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Just got done replacing the other caliper, so all systems go. See you guys in the morning.
Just got done replacing the other caliper, so all systems go. See you guys in the morning.
Keystone Cruisers Next Club Run Is August 11th
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Lets see how ya feel when we're done with ya
I think I'm out fellas, I noticed a vibration while accelerating from 20 - 40 when I went out for lunch and again on my way home. I think I'm going to err on the side of caution for a change, there are a few things wrong with the tuck and this new symptom just adds to the confusion.
I just saw this, a co-worker was suppose to go white water rafting in the poconos this weekend but had to cancel
Truly a glorious morning as I sit here in Denny's, with no functioning a/c. Good thing about the thunderstorm was both trucks got a wash and debugged. See y'all soon.
actually, sorry. Work...
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Looking forward to a report fellas and what trails you guys liked/disliked. I’ve only been there once and am itching to go again.
So shortly after I pulled out of the parking lot I found out the dent in my drivers door was preventing the widow from going up more than 2” or so. I had all the tools with me to pull the door card, but I was concerned I wouldn’t have the tools to adjust whatever else might be wrong with it so I opted to go directly to work and deal with it. I only hit two small patches of rain storms, so wasn’t that terrible. I got most of the dent out, and the window is now happy again. I most likely could have got the dent out all the way, but I want to pull the glass out first, and I was more concerned with getting home and some beers in my belly. I had a rad time today, and I’ll post up some pics once I get a solid buzz on.
@dci blair what happened?!?
We were on a particularly difficult trail and I wound up pinned against a tree and went all in.
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Dang Blair, join the club! My 100 played pinball with the trees of VT last week. I'm sure it was worth it 
Looks like you lost.Dang Blair, join the club! My 100 played pinball with the trees of VT last week. I'm sure it was worth it
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The 100 series was *not* the pinball wizard, that's for sure.
Sure was an eventful day! And let me say right from the start it's always fun and interesting to wheel with Blair! Drove through a hellacious downpour on the way to Anthracite but wasn't raining when I got to the facility. I believe we ended up with thirteen or fourteen trucks, decided to split into three group. Scott Markley and his brother went off to do greens and I didn't see them again yesterday. I rode shotgun with Crusha and in our group we had Jeeper Pete in is 80, Blair in the FJCruiser, John in his 80, Vince in the Lexus, and Joe (last name unknown, a friend of Mark Woytovich from Long Island) and his three kids.
I was a bit upset to find out that the pipeline construction was still ongoing and the main road into the park was cordoned off. We took a shortcut down past the bucket trail and through the long water puddle to do the culvert trail. Water was streaming down the culvert way more than I had ever seen. From there we drove out to find access to the main trail again taped off! Ugh!!!!! Called the office to find out how to get across the pipeline and Dave sent us up to trail 22. That was the ticket. Went down and did Twister and started head up into the southeast corner. Kinda got turned around a bit and ended up way the hell out in the far corner of the park. Anyway it got us to a road across the pipeline construction where we stopped for lunch.
We were right at the entrance to trail 36 and decided to try it. Well, three and a half hours later we were damn glad to find the exit to the trail!. Rough, lots of unmovable rocks, and slippery. Off camber almost all the way, too. Had several trucks lying against trees and used everyone's winch to the max. Had to pull several trucks sideways away from trees and it was quite a workout. After getting Blair through one of the particularly nasty sections I was spotting the next truck and heard a rush of air. Yeah Blair had lost the bead on a tire. While part of the crew worked on that we were trying to get the rets of the trucks through the gnarly section. It was hot and extremely humid, and of course then it started to rain...……..
By the time we got off trail 36 we were pretty well bushed and glad to get off the tough stuff. The end of trail 36 is right at the bottom of the nasty hill climb, right were Charlton's 40 went up in flames a few years ago. By the time we got back to the staging area it was 4:30. Long but enjoyable day on the trails for this old guy! Had some rub marks especially on some of the 80 series drip rails, and Jeeper Pete's front e-locker didn't wan to disengage. Blair did indeed get a deep dent in his driver door- went quite nicely with the matching dent in the quarter panel! Crusha had a front fender banged up a bit where he got tangled in a tree on one of the slippery off camber spots.
Andy can give a trail report on his group they did some trails that I had never been on so I look forward to hearing what he has to report. Their group got back to the staging area right before we did.
Some random notes from yesterday, I can hardly believe all the ties I've wheeled at AAOA now and how much of the park I've never explored. It's a big place. Crusha and I discussed (again) getting to the area across route 125 to just explore. We'd like to get out of the park at 8:30 some day and just drive out on the main roads to the far end of that property and see what all is out there. The park had new maps (to me, anyway) that are larger than the old ones and had more info on them than the earlier ones. Also there was a lot of new signage in the park. In the past basically only the intersections were numbered and noted, now several of the trails are numbered and/or named. Definitely a step in the right direction but it certainly would be helpful if every intersection was marked in some way. And pricing is different than at Rausch only $35 for a driver and vehicle but a little higher at $15 per passenger. I'll echo what Blair said and I was very glad to get home, get out of my soaking wet clothing and settle down with some beer. All in all it was quite the memorable day.
I was a bit upset to find out that the pipeline construction was still ongoing and the main road into the park was cordoned off. We took a shortcut down past the bucket trail and through the long water puddle to do the culvert trail. Water was streaming down the culvert way more than I had ever seen. From there we drove out to find access to the main trail again taped off! Ugh!!!!! Called the office to find out how to get across the pipeline and Dave sent us up to trail 22. That was the ticket. Went down and did Twister and started head up into the southeast corner. Kinda got turned around a bit and ended up way the hell out in the far corner of the park. Anyway it got us to a road across the pipeline construction where we stopped for lunch.
We were right at the entrance to trail 36 and decided to try it. Well, three and a half hours later we were damn glad to find the exit to the trail!. Rough, lots of unmovable rocks, and slippery. Off camber almost all the way, too. Had several trucks lying against trees and used everyone's winch to the max. Had to pull several trucks sideways away from trees and it was quite a workout. After getting Blair through one of the particularly nasty sections I was spotting the next truck and heard a rush of air. Yeah Blair had lost the bead on a tire. While part of the crew worked on that we were trying to get the rets of the trucks through the gnarly section. It was hot and extremely humid, and of course then it started to rain...……..
By the time we got off trail 36 we were pretty well bushed and glad to get off the tough stuff. The end of trail 36 is right at the bottom of the nasty hill climb, right were Charlton's 40 went up in flames a few years ago. By the time we got back to the staging area it was 4:30. Long but enjoyable day on the trails for this old guy! Had some rub marks especially on some of the 80 series drip rails, and Jeeper Pete's front e-locker didn't wan to disengage. Blair did indeed get a deep dent in his driver door- went quite nicely with the matching dent in the quarter panel! Crusha had a front fender banged up a bit where he got tangled in a tree on one of the slippery off camber spots.
Andy can give a trail report on his group they did some trails that I had never been on so I look forward to hearing what he has to report. Their group got back to the staging area right before we did.
Some random notes from yesterday, I can hardly believe all the ties I've wheeled at AAOA now and how much of the park I've never explored. It's a big place. Crusha and I discussed (again) getting to the area across route 125 to just explore. We'd like to get out of the park at 8:30 some day and just drive out on the main roads to the far end of that property and see what all is out there. The park had new maps (to me, anyway) that are larger than the old ones and had more info on them than the earlier ones. Also there was a lot of new signage in the park. In the past basically only the intersections were numbered and noted, now several of the trails are numbered and/or named. Definitely a step in the right direction but it certainly would be helpful if every intersection was marked in some way. And pricing is different than at Rausch only $35 for a driver and vehicle but a little higher at $15 per passenger. I'll echo what Blair said and I was very glad to get home, get out of my soaking wet clothing and settle down with some beer. All in all it was quite the memorable day.
Mark no sweat about your late start, didn't affect the day at all. Actually it's just another reason to bust your balls...……..
Thanks again guys. Andy kept me entertained.
We had a good group and Cruised through most of the the trails we ran without issue. 4WD was required occasionally.
I got to finish the trail I broke on last year, which I think is 51. Andy will correct me I'm sure.
I had fun watching Chris crawl over stuff and Mark wasn't too much of a curmudgeon...at least for the first half of the day.
AOAA is pretty awesome. Different than Rausch, which in itself is a good thing. I'd like to spend more than 1 day wheeling there.
We had a good group and Cruised through most of the the trails we ran without issue. 4WD was required occasionally.
I got to finish the trail I broke on last year, which I think is 51. Andy will correct me I'm sure.
I had fun watching Chris crawl over stuff and Mark wasn't too much of a curmudgeon...at least for the first half of the day.
AOAA is pretty awesome. Different than Rausch, which in itself is a good thing. I'd like to spend more than 1 day wheeling there.
BTW and for future reference, the Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Frackville (Pottsville), PA has an AOAA/Rausch Creek rate of $85. It's a relatively new hotel and is pretty nice. About 20 minutes or so from AOAA.
