anybody need anything from the west coast?!
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And you want to move here from Texas ......
Um, yes, sort of. We'll maintain a house or condo in Austin. All the wife's relatives are here. But I can't give up the old home place in Mississippi. It's in my blood.
Hattiesburg is pretty nice IMO, and so is Oxford. Obviously I know nothing about Jackson.
Georg can you get anything from bobby long?
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yeah, might as well go direct but thanks for asking.......
less than a month to go. gonna go try the new beater out at moonrocks this weekend. already got the tailer hooked up to the dodge.
less than a month to go. gonna go try the new beater out at moonrocks this weekend. already got the tailer hooked up to the dodge.
Bodean
Hot Damn
Post some pics after you get back Georg!
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will do.....
it's on the trailer and ready to go. i lowered the front shocks about 2", topped off all the fluids, pulled off the holeshot racing hood and went back to oem hood skirts with one of rustynuts fab's new 40 hoods. like the look better. other than that, i'm stoked for the maiden voyage. got my motorcycle helmet and GPS so i can find out how fast this sumbitch will go.
more pics after the weekend.
georg
Awesome ! Be easy on her shes got a big trip in june ; )
yup, that rig works. a few small mods and she'll be ready.
Details : )
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did'nt take any pics.....
left friday after work, got to moonrocks at 1am after searching for my buddies and their toy haulers for an hour. lotsa people up there for the big weekend. literally hundreds of rigs, mostly minis and buggies.
got up the next morning at 7am and had some breafast burritos. took the rig for a rip down the dirt road. not sure how fast i went, did'nt have a cigarette lighter for the gps. but i was hauling ass for sure.
back to camp, got the crew together and went wheeling for a couple of hours. spanked most of the lines and obstacles i tried. got denied on two of them but did'nt want to push my luck and break anything. wanted to get some seat time to get used to the rig.
i'd say the 40 is fully potty-trained. this thing is super driveable and predictable. it does'nt do anything goofy under load or off camber. i got comfortable in it right away.
went back to camp for some lunch and then headed out again. ran some more obstacles without a hitch and then got back to one of the lines i could'nt get up earlier. there were a couple of buggies trying it and neither of them made it after many attempts. i figured i'd try it again. lined up, went for it and drove right up. guess i picked the right line. one of the buggies pulled up next to me a minute later " did you just make that "? i said "yup". "show me the line" i said "sure". drove back around, tried about 5 or 6 times and got denied. did'nt see anybody else make it the rest of the day.
wheeled till about 4pm and then it turned from cold and windy to cold, rain/sleet/snow. no windshield. no doors. no goggles and no heater so i decided to head back to camp. weather got worse and it snowed on and off for the rest of the day and night. i woke up at 3am ( slept in the back of the dodge; back seats folded flat with my memory foam matress ). felt cold so i started the truck to get the heater going. that took literally 40 minutes for the needle to move past 140 degs since i was faced into the wind. it was 29 degs in the truck.........
woke up the next morning and it was still very windy, snowing on and off and solid overcast. we hung out for a couple of hours, cooked some breakfast and coffeee on the tailgate and then decided to pack it in. weather was'nt getting any better.
got over the pass at donner without any problems and home by 4pm after having some lunch on the road.
great trip even though the weather sucked. i'm ready to go to moab!
left friday after work, got to moonrocks at 1am after searching for my buddies and their toy haulers for an hour. lotsa people up there for the big weekend. literally hundreds of rigs, mostly minis and buggies.
got up the next morning at 7am and had some breafast burritos. took the rig for a rip down the dirt road. not sure how fast i went, did'nt have a cigarette lighter for the gps. but i was hauling ass for sure.
back to camp, got the crew together and went wheeling for a couple of hours. spanked most of the lines and obstacles i tried. got denied on two of them but did'nt want to push my luck and break anything. wanted to get some seat time to get used to the rig.
i'd say the 40 is fully potty-trained. this thing is super driveable and predictable. it does'nt do anything goofy under load or off camber. i got comfortable in it right away.
went back to camp for some lunch and then headed out again. ran some more obstacles without a hitch and then got back to one of the lines i could'nt get up earlier. there were a couple of buggies trying it and neither of them made it after many attempts. i figured i'd try it again. lined up, went for it and drove right up. guess i picked the right line. one of the buggies pulled up next to me a minute later " did you just make that "? i said "yup". "show me the line" i said "sure". drove back around, tried about 5 or 6 times and got denied. did'nt see anybody else make it the rest of the day.
wheeled till about 4pm and then it turned from cold and windy to cold, rain/sleet/snow. no windshield. no doors. no goggles and no heater so i decided to head back to camp. weather got worse and it snowed on and off for the rest of the day and night. i woke up at 3am ( slept in the back of the dodge; back seats folded flat with my memory foam matress ). felt cold so i started the truck to get the heater going. that took literally 40 minutes for the needle to move past 140 degs since i was faced into the wind. it was 29 degs in the truck.........
woke up the next morning and it was still very windy, snowing on and off and solid overcast. we hung out for a couple of hours, cooked some breakfast and coffeee on the tailgate and then decided to pack it in. weather was'nt getting any better.
got over the pass at donner without any problems and home by 4pm after having some lunch on the road.
great trip even though the weather sucked. i'm ready to go to moab!
Cold weather tent camping sucks, coldest i camped in was 36 degrees... With the family.. That sucked. Hotel the next night to fend off the evil glares coming off the better half.
Otherwise.
Sounds like a great shakedown run!
Cant wait to see it in moab!
Otherwise.
Sounds like a great shakedown run!
Cant wait to see it in moab!
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last year at the 45 run it got down into the low 30s. i had my 8-year-old step-daughter with me but ex and baby boy stayed home. abby ( the 8 year old ) started throwing up at 1am. all over her sleeping bag, clothes, air matress, hair,....she threw up 5 more times before the sun came up. poor kid,had to put here in more clothes and then in the bag with me to make sure she stayed warm. drove here home ( 4 hours each way ) the next morning when the sun came up. takes about an hour in the troopie to get from camp to the tow rig. no doors, not top, no heater in the troopie.......kinda frosty at 7500 foot elevation at 7am. dropped her off at home and went right back to host the raffle and dinner.
good times!
she can't wait to go this year. keeper! unlike her mother......
good times!
she can't wait to go this year. keeper! unlike her mother......
orangefj45 said:
awesome!
That story will be with you for years to come. Poor baby!
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yeah, she's counting the weeks......plans on hosting "abby's sandwich shop" this year. wants to take orders and then deliver the sandwiches on her quad. she's already got a shopping list for me and does'nt want to charge anybody because "it'll be fun".
she makes me smile.
she makes me smile.
yeah, she's counting the weeks......plans on hosting "abby's sandwich shop" this year. wants to take orders and then deliver the sandwiches on her quad. she's already got a shopping list for me and does'nt want to charge anybody because "it'll be fun".
she makes me smile.
Sounds like my daughter and abby need to get together . My daughter is dying to do a lemonade stand. My daughter will want to charge though. She marked up the water and gatorade at the gym ... She is funny.