Big Bear 5-20-06

Jefe said:

Bring it on!

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Had a feeling you'd be the one to say that...lol.

Excellent

My cell is (909) 648-4515.

On my way out the door. See you all in a bit.

Jefe said:

On my way out the door. See you all in a bit.

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Ditto!

... twiddles thumbs ...


Looking forward to seeing everyone.

Pulled in a few minutes ago. Herd one of my tires leaking found a rock sliver in rear tire plugged it and its holding. I wil see in the morning if any of my tires are flat.
Thanks for the great time and all the tugs when I was stuck


Nate

Well, more or less just got in. Think everyone had a good day without too many problems (a overheated tranny, a flat tire, an ABS light that won't go off, and a few new scratches).
Thanks all for the great time, not to shabby for a simple day of wheeling.

Now for some pictures.

And some more.

Even more.

Nice pictures

What a day. Its a lot of work wheeling with you guys. Walking up to see whats going on, taking pics, spotting, winching/strapping, changing tires . . . I had a lot of fun

However about halfway down from the mountain I managed to toast my front set of Hawk brake pads. Was exciting to say the least.
For whatever reason the tranny wasn't allowing engine braking. I got two turns worth of fading to notice that they were overheating. On the next turn the pedal went to the floor. Took a couple more turns using both lanes worth of road and used every inch of a ~300ft turnout to stop from 25mph. At that point they were smoking so bad it looked like I had an engine fire. I let them cool and continued on, a little more cautiously. The rest of the drive home was much less eventful.

I've got lots of pics I'll upload in the morning.

Holly ****!! no engine breaking = toasted brake pads

That sux

Great pics, Boomer. I don't have many pics since I forgot about charging batteries Friday , but I will post some in a few minutes.

Jefe said:

Took a couple more turns using both lanes worth of road and used every inch of a ~300ft turnout to stop from 25mph.

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Sounds hairy. Leave it to you to sleepwalk through the trails and make the drive of the mountain the scary part . Glad you made it home safe.

Jefe what is wrong with your trans???

Jefe said:

What a day. Its a lot of work wheeling with you guys. Walking up to see whats going on, taking pics, spotting, winching/strapping, changing tires . . . I had a lot of fun

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Awesome recommendation for that secondary route on Gold Mtn. Took alot longer than I thought it would thanks to the curse of the 50ft stuck, but it was definitely alot easier having you with us!

Jefe said:

Took a couple more turns using both lanes worth of road and used every inch of a ~300ft turnout to stop from 25mph.

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Glad to hear that you made it home safe!


Once again, it was nice to meet everyone and I had an absolute blast!
Looking forward to doing it again sometime, (Nate please put your lift on and Shanon (sp?) no more bumper cars. Haha. . . lol)!

410Fortune said:

Jefe what is wrong with your trans???

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I think the problem is that its a Chevy.
I don't know, engine braking was working ok on the trail in low.

I know you have a spare 5.0 drivetrain you want to sell me.

EDIT: Pics are up:
http://www.jefethegreat.com/truck/pics_06/05-20-06_BigBear/

Hey, my old truck made it.

FROADER said:

Hey, my old truck made it.

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who ended up with it?

slravene said:

who ended up with it?

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94explorer2x4's brother-in-law Shannon(sp?)

3rd owner since me.