Cruiserdrew
On the way there
Speaking of which, I left a Beofeng radio with the extended range battery in someone's truck when it died when I was walking. If you come across this, I'd like to have it back. Thanks.
Rubithon 2016 Wagon Run Meet n Greet Thread
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Hey guy's, just wanted to THANK Andy, Rick, Beno, Pablo, Dale, Dan, Brian, Broc, and the rest of the Wagon crew, Eric, Ross, and the rest of the RUBITHON committee. The amount of time, work and effort that you guys put in is amazing!
THANK YOU!
Bob and Brooks
THANK YOU!
Bob and Brooks
Cruiserdrew
On the way there
Brooks-Nice to meet you and your family. Come back next year!
Andy, was it bright blue in color?
Cruiserdrew
On the way there
No, just the regular black. I did see someone walking around with a blue one, and David Usem had a yellow one. I don't even care about the radio, but the long range battery is worth Keeping. On mine, when you turn it on, it's programmed to show my call sign -KI6MIE
Ok, Dale had the blue one and handed it off to me. Maybe it's someone else's from the Wagon Run and they'll chime in. I'll also post up on the main Rubithon thread.
It was nice to see old faces and meet new ones. My uncle and I had another great time.
Thank you @RadarFJ40 for bringing those trail spares and Jim for the dessert.
Thank you Rick, Andy, Pablo, Onur, Eric, Dale and all of you Wagon guys.
See you all next year Pryor and Mark family and BadReligion...
-John
Thank you @RadarFJ40 for bringing those trail spares and Jim for the dessert.
Thank you Rick, Andy, Pablo, Onur, Eric, Dale and all of you Wagon guys.
See you all next year Pryor and Mark family and BadReligion...
-John
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from the other Rubithon thread…. from
MountNGoatKK6WRY. Always Learning
Another awesome adventure! Thanks again to the leadership who pulled this whole thing together, and specifically to the Wagon Run committee for their assistance. My second time through was a lot less stressful than the first! I look forward to the challenges and rewards of leading the Wagon Run next year. from
I also wanted to ask if anyone lost an extended capacity battery for a Baofeng hand held radio as we found one and I have it. If so, PM me with details.
See you next year, and Happy Trails!
'73 FJ40 with '69 Buick 350, TH400, PTO, sold
; '05 100 Stock, wife's DD
; '97 LX450 factory Locked, 35's, armor, winch, wife's 'other' DD; '97 LX450, factory locked, winched, CDL, OME Hvy/Med, 33's, ARB FB/White Knuckle sliders/4x4 Labs RB, son's DD (Rubithon tested); '97 40th Ed. FJ80, factory locked, other son's DD; '87 FJ60, 1HZ w/turbo, H55F, ARB lockers F/R, OME Hvy, ARB FB/4+ sliders/4x4 labs RB, winched, 38 gal tank (Rubithon tested). Thank you orangefj45!....MY DD!
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another epic trip, and my son's first Rubicon adventure.
First: thank you...each and every one of you. Amazing family of wheelers who looked out for my son, and myself, and watching over 60 others involved in our gathering.
Second: wow...the trail was way harder than I remember it from 2 years ago.
Trail damage report:
Water play at the Springs was a blast.
Following David up Cadillac Hill was fun. We both got hung up on the muddy spot, he damaged his rear Drive line there and I'm pretty sure that's what did in my lower control arm as well. Thanks to the HI-Lo guys for the winch off it.
My winch is going in next week. Lesson learned.
For the big trail bust I had: thanks to the whole run for rummaging thru your stuff and handing over spares, tools, backpacks, all of it. I owe Rick a huge pile of money and parts, and there are a few others that sent me things, so let me know who needs the spares replaced, I am gladly placing an order with Onur real soon and will get them to you so you have them for your next trip. Thanks for running them down the whole trail to us, and thanks Andy for coaching me thru the mechanics of disassembling a knuckle on the trail.
It was fun to meet everyone, I was stoked I got thru so many lines without a spotter, and truly appreciative of Dale and Tom walking so far in that heat and keeping us safe. Onur, I can't rally put it into words, other than; "yeah Bro!", Alvaro:"dood", David:"yep", Team Pryor: "thanks so much for everything; thanks MOM!"
I'll get to more later, but for now...just trying to relive it all again and fight off my productivity at work for another week.
First: thank you...each and every one of you. Amazing family of wheelers who looked out for my son, and myself, and watching over 60 others involved in our gathering.
Second: wow...the trail was way harder than I remember it from 2 years ago.
Trail damage report:
- broken rear passenger tail light lens cover and side marker
- bent both lower control arms, driver side way worse than passenger.
- dented belly pan, no worries.
- broken knuckle studs on passenger side, trail repaired and will replace knuckle, etc.
- front brake lines on passenger side came off mounting plate, no critical, but will fix when i have it tore down. Will drill and tap control arms on front driver side to mount the lines to as well.
- license plate got mangled...whoop de doo.
Water play at the Springs was a blast.
Following David up Cadillac Hill was fun. We both got hung up on the muddy spot, he damaged his rear Drive line there and I'm pretty sure that's what did in my lower control arm as well. Thanks to the HI-Lo guys for the winch off it.
My winch is going in next week. Lesson learned.
For the big trail bust I had: thanks to the whole run for rummaging thru your stuff and handing over spares, tools, backpacks, all of it. I owe Rick a huge pile of money and parts, and there are a few others that sent me things, so let me know who needs the spares replaced, I am gladly placing an order with Onur real soon and will get them to you so you have them for your next trip. Thanks for running them down the whole trail to us, and thanks Andy for coaching me thru the mechanics of disassembling a knuckle on the trail.
It was fun to meet everyone, I was stoked I got thru so many lines without a spotter, and truly appreciative of Dale and Tom walking so far in that heat and keeping us safe. Onur, I can't rally put it into words, other than; "yeah Bro!", Alvaro:"dood", David:"yep", Team Pryor: "thanks so much for everything; thanks MOM!"
I'll get to more later, but for now...just trying to relive it all again and fight off my productivity at work for another week.
I am very appreciative of all my new friends and old. It truly was an epic adventure.
I thank each of you for your patience and passion for our sport. It is because of this trail family that I am home safely and in mostly one piece.
Believe it or not, I drove to Sacramento with my dented and scarred drive shaft with NO issues. Then with NASCAR precision (on the street in front of Andy's in 90 degree + heat), pit boss Onur dropped my drive shaft and Andy swept it away to the drive line shop for repair. 24 hours later, a fully repaired driveshaft ready for re-installation. To quote Andy "it is like new". I look forward to reinstalling it this weekend.
To everyone that stacked rocks, hi-lifted, winched, wrenched, tinkered, spotted, told stories, cooked, drank, and laughed (not necessarily in that order), THANK YOU for making this such a fantastic week on the 'con.
Cheers to us all!
I thank each of you for your patience and passion for our sport. It is because of this trail family that I am home safely and in mostly one piece.
Believe it or not, I drove to Sacramento with my dented and scarred drive shaft with NO issues. Then with NASCAR precision (on the street in front of Andy's in 90 degree + heat), pit boss Onur dropped my drive shaft and Andy swept it away to the drive line shop for repair. 24 hours later, a fully repaired driveshaft ready for re-installation. To quote Andy "it is like new". I look forward to reinstalling it this weekend.
To everyone that stacked rocks, hi-lifted, winched, wrenched, tinkered, spotted, told stories, cooked, drank, and laughed (not necessarily in that order), THANK YOU for making this such a fantastic week on the 'con.
Cheers to us all!
As been said before, had a great time with a good bunch of people. This was our second run and it was a lot "smoother" this time around. Can't wait 'til next year -I won a 2017 registration in the raffle, so I'm committed now!
argggg....so hard to see friends had a lot of fun...i hope i came back to spot you on this faboulous trail one day
i miss you all dudes !
Dood..... We spoke of you often with Seb. Wish you were there!
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I have maybe 10 pictures from that week usually i'm taking them all the time, but i just wanted to experience it with my son and not stop the moments with an interruption.
(read: too damn busy and greasy to find a iphone because too many cool things happen way too fast.)
but here's a few.
(read: too damn busy and greasy to find a iphone because too many cool things happen way too fast.)
but here's a few.
Rubithon's version of Anthony Bourdain... Central Coast Land Cruisers in our hill billy shade eating Adidas aka "chicken feet". Rick Cortez tried and said they were good - unless he was just being nice. Lol. No one wanted to try the infamous "Balut".
-yes, Filipinos are sick in the head!
Representing @beno...
Enjoying the view with LCNW boys. @RadarFJ40
Our home made version of "Thrasharoo". My wife made them out of burlap material. They served their purpose.
Traffic that I don't mind being in...
-yes, Filipinos are sick in the head!
Representing @beno...
Enjoying the view with LCNW boys. @RadarFJ40
Our home made version of "Thrasharoo". My wife made them out of burlap material. They served their purpose.
Traffic that I don't mind being in...
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Your camera is coordinated with the terrain lol.