park. Needless to say, we got some GREAT footage of these nimble little comp buggies hitting trails usually reserved for the Big Dawgs--in fact, we shot some of those types of rigs a month or so ago on this same trail; those rigs were all running 42" to 44" Super Swamper TSL tires on built 1-ton Dana 60 axles. You'll find footage from that trip on Episode 2 as well.
BRYAN GILLESPIE (#187)
Both of these rigs are extremely small and light, much more so than any standard trail rig. A typical modified Jeep will weigh in a over #4000 lbs, and it's not uncommon for a fully built rig on 1-ton axles to exceed #5000 lbs. In comparison, Bryan's front engine Campbell buggy weighs in at around #3600 lbs (running D60 and 14 bolt axles) and Weston's tiny little rear engine Campbell buggy is only around #2800 lbs (running Currie 9" axles). And since both vehicles are running 40" Maxxis Super Sticky (competition only) Creepy Crawler tires powered with big LS1 V8 engines, their power-to-weight ratio is outta this world. They just light up the trail; you won't believe the footage till you see it!
We will be heading out to Clayton one more time to get footage for Episode 2, and that will be this weekend for the big FWD-FWD Memorial Day High Country Trail Rides event. We'll be shooting a lot of normal trail-riding footage for this event, and we hope to capture more of the scenic aspect of the beautiful trails in and around Clayton. If you happen to be in the area, head out there for the event--maybe you'll end up on our next DVD!
- Duane
WESTON BLACKIE (#781)
While these guys are used to running PRO events on the W.E.ROCK and XRRA competition circuts, they decided to spend a day with us running one of the nastiest, narliest trails in Clayton, Oklahoma--the 'Black Sheep Bounty' trail at the Green Acres off-road park. Needless to say, we got some GREAT footage of these nimble little comp buggies hitting trails usually reserved for the Big Dawgs--in fact, we shot some of those types of rigs a month or so ago on this same trail; those rigs were all running 42" to 44" Super Swamper TSL tires on built 1-ton Dana 60 axles. You'll find footage from that trip on Episode 2 as well.
BRYAN GILLESPIE (#187)
Both of these rigs are extremely small and light, much more so than any standard trail rig. A typical modified Jeep will weigh in a over #4000 lbs, and it's not uncommon for a fully built rig on 1-ton axles to exceed #5000 lbs. In comparison, Bryan's front engine Campbell buggy weighs in at around #3600 lbs (running D60 and 14 bolt axles) and Weston's tiny little rear engine Campbell buggy is only around #2800 lbs (running Currie 9" axles). And since both vehicles are running 40" Maxxis Super Sticky (competition only) Creepy Crawler tires powered with big LS1 V8 engines, their power-to-weight ratio is outta this world. They just light up the trail; you won't believe the footage till you see it!
We will be heading out to Clayton one more time to get footage for Episode 2, and that will be this weekend for the big FWD-FWD Memorial Day High Country Trail Rides event. We'll be shooting a lot of normal trail-riding footage for this event, and we hope to capture more of the scenic aspect of the beautiful trails in and around Clayton. If you happen to be in the area, head out there for the event--maybe you'll end up on our next DVD!
- Duane
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