Clayton Christmas Carnage '10 (Rooms and Rides Thread)

[redcagepatrol]

here are mine!
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.n....eat=directlink

[FJAggie07]

[jasonjuch]

who was it that was standing in the middle of the dancefloor at Tater Hill taking pictures of the "red shirt" girl and her friend?

[redcagepatrol]

who was it that was standing in the middle of the dancefloor at Tater Hill taking pictures of the "red shirt" girl and her friend?

not sure, but "red shirt" girl sure knew how to work it

[JB]

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[JB]

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[sam_hodnett]

who was it that was standing in the middle of the dancefloor at Tater Hill taking pictures of the "red shirt" girl and her friend?

That was Jimmy

[BMFScout]

who was it that was standing in the middle of the dancefloor at Tater Hill taking pictures of the "red shirt" girl and her friend?

I destroyed some evidence, those were included. Sorry.

[CheapJeep]

Awesome trip as always, had a blast.

My Trip Rundown
Thrashed day and night getting everything installed and ready, finally had it running and was on my way late Thursday night. Rolled into Clayton early Friday morning and caught some sleep before hitting the trail.

Friday- wheeled with JB, Corey, Chris B., and Chris' Dad on Jeff's Ledges then caught up to Scott, Lynda, Kopecki, and Busa. Hit Green Mamba and part of the Extension before the driveshaft slipped out. It was mid afternoon so I headed back to camp to lengthen/sleeve it while enjoying the rain.

Saturday- headed out with Scott, Lynda, Davido, and Kopecki on the backside towards Gobbler's Knob, en route Scott's Patrol decided it did not want to join. We hit Redneck Millionaire and spent the rest of the day there. I'm not sure if it was having Scott, Dave, and Kopecki spotting or being last in line but somehow I got lucky and was the only rig to make it without pulling winch.

However, near the end of the trail one of the studs holding the spring plate on pulled out allowing the spring to try and come off the axle. This eventually broke the shim bolted to the spring and allowed my new and improved front driveshaft to slip out. Saturday night I fixed the stud and missing shim situation the best I could and added a limiting strap.

Sunday- headed to Redneck Millionaire again with JB, Austin, and Corey. The missing shim didn't help the front driveshaft. I got hung up in the same place that Dave did on Saturday and ended up sheering the upper rod end on my anti wrap bar and ripped the hydro assist ram tabs off of my tie rod. JB made it through pulling winch and Austin made it fine. Corey stayed on a side trail and managed to break something in his rear end. Near the end of the trail I changed the mounting location on the limiting strap so it had hardly any down travel which fixed the problem.

Sunday night JB, Corey, and Austin headed home while Sam and I headed back out and met up with BDR, Kopecki, Karl, Dave, Seth, and Junior on Green Mamba Extension. Kopecki grenaded both of his driveshafts and got a tow back from BDR.

Robbie - front driveshaft too short, antiwrap bar, possible rear spring, ram mount ripped off

Rear spring ended up being ok, just the rod end on the antiwrap.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

I destroyed some evidence, those were included. Sorry.

Why you not e-mail to me first??? I KEEL YOU!!!

[JB]

Yes, she did.

[Seth]

Kopecki broke on green mamba extension last night. Snapped the solid section of his rear driveshaft clean in two, and then grenaded the upper front dhaft ujoint while shaggin ass up the logging road in front wheel drive.

Reporting from the road via DaveO motorcoach wifi.

[redcagepatrol]

Reporting from the road via DaveO motorcoach wifi.

[eight]

Kopecki broke on green mamba extension last night. Snapped the solid section of his rear driveshaft clean in two, and then grenaded the upper front dhaft ujoint while shaggin ass up the logging road in front wheel drive.

Reporting from the road via DaveO motorcoach wifi.

I just had to make sure BDR got to pay me back for running to town to get his tire. Towed it with the winch cable and that worked out very well, much easier on the towing vehicle. When it gets to a hard spot let the cable out so the towing vehicle can make it up. Once it's on good ground, winch up. Think next time a tree saver should be added to absorb some shock.

[sam_hodnett]

Ill get my pictures put up in the next day or two