Christmas Tree Run, Dec 3rd!
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Awsome that this HDC group looks out for everyone! Glad everyone is alright. Sad to hear about Kit's 200, but good that he escaped fine and the help he had from the group!
Captured for posterity.
Jon, give him a break! He is old and it was covered in snow. It's a fur and it is white.
Wow, missed a good one. Glad everyone is ok. Can't wait to see the video.
Give Mike a break? Ya, right. Wasn't sure if he was talking about the hair on his chin or something else.
alia176
SILVER Star
The truck is just metal, paint, and plastic that can be repaired or replaced. Kit was not physically injured and even managed a smile afterward.
This was Bonnie's first trip with the club and her first off-roading. She was very impressed with the recovery logistics and teamwork. Quite frankly I was skeptical that we could get the truck out because I was looking down from the location where the vehicle rolled. The guys down in the ravine came up with an excellent plan that wasn't obvious to me until they described what they were up to. It worked perfectly after some off-trail 'grooming'.
We got a beautiful white fur Christmas tree. (pic will be posted later)
-Mike-
You STILL haven't fixed your winch? Why I oughta......
bring it over to the house one weekend and I'll help you swap the solenoid pack over and rewire as necessary. Obviously, your love life is keeping your away from the important things these days.
An incredible recovery job gentlemen.
I doff my hat to you all.
This certainly reminded me why I spin dreidels these days.
I doff my hat to you all.
This certainly reminded me why I spin dreidels these days.
You STILL haven't fixed your winch? Why I oughta......
All it needed was a little coaxing with my special remote winch engagement tool.
There is something else going on and I need to pull the winch and inspect. I think the planetary gears are warped or something because there were places during winch-in where the winch would stall with virtually no load, get past that point and it would pull hard again. The thing did the job but not without some protesting.
Anybody know the best way to get a Warn M12000 serviced? I also want to go to synthetic rope and get a proper hook on the end.
At least Bonnie went on the Christmas tree run and there is a glimmer of hope that the experience hasn't scarred her for life.
-Mike-
i remember seeing that as we were packing up. its with mikey if i recall. (def not in a snow bank
i am also out one 3/4" shackle, pretty new, silver galvanize. i'm guessing its with onurs stuff... no biggie, but i'll need it back eventually... and/or i need to buy more of them
I will leave white chin hairs to you guys. I have a few on my head, but whatever hairs I can grow on my chin are not white. Just saying Jon....l
alia176
SILVER Star
Best option is to send it back to Warn and have them refurbish it. However, we can have a go at it if you'd like. Not too complicated to rebuild these things but getting the gear box cover off can be a bear some times. I tried to rebuild mine but the cover just wouldn't come off
Rio Rancho towing finally made it up to La Cueva with a flat bed and brought me and the 200 home about 1:00PM.
Thank you all for the awesome recovery, Although I didn't have a single bump or scratch from the rollover it really shook me up emotionally. During the recovery I didn't do a thing to help. I just wandered around aimlessly trying to stay out of the way. Everyone was very understanding.
After two hours, with the 200 back on the road, I tried to drive it. With the windshield shattered but still holding together and the flat light at that time of day it was very difficult to see the snow covered road. I drove about a hundred yards and almost drove onto the shoulder again. I stopped and Onur offered to drive. I moved to the back seat. Onur had to stretch his head out the side window to see the road. For the first mile or two it was very difficult but as the sun set the headlights provided better contrast and he managed to see through the windshield. As I was sitting in the back seat clueless, he shouted instructions. "Get out your cell phone and try to get a signal." "There will be no cell signal at LaCueva". "Get someone to send a tow truck. Tell them it has to be a flat bed." After numerous tries I got Linda in Albuquerque and she found a towing company that would go to LaCueva. Thanks Linda. Thanks again, Onur.
I took some pictures of the 200 and will post them soon.
Thank you all for the awesome recovery, Although I didn't have a single bump or scratch from the rollover it really shook me up emotionally. During the recovery I didn't do a thing to help. I just wandered around aimlessly trying to stay out of the way. Everyone was very understanding.
After two hours, with the 200 back on the road, I tried to drive it. With the windshield shattered but still holding together and the flat light at that time of day it was very difficult to see the snow covered road. I drove about a hundred yards and almost drove onto the shoulder again. I stopped and Onur offered to drive. I moved to the back seat. Onur had to stretch his head out the side window to see the road. For the first mile or two it was very difficult but as the sun set the headlights provided better contrast and he managed to see through the windshield. As I was sitting in the back seat clueless, he shouted instructions. "Get out your cell phone and try to get a signal." "There will be no cell signal at LaCueva". "Get someone to send a tow truck. Tell them it has to be a flat bed." After numerous tries I got Linda in Albuquerque and she found a towing company that would go to LaCueva. Thanks Linda. Thanks again, Onur.
I took some pictures of the 200 and will post them soon.
Passenger door window is gone. Drivers window is fine but was open for the photo. Linda was going to go with me that day but cancelled at the last minute. She might have been injured.
What is hidden by the angle of the pics here is that the front of the roof is completely crushed down. It was hard sitting in the driver's seat and keeping my head up straight. My head would hit the roof console. I had to tilt my head to the side the entire time to drive it--either right or left.
That's going to be very tough to fix, I'm afraid.
Glad you are home Kit.
That's going to be very tough to fix, I'm afraid.
Glad you are home Kit.
Onur has a couple of phone books that he sits on so he can see over the steering wheel in his 80. Did he need them to drive your truck?
-Mike-
no worries kit, speaking personally I can't say I am sure I would feel useful in the same situation either... I am very grateful you were ok, and I think you are right, if everything else was the same, no passenger was likely for the best.
It was skills practice (circumstances aside) and it was cool the plan worked as intended. Keep us in the loop as the 200 comes back to life. Now that I've seen its undercarriage out in the woods, I feel strangely attached...
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It was skills practice (circumstances aside) and it was cool the plan worked as intended. Keep us in the loop as the 200 comes back to life. Now that I've seen its undercarriage out in the woods, I feel strangely attached...
Swypo'd from my droid using IH8MUD
