akram
22 Sep 07, 08:46 pm
What a great day. 24* at the pull off when we started. 54* when we finished.
Fatalities- One grouse thanks to Justin and his bronco.
Carnage- Another long dent in the XJ Broke ujoint, ears and shaft on the XJ.
Vehicle issues- One stemaing, yes acid steam was coming out, optima. An XJ that ran all day not hooked to a battery. A bronco having issues staying running on the hills. A bronco having posi-lok issues. A trailer that needs a slightly longer wiring harness to be used behind the rubi. A trailer that needs brakes. A trailer that needs tie down inside it. A trail that need fender mounting reworked. A rubi with a flashing rear locker light.
Fun- Cant begin to list it all
Gina started out driving the XJ and did great until the slate hill. But it wasn't her driving. We all, except for Justin who parked, had to take the first bypass. Now before any of you guys start harping us, you head out there early in the morning and do it first. I took another bypass around the second part of the hill which I think turned out to be worse as I got a dent riding against a tree trying ot turn back onthe trail. Mareck made it up that part after reaching the revlimter afew times. the rest of the trail was uneventfull but extremely fun. All found the geocache and signed it. Headed down to the river valley but stopped at the same place as last time. This time due to noone having a winch and it was fairly baddown there. On the way out I decided to back up the slate hill. Everything was going fine until Gina started laughing and saying "you can go up it in reverse but not forward". Then pop, pop, pop, grind, grind, pop. Pull forward grind, pop you get the idea. I snapped the ears on the pass side axle shaft and snapped the ujoint. After some work we got the outer axle shoft pulled and stuffed the tube with a rag to prevent oil from leaking. Bent the remaining ear on the hub over, bolted on and out we went.
Great views, about 20 ptarmigan seen, a few grouse including the one justin hit. And the trailer pushed Mareck down the hill. What a good tim. I will get some pics uploaded soon.
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Fatalities- One grouse thanks to Justin and his bronco.
Carnage- Another long dent in the XJ Broke ujoint, ears and shaft on the XJ.
Vehicle issues- One stemaing, yes acid steam was coming out, optima. An XJ that ran all day not hooked to a battery. A bronco having issues staying running on the hills. A bronco having posi-lok issues. A trailer that needs a slightly longer wiring harness to be used behind the rubi. A trailer that needs brakes. A trailer that needs tie down inside it. A trail that need fender mounting reworked. A rubi with a flashing rear locker light.
Fun- Cant begin to list it all
Gina started out driving the XJ and did great until the slate hill. But it wasn't her driving. We all, except for Justin who parked, had to take the first bypass. Now before any of you guys start harping us, you head out there early in the morning and do it first. I took another bypass around the second part of the hill which I think turned out to be worse as I got a dent riding against a tree trying ot turn back onthe trail. Mareck made it up that part after reaching the revlimter afew times. the rest of the trail was uneventfull but extremely fun. All found the geocache and signed it. Headed down to the river valley but stopped at the same place as last time. This time due to noone having a winch and it was fairly baddown there. On the way out I decided to back up the slate hill. Everything was going fine until Gina started laughing and saying "you can go up it in reverse but not forward". Then pop, pop, pop, grind, grind, pop. Pull forward grind, pop you get the idea. I snapped the ears on the pass side axle shaft and snapped the ujoint. After some work we got the outer axle shoft pulled and stuffed the tube with a rag to prevent oil from leaking. Bent the remaining ear on the hub over, bolted on and out we went.
Great views, about 20 ptarmigan seen, a few grouse including the one justin hit. And the trailer pushed Mareck down the hill. What a good tim. I will get some pics uploaded soon.
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