Paragon Trip 9/16-9/18

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I'm in Richmond, catching the plane at 6 AM back to Tx.
Short version, had a heck of a good time, great folks......
one nasty rollover, took 3 winchs to get it level....
3 Birfs, one broke frame, one PS hose and more fun than should be legal....
More tommorrow when I get home.
Butch
 
Thanks to all for a good time and good company. Let's do this again real soon.
 
Wait till you guys here of the 9 hour ride home Smitty & I had with a three wheeled trailer! :D Hope everybody else made it back safely.

Tim
 
Lost Key

Had a great time. Learned alot and meet some really nice folks.
Lost gas cap key. Found out one drive home when I went to fill up.
Got it open with screw driver.

All in all a great time.

Phil
 
Jester said:
Wait till you guys here of the 9 hour ride home Smitty & I had with a three wheeled trailer! :D Hope everybody else made it back safely.

Tim
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don't tell me that they couldn't get a tire on John's rim.....
please don't tell me that...
 
Thanks to all for a good time and good company. Let's do this again real soon.
 
Klunky Chris said:
don't tell me that they couldn't get a tire on John's rim.....
please don't tell me that...
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I'm still waiting to here about John's trailer tire adventure. Rumor is it is worse than this one...

Cam (Smtyblt) & I shredded the pass rear trailer tire on 81S somewhere around Shippensburg, PA. As it was passed 10:30 already and we had both promised our wives we would be home Sat night we did what we could. Pulled the 62 as far forward on the trailer as it would go and dumped as much tounge weight as we could get on the Super Duty. We tried ratchet strapping the rear axle up so it wouldn't drag, but that didn't work too well. We went about 8 miles to a truck stop, and discovered the other rear axle tire was down to 20 psi again. We dumped the one can of tire sealant we had into it. Someone decided it would be better to have the front trailer axle missing a tire rather than the rear, so we moved them around. Did I mention our tool set comprised of 1 pair of channelocks, 1 pair of vicegrips, 1 phillips, 1 straight, and 1 high lift jack? Found it was much easier to pull the trailer hubs apart to swap the tires than to kill ourselves with 10" Vice Grips on the lugs. Once this was complete around 1am-ish we hit the road again with a slight list in the 3 tired trailer and an occasional shower of sparks. 4 hours later we hit Fredericksburg.

Lessons Learned:
1. Check trailer tire air pressure frequently.
2. Carry a spare trailer tire.
3. Carry tools.
4. Drive a big tow rig.

Disclaimer: Do not try this at home. We were really lucky the other three tires held. They were only rated at 1850 lbs each and the 62 with trailer weighs more than 5,550. Had the Super Duty not been on the helper springs shouldering the load we would have been sitting on the side of 81 waiting for you guys to rescue us.

Tim
 
Don't feel too bad Tim, when I got home, I saw that my Orion drain plug was sticking out a few threads and was dripping gear oil. Useless stock skid plate was smashed up again, exposing the drain plug. I felt a grinding/rumbling noise
 
Damn I keep hitting the wrong buttons!

Anyway to repeat, Don't feel too bad Tim, when I got home, I saw that my Orion drain plug was sticking out a few threads and was dripping gear oil. Useless stock skid plate was smashed up again, exposing the drain plug. I felt a grinding/rumbling noise on the way home. :eek: When I removed the plug, I only got about a liter of oil. the rest was gone. :crybaby: I hope I didn't damage the Orion too much. May need a rebuild at some point. :crybaby: :crybaby: :crybaby:
 
wow........

so that's 2 DIFFERENT trailers that lost tires?!? :eek:

I feel kind of bad that you were stranded in my hometown... but with no cell signal at the camp site you guys couldn't have gotten ahold of me anyway... If nothing else, you could have dumped the 62 and trailer at my house.

GLAD to hear you got home, I actually haven't heard from John to make sure HE got home :rolleyes: I just realized that you guys weren't with our group... just didn't register that 2 trailers blew tires.

this all kind of defeats the idea of trailering the rig so you can get home regardless of breakage :D
 
Texican,
Thanks again for the Shiner Bock banner. It will look great in my garage while it waits to go to the next GSMTR.
 
I tell you - Shippensburg is possessed ;)

I got off at that exit and proceeded to work on my truck for an hour or two - the gear backed off my sm465 and it was missing bad...

I think I just passed all my shippensburg karma to the trailer kings :)


ummm...pictures?

bk
 
Well the disc Kristie burned for me must be bad, I've tried it on 2 computers and it won't work......so I got no pix for ya'
I will give the bunch I met the highest compliment I can.........I will run with you guys, or welcome ya' to Texas any time.....had fun. big fun.
Butch
 
Hows this for a pic?

I'm not sure if it has any warnings about this particular use on that sticker..... :rolleyes:
bad_hi_lift_use.webp
 
hey klunky post up some more pics I know you have them. or kris post up some of yours I would love to see them.

Had a great time thanks butch for everything the dinner on friday night and bringing up some shirts and stuff had a great time wheeling with you cant wait to do it again.
 
I'm waiting to see which pics Todd wants to use :D



when we figure that out, I'll post some of the others...
 
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