August 2011 trip schedule

[Goslow]

We decided at the July meeting on the trip schedule for Argentine Pass and Red Cone/Radical Hill.

August 6-7: Argentine Pass. I will be the trip leader and the meet/leave times are per the club calendar page. Camping is optional. If not camping, you can drive out of Georgetown on I-70 or take the back way over Guanella Pass for the trip home. I will be camping and will drive out Sunday afternoon over Guanella Pass, then through Bailey, Deckers, and Woodland Park. If you camp, please bring a little firewood, if possible, as there is usually a PM thunderstorm and we don't want to raid the bristlecone pine forest for firewood. Camping is at treeline. There is a convenience store in Georgetown where you can buy gas and convenience store items. If you trailer, you can park your tow rig in Georgetown for the day, maybe overnight but I have not done that so I can't vouch for security. I think you could probably find a suitable place, though.

August 20-21: Red Cone/Radical Hill. I will be the trip leader and the meet/leave times are per the club calendar page. Camping is optional. If not camping, you can drive out via Webster Pass (if open), Radical Hill (if open), or Montezuma. I plan to drive over Red Cone on Saturday and camp nearby, then do Radical Hill (if open) on Sunday and drive out through the Swan River drainage to Breckenridge and eat at the brewpub before driving back to COS. Camping is below treeline. Radical Hill opens late in the season because of a late-melting snowdrift on one of the switchbacks, so we can drive out on a different road if needed.

Victor, 548-0850

 

[karas]

I shouldn't go but I really want to do this trail. I won't be able to camp because of the nephews birthday but me and the family will make it.

 

[black95]

I can't make it this weekend. On the 'Cruiser, one of my Hell Creek lift kit springs collapsed and I had to send it back, and my brake master cylinder decided to quit at the same time.
The tricycle's alternator crapped out, and the black rig is still doing what it does best... being a brokedown yard ornament / conversation piece. All of my toys are broken, again... so I'm out.
Got my new master cylinder in the mail today, I haven't heard from Hell Creek, but I hope to be in for the run on the 20th. Maybe I will put a new alternator in the red tricycle before then too. The black rig can continue to rot in hell and think about how unreliable it's been....

Can't wait to get rid of that damn thing...

 

[karas]

Well at least you know a good mechanic, just to bad he has to work 40 hours a week doing something else. Hope I can make the next one with ya.

 

[PPFJ60]

I have family coming into town Saturday or Sunday so I 'll close to home this weekend.

 

[CO_Hunter]

Headed to BV area this weekend but scouting...tis the season

 

[karas]

Are you going to be there vic and what time and where do you want to meet up there.

 

[karas]

we overslept, we had a pizza party for the neighborhood kids and street football last night. I won't be making it.

 

[black95]

Justin and I will be on the Red cone trip, and be camping Saturday night. We will both be rolling in my cruiser, as his solid axle swap is only half way done.

The cruiser is almost ready to go. I installed and adjusted my new master cylinder, and the wife and I took a trip to Canon city Saturday via shelf road to test it. Worked great! The rear brakes must have been dragging for a while, feels like I have 20 more horsepower. Changed out the front pads and checked the rears while I was there.


Got the new springs in Friday night, damn thing still sags and inch on the drivers side. Turns out it wasn't the lift kit. The common fix for this on 'Mud seems to be ignoring it. Unfortunately, I'm WAY too O.C.D. for that and a fix WILL be figured out. Haha.

Installed a stereo today. That's important, gotta have tunes Repaired the factory center console and installed it. Nice to have a place to put things. The locker install will come hopefully tomorrow. After that, I am waiting on a brake proportioning valve since my factory unit seems to not be working. Then we're off! Hoping like crazy the trail is open all the way through.

 

[black95]

Proportioning valve controls your front and rear bias in your brake system. Drum brakes are much stronger and more effective than disks, so they will lock up first when even pressure is applied. this is multiplied by the fact that your vehicle gets lighter in the rear when the brakes are applied. Proportional valves limit the pressure to the rear brakes to prevent all of this.

not sure if vehicles with ABS have proportional valves, seems like the ABS system would eliminate that problem. I have no Toyotas with ABS, all mine are old

 

[LCPilot]

My 94 FJ80 had a proportioning valve. It has to be adjusted correctly to work right. It is usually mounted on the body with a rod sensing the position of the rear axle in relation to the body. If you have a lift installed (Body or suspension) on your truck you need to get a new length rod for it to work correctly.