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PLANNING TECORE VIII - April 12th-14th

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by JCrayton99 » Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:29 pm

Heyyy look who it is!
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by mikekey » Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:49 am

Damn I wish I still lived in Va Beach, April works fine, but everything is 15hrs away, heck it takes 5 hrs to escape this flat boring state. I may check back in with this. We're looking to do more smaller trips this year.
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by onelow1ton » Wed Jan 30, 2013 9:42 am

onelow1ton wrote:I might have to get moved to a maybe now , I'm not sure ill have enough time to finish my sas on my truck before this run , starting next week ill be working 32+ houses of OT every weekend till the end of April so ill only have Fridays and early mornings to work on the truck before I go into work , I'm pushing to get it done in time , I might take some vacation days to get it done wile still doing the OT work



Ok keep me on the definite list the OT project got canceled yesterday so now I got plenty of time to get my sas done on my truck :woot: :camping:
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by v7guy » Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:45 pm

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by Trail X » Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:54 pm

Sparg93 wrote:Is it ok to bring a heavy Chevy Tahoe along on this trip?

I didn't see a location throughout the posts...where is this going to be held?


This sort of thing has been asked before... basically, we try to give first dibs on spots to TBs, and then other trucks can fill in as we get closer to the event. Make sense?
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by TheVoy » Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:00 pm

Count me in. I'll do whatever it takes to make sure my build is complete by then. I already sent in a vacation request to work, not that work would stop me from an epic camping and off roading trip with a bunch of TBs and Envoys. :mechanic:
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by DirtyBacon04 » Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:40 pm

mikekey wrote:Damn I wish I still lived in Va Beach, April works fine, but everything is 15hrs away, heck it takes 5 hrs to escape this flat boring state. I may check back in with this. We're looking to do more smaller trips this year.


I'm just starting a new job, but once I get my schedule and if I have it off, perhaps we could convoy it up there! Let me know!
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by dvanbramer88 » Fri Feb 01, 2013 12:02 pm

Damn, this might be a huge turnout this year.. Maybe split into 2 groups separated by 10 or 15 minutes on the trail? And spread out to camp at night. The field under the power-lines would be perfect for the second night. The higher camp site from the first night should work, it was roomy up there too.
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by NC_IslandRunner » Sat Feb 02, 2013 2:39 pm

I know there is a little hermit that has suspension/body lifts and armor that's running out of excuses not to "navigate" his ass to TECORE! :finger: And still plenty of time to save and plan...
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by Moots1288 » Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:25 pm

NC_IslandRunner wrote:I know there is a little hermit that has suspension/body lifts and armor that's running out of excuses not to "navigate" his ass to TECORE! :finger: And still plenty of time to save and plan...

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by mikekey » Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:40 pm

DirtyBacon04 wrote:I'm just starting a new job, but once I get my schedule and if I have it off, perhaps we could convoy it up there! Let me know!


My wife is down for the trip, we just need to find out if we can get off too.

Convo sounds good, makes things more interesting.
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by Moots1288 » Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:43 pm

mikekey wrote:
DirtyBacon04 wrote:
mikekey wrote:Damn I wish I still lived in Va Beach, April works fine, but everything is 15hrs away, heck it takes 5 hrs to escape this flat boring state. I may check back in with this. We're looking to do more smaller trips this year.


I'm just starting a new job, but once I get my schedule and if I have it off, perhaps we could convoy it up there! Let me know!


My wife is down for the trip.

We're game to do it this year, and a convo sounds good, makes things more interesting.


Sweet! :cheers:
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by navigator » Sat Feb 02, 2013 4:29 pm

NC_IslandRunner wrote:I know there is a little hermit that has suspension/body lifts and armor that's running out of excuses not to "navigate" his ass to TECORE! :finger: And still plenty of time to save and plan...

I'll admit TECORE is in the back of my mind.
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by NC_IslandRunner » Sat Feb 02, 2013 4:49 pm

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NC_IslandRunner wrote:I know there is a little hermit that has suspension/body lifts and armor that's running out of excuses not to "navigate" his ass to TECORE! :finger: And still plenty of time to save and plan...

I'll admit TECORE is in the back of my mind.
With my wife still in a wheelchair (from her accident) and likely for several more weeks of rehab before she can walk again it is too early to tell.


Good excuse! err... I mean reason.

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by NC_IslandRunner » Sat Feb 02, 2013 5:11 pm

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The list!

Definite:

NC_IslandRunner(Rory)
v7guy (Jason)
JamesDowning(James)
Moots1288(Matt)
boog2006(Brent)
dirty anton(Mike)
dvanbramer88(Dave)
onelow1ton(Kenny)
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Maybe:

HARDTRAILZ(Kyle)
JCrayton99(John)
mikekey(Mike) +1(JorDaneeKey)
steveroche(Steve)
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by JCrayton99 » Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:37 pm

Thats a negative. I need to take time off this month and cant swing it for april....
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by dvanbramer88 » Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:41 pm

9.5 weeks, but whose counting?
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by Trail X » Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:30 pm

dvanbramer88 wrote:Damn, this might be a huge turnout this year..


I'll believe it when I see it. Someone says that every year!

dvanbramer88 wrote:Maybe split into 2 groups separated by 10 or 15 minutes on the trail? And spread out to camp at night. The field under the power-lines would be perfect for the second night. The higher camp site from the first night should work, it was roomy up there too.


We'll play it by ear. There are a few big campsites, but not a ton. Yeah, those two spots could handle a larger crowd.

If we want to grab the big campsite on the way to flagpole (meadow knob), we'll need to try to get up there before 5ish on friday, I'd say. All depends on the weather I guess.
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by mikekey » Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:08 pm

We're looking more positive for coming. Am I the only one that brings their other?

Plus I had better register the TB in FL now and ditch the VA tags. Last thing I want is a run-in with old VA state trooper to explain my FL DL and lack of inspection and front tag.
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by JorDaneeKey » Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:16 pm

If a +one is a problem, I can leave Mike home. :D
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