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golden mtn trip july 12-14
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I think we all need one of those.
Possible addition to carnage list:
Not sure if it was trail damage but Hunter lost 4wd. May have been the result of the Friday night run, may just be coincidence. Something about the vacuum actuator on the t-case.
Not sure if it was trail damage but Hunter lost 4wd. May have been the result of the Friday night run, may just be coincidence. Something about the vacuum actuator on the t-case.
I have been behind the Franken80 and I don't think there is a flat spot big enough to stick that too.
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the last remaining flat spot already fell off.
It might fit on the bumper/rear cross member...if not, ill put it on the toolbox
Daaaamn. Did it rain during the recovery? Looks like a knucle sheared off.
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It rained some earlier in the day, just enough to make it slick, and yeah sheared the 4 bottom studs, arm dropped off, bearing fell out, then the wheel/ knuckle fell off... all after a hard hit on 6 that killed the motor.
For some reason that same thing happened with the 4wd actuator right after gsmtr except it was stuck in 4wd.
TeddyBoy
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That's a long list from for just under 2 days of wheeling. Just to keep things fair I do believe Steve had a persistent flat tire and blew an 80 AMP fuse mid way up trail 3 just as the rain was coming in
I believe Nicks stud breakage has it's roots in the day before. He was trying to get up Trail 7 and tried to pull a Tim Cameron move which failed miserably, this is where the shock mount was destroyed and ultimately lead to the spring coming out later on Saturday morning. It seams the shock was also working as a limiting strap.
As for me, I am reluctantly coming to the conclusion that doors are highly over rated!!
Question is can it be pulled out to any degree? I doubt it but will try nevertheless...
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That's a long list from for just under 2 days of wheeling. Just to keep things fair I do believe Steve had a persistent flat tire and blew an 80 AMP fuse mid way up trail 3 just as the rain was coming in
Yes he did, you should post that picture of the side pull you had going on to keep him from falling off the mountain while he aired it up and changed his fuse.
I wondered if the fact that his steering arm served double duty as a spring cup while he was backing down might have contributed to the problems later that evening. It did have the whole weight of the front passenger bouncing on it while he backed off the hill....
And did anyone else get eaten up? My feet and ankles look like I got in some chiggers or something and it is awfully unpleasant right now.
TeddyBoy
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FWIW can't believe nobody mentioned running into Ian from Extreme 4X4 on Saturday, nice guy but a fugly looking buggy
Glad you said that about the bugs, was just telling my wife how my bug bites SUCK!!!
Here ya go! Pics never do it justice but was trying to keep it 4 tires down. Between Tails 4 and 3 after the 20 minute rain.
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Oh yeah, forgot about that. yeah, seemed like a nice likable guy. Agreed it was not my cup of tea, but it did suck about his buggy. For those reading, it was his personel buggy that he has been working on for several years. Not related to the show and just out for a little shakedown run and some camping with his son. First time out of the shop and on a simple ledge he tweaked the upper link mount for the rear lower links and the cross-member sheared off the main frame. Ended it before it even really began.
And that picture doesn't do it justice. Kind of like coming down 18 after that, he was at the top, we thought he was done and the end was in sight, but it still took another hour and a winch (or two) to go the last 20 feet.. (read 18A - the Ted and Steve bypass)
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Ian and his fugly buggy
Came across to me as a nice guy chatted with the wife and I for a bit.
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Came across to me as a nice guy chatted with the wife and I for a bit.
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In looking at Jason's pic, it would seem as though he went straight to the Rock Garden - no wonder he broke so quick. Not exactly the trail I'd pick to do a shakedown on.
Ian and his fugly buggy
Came across to me as a nice guy chatted with the wife and I for a bit.
Yeah, the blown fuse caused my front locker switch to deactivate making me open front. That, combined with the flat front tire made things very difficult through that little mine field.
By the way, 18A would actually be Josh's bypass. We'd have to call the way Ted and I went 18B I guess.
Okay, that makes more sense now. I am extremely susceptible to poison plants and I was wondering how that had shown up so fast; Especially considering I'd made a point to shower and scrub both nights in hopes to avoid it. Definitely looks more like Chiggers or something.
The little $&@$ got me too and I was using deet.
I was putting on repellent with Deet quite a bit but they got around it and down into my socks and shoes! Guess I'll have to spray my shoes too from now on! Anybody find any ticks? I killed a few there but didn't ever find any embedded.
Here are my pics of the night recovery:
http://s656.photobucket.com/user/4xsteve/library/GMP July 12-14 2013
I didn't find any ticks, just a bunch of bug bites...
Ditto. I put bug spray on when I got there and already had bites before I got my tent up. Must be some special deet-resistant strain of skeeters up there...
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Working on getting some vids off the camera. Will post youtube links when I get them uploaded.
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