Flat Nasty Report: post pics here please

[Chef]

You guys and gals with cameras, please post here in thread, and here:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?p=1039125#post1039125
for the tlca event forum...thanks!

My report:

Great Recon!
850 acres of everything from scenic to "no one has ever run the whole thing." There's even one trail with a bounty on it if you finish it! Perfect for everyone from Nick to Nolan
The property is near Salem MO for those who want a map reference. It was oroginally bought by a big developer out of St Louis, slated to be folloded halfway up the ridgelines, and tunred into huge expensive "lake tract homes." Developer did not do his geologic homework: the soil is too porous to "lake-i-fy!" The unflooded terrain consists of lots and lots of Ozark ridgeline runs, big boulder creekbed runs, loose soil and boulder infested hill climbs, side hills that had the inclinometer reading 35+...wow! The very well thought out network of trails covers all kinds of terrain and levels of difficulty. It was developed with a 3D map and model-able software that lets you overfly the property, zoom thru canyons and draws and creek beds... Kewl, and thanks to our governement for the satellite imagery You will never, ever cover everything this venue has fo offer in a month of weekends, let alone an event weekend, and they are constantly building new trails.
The current owner, Ron Maximoff, used to compete with a loosely cruiser based rockcrawling truck. Our crew showed up at just about dark...he said "want to go play now, or in the morning?" Duh! Instant night run, complete with carnage, we got back to camp around midnight, got up early, and ran til waay after dark on Saturday. Sweeeet!
He runs a gps treasure hunt every month: show up, get co-ordinates to a clue. The clue is another set of co-ordinates on the property, at which a cash prize is cached. Neat!
Look for pics from guys and gals with cameras at the TornadoAlley Clubhouse, and new thread in TLCA Events. We're gonna go with last weekend in Sept to spread us out from Cottonland's Oct event by a few weeks.

 

[trainrech]

Here are a few to get started...

 

[trainrech]

A few more...

 

[Ranski]

WOW! Can't wait to see the rest of the pics. Love the one of Bob. Can't believe your running that stuff without sliders.

 

[trainrech]

That rock took about 20 minutes or so to get over, but no body damage.

 

[Chef]

It's Bob "Winch from the Low side" Garrett.
That was pretty interesting. Chris, EC and I all got Rocker Damage(tm), Mike bent his sliders pretty good.

Time to cut off more sheet metal

 

[Bob_Garrett]

Here's a couple of mine. I'll get some more up later. Have some video as well. Pretty big files, tho (30mb)

 

[66fj40x2]

That was some of the most technical driving I've ever done. What a blast!!! When the inclinometer hit 35* and Ron was hanging off the high-side of my rig, I learned a new meaning of "off-camber". I've never pushed the rig that far.

I didn't take any pics .... the camera was one of MANY things I did NOT make out of the house with.

This will be a great venue for a TLCA / TAC event!

Can't wait to go back!

 

[macneill]

Great pix!

 

[65swb45]

Those are some GREAT teaser shots! SHould get a few more folks curious to come out and see more.

I think that your event falls about 1 week after our ritual Dusy-Ershim run, so I don't know if I will make it. I walked the trail [33 miles] last year and would like to try running it with the Orion this year.

If something comes up, I'll let you know. Maybe a fly-in? We'll talk at Rubithon.

Mark A.

 

[Chef]

Mark, fly-in's welcome and if you fly to KC, we can shuttle you to and from the event site nicely.
Shotgun seats won't be a problem either...heck we could maybe come up with a spare driver's seat too




I'm not sayin' it'd be attached to a truck....