OFF-Road Event - Midwest - POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER
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RE: OFF-Road Event - Midwest - Mid-End January
ORIGINAL: Muddydawg75
THCI is doing an event at the Badlands in Sept/Oct... so maybe I will have my truck back by then...
... or a new one....[:-]
THCI is doing an event at the Badlands in Sept/Oct... so maybe I will have my truck back by then...
... or a new one....[:-]
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From: Cincinnati, OH
RE: OFF-Road Event - Midwest - Mid-End January
ORIGINAL: HummerMike
hammer, if your coming out of the city you can meet up with Mike and myself at Wal-Mart. You'll have to drive right past it anyway. Either way, its and easy place to get to just a boring drive as Mike indicated.
The following are a MUST before off roading: Remove your step tubes (H3's are easy to remove step tubes, 4 bolts on each side), buy a CB (you can pick up a handheld on ebay or even at walmart-Mike has good handheld). You will need a CB for when were on the trails-this is how we communicate to each other incase we have problems, etc.
As far as damage, I've never had a problem at the Badlands as far as breaking the truck. If the trails are overgrown, we can trim them back some to avoid scratching. You might want to bring a shovel and a saw or tree cutter to help. I don't anticipate we'll be doing any extreme off roading where you'll break your truck. Absolute worse case scenario if you brake your truck we tow it back up the my dealer and we'll fix it Monday for ya. The trails there are not bad, if you start some serious rock climbing in the quarry then it's always possible to pop a diff, tcase or tie rod end depending on how much you push your truck.
I may the founder of our hummer Club coming with us with his H1. He's in the process of fixing the alternator on it right now so he told me that if it's not fixed by then he would ride with me and we'll trail lead in my truck. He knows the trails really well and has been taking hummers there for several years.
hammer, if your coming out of the city you can meet up with Mike and myself at Wal-Mart. You'll have to drive right past it anyway. Either way, its and easy place to get to just a boring drive as Mike indicated.
The following are a MUST before off roading: Remove your step tubes (H3's are easy to remove step tubes, 4 bolts on each side), buy a CB (you can pick up a handheld on ebay or even at walmart-Mike has good handheld). You will need a CB for when were on the trails-this is how we communicate to each other incase we have problems, etc.
As far as damage, I've never had a problem at the Badlands as far as breaking the truck. If the trails are overgrown, we can trim them back some to avoid scratching. You might want to bring a shovel and a saw or tree cutter to help. I don't anticipate we'll be doing any extreme off roading where you'll break your truck. Absolute worse case scenario if you brake your truck we tow it back up the my dealer and we'll fix it Monday for ya. The trails there are not bad, if you start some serious rock climbing in the quarry then it's always possible to pop a diff, tcase or tie rod end depending on how much you push your truck.
I may the founder of our hummer Club coming with us with his H1. He's in the process of fixing the alternator on it right now so he told me that if it's not fixed by then he would ride with me and we'll trail lead in my truck. He knows the trails really well and has been taking hummers there for several years.
LOL! You always seem to be stuck running lead one way or another Mike :-) We do appreciate though .. especially when there's a good chance of seeing a truck high centered ...
Hehehehehehe
Check that off the list!
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RE: OFF-Road Event - Midwest - Mid-End January
Nice.
Did I tell you Jackie bought me a REAL CB at a garage sale for $2? It's practically brand new. It works too! Good thing I never installed an antenna and drilled a hole
Did I tell you Jackie bought me a REAL CB at a garage sale for $2? It's practically brand new. It works too! Good thing I never installed an antenna and drilled a hole
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Houston; we have a problem....
Here is the 10-day weather forecast for Attica, IN, which right now includes Flood warnings:
http://www.weather.com/outlook/trave...yLink_vacation
Hopefully the weather won't keep us down, but if there is alot of snow and ice on the trails, I don't think it would be too safe.
What do you guys think?
http://www.weather.com/outlook/trave...yLink_vacation
Hopefully the weather won't keep us down, but if there is alot of snow and ice on the trails, I don't think it would be too safe.
What do you guys think?