Mark W said:Fortunately I'm done with the yelling at kids while camping phase of my life.
Mark...
Does that mean I'm not invited on the '08 Trek?
Did you guys have a 'base camp' set up somewhere on the other side of Monument?
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Does that mean I'm not invited on the '08 Trek?
Did you guys have a 'base camp' set up somewhere on the other side of Monument?
Does that mean M416 also need a similair size tire like 37"?Mark W said:
How did DesertDude's 35" tires performed so far? His is a bit narrower than normal.
Is there lots of off camber drive so the pop-tent is better off on the top of trailer instead of rooftop?
Advent said:Does that mean I'm not invited on the '08 Trek?
Did you guys have a 'base camp' set up somewhere on the other side of Monument?
No base camp. We moved every day except the last which we spent hiking.
Mark...
Snook said:
Don't overlook that this post was not talking about the Trek. For the run that I was talking about there, we would not really want a trailer along. Possibly use one to haul fuel part way, leave it about 60 miles in and refuel/pick it up again on the way out. Maybe.
No popup campers for that run either.
DDs tires worked fine on the Trek. Most of the mud we hit (virtually all of it) had good solid bottom underneath it. It was thick and looked daunting but everyone ground right through it. Lockers at each end really helped the rigs that had 'em. We altered our route a little to avoid a couple of bottomless spots or oozing hillsides.
As an aside... When we were out retrieving the broken rigs we got the chance to look over a D8 cat that was recovered a few weeks ago out there. The operator had drowned in mud when he dropped it through the ice this april while walking it out to a remote minesite. The soft mud he went into had to be at least 12 feet deep and was probably closer to 20 to sink the dozer the way it did.
For the folks who went in with us this year, it happened about a quarter mile down the drainage from that first muddy spot where all the folks got hungup/stuck.
Mark...
Snook said:
Patiences Grasshopper all good things take time...
Mark, sorry to here about all the extra effort and carnage to get to Johns rig...
I wrote a bit on the first day and will write much more over the next week, I also posted photos - this will take a bit of time to complete and label the photos. Hope this will quench your thirsts a bit.
Howdy from up in Inuvik, Northwest Territories " End of the road"
my latest blog updates Here
and Kristina's updated blog -( her ACT06 blog coming)HERE
Check out all the new photos uploads
it might be a while on the next ones - hang tight??Next up -More on the ACT06 trip - Dawson City and The Dempster Highway to Inuvik
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Mark W said:
actually i had typed some stuff about how i would definitely break something if i did go to 37s and try what you described then deleted it because i didn't want to start up that debate with other 80 owners who might think otherwise. I agree with your concerns and have no intent to go to 37s -- i'm thinking about 255/85 mts right now. the sound of my 80 landing hard on its sliders is scary. the weight of the 80 makes trying what you describe pretty sketchy and getting the suspension up high enough to use the 37s would take a lot. I think my 80 will need some semblance of road to work with to make a trip like that.
hi all....I finally found this forum thanks to gb! It's good to see familiar faces here already...Mark, John, Bruce.... (real bummed you weren't able to make it this year, Bruce. It would have been good to see you and meet Charla).
John, I have yet to investigate the damage to my cruiser. I guess I should have gone along on your recovery to keep Darrell in check!!?? Too much rallying, huh??
Just to reiterate what everyone has said already, this was a GREAT trek and I thoroughly enjoyed everyone's company which, to me, is the key to a successful event. Thanks to everyone who made it up!
cheers,
~ gina
John, I have yet to investigate the damage to my cruiser. I guess I should have gone along on your recovery to keep Darrell in check!!?? Too much rallying, huh??
Just to reiterate what everyone has said already, this was a GREAT trek and I thoroughly enjoyed everyone's company which, to me, is the key to a successful event. Thanks to everyone who made it up!
cheers,
~ gina
Mark W said:
Mark, you really know how to talk dirty to a guy like me.
I how long of a drive is it from the stagging area Tahoe to Tok? Ah, yes... 3,260 miles. Plus Calgary to the con, and back home is only 6,400 miles.
Let's see... Leave after work on Wed. 7-4-07. Run the 'con on 7-6-07. Drive to Tok 7-8-07 to 7-11-07. Do an extra-long weekend of AK wheeling 7-12 to 7-19 or so, Back home for work on 7-23. Only 12 vacation days needed. Easy.
Peter Straub
Hi Gina, I agree and it's good to see you here!xplorn said:
Rest assured I've been thinking about the ACC (and its honorary outside members) a lot lately. I'll be back.
One question, how can it be possible you guys are still finding DS in your rigs?
I would have thought it would be rallied out by now.
Hey Jim! good to hear from you. Wow, it's like a little reunion. I have been missing out!! I keep thinking I would like to make it down to Pismo. One of these days....
I have been asking myself the same thing about the DS. I thought I had done pretty good with only having one leaf in my spring pack break on the ACT. But I guess my cruiser had a little bit more to give up.
I am going out to Mark's tomorrow to take a look at my cruiser, but from what I hear the "recovery" trip turned into an Alaskan "day trip" complete with a lot of DS flying. My cruiser's damage total includes transfer case, breaks fried, fender body damage, front lights broken, broken pitman arm.
sigh.
What am I gonna do with them boys...????
~ gina
I have been asking myself the same thing about the DS. I thought I had done pretty good with only having one leaf in my spring pack break on the ACT. But I guess my cruiser had a little bit more to give up.
I am going out to Mark's tomorrow to take a look at my cruiser, but from what I hear the "recovery" trip turned into an Alaskan "day trip" complete with a lot of DS flying. My cruiser's damage total includes transfer case, breaks fried, fender body damage, front lights broken, broken pitman arm.
sigh.
What am I gonna do with them boys...????
~ gina
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John, Keeping looking around the bend----you will for sure see us again!! Sounds like you had a bit of "drama" in your rig's recovery, sorry we missed that!! 
We been driving and driving and driving since the trek. We are now in Jasper National Park, going through major culture shock--tourists and people and stores and a heat wave---going back through the photos and thinking of y'all---brings a super warm smile to my heart! Already missing everyone~~~~
Kristina
We been driving and driving and driving since the trek. We are now in Jasper National Park, going through major culture shock--tourists and people and stores and a heat wave---going back through the photos and thinking of y'all---brings a super warm smile to my heart! Already missing everyone~~~~
Kristina
xplorn said:
For those of you who don't know her already or haven't figured it out, Gina (Xplorn) is Gina Bringman of the Alaska Cruiser Crew. Check out Http://xplorn.com
to see some of her superb photos. I think that she has some galleries up of pictures taken by various participants in the Trek this year. I'd have to stop and count to put a solid number on it, but I'm pretty confident that more Trails covers and Cruiser calendar shots have Gina's name on them than any elses. By a large margin.
Mark...
Behemoth60 said:
Peter you KNOW that there is a spot reserved with your name on it already. Best to add a couple of days on to the Alaska Section of that little journey you describe. Maybe a day or four to sleep afterwards too.
Mark...
semlin said:
Thank you!
I have debated on the size to post photos over the years and I really do have several good reasons to keep them the size they are, but one of the main ones is the sheer quantity of photos would eat all my space available to me. Besides what is viewable on my site, I have many "hidden" pages for family and other special events.
The ACT2006 photos alone (including ones that I have posted for others) will be somewhere over 400 photos once I get them all there.
....but having said all of that, ACT2006 photos will be available a little larger than some of the older stuff that I have posted...
cheers,
~ gina
Cruiser Guy NEEDS HELP!!!
Hi all,
I apologize in advance for the cross posts, but I want to get this seen ASAP.
I'm sending this to a couple of different mailing lists and internet forums. If you can help, or you know someone who might be able to, contact Me ASAP at this emai... cruiser@mtaonline.net ... or at (907) 373-3789. Or contact Jim direct on his cel at (612) 916-1765.
All of you on a couple of these lists and most of you on the rest know Jim Van De Ven. Him and his wife Deb are currently working their way back home (Minnnestoa) from the Alaska Cruiser Trek. I just got off the phone with him. His FZJ80 suffered a front wheel bearing failure at 75 mph on the highway between Seattle and Spokane. He is sitting in a town called Ritzville right now in need of a front spindle and hub assembly. Wheel bearings too of course.
Jim can handle wrenching duties and I'm sure he has the needed tools. But he needs PARTS!!!
If you can help or can suggest someone who can let me know ASAP.
THANKS,
Mark...
Hi all,
I apologize in advance for the cross posts, but I want to get this seen ASAP.
I'm sending this to a couple of different mailing lists and internet forums. If you can help, or you know someone who might be able to, contact Me ASAP at this emai... cruiser@mtaonline.net ... or at (907) 373-3789. Or contact Jim direct on his cel at (612) 916-1765.
All of you on a couple of these lists and most of you on the rest know Jim Van De Ven. Him and his wife Deb are currently working their way back home (Minnnestoa) from the Alaska Cruiser Trek. I just got off the phone with him. His FZJ80 suffered a front wheel bearing failure at 75 mph on the highway between Seattle and Spokane. He is sitting in a town called Ritzville right now in need of a front spindle and hub assembly. Wheel bearings too of course.
Jim can handle wrenching duties and I'm sure he has the needed tools. But he needs PARTS!!!
If you can help or can suggest someone who can let me know ASAP.
THANKS,
Mark...
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Mark this ia a good place to post - Sorry to here about Jim and Deb, we are in the south part of the canadian rockies - I hope they can get parts soon!
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my latest blog updates Here
and Kristina's updated blog -HERE
it might be a while on the next ones - hang tight??Next up - Dawson City and The Dempster Highway to Inuvik Jasper/Banff
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my latest blog updates Here
and Kristina's updated blog -HERE
it might be a while on the next ones - hang tight??Next up - Dawson City and The Dempster Highway to Inuvik Jasper/Banff
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