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2009 McGrew Trail Ride
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Noted! We will try to do some branch clearing as well on our way out.
I have Friday off now! I may roll down there Thursday night in order to run the trail on Friday with the group. If I end up bringing the Princess Pig, then I may skip the trail and head straight to camp for fun and relaxation. I may try to get a ride back to O'Brien on Saturday morning and then run the trail as a passenger, depending what others end up doing...
Oh, I guess I should probably register...
Oh, I guess I should probably register...
She lives!
I got my Trail Pig running today for the first time in almost 2 years. A couple of you may remember I had troubles with my pig on the return trip home from McGrew in 2007, and I just dealt with it finally.
I will hopefully be driving my Trail Pig to McGrew again. We'll see...
I got my Trail Pig running today for the first time in almost 2 years. A couple of you may remember I had troubles with my pig on the return trip home from McGrew in 2007, and I just dealt with it finally.
I will hopefully be driving my Trail Pig to McGrew again. We'll see...
Nice job! I think it deserves another run on the trail for sure.
Jeff, did you get my email?
Just ... see yours
Hey Jeff,
Did you get our registration yet? Mailed it out over a month ago, but haven't seen the check clear.
Missed last year cause both our rigs were under construction. This year were good with both (hopefully).
'07 was kind of a bummer with the broken rear d-shaft and an open front diff. But was still fun.
Also want to set-up camp on Friday and then head back to O'Brien, but don't know the way??
Working on some raffle items. So far, I've got a pair of Trail gear chromoly birfs, an ARB compressor & air-up kit and one of our Fiberglass "LAND CRUISER" embossed bezels.
Did you get our registration yet? Mailed it out over a month ago, but haven't seen the check clear.
Missed last year cause both our rigs were under construction. This year were good with both (hopefully).
'07 was kind of a bummer with the broken rear d-shaft and an open front diff. But was still fun.
Also want to set-up camp on Friday and then head back to O'Brien, but don't know the way??
Working on some raffle items. So far, I've got a pair of Trail gear chromoly birfs, an ARB compressor & air-up kit and one of our Fiberglass "LAND CRUISER" embossed bezels.
Tim-
A group of us are running the trail in on Friday and camping to get an extra day down there and to lighten the load of the run Saturday. You can also head in on Friday via the fire road and come out early Saturday morning if you want to run with the main group, I think a couple of people may be doing this as well. Real easy to get in and out via the fire roads, we should be able to supply you a detailed map or a gps track if needed.
A group of us are running the trail in on Friday and camping to get an extra day down there and to lighten the load of the run Saturday. You can also head in on Friday via the fire road and come out early Saturday morning if you want to run with the main group, I think a couple of people may be doing this as well. Real easy to get in and out via the fire roads, we should be able to supply you a detailed map or a gps track if needed.
Don't have a GPS, but a map would be great! Can a two rig flat bed fifth wheel trailer make it on the fire roads? I remember how those fire roads were on '07. Not fun driving in FWD with an open diff! I was thinking of dropping everything off @ camp & driving the rigs back to O'Brien. We'll be heading down Friday AM and getting to O'Brien around 12-1pm. Probably too late to hook up with the Friday run.
I thought I saw a descent size travel trailer there in '07, but I could be wrong. Thanks, that's what I needed to know.
I saw a quad cab ford truck with a two axle trailer that they had used for hauling quads make it at least to the saddle before camp, it just took a long, long time, a spotter and they said something about never again.. No, would be a more common sense answer but it probably is possible, just not practical, especially if anyone is coming the other way. There is a campground at the store now and you could park that there and pay a night's fee I'm pretty sure.
Look forward to seeing you again.
Look forward to seeing you again.
Here are a couple of pdf files that you can print in color. The BLUE track is the fire road in and the RED track is the McGrew trail. Both meet up at the PINK track which is the road down to Sourdough Camp. The other map is blank so you can see the roads and numbers better than the one covered with the tracks. Not the best maps but it's a start. I think we can do better.
That's what I was originally planning to do (like '07), but just wondering. Thanks and look forward to seeing you again to.
Printed them out @ work with the black & white and can't see any roads on the non-marked map. I'll print them out @ home and hope for better results. Thanks
Tim,
Yes ... I let the checks stack up to do a mass deposit. If you need it to clear right away, let me know. Great news on the raffle items & thanks.
I definitely would not attempt to trailer your rigs to camp. You'll likely not make it and ruin your trip.
On the map ... I saw a real nice jpg map here https://forum.ih8mud.com/ca-jefferson-state-cruisers/268603-mcgrew-pre-run-3.html that I copied & blew up. It looks real clear on my end. Depicts the run route in yellow. But also easy to follow the fire road route (#4402) When I send the run info right after July 7th to all who registered, I enclose a map that Garret made up a couple years ago that seems to work well for most.
Looking forward to seeing you again, soon.
PS - For all you procrastinators out there ... deadline is approaching and there are a bunch of you that say you're coming, but I haven't seen your sign ups ... You know who you are.
Yes ... I let the checks stack up to do a mass deposit. If you need it to clear right away, let me know. Great news on the raffle items & thanks.
I definitely would not attempt to trailer your rigs to camp. You'll likely not make it and ruin your trip.
On the map ... I saw a real nice jpg map here https://forum.ih8mud.com/ca-jefferson-state-cruisers/268603-mcgrew-pre-run-3.html that I copied & blew up. It looks real clear on my end. Depicts the run route in yellow. But also easy to follow the fire road route (#4402) When I send the run info right after July 7th to all who registered, I enclose a map that Garret made up a couple years ago that seems to work well for most.
Looking forward to seeing you again, soon.
PS - For all you procrastinators out there ... deadline is approaching and there are a bunch of you that say you're coming, but I haven't seen your sign ups ... You know who you are.
No, don't worry about depositing it b4 you're ready. I just wanted to make sure you got it...I don't want to miss out this sweet event!
Also will be bring an Aussie Locker for the raffle as well.
Thanks for the link, I'll check it out. Should we secure an O'Brien campsite early or is it usually pretty wide open?
So about 3hrs round trip...if you don't make a wrong turn @ Albuquerque? Man, that's about 1/2 the trip down there! Thanks