SE OVERLAND RALLY & WORKSHOP INFO THREAD

by **NC_IslandRunner** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:45 am

Copied from ExPo.

Dates and location are set for the SE Rally
Hope we can get some more of us out there this year, It was a little lonely last year.

2012 Southeastern Regional Overland Rally and Workshop

When: September 27th – 30th 2012
Where: Crawford’s Camp just outside Murphy, NC

Murphy, North Carolina, is an old town with its origin dating back to 1839 and is located in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in the Southwest corner, where North Carolina boarders with Georgia and Tennessee. http://www.crawfordsattellico.com/ (Their website is currently experiencing problems, hope they have it back up running soon)

The information will be uploaded shortly to the official rally site
http://www.overlandrally.com/Overland_R ... heast.html

Preliminary Schedule:
Please check regularly for up-dates as the schedule should become more and more exciting:

Thursday, September 27th:
3:00 PM Doors open
7:00 PM Meet & Greet at Camp Fire

Friday, September 28th:
Breakfast
9:00 am – 11:00 am Classes
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Classes
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Leisure / Vendor / Exploring / Communicating / Socializing / Trail Riding Time
6:00 pm – who knows when Pot-look Dinner

Saturday, September 29th:
Breakfast
9:00 am – 11:00 am Classes
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Classes
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Leisure / Vendor / Exploring / Communicating / Socializing / Trail Riding Time
6:00 pm – who knows when Dinner provided by the Overland Rally

Sunday, September 30th::
Breakfast
9:00 am – 11:00 am Annual Rally Challenge
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Rally classification
12:00 pm start leaving camp

Classes & Discussions:
So far, I’m in the process of lining up the following classes. PLEASE, let me know what classes you are interested in. I am thankful to any suggestions and ideas:

•Basic 4WD
•Advanced 4WD
•Spotting
•Synthetic winch line repair
•Photography
•Round table international traveling, border crossing
•Round table traveling with kids
•List to be continued

Vendors:
I currently have no information regarding our national vendors. Of our local good guys, the following vendors already expressed their firm intention to attend the Rally:

•Southeast Overland LLC
•Ujoint Off Road expressed interest
•List will constantly be updated

If you have any questions or suggestions, don't hesitate to PM me, or send me an e-mail to southeasternoverlandrally@gmail.com.

by **HARDTRAILZ** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:50 am

Still hoping to make it. Lotta BS in that planning thread. Hope it works out ok.

by **NC_IslandRunner** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:14 pm

As I posted on ExPo, I have a small cabin reserved so I won't be loaded down with as much camping gear. Anyone going wants to stay in a cabin instead of a tent let me know it has a set of bunk beds that will be open. I won't make it there until that Friday morning instead of thurs afternoon cause I coundn't get thurs off. No big deal cause nothing really happening thurs anyway.

by **TSAdventurez** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:28 pm

I'm hoping to make it out there this year. It would be good to see some of you guys in person.

YouTube Videos · by **Trail X** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:55 pm

That is a long drive for me. We'll see, but it's not looking good.

by **JCrayton99** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:44 pm

Im planning on going to the NE one in Vermont.

by **NC_IslandRunner** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:02 pm

I'm trying to get a free pass to give away here in some sort of contest, It could take a few days before I know if it's gonna happen. If it does I'll figure out what the contest will be and have a few members that are not going help pick the winner. Fingers crossed!

by **NC_IslandRunner** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:18 pm

Video from last year, I posted it before but here it is again for those who missed it.

by **NC_IslandRunner** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:16 pm

Any chance anyone else going? I will be heading out early friday morning, cancelled cabin as I didn't think I was going to make it. I will be testing out the new tent cot.

YouTube Videos · by **Trail X** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:36 am

Maybe next year Rory...

by **navigator** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:44 am

Rory, with the rear seats folded down a futon mattress fits perfectly in there.
It will work better if you remove the seat bottoms and the headrests though.
I guess if you are tall that won't work but me being about 5'9 it would work.
I haven't slept back there yet though but I'm sure it would work.

The tent cot seems like a great idea though if you are going solo.

by **JCrayton99** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:46 am

My seats are gone and ive made a platform. I use a full sized air matress and the two of us and the dog fit comfortably.

by **NC_IslandRunner** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 12:02 pm

I got back Sunday night, tired. Both me and my truck. Not much time yesterday, Truck spent yesterday in shop recovering and I picked it up this morning.

Had a great time, great seeing old friends and making new.

Arrived Friday around 11am to check in, Classes going on so I just set up camp and by the time I ate lunch it was time for the trail rides, One to Snowbird($15) and public roads(free). I took the public ride with around 11 other rigs.

Mostly Camry rated roads for the most part with some rutted areas and some fairly deep water crossings. At one water crossing a guy got out to take pics of the trucks crossing and almost stepped on a snake, lucky it was already dead we took some pics and went on to a turn around with a hiking trail. Someone said it was only 1000ft to the falls for a great veiw and some pics. 1000ft my ass we walked all the way down the mountain, a few guys turned back not knowing it was onlt 50yds to the waterfall. Got to the falls with Brooks and Chase(the only two others that went all the way) Brooks was having trouble with blurry shots and I was trying to figure out what my camera was set on getting bettter shots and at this point I accidentally reformated my SD card so my pics start at the falls, I'll post up others as I find them from other peoples post on ExPo.

The falls

The hike back up the mountain just about killed me, or at least thats how it felt.

Trail ride start about 1:30pm and we ended it in Murphy around 7:30, a few of us knew we didn't feel like cooking that night so when someone said pizza and beer we were in! Got back to camp in time to see last 20 mins of video "One Crazy Ride" looked good and will need to buy so I can watch the whole thing. Trail guide for the day builds RC rock crawlers so he got them out a hit up the rock garden. I hit the showers and went to bed....Then got up and quickly got my rainfly on the tent cot as it started to rain!

by **NC_IslandRunner** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 1:29 pm

Saturday began with sausage and biscuits, Class on recover/equiptment was nice and then you could try the rock garden if you liked, I got my truck and gave it a go!
Overexposed so I had to do some work on the pics to make then presentable

Someone pulled an old ramp out and played a little

The Ambulance was there, it caught on fire, something to do with brake cleaner on the starter. They worked on it all weekend and had it running Sat night but I never saw it move.

This yellow Land Rover belongs to "That Guy" he shows up to most events and knows everything in this pic he is in the
rock garden he wouldn't listen to his spotter, His spotter was that nights presenter of his trips including the 98 Camel Trophy(4th place), then he was a total ass to Steve from SouthEast Overland when he offered help, lucky they didn't leave him in the rocks. Tried and finally managed to winch out hooked to one of the smallest rigs there.

Al (Camel Trophy guy) lives in Raleigh NC, His current rig:

I skipped the trail rides on Sat. and hung out at camp, sat in during the international travel class and enjoyed some Ginger Beer NA. Dinner was from Rib Country in Murphy and it was some good BBQ. Got hit in the face by a flying T-shirt...

by **HARDTRAILZ** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 1:36 pm

Love that H3

by **NC_IslandRunner** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:18 pm

Sunday: the challenge

Most did this in two person teams
My teammate had a Toyota FJ Crusier

First up Rodeo

They tie a rope to a trash can and you have to drive around it rapping the rope until you reach the knot in the rope, then toss the rest in the can, 5 point bonus if the rope doesn't hit the ground. We did this in my truck because of it's turning radius, Most did this side by side and when they got close to the can the driver couldn't see it... so he sat in my backseat and we were both on the same side, was not timed so no bonus for being the fastest

Next Tech inspection

Recovery strap- check
First aid kit- check
2 D-rings - only one
Fire extinguisher- Fail
GVWR- off by 1000#s and it's on the door sticker :wallbash:

Then the course

Drive down the hill, through the trees, then the mud pit, back up to the rock garden for a small section and back to start, while the passenger holds a bowl of water. Points for water left at end.

This is where is gets funny, I got first and only lose a little water, then no one could follow me through the mud with the water still in the bowl and most couldn't get through the mud at all! They let them go through a smaller mud area. The mud was great fun, doubled by people in Land Rovers,Land Crusiers and Jeeps trying to figure how a "TrailBLazer" made it and they couldn't! I did not go back in the mud as I wouldn't make it through again either! I went first a dug a nice hole for everyone to get stuck in.

The Mud

Doesn't seem like much but

Last was triva

We placed third, fist place got a year of Overland Journal, Second go a set of Warn lights and we got Overland Journal hats!

the pick of the jeeps in the mud were not part of the challenge, the white one belongs to The Swiss, who organized this whole thing, he had make it through the mud and wanted to try again. 35's and locked he didn't get through the massive hole make by all the trucks that got stuck, the black Jeep took the small mud and came back to try this after the challenge was over.

A few pics on the way out

by **fishsticks** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:05 pm

NC_IslandRunner wrote:This is where is gets funny, I got first and only lose a little water, then no one could follow me through the mud with the water still in the bowl and most couldn't get through the mud at all! They let them go through a smaller mud area. The mud was great fun, doubled by people in Land Rovers,Land Crusiers and Jeeps trying to figure how a "TrailBLazer" made it and they couldn't! I did not go back in the mud as I wouldn't make it through again either! I went first a dug a nice hole for everyone to get stuck in.

Teehee...

by **boog2006** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:12 pm

Way to represent! Might have to add this to the list of todo's. ...

Boog2006

by **NC_IslandRunner** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:28 pm

Hope it will still be around to do, doesn't look too good for next year but hopefully the success of this years will keep it going. The Hollister one was cancelled this year.

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