Re: BBQ Status Report 2

From: Bill Day (billday@consolidated.net)
Date: Sat Jul 24 2004 - 10:35:26 EDT


Walt, check your brake bleeder to see if it got broke off.. I have lost a
couple while in some rocky mud spots...

Bill Day
billday@consolidated.net
http://users.consolidated.net/billday/

A rich man isn't always wealthy, he just has all the love he wants and can
give..

AIM - BadManD73 (Catch me if you can!)
'95 Ext Cab 3.9L Mag 4x4 Flame Red 3.55 LSD turning 30x9.50x15's
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Felix" <Walt@Walt-n-Ingrid.Com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: DML: BBQ Status Report 2

>
> Well, a few of us (Adam, Mike and myself along with co-pilots) snuck off
> while everyone else was waking and showering. The trails are really muddy
> and the waterfalls are real wet & slippery. Adam took a shot at climbing
> the lower falls but couldn't quite hook enough to make it over the top
lip.
> We'll give them another shot later when we have a few more people and
> cameras in attendance. Adam also found a large rut on the way down to the
> river that tried to swallow his Jeep. I managed to pull him out with a
tow
> strap, making it my second rescue of the weekend. Yesterday, I dragged
> Mike's Ramcharger up slippery hill. Once we got down to the water, I
> discovered had a brake problem, the pedal slowly drops to the floor and we
> found a small puddle of brake fluid on the ground after backing the truck
> up. Unfortunately, we still can't quite figure out where exactly it's
> leaking from. For now I'll just keep dumping fluid in it and hope find it
> later after the mud dries. Just need to put something cheap in front of me
> on the next trail ride. Further downstream, Adam managed to find yet a
> deeper hole in the middle and really wedged the Jeep in there. I couldn't
> get enough traction to yank him loose and still had trouble with the
9000lbs
> winch and anchoring myself to Mike's Ramcharger. I just dragged both of
us
> towards Adam's Jeep. After pulling around in front and playing with the
> winch, I manage to pull him loose. Then we had to spend 10 minutes
> rewinding the cable onto the winch.
>
> Score so far:
>
> Mike = Couldn't make it up Slippery Hill without help.
> Adam = Stuck twice
> Walt = 3 saves and a pending brake failure.
>
> More photos have been uploaded to my gallery (link below). Sorry, the
> camera glitched and reset to 640x480. It wasn't until later did I
discover
> that so a few of the shots are small.
>
> Walt
>
> <werlax@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:cdptat$d4l$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
> >
> > SilverEightynine@aol.com wrote:
> > > Some early photos Walt took.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.walt-n-ingrid.com/images/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=34&thumb=1
> > >
> > Nice photos. I was especially impressed with the very official looking
> > canopy with the list name on it. Nice. :)
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
>
>
>



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