JV Thanksgiving Run 2010 edition

[Iceman]

Hello y'all,

thanks everybody for another great week of wheeling at the Hammers.
We truly enjoyed spending time on the trails with everybody and also the camaraderie before, during and after the trails. And a big thank you to all who turned the Thanksgiving dinner into another delicious one

Looking forward to the next edition

greetz Janneke and Ron

[Kiwi]

We finally got back yesterday morning after a slower than normal trip through Utah and Colorado because of snow and ice.

Again we had a great time wheeling with a fanastic group, it truly is worth the long trip.
Thanks again to everyone's help getting me out of FOH on Thursday. (whose idea was it to run that on Thanksgiving morning anyway. )

Hopefully we can make it back next year

[Jerry Bransford]

What happened to you on FOH? What trails did you guys do? Any other interesting trail events? I gotta start making enough $$$ again so I can get back out to JV.

[Kiwi]

Originally Posted by Jerry Bransford

What happened to you on FOH? What trails did you guys do? Any other interesting trail events? I gotta start making enough $$$ again so I can get back out to JV.

Broken rear Alloy USA axle. (one of the early ones) Broke on a part of the trail that we couldn't get the other side out to knock the remaining part of the shaft out of the locker, so put the broken shaft back in and winched/drove/towed out and fixed it up at camp. Now I can upgrade to Superior.

We ran: Chocolate Thunder, Aftershock, Clawhammer, Wrecking Ball, Sledgehammer, Sunbonnet, Full of Hate, lower and upper Big Johnson, Spooners Canyon, Outer Limits twice. Think that was it.

Among the group there were a couple of stub axles broken and a hub, a bent rear ds, couple of broken shock mounts, 2 window surrounds, but overall nothing really major.

[Jerry Bransford]

Thanks, wow, you guys did run some TRAILS out there. I can't even imagine what a couple of those trails you mentioned like Spooners and FOH are like.

[Cutch]

Originally Posted by Iceman

Hello y'all,

How's that Dutch/Texan accent working out for you ?

Seems like you guys had another good time out there....so that is what Sergy looks like...I've got no other smart comment....well I do...butt..

[Iceman]

in addition to the trails mentioned by David, we also ran Hell's Gate en Devil's Slide before heading into Sunbonnet

Which Dutch/Texan accent are you talking about ...

And getting David off of Full of Hate, was the best work out of the week for Erik and me ... running alongside up and down the trail aligning-hooking up the winch-attaching the winchstrap to vehicles and rocks and so on. That's when 3wheeldrive is b!tching

[mrblaine]

Originally Posted by Jerry Bransford

Thanks, wow, you guys did run some TRAILS out there. I can't even imagine what a couple of those trails you mentioned like Spooners and FOH are like.

Here's a comparison for you Jerry. On one longish uphill section of FOH, Dave had fully functioning 3 wheel drive. The section was slightly loose, nothing major, small rocks and kinda steep. You could easily walk up it though. His rig would not make any forward progress most of the time and even with the winch, would work it's way off the trail towards the down hill side if it was even slightly offcamber.

Required many towing and winch resets to new anchor points.

[mrblaine]

Originally Posted by Kiwi

. (whose idea was it to run that on Thanksgiving morning anyway. )

Hey, I said it was a short trail, what could go wrong?

[Iceman]

at least Turkey Claw is closer to camp

Originally Posted by mrblaine

Hey, I said it was a short trail, what could go wrong?

[NAILER341]

I had a great time out there with all of you. I look forward to this trip each year and this one didn't let me down.
Sorry I spent so much time as the trail plug this year.

Thanks Ron & Janneke for the tasty treats and coffee. They are appreciated.

[Provelogear]

I wanted to thank everyone for making my family feel like they belonged. They had a good time. Emi didn't even mind a second day in the Jeep!

[spearheadbill]

I had great first time out at the hammers and can't wait to do it again. I really need to thank Blaine and Erik and all you guys for fixing my broken rig and getting me off the trail without even having to get out of my rig!

Billy