Trail Ride 8/23-25/2019 East TN (1 Viewer)
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Land Speeder
InstaH8R
The Walmarts?
Yeet ! As the young folks say
Land Speeder
InstaH8R
Can you hear me now?
Bama4door
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Hurricane Creek. It’s right off I-40 about 10 miles from the NC border.
Land Speeder
InstaH8R
If you intend on going to this ride, posting here isn’t good enough, you need to message @booradley your phone number TODAY so that he can include you in the group text regarding this ride.
Folks get text info a lot more readily than here and it doesn’t broadcast our intentions online.
@OlSqueaky this means you. Message boo
Folks get text info a lot more readily than here and it doesn’t broadcast our intentions online.
@OlSqueaky this means you. Message boo
You know I dont know how this works
Oil pan gasket changed last night, add a leafs going in this weekend, vacation approved, @booradley has my cellular. I'm ready.
Bama4door
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Did you have any issues getting the oil pan off? When I changed the one on my 62 a few years ago it was super stuck and I had to pry it off with a bottle jack!
Nah it wasn't bad, little massaging with a flathead screwdriver and it popped right off. What a friggin mess it makes though. Really hoping it doesnt leak....not a job that I really enjoyed.
Land Speeder
InstaH8R
I’m out on this awesome trip
If anyone needs my radios, or my travel boxes, etc, then come get them to borrow!
If anyone needs my radios, or my travel boxes, etc, then come get them to borrow!
- Thread starter
- #52
Trip report:
Left Trussville, headed north through Chattanooga and Knoxville. Finally hit the Hurricane Creek trail east of Knoxville. Met @OlSqueaky and Drew (he's on here, but I can't find him), and Riley the cruiser dog at the campsite (they had gone up earlier and done some trout fishing). Got to camp at dark.
Got up, hit the trail, and found out it was a little more difficult and took longer than we expected. Coached a brand new Tacoma through the Hurricane Creek to Max Patch trail and watched him lose a few steps and gain a few scratches. Then headed west through Maggie Valley, Cherokee. Caught some awesome views. Then could not find a campsite until almost too late. Pulled into Tsali Recreation Area east of Bryson City.
Got up early, decided to ride as much as we could before heading back. Headed west. Started running low on fuel, decided to take shortcut, cheated death on powerline trail, made it to Tellico Plains. The rain never really bothered us.
Left Trussville, headed north through Chattanooga and Knoxville. Finally hit the Hurricane Creek trail east of Knoxville. Met @OlSqueaky and Drew (he's on here, but I can't find him), and Riley the cruiser dog at the campsite (they had gone up earlier and done some trout fishing). Got to camp at dark.
Got up, hit the trail, and found out it was a little more difficult and took longer than we expected. Coached a brand new Tacoma through the Hurricane Creek to Max Patch trail and watched him lose a few steps and gain a few scratches. Then headed west through Maggie Valley, Cherokee. Caught some awesome views. Then could not find a campsite until almost too late. Pulled into Tsali Recreation Area east of Bryson City.
Got up early, decided to ride as much as we could before heading back. Headed west. Started running low on fuel, decided to take shortcut, cheated death on powerline trail, made it to Tellico Plains. The rain never really bothered us.
- You want to be close to OlSqueaky and Drew at chow time. They know how to do it.
- @KKnightUA and his 60 did very well on their first trip.
- @DPV7070 and I cooked so much bacon we had to throw some away, which is a sin.
- Need to get some 12-volt chargers for the Baofengs; they tend to run out of juice towards the end of the weekend.
- The weatherperson was wrong again and is not to be trusted.
- We hit traffic again in Friday afternoon in both Chattanooga and Knoxville. This is twice in a row that Friday traffic in big cities has been an obstacle. For future trips we may want to either leave earlier or route around big cities where possible.
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Bama4door
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Great trip! Weather was great and we had an awesome group.
Hurricane Creek pics:
Hurricane Creek pics:
Land Speeder
InstaH8R
Looks like a great time!
Stopping to take in the beautiful surroundings, and maybe have a soda or two.
Day 1 camp for @Bama4door and @DPV7070
Ready to eat.
Day 1 camp for @Bama4door and @DPV7070
Ready to eat.
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Headed to Max Patch
Airing back up with our Tacoma buddy in tow. He was a real trooper.
It was really freaking cool to see elk reintroduced east of the Mississippi!
Stopping in the clouds....
The "Powerline Trail."
Airing back up with our Tacoma buddy in tow. He was a real trooper.
It was really freaking cool to see elk reintroduced east of the Mississippi!
Stopping in the clouds....
The "Powerline Trail."
(not pictured: @booradley because he blew down this obstacle with amazing speed and agility)
@Bama4door
@KKnightUA flexing it up and breaking in those new springs real good like.
That's all folks. I'm sure others will chime in with pics, etc. It was a great weekend wheeling with new great friends. If anybody needs a dog to stop a riot, reach out to @OlSqueaky and he can hook you up with Riley.
@Bama4door
@KKnightUA flexing it up and breaking in those new springs real good like.
That's all folks. I'm sure others will chime in with pics, etc. It was a great weekend wheeling with new great friends. If anybody needs a dog to stop a riot, reach out to @OlSqueaky and he can hook you up with Riley.
