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Sorry dont have a pic since it was on base. I had never seen it there before, so it may have been a visitor's? It had a little mud on the wheels, so i thought it may have been someone on here.
TeddyBoy
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In case you guys missed it on the TN page, Nick had a tough weekend.
https://forum.ih8mud.com/tn-stlca/740071-golden-mtn-trip-july-12-14-a-13.html
https://forum.ih8mud.com/tn-stlca/740071-golden-mtn-trip-july-12-14-a-13.html
Dang't, I was afraid of Nick's canvas top ripping off from being loaded that direction. Did it get torn up or did y'all catch it early?
I took it off before we left the park...
Carnage report:
Nick: No spark, engine won't run; Front knuckle destroyed, possibly axle ball and Long marred up during recovery; winch cable frayed during recovery; 1 shock mount broken off, later resulting in the front coil spring repositioning its seated position from the axle to atop the drag link.
Sam: 1 birf; 1 shock broken.
Ted: Smashed DS door frame at the latch; Temporary clutch problem.
John: Rear 3-link upper Y-arm heim joint.
Josh: No real carnage, just a flop and a leaking transmission.
Sid: Propane regulator.
Hunter: 4 windows and minor engine problems.
Ben: Minor engine/throttle issues.
Andy: Fueling issues - luckily not on the trail though; 1 shock MIA.
Matt, Roger, Jason and Myself sustained little to no damage that I know of. There were a few other trucks that I didn't know but didn't hear of anything with those either.
Feel free to amend the list with anything I missed.
Nick: No spark, engine won't run; Front knuckle destroyed, possibly axle ball and Long marred up during recovery; winch cable frayed during recovery; 1 shock mount broken off, later resulting in the front coil spring repositioning its seated position from the axle to atop the drag link.
Sam: 1 birf; 1 shock broken.
Ted: Smashed DS door frame at the latch; Temporary clutch problem.
John: Rear 3-link upper Y-arm heim joint.
Josh: No real carnage, just a flop and a leaking transmission.
Sid: Propane regulator.
Hunter: 4 windows and minor engine problems.
Ben: Minor engine/throttle issues.
Andy: Fueling issues - luckily not on the trail though; 1 shock MIA.
Matt, Roger, Jason and Myself sustained little to no damage that I know of. There were a few other trucks that I didn't know but didn't hear of anything with those either.
Feel free to amend the list with anything I missed.
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Nick clearly got the worst out of the group. Seemed to go rapidly downhill after the truck shut off on 6.
I also lost one shock (well, 1 shock bolt really, the shock was still there)
Hopefully Hunter learned his lesson about trying to wheel a 40 at GMP with a hard top.
Edit: Also didn't Nick lose a shock or break the mount or something before all that other stuff? We were joking about having 1 full set between us.
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Thanks for the additions Sam; I knew I'd forgotten stuff.Nick clearly got the worst out of the group. Seemed to go rapidly downhill after the truck shut off on 6.
I also lost one shock (well, 1 shock bolt really, the shock was still there)
Hopefully Hunter learned his lesson about trying to wheel a 40 at GMP with a hard top.
Edit: Also didn't Nick lose a shock or break the mount or something before all that other stuff? We were joking about having 1 full set between us.
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You're right, Nick broke a shock mount I think.
All items added to the list.
And I actually meant to put this in the other thread so I'm gonna copy and paste it to there.
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After a ride like we just all had, I think we need to start another hobby. Something that requires less work and effort. Saturday was a long night.
Can't speak for anyone else, but I like the occasional hardship. As fun as wheeling is, it might get boring if things like this never happened to make us stop and think, use our brains to come up with creative solutions and, best of all, to make us stop and associate with one another from time to time. At the time, some people might not have had much fun, but in hindsight, I enjoyed the whole event and will enjoy telling the stories from it around campfires for years to come.
But yes, I do agree Sid, could've done with only one major issue at a time - no argument there! "When it rains, it pours" in this case.
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TeddyBoy
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don't know what I'd do. Done the golf thing and that's ok but bores me most of the time, knitting just aint my thing which only leaves drinking. I've combined the latter with golf and wheeling which makes both better but what else is there? Sounds like the clock is ticking on another sale...
Can't speak for anyone else, but I like the occasional hardship. As fun as wheeling is, it might get boring if things like this never happened to make us stop and think, use our brains to come up with creative solutions and, best of all, to make us stop and associate with one another from time to time. At the time, some people might not have had much fun, but in hindsight, I enjoyed the whole event and will enjoy telling the stories from it around campfires for years to come.
But yes, I do agree Sid, could've done with only one major issue at a time - no argument there! "When it rains, it pours" in this case.
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At the time it's work and even stressful which can lead to short tempers but all in all I had a great time and looking forward to the next ride.
That said, crawling under the rig with a socket set before each ride goes a long way to potentially prevent these things.
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Sounds like the clock is ticking on another sale...
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No, I don't think any time soon. I was very stressed went my truck was broke, but It always makes you feel good to have your buddies come together and help you out. (Thanks John and Ben.)
And when it was Nick's truck, I could tell he was stressed, but you and Steve are right, it was fun to "pull together" and accomplish something.
I guess I was just commenting on the fact that it all happened in one weekend.
It was a rough weekend and I wish I had been able to lend a hand getting Nick out Saturday night, but to paraphrase Andy from Friday night "Don't send another effin' truck up here, you will just end up stuck up here on this trail with us" I figured there were enough trucks on that narrow trail.
I am keeping an eye out for an 80 front axle. Local Pull-n-save shows a 91 in inventory, I will try to swing by this week to see if the axle is still under the front of it.
I am keeping an eye out for an 80 front axle. Local Pull-n-save shows a 91 in inventory, I will try to swing by this week to see if the axle is still under the front of it.
Yea I was a bit stressed about the truck not starting and being the trail plug...then it just got down right sickening when my truck fell apart in the extraction. If I haven't told all of you who helped get my truck out thank you, thanks for everything yall did. It means a lot to wheel with a group that works so hard to help each other out.
I was talking to Miranda last night about how Sid and Steve slowly (Sid didn't even touch his gas pedal) pulled my truck out, Ted used his hi-lift probably 10 times on my truck and orchestrated the extraction plan, Ben and Josh made sure nothing more came of the truck while it was being towed, and John used his awesome trailer skills by lining the trailer up perfect and maneuvering it around flawlessly, and how everyone helped in the overall loading of the truck on the trailer was just simply impressive (wish this was recorded). I know im missing some other parts, but these were the ones that came to mind. Miranda was amazed and how everyone worked together to get my truck out.
BGarcia88FJ62
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Saturday night was just a glowing example of this group and wheeling, we'll always come together in times like this and always be willing to do whatever we have to do to get someone repaired, towed off the trail or just get back to camp and get a plan together to get someone out. Nick this could have happened to any one of us or anyone at the park during this ride and the results would have been the same. Everyone gets out nobody will be left behind. The comradery always amazes me and it was a pleasure to help and I'd do it again in a hot minuet.
So what the 1FZ-FE no start issue ever diagnosed?
Sam and I were talking about it yesterday and neither of us could figure it out. I was going through the DT section of the FSM last night and could not find something that you guys did not already look at. I betcha it is something really tiny that might be overlooked.
Sam and I were talking about it yesterday and neither of us could figure it out. I was going through the DT section of the FSM last night and could not find something that you guys did not already look at. I betcha it is something really tiny that might be overlooked.
TeddyBoy
Knighted by the King of MUD himself
Saturday night was just a glowing example of this group and wheeling, we'll always come together in times like this and always be willing to do whatever we have to do to get someone repaired, towed off the trail or just get back to camp and get a plan together to get someone out. Nick this could have happened to any one of us or anyone at the park during this ride and the results would have been the same. Everyone gets out nobody will be left behind. The comradery always amazes me and it was a pleasure to help and I'd do it again in a hot minuet.
This! Ask Ben, he knows!
Nick--Your # was just up and Ben is right, it can and will happen to all of us at some point. The trick is to have enough beer and tools to handle the situation. Every time something like this happens I learn something.
In hind sight we should've just pulled the tires and towed it out like we ended up doing hours later. :whoops:
I feel bad that I didn't look at it closer after we got it off of 6. At a glance I thought the steering arm was broken but turned out it was built at that angle and I just wasn't used to seeing that. Little did I know it actually was about to fall apart. If I'd only inspected it about 12" closer or for about 10 more seconds!! Sorry Nick. If it makes ya feel any better, I had pretty much the same issue going on with the Gecko, but because my studs are up top, no carnage ensued for me.
Even though there was so much carnage, I still had a great time hanging with you guys. I felt really bad not helping with the extraction but like jynx said, we didn't want to pack more trucks in down there and just be in the way. I also felt bad for telling Nick to take the wrong left off of 2. It was high stress, low light, too many beers, etc. Not that the truck would have made it back either way. I think the damage was done at that point. But I still felt responsible. The most important thing to remember is that the 80 will live to wheel another day.
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I was curious how you got it out of there. Just brawn dragging it on the axle?
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