Hackett/Longwater March 13 2010
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Got my chains--I'm in for tomorrow. See y'all at Western.
I do have a full 125 cylinder but that may be a bit heavy.
I think it's about 0.25 miles from the gate to the river.
Not that bad of a hike. It's supposed to be a nice day so hanging out at the river will be very nice.
Not that bad of a hike. It's supposed to be a nice day so hanging out at the river will be very nice.
I am beginning to think someone doesn't want me to go wheeling
Got the truck out last night to get loaded and ready to go, everything was fine. This morning the truck wouldn't start, not even crank
So, After checking all the usual suspects, (everything checked good), and I have meanwhile missed the meet/leave times for the run. I say screw the truck and decide to try to get something down since I am not going wheeling AGAIN! After a couple hours I look at it again, and it starts, so I say
to the truck!
After more testing/fiddling, I found a wire or 2 that were loose or broke inside. Everything appears to be working again
Sorry for the ranting, I was really looking forward to this run. Hope you guys had fun!
Got the truck out last night to get loaded and ready to go, everything was fine. This morning the truck wouldn't start, not even crank So, After checking all the usual suspects, (everything checked good), and I have meanwhile missed the meet/leave times for the run. I say screw the truck and decide to try to get something down since I am not going wheeling AGAIN! After a couple hours I look at it again, and it starts, so I say to the truck! After more testing/fiddling, I found a wire or 2 that were loose or broke inside. Everything appears to be working again
Sorry for the ranting, I was really looking forward to this run. Hope you guys had fun!
Sorry to hear that Andy, we were hoping to see you out on the trail. It was a really good time, I left after Hackett and the rest of them went on to Metberry. I didn't take many pictures but here is the best. Luke after the hike up from the river on Hackett.
Andy, sorry to hear about the truck, missed you on the run.
We didn't get that many pictures. Here's our best one of the day.
We didn't get that many pictures. Here's our best one of the day.
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Lol, yup, overweight and out of shape at it's finest. Just got back in for the night, Ryan's 80 died at the bottom of Metberry gulch. It's been a long night, Took Chuck and Mike both strapped together with chains on to get that heavy sucker off the trail. It was a pretty impressive sight to see two 37" tire'd rigs digging and pulling up those bigger hills.
Glad everyone had some fun, exercise and rescue...never a dull moment with the CLC gang...
I stayed home and finished getting the Espresso Machine back together, the wife really did not want parts all over the kitchen...guess next month is will be my turn to get out on the trails...
Heres some pics of my adventure....
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2699/4430796863_f98f845718.jpg
I stayed home and finished getting the Espresso Machine back together, the wife really did not want parts all over the kitchen...guess next month is will be my turn to get out on the trails...
Heres some pics of my adventure....
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2699/4430796863_f98f845718.jpg
12:40 am, essentially 1:40 with the time change and I just got home. Wow... what a story to tell, thanks guys for working so hard to haul me out! I'm exhausted!!!
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Chuck, Mike, Ryan, and I went down to the end of Metberry, walked around a while on the sand bars, attempted to float some big chunks of ice out into the water, then had a fire with hot dogs and a few adult beverages. On the way out we only made it a quarter mile from the river when Ryan's 80 just died on the biggest hill of the trail.
The truck would turn over, and all the electrical systems and fuses were fine, it just wouldn't start. We tried disconnecting the battery to reset the computer, borrowed some fuel from Chuck's rig to squirt........well, throw into the intake to see if it was missing spark or fuel, When nothing happened, I found a spark plug in my "boonie bag" and we put it into one of the plug wires only to get the no spark scenario. Not sure if it was the coil or the computer. Poor Ryan almost came down with hypothermia steering that rig out with no heat behind Chuck for what had to be a three hour
ride out.
I have to say, I enjoyed the whole day. Every time I take the underdog red pickup instead of the tricked out 4runner I seem to have a lot of fun challenging myself. If only that thing was more comfortable, I would probably just sell the 4runner. I guess there is something to be said for downsizing. Like I always say "nothing wheels like a beater!"
The truck would turn over, and all the electrical systems and fuses were fine, it just wouldn't start. We tried disconnecting the battery to reset the computer, borrowed some fuel from Chuck's rig to squirt........well, throw into the intake to see if it was missing spark or fuel, When nothing happened, I found a spark plug in my "boonie bag" and we put it into one of the plug wires only to get the no spark scenario. Not sure if it was the coil or the computer. Poor Ryan almost came down with hypothermia steering that rig out with no heat behind Chuck for what had to be a three hour
ride out.I have to say, I enjoyed the whole day. Every time I take the underdog red pickup instead of the tricked out 4runner I seem to have a lot of fun challenging myself. If only that thing was more comfortable, I would probably just sell the 4runner. I guess there is something to be said for downsizing. Like I always say "nothing wheels like a beater!"
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I think that Murphy's law says that things are going to go wrong if you stay on the trail too late, and double that risk if it's Sunday night. I bet if we would have left the river before dark, none of this would have happened.
Just went thru my pics for the day and nothing turned out too good--except for the ones with the dog. Anybody get any good ones from the big rock?
Ryan--sorry to hear about the truck. Hope charlie helped keep you warm.
Ryan--sorry to hear about the truck. Hope charlie helped keep you warm.
Chuck and I went to take another look at it today in the snow. Seems like the coil isn't even receiving any power when the key is in the on position. Don't know what is wrong but seems to be an electrical gremlin in the ignition system.
If anyone is really interested, the hike from the end of the trail to the river is 4 tenths of a mile with 330 feet of elevation gain (or loss). The driving part starts at about 9,000 feet and ends at about 7,300 feet.
I made it home around 11:30pm on Saturday. I had a good time but felt bad for Ryan's trouble. My neighbor was calling me when we were pulling Ryan out to say his Blazer was broke down on HWY 24. On Sunday morning I took him back down to his Blazer and repaired the heater hose problem so he could drive home or at least to my garage. After working on the Blazer for some time I took the girls to Woodland Park for lunch. On the way back I stopped to help Ryan check out the FJ80 in the snow. We didn't find the root of the problem so I guess Ray will have to solve the problem. Ryan's FJ80 is at Ray's shop in Divide. After that it was back home to work on the Blazer. Replaced the heater core, trouble shoot the heater control problem and tried to repair the radiator leak and finshed around 6:30pm.
Time to get ready for the next week. I have some pictures I will post but it's time to relax a little.
Time to get ready for the next week. I have some pictures I will post but it's time to relax a little.
its enough of a hike, i remember coming out of there on a hot summer day, luckily chuck or mike had a cold water in his cooler for me !
Here is a link to the pictures that were on my camera.
Hacket_March_10 pictures by wigham_photos - Photobucket
Hacket_March_10 pictures by wigham_photos - Photobucket