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COMPLETED: Badlands "Freeze-Out" Weekend - January 9th-10th

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by bartonmd » Wed Dec 30, 2015 11:02 am

Freeze-out weekend is January 9th and 10th at Badlands. Get free summer tickets with purchase of tickets either of those days.

Regulator and Grimor are apparently going to be there both days (they were apparently planning it last night, and I just talked to Matt about it this morning, and said I'd post up. I'm going to be there on Saturday (the 9th).

Who's in?

Mike
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by ErikSS » Wed Dec 30, 2015 1:48 pm

Sorting out time with the step kids. I didnt pay for an alignment from the last trip yet. Good timing. Lol
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by Regulator1175 » Thu Dec 31, 2015 5:22 am

I will be there both days, Dennis as well. AJ will probably be joining us as well.

Erik the beauty of you trailering is that you don't need to worry about alignment. I however have to get mine aligned, I am trying something new and tow baring down.
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by Craig » Thu Dec 31, 2015 8:50 am

How aggressive is this. Just starting my build and have marks 3" lift tires aren't on yet.
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by bartonmd » Thu Dec 31, 2015 9:05 am

I did it a few years ago with 1" of lift and 30.5" all terrains. You can just about do it stock, as long as you've got decent all terrain tires and skids. There are bypasses around most of the hard stuff. It's an offroad park, not fire trails through the mountains, like TECORE.

Mike

ETA: If you let me know in the next couple days, I can have skids done and bring them for all of us to install before we go wheeling on Saturday.
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by bartonmd » Thu Dec 31, 2015 9:28 am

I guess I'll start a "who's going" post:

Going:
bartonmd (Sat only)
Regulator (Sat-Sun)
Dennis (Sat-Sun)
Arturo C. (facebook - Sat only)
Jeff S (coworker, JK Rubicon, Sat only)

Maybe:
Hardtrailz
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ErikSS
Nate S. (extreme maybe)

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by Grimor » Thu Dec 31, 2015 1:29 pm

Going:
bartonmd (Sat only)
Regulator (Sat-Sun)
Grimor (Sat-Sun)
Arturo C. (facebook - Sat only)
Jeff S (coworker, JK Rubicon, Sat only)

Maybe:
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by ErikSS » Fri Jan 01, 2016 1:52 am

Going:
bartonmd (Sat only)
Regulator (Sat-Sun)
Grimor (Dennis) (Sat-Sun)
TB2004EXT (facebook - Sat only)
Jeff S (coworker, JK Rubicon, Sat only)
Juan Mendoza (Sat Only I think)

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by ErikSS » Sat Jan 02, 2016 1:38 pm

Going:
bartonmd (Sat only)
Regulator (Sat-Sun)
Grimor (Dennis) (Sat-Sun)
TB2004EXT (Sat)
Jeff S (coworker, JK Rubicon, Sat)
Juan Mendoza (Sat) with Taylor K passenger
ErikSS and family (Sat)

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by ErikSS » Sat Jan 02, 2016 2:54 pm

Are we using CBs for communication?
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by bartonmd » Sat Jan 02, 2016 10:20 pm

Yeah. Let's plan on channel 12?

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by Cable810 » Tue Jan 05, 2016 9:48 am

If Nate would have gone to this I'd would have killed him next time I see him lol
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by bartonmd » Tue Jan 05, 2016 11:48 am

Cable810 wrote:If Nate would have gone to this I'd would have killed him next time I see him lol


Why?
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by ErikSS » Tue Jan 05, 2016 9:25 pm

Mike, I'll take Jealousy for 50.
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by Regulator1175 » Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:32 am

As of now, AJ will be there Saturday night and wheel Sunday. He is trying to move things around so he can make it to wheel Saturday as well.
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by Cable810 » Thu Jan 07, 2016 10:01 am

bartonmd wrote:
Cable810 wrote:If Nate would have gone to this I'd would have killed him next time I see him lol


Why?


Cause he wont come up any farter than Waters Michigan lol. From Waterford to the Badlands is the same distance as Waterford to my house lol
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by bartonmd » Thu Jan 07, 2016 10:45 am

My coworker is out. He was going to bring his 3 year old son, because his wife scheduled a 1/2 day spa day for Saturday (that he got her for christmas), but she apparently went off when he talked about bringing the kid. He said he if he really pushed the argument, it was maybe possible, but not worth getting couched for 3-4 days. I don't blame him.

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Grimor (Dennis) (Sat-Sun)
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Juan Mendoza (Sat) with Taylor K passenger
ErikSS and family (Sat)

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Tarsh
Jeff S (coworker, JK Rubicon, Sat)
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by ErikSS » Thu Jan 07, 2016 11:15 pm

That's too bad! I feel for guys who have situations like that. I've had those women. I married Stacey for a reason. I ordered plug wires Monday so I could throw them on for this trip. They didn't ship them til Wed, so they won't come in til Sat. So, I went down to a local speed shop and ran by them the issues I'm having with them. They tried to sell me on a different $100 set up. I texted it all to Stacey. She sent back, "Get them!" I'm a blessed man. lol
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by Grimor » Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:11 pm

i made it to the hotel, i plan on being at the park just before 9

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by ErikSS » Sat Jan 09, 2016 12:21 am

Taylor and Juan are meeting me at 6:30 Chicago time. Google is saying 1hr 54 mins for me right now, but it seems I normally make it in closer to 90 mins. If everyone is on time, we will be there between 9:00 and 9:30am Badlands time.
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