I'm gonna put the days in at work..
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I'm gonna put the days in at work..
Make sure you put the march 31- april 1... the dates changed if u didnt already see it
Hell yeah I hope you can make it Dan. Wheeling or riding along??
Matt I am unsure. I may have talked myself into a little promotion. So if I end up making a few bucks more I'll drive. If not I'll ride.
BUMP
Any other definites yet other than Chris & I? (Chris, my buddy Pete is planning on coming again- good ride'along camera man)
I'm not going to be able to make it. The damn Army is playing games with my bonus. Its overdue for payment and still havent received it. I was able to get my XK inspected this past weekend but I still need to order a few parts for the front end.
Is it beyond wheelable or you just don't want to risk breaking anything?
My driver's side upper ball joint is shot. I dont mind taking a risk of something breaking, its just I know I'll definitely break it at Rausch Creek. Im honestly surprised its lasted this long. Im hoping to order some UCA's tomorrow, but still dont have tires due to my overdue bonus that hasnt been paid to me.
I have a spare UCA (2 actually) that i can bring to RC!!! C'mon man...
I'm glad I decided not to go. Got a last minute call yesterday for some crazy creek wheeling out in West Valley, NY. Drove out there and while waiting for the other trucks to back track to where I was I was messing around with the XK a little. For some reason when the front end is articulated and loses traction I get a loud awfull noise from underneith. Similar to the noise I was hearing prior to grenading the T-Case at Rausch Creek. I think that my front drive shaft is shot and binding under torque causing the noise. Possibly because my differential bearings are gone causing the front differential to move??? Really not sure. All I know is something isnt right. Im going to get the front diff bushing done in the next week a long with a new front drive shaft and see if that fixes the problem. I remember when I replaced the starter and was taking out the front drive shaft it was making some noise as I was turning it to get to the bolts. I think when i redo the front im going to install some limit straps. Anyone know who has done this and if there is a link somewhere to the install and where they got the limit straps from?
Limiting straps on the front won't make a difference with the OME struts. I took some detailed measurements and the OME struts have the same fully extended length as stock struts. Not to mention, even if they were longer that would effect the half shafts (CV's), not the front driveshaft; you dont change the relationship between the front driveshaft and differential with a spacer/strut lift.
This is coming up... any changes?
Dan, how you looking man?
I was given the 31st off. Haven't seen the schedule for the 1st yet..but I should have it. Will know for sure Friday.
Im still good to go :) didnt realize how close it has gotten
Yeah dude it's coming up quick!!
I need to get my friends SWR meter, i'd like to tune my antenna before going this time... get some better range for guys taking bypasses
Yea thats a good idea. I went wheeling. This past Sunday. My 37's did great! Had some rubbing in the back buy other then that no other issues
Next weekend!!!
About this time next week i'll be sitting down to a delicious BBQ dinner on my way home from some fun wheeling... can't wait!
:( wish i could make this trip.
We'll go again very soon!
Awsome. Front driveshaft and differential bushings should be getting done Saturday as long as I receive all the parts by then. Still waiting on ordering my UCA's. Found out that I have to complete a Exception to Policy packet for my bonus because the paperwork got messed up when I reenlisted. Damn Army.
Not sure I am going to be able to afford this trip. Only gonna have 7 days on a 2 week check..thinking about pulling some savings for it...
Dan, we'll be going more.... don't run yourself short on cash- keep that money in savings
Chris how's your group looking?
My convoy so far is my XK, Tim's WK, friends bronco And another friends expedition (pending tcase repair)
Is it still you and two other WKs?
Yea im pretty sure they are still going... at least they havent said their not going now lol. But im so glad its going to be RAINING all weekend there
c'mon dude it's only a 40% chance right now.... and the weather isn't accurate 3 days out regardless
Lol when it says 40% it will rain when you dont want it to and wont when it doesn't matter haha... im not to worried about it but just want some good pics / vids
I dont mind a bit of rain/thunder/lightning.... it means we'll have the place to ourselves too ;)
What time you leaving Saturday?
Umm ill prob get up there around 8 i guess. Unless you get there earlier i can try and make it a little earlier
Na, same deal as last time... gotta wait for Tim to get off of work so we probably won't leave here until 6-7ish and get there around 9-10.
Okay works for me :)
I'm planning on disconnecting front&rear this time too... intersted to see if i notice a difference.
Anyone coming with you familiar with the park?
Yea.. im pretty good with the northeast property ( thays why i want to run that one) and another guy whos going always goes there so i think he should know a good amount of the park too
awesome. we'll follow your lead then.
I remember there were a lot of areas with bypasses on the NE property that made it a bit more fun for the "stock" guys... they were able to pull over, hike over and watch us run some of the harder trails. Last trip it seemed like we were a bit more distant when we had to split up.
Yea thats another reason i likes that property. The blues have great bypasses. There prob just 1 sticky spot for the stockers on each blue.
I can't wait dude....
See.... less than 12 hours later we're down to 30% chance of showers. Keep those fingers crossed!!
Haha so by sunday it should be 10%
I'm so jealous reading these posts! I was almost gonna give up a beer fest to make this trip,but then I forgot I wasn't able to put my hooks on or order my skids yet...:(
Have fun guys and take alot of pics!
Not even Saturday yet and weather.com has 10% chance of showers!
Hope you guys have fun. I couldn't go because we were supposed to have opening day for baseball today.(parade, etc.) Got rained out so now I'm free. Ain't that a bitch. Next time I guess.
Are you driving there today and spending the night. Or going both ways tomorrow?
If I went I was going to leave today and get a hotel.
Matt, I wanna make a run through the pines in a few weeks if your interested.