COMPLETED: TECORE VI - April 27-29, 2012

[Trail X]

Post up the pictures, boys!

Me? I have about 32 Gb of video and pictures to go through. I'll get to it sometime next month.

Here's a teaser:

[Mudwheelin]

Man that thing looks insane! Cant wait to see the pictures that I missed out on being in. Glad you guys had a safe trip.

[NC_IslandRunner]

Had a great time, Great trip all but Mario's bad luck.

[Mudwheelin]

Great pics so far! Looks like a lot of fun.

[HARDTRAILZ]

Nice

[bartonmd]

Looks like fun!

Mike

[Badgerfan1181]

Looks like a great trip cant wait to see the rest

[snowmirage]

I've also got some picks and a lot of really boring webcam footage looking through my dirty windshield You're all going to watch every minute of it though right?

I'll get it up sometime this week when I get a chance.

[snowmirage]

Funny story about my trip home. This being by far my trucks most aggressive adventure I was quite worried I'd end up breaking something, there were a few times I almost ripped off the rear resonator I'm told but thankfully that was all.

I was driving back on Saturday and kept hearing this odd tap tap tapping noise. It quickly realized it was tied to speed or tire rotation, of course in the back of my head I'm getting worried that I broke something but couldn't imagine what.

Now those that were there may remember the stick I had wedged in the frame. I had checked that first night didnt see it hanging down and assumed it had knocked it self loose.

Well.... taking a peak underneath on the way home on Saturday I found this.....



Thankfully I doubt that the stick did much damage to the front drive shaft

[snowmirage]

Some random photo's

[snowmirage]

More random photo's

[snowmirage]

Just realized on the video's I was about to post up I was recording audio the whole time...... so ... ya we're going to go ahead and edit those no one needs to here me singing during the 3hr drive there in the

[SaltWaterDrinker]

Just realized on the video's I was about to post up I was recording audio the whole time...... so ... ya we're going to go ahead and edit those no one needs to here me singing during the 3hr drive there in the

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA - I think that would be an interesting sound-bite for the end of the video/picture collage.

[Cable810]

Thats awsome!!! makes me wanne hurry up and get my TB done. The Pic that JD posted makes an awsome Desktop Background!!

[Trail X]

No time for pictures right now, but here's a quick synopsis of some of the notable events:

Fri:
Hit the road towards the trails at 12:30. 6 trucks (one truck never showed - bigezzyk) (Gas was $3.45 there!)
Hit old Rt 33 and the out-and-back trail.
Tried to get to Dry Run trail - no success - gate was locked.
Headed up Skidmore to the top of the mountain.
Crossed from Flagpole to Meadow
Arrived at camp early, nice relaxing evening. Great weather.

Sat:
3:30 AM, we got a visitor. 3 kids in a new model crossover SUV. I awoke to a kid yelling "Hello?!?!?... WE ARE LOST AS ////!" So Mike and I got out of our tents and gave them some simple directions. Poor kids were a bit scared. It was cold - at most 32 that night with some light wind.
Morning came quick, headed the rest of the way down the ridge road. Beautiful views.
Stopped a few times at some of the more difficult sections to get some video.
Mario's rear diff blew at the last difficult section (luckily). Longish story: His front end disconnect wasn't connecting up, steep rock section... tried a few times to get up with rear end power only. G80 wasn't engaging. On one attempt - BAM. His dash read "stop engine now" (or something, I didn't see it). Figured dash was due to low oil pressure due to the slope. Kenny was in front of Mario, so we roped him to Kenny's truck, which allowed Mario's truck to get to level ground, so we could check on the engine. It started up again fine, no issue. Put into gear to test diff - just grinding noises. So Kenny was going to attempt to pull Mario through the rock section - not enough traction for Kenny's truck. Mario ended up winching himself through the rocks. Still had a good climb to get out - so Kenny tried to tug him the rest of the way. Still not enough traction, so we doubled up on the pullers - had Rory and Kenny both pulling Mario up the hill to a flat spot. Where Mario removed his rear driveshaft, and we were able to engage the disconnect with a little ju-ju magic. He drove on out from there.
Ran across two girls with one bike.
Back to pavement - said goodbye to Mario and Brandon.
The 4 trucks left headed over to 2nd Mountain, explored a bit. Took it slow and leisurely for the most part.
Then made the 1600ft descent down to our campsite for the night.
Rain, Rain, Rain, Thunderstorms and Rain.
UFO.

Sun
Extract mouse from truck - required 4 men.
Drive out.
Air up - Mike's compressor is a beast.

(OH! - and for that method of connection that I was trying to remember... here it is... a little different than how we did it. Putting that in my long term memory now. http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/t ... post424417)

[bartonmd]

No time for pictures right now, but here's a quick synopsis of some of the notable events:

Fri:
Hit the road towards the trails at 12:30. 6 trucks (one truck never showed - bigezzyk) (Gas was $3.45 there!)
Hit old Rt 33 and the out-and-back trail.
Tried to get to Dry Run trail - no success - gate was locked.
Headed up Skidmore to the top of the mountain.
Crossed from Flagpole to Meadow
Arrived at camp early, nice relaxing evening. Great weather.

Sat:
3:30 AM, we got a visitor. 3 kids in a new model crossover SUV. I awoke to a kid yelling "Hello?!?!?... WE ARE LOST AS ////!" So Mike and I got out of our tents and gave them some simple directions. Poor kids were a bit scared. It was cold - at most 32 that night with some light wind.
Morning came quick, headed the rest of the way down the ridge road. Beautiful views.
Stopped a few times at some of the more difficult sections to get some video.
Mario's rear diff blew at the last difficult section (luckily). Longish story: His front end disconnect wasn't connecting up, steep rock section... tried a few times to get up with rear end power only. G80 wasn't engaging. On one attempt - BAM. His dash read "stop engine now" (or something, I didn't see it). Figured dash was due to low oil pressure due to the slope. Kenny was in front of Mario, so we roped him to Kenny's truck, which allowed Mario's truck to get to level ground, so we could check on the engine. It started up again fine, no issue. Put into gear to test diff - just grinding noises. So Kenny was going to attempt to pull Mario through the rock section - not enough traction for Kenny's truck. Mario ended up winching himself through the rocks. Still had a good climb to get out - so Kenny tried to tug him the rest of the way. Still not enough traction, so we doubled up on the pullers - had Rory and Kenny both pulling Mario up the hill to a flat spot. Where Mario removed his rear driveshaft, and we were able to engage the disconnect with a little ju-ju magic. He drove on out from there.
Ran across two girls with one bike.
Back to pavement - said goodbye to Mario and Brandon.
The 4 trucks left headed over to 2nd Mountain, explored a bit. Took it slow and leisurely for the most part.
Then made the 1600ft descent down to our campsite for the night.
Rain, Rain, Rain, Thunderstorms and Rain.
UFO.

Sun
Extract mouse from truck - required 4 men.
Drive out.
Air up - Mike's compressor is a beast.

(OH! - and for that method of connection that I was trying to remember... here it is... a little different than how we did it. Putting that in my long term memory now. http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/t ... post424417)

Sounds like a good time! Wish I could have been 2 places at once!

(one truck never showed - bigezzyk)

AGAIN!?

Mike

[djthumper]

Other than Mario's misfortune it sounds like all in all was a good trip.

[NC_IslandRunner]

It wasn't a UFO it was a tree frog!

[dirty anton]

it was a bug! haha yea had a really great time guys. got some great pics as well and will put them up soon. it was good meeting you guys.

[onelow1ton]

Great pix so far , I did not take many but James has a copy of my gopro footage so I'll let him post what ever out of that but I'll try and get my pix up tomorrow

And I know I have said is several times over the weekend but thank you guys so much for allowing me to come and be a part of this trip I had a great time and got to meet a lot of great guys so thanks and I hope to get out and wheel with you guys again soon