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R.I.P. Wendell Moyer

Thanks for the 411 @myquestoyota

And for the record, the road is great, if your driving an fj40 in low range that is! :cheers:
 
After a 14 hour round trip I took possession of the tool box Baton from Redgrr. We met around 7:00pm last Saturday in Butte MT at the crossing of I90 and I15.

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My son Jackson and I arrived home in Calgary Alberta Canada at about 5:00 am Sunday - the baton has left the country!!

I thought about asking the border guard to stage some sort of theater pic of me getting arrested for smuggling contraband in an old tool box but crossing the border at 2:00 am I didn’t have the energy and they would likely refuse to be on camera anyway

The baton will make many miles shortly. Some members of our club, the Rocky Mountain LandCruiser Association, and the Oil Country Cruisers and the Tarsands club are going wheeling in Fort McMurray this coming weekend. That’s about 750km or 470 miles North of here. The tool box will join us and I will have pictures. After that the general intent is to get it moving East toward Varty Yo although just how to do that is yet to be worked out.
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A little late, however I wanted to add the hand-off Mike West, Kyle and I did before the Allyn, WA handoff. There were actually 2 handoffs that day.
Baton handoff in Chehalis, WA

Baton handoff in Chehalis, WA

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And then a cool pic of us through the trees in Allyn, WA
pushing through the trees

pushing through the trees

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Wow Kevin you got the 42 up to 130kph!!!

Top speed in mine was 110kph
 
Yeah, she's quick with no roof rack or trailer. Cool winter air helps the boost too. I hit 22lbs and 140kph at times. I had to back out of it on downhill sections or the revs would get disconcerting. @arnott1t with his 1HDT troopy all hopped up couldn't catch me on the way back from Pismo/ Death Valley in 2016 on the interstate - he said he was running 90 mph and I was pulling away. But he was a full 1000kg heavier than me on that trip too.

I will have pics of @arnott1t , @Behemoth60 , @lumpy70 , @mano002 and others winter wheeling in a Troopy, BJ42, HDJ80 and a 60 after this weekend.

EDIT: others in attendance will be @Thrillbillie , @decoco , @ericbirk , @Ratpuke etc
 
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@Redgrrr ya it was mine too. More place for it some day with better suspension and heavier axles
 
@Awl_TEQ 22lbs of boost!!!! Wow thats crazy. What set up are you running? Are you intercooler? I just finished my budget turbo install and am sitting at around 10lbs haha. Only 1000F at 100kph. Not sure how much i can safely turn it up.
 
Well, where's the "rest of the story"?
 
drnekFJ40 said:
Any other news about this EXPEDITION?
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More action coming soon when the briefcase hits the road to the second annual Solid Axle Summit in Ouray August 7th through 11th. There will be more FJ40 participation in the event this year (two of us - @POTATO LAUNCHER and I - that will be attending have already carried the briefcase on its journey, and another @Reznugget will be bringing it to the event) so plenty of opportunities to keep it moving. Who knows where it might be heading next.
 
No news is; well, no news or movement.
 
4Cruisers said:
More action coming soon when the briefcase hits the road to the second annual Solid Axle Summit in Ouray August 7th through 11th. There will be more FJ40 participation in the event this year (two of us - @POTATO LAUNCHER and I - that will be attending have already carried the briefcase on its journey, and another @Reznugget will be bringing it to the event) so plenty of opportunities to keep it moving. Who knows where it might be heading next.
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Keep that thing moving! While all three are great, the Briefcase was the original!
Love seeing all the pics on this thread...
 
What happened to the tan Surrogate baton? Did it's contents get transferred to the main toolbox?
 
I've got the tan tool box, happy to get rid of it at any time. Sorry, I got this thing passed on me and didn't realize the commitment it entailed. It is sitting in Bozeman, Mt.

Let me know and ANYONE can come grab it.
 
I’m sure one of the original baton guys may want it back, and if they don’t, I’ll pay for shipping if you would send it to me...

@sggoat do you want it?
 
Tennessee80 said:
I’m sure one of the original baton guys may want it back, and if they don’t, I’ll pay for shipping if you would send it to me...

@sggoat do you want it?
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I am happy to ship it out. I could try at our next local chapter meeting to see if anyone wants to take it to another spot too. Let me know how to proceed. Cool idea, I just didn't understand what it was when I had it given to me. Sorry to break the chain.
 
Where is the original, the black briefcase?
 
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