New Year's 2006, Paragon Adventure Park Hazleton, PA

[Blee1099]

Bah.. We night wheeled: Spas' truck, LT's truck and mine. So far in the carnage. One banged up drivers front & rear door on Spas, one busted taillight on Spas. One badly bent up brush guard for LT and a blown 32" Procomp MT. For myself I have a transfer case going up and had a transmission that wasn't behaving.

 

[DeRocha]

Sounds like you guys had quite a time... How long were you out wheeling? I'm assuming pics will be forthcoming correct?

 

[TheRookie]

bah, i can probably get Linds new doors, will need to be paint matched though and that will be pricey.

 

[sn0border88]

the doors off my parts truck are identical to hers i believe, plus she can stop here on her way home.

 

[TheRookie]

AH sweet. good looking out Hoover

 

[JDraper]

bah, i can probably get Linds new doors, will need to be paint matched though and that will be pricey.

How do you paint match rust and bondo??

 

[sn0border88]

no worrys, the bondo queen is here. http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1289934&postcount=36

 

[98Sport]

Good times this weekend, chalk me up on the list too for new parts cause i need a new bumper and maybe new hood(those mailboxes just jump out in the middle of the road), well mike is gonna pay for it so its ok, other than that it was a fun weekend

 

[Blee1099]

Yeah essentially we wheeled at night without a guide.. We got LT uber stuck in a creek.. A synthethic winch rope broke, and he was still stuck. I guess in the absence of thinking we didn't even try to strap him forward. Right now I have a serious tranny issue. Seems like it overheats on long trips. Hazleton is about 170 some miles or roughly about 2.5 hours from me. Into the journey from & back to Paragon, my tranny started acting up. It wouldn't shift correctly and the RPMS were higher than normal. The truck usually runs at about 2800 RPMS at 65. Well it was in the area of 3500. Got home, tried to back into the driveway and I had no reverse, I stuck my foot out the door and pushed back and the tranny went in gear but at the same time the O/D light flashed. I hope doing a tranny fluid & filter change tomorrow will help if not I guess its time for a rebuild.. 150,000 miles on the original. I also need a new transfer case, I get all sorts of sounds in 4WD when I am on the skinny pedal.

For those who are upset that we didn't wheel today. We didn't get back up till around 11 AM after getting into the hotel around 7:30 AM. By the time we got everyone up & around and ready it would have been close to 1 PM. The time issue and the fact that the sun goes down early in that area, I believe it was best to call it off. I didn't want people driving 2 hours to wheel for only 2 or 3 hours. That is just a waste of time and money.

 

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[Skunk]

glad everyone had a good time, I only got one thing on my mind now.... taking that same line through that washout again and gettin it on film, I can immagine what it looked like from outside but it felt awsome from inside the truck.

hope to see everyone, and more back up again for a more organized run soon.

<----- I could only imagine where this came from

 

[Blee1099]

glad everyone had a good time, I only got one thing on my mind now.... taking that same line through that washout again and gettin it on film, I can immagine what it looked like from outside but it felt awsome from inside the truck.

hope to see everyone, and more back up again for a more organized run soon.

<----- I could only imagine where this came from

I know.. Just look at Spas' new one..

 

[Raminator157]

Heres a pic of Issac and myself at Paragon! Hahaha Just kidding. Looks like it was a fun trip. Too bad I could not make it.

 

[explornj]

looks like you had too much fun wish i didn't end up out there, and not stuck out on a building fire till 4 am

 

[Stang Girl]

Ben, just wanted to let you know that it has been fun talking to you over IM and through the EF board. SVO and I will try our best to make it to your funeral.

Lindsy, we will come visit you in jail. Then again, it might be considered justifiable homicide.

 

[Tilt168]

yeah so.....sick!!!
cpl things to say:
a)so i need to get a locker on my diff....enough of me being called throttle jockey cause i have an open rear...its not my fault that i needed to steer with my gas!
b)2nd gen brush gaurds suck! not buying a new one and this summer i'm gonna get a custum bumper w/winch mount.
c)its impossible to get a single pro comp mt cheeply...grr...now i think i have to wait till i'm back out in colorado to get one....i really don't want to drive across the country on a super swamper

other then that things were great! some fun high centering and getting stuck(not in the stream, that sucked! 5 hr extrication...grr)
my explorer now has a name.......NINJA! (thanks linds! oh look for pics soon of why...sorta...) HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

 

[Spas]

Holy good God am I beat... I forgot how freakin cold it is in the great white north- my lungs feel like someone used a cheese grater on them

I had a freakin blast, between Doug and Danny's drunken snowball drive-by's, totally creaming LT in the hotel parking lot even though he thought he could take me in a one on one snowball fight D), Brennan's shenanigans (Thanks for the sweet butt/******* prints on my poor truck, you doof), attempted Meatball homicide after recieving my 'Christmas present' (you're still an @$$, Mike!), watching Fug show me once again just how much my Explorer is capable of and how very little I know how to drive , the minnow that was humping LT's bumper in the stream he got stuck in for 2 hours because it was attracted to the fish decals on his headlights, pulling Quake's Xj back up on all four tires after he rolled it in the washout, Chris's near endo trying to take the craziest line possible (Holy pucker factor, Batman! Buahahaha), LT and I making our own trails and whooping it up as we slid down this suicidal hill after everyone else left (you chickens missed an awesome wheelin' experience), and decorating Chris's cadillac

My camera wasn't working too terribly well, but hopefully the pics will turn out all right when I get them back from wally world tomorrow. Lori, I didn't kill anyone this trip, but I came damn close a few times...!

Jeff, Jus and Isaac, I'm sorry for telling you not to come down- When you're just getting back in at 7:30am from freezing in the cold for 5 hours, you just want to pass out and not even think about 4x4's. Ben was right to make the decision at the time, but obviously things changed over the course of the day. There'll be a next time soon, promise.

 

[sn0border88]

How comes I always miss out on the good ones. Im definatly coming next run, In fact ill throw some dates out soon, maybe late febuary?