great pics and videos - looks like an awesome time!!! Thanks for sharing everyone!
Old Chinaman Gulch Run - Sat. Nov. 6th -Trip Report
- Thread starter Inukshuk
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rover67
Rising Sun Member
Carlos, thanks for posting the movies, that's sweet!
Allison and I had a blast. The group was capable and experienced which was great. It was nice seeing all of you guys out
Tom, sorry you had such a tough time..
Thanks for spotting me over the rock pile Dave, that was a blast. I was really doubtful that the 60 could make it over that line, but it did. you've got that one figured out.
Had a great opportunity to see where I need to work on the 60 to make those tires fit better.
Anyways, it was a fun trail, lots of challenges that were as hard as you wanted to make 'em. Thanks Scott for setting it up and having us along, we enjoyed it!
Included is a shot of Mark. He made it look easy all day.
-Marco
Allison and I had a blast. The group was capable and experienced which was great. It was nice seeing all of you guys out
Tom, sorry you had such a tough time..Thanks for spotting me over the rock pile Dave, that was a blast. I was really doubtful that the 60 could make it over that line, but it did. you've got that one figured out.
Had a great opportunity to see where I need to work on the 60 to make those tires fit better.
Anyways, it was a fun trail, lots of challenges that were as hard as you wanted to make 'em. Thanks Scott for setting it up and having us along, we enjoyed it!
Included is a shot of Mark. He made it look easy all day.
-Marco
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Air Randy
Hard Core 4+
Yup Gecko back in the Rosetta line up safe and sound minus one knuckle stud............Tom's a
Did you break one or did you have to steal it to fix Tom's junk?
Inukshuk
Rising Sun Member
GPS track for the Chinaman's run. Zip file is Garmin format (.gdb) and there is a GPS exchange (.gpx) too.
Stats:
2.7 from Gunsmoke to parking
6.6 miles on trail
2:22 moving time
6:59 elapsed time overall
Moving Avg Speed 4.4 mph
Stats:
2.7 from Gunsmoke to parking
6.6 miles on trail
2:22 moving time
6:59 elapsed time overall
Moving Avg Speed 4.4 mph
RockRunner
Hard Core 4+
Tom, you mentioned to me at the begining of the trail that you hit something hard on the front left and soon after everything fell apartmaybe a coincidence maybe not.
Could very likely have been the beginning of the end.
Air Randy
Hard Core 4+
Yup Gecko back in the Rosetta line up safe and sound minus one knuckle stud............Tom's a
Mr. RockRunner please notice that stud is one of those super neat ARP units from TG. So lets see............hhmm.........
ARP knuckle stud-$10 check
Stud nut-$1.75 check
Wave washer-.60 check
Cone washer-$3 check
seeing Tom be the roll-over queen instead of me and now he owes me parts-PRICELESS!
RockRunner
Hard Core 4+
Did you break one or did you have to steal it to fix Tom's junk?
I stole it
Then promptly lost it somewhere along the trail. Don't worry I will need to order some pretty soon and get some extra ones. I also have some goodies coming next week.........................
AxleIke
Hard Core 4+
Nice pics and trip report.
Tom, what on earth happened? I don't see anything that you would have climbed up to tip you over on? Did the runner just get sleepy and fall over for a nap?
Tom, what on earth happened? I don't see anything that you would have climbed up to tip you over on? Did the runner just get sleepy and fall over for a nap?
RockRunner
Hard Core 4+
OK so I had some rough spots on the trail, still had fun but came home a little bummed out.
I would like to thank everyone for all their help and patience while I was trying to blow up my truck and then sort of fix it.
First person I need to thank is Mark, he had my truck upright in about 10 minutes. If we would not have called on the radio nobody would have known
Second are Steve and Michelle, Steve had to drive the Gecko back to Randy's house instead of using the trailer, not a fun drive and I know first hand.
Third Person is Ige, she towed me out just in case. We did not want to put to much pressure on the front end and thought this could help. We made it down OK.
Last was my wife who just looked at it and said " well that is why you build it and build the cage" Not bad having a wive who understands
So now some of my pictures
My new axles I will be getting next week. I went online last night just to see what was new and found these for sale...................lucky me
Here is the desciption of the parts.
Diamond Front Axle Housing- 69" WMS, big fill, knuckle gussets, and custom shafts-
Diamond rear axle housing- 68.25" WMS, big fill, full float, and custom shafts-
Both are 30 spline
Brakes are slotted and drilled.
Guess I am going full size
I would like to thank everyone for all their help and patience while I was trying to blow up my truck and then sort of fix it.
First person I need to thank is Mark, he had my truck upright in about 10 minutes. If we would not have called on the radio nobody would have known
Second are Steve and Michelle, Steve had to drive the Gecko back to Randy's house instead of using the trailer, not a fun drive and I know first hand.
Third Person is Ige, she towed me out just in case. We did not want to put to much pressure on the front end and thought this could help. We made it down OK.
Last was my wife who just looked at it and said " well that is why you build it and build the cage" Not bad having a wive who understands
So now some of my pictures
My new axles I will be getting next week. I went online last night just to see what was new and found these for sale...................lucky me
Here is the desciption of the parts.
Diamond Front Axle Housing- 69" WMS, big fill, knuckle gussets, and custom shafts-
Diamond rear axle housing- 68.25" WMS, big fill, full float, and custom shafts-
Both are 30 spline
Brakes are slotted and drilled.
Guess I am going full size
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RockRunner
Hard Core 4+
Tom, you mentioned to me at the begining of the trail that you hit something hard on the front left and soon after everything fell apart
Could very likely have been the beginning of the end.
Inukshuk
Rising Sun Member
If anyone wants pictures direct - e-mail me. Its in my signature line. I probably know name and rig, but as my mind is getting old, just be kind and remind me.
J Kimmel
Hard Core 4+
wow...let me know when we are putting those in
didn't take the trailer?
didn't take the trailer?
ScaldedDog
Hard Core 4+
Wow, Tom! Nice!!! It looks like the day turned out pretty good, after all!!!
Those are exactly like mine, though 3" wider. FWIW, I had to go to 17" wheels to get the tire off the TRE when I ditched the spacers. 4.5" backspacing with no spacers make steering *lots* easier!
Those are exactly like mine, though 3" wider. FWIW, I had to go to 17" wheels to get the tire off the TRE when I ditched the spacers. 4.5" backspacing with no spacers make steering *lots* easier!
RockRunner
Hard Core 4+
wow...let me know when we are putting those in
didn't take the trailer?
I will, I am sure I will need some help
Was going to but the bad omens had started already, forgot the keys at home. Went to Scotts' house at 20th and Union then was going to pick up the trailer but............well.......
I;ll get the Moab story from you later.
RockRunner
Hard Core 4+
Nice pics and trip report.
Tom, what on earth happened? I don't see anything that you would have climbed up to tip you over on? Did the runner just get sleepy and fall over for a nap?
Steering was all messed up and continued to turn right on top of the rock to the left of the picture. It is a sharp right with a tilt to the left and yes the Habenero was tired or was that me
RockRunner
Hard Core 4+
Mr. RockRunner please notice that stud is one of those super neat ARP units from TG. So lets see............hhmm.........
ARP knuckle stud-$10 check
Stud nut-$1.75 check
Wave washer-.60 check
Cone washer-$3 check
seeing Tom be the roll-over queen instead of me and now he owes me parts-PRICELESS!
Don't forget the use of your garage this winter to install my new axles,,,,,,,,,,,,
RockRunner
Hard Core 4+
If anybody has any pics of my yellow broken down slug please email them to me. Full size would be awesome. Please send to trompies@gmail.com
Thanks Tom
Thanks Tom
ScaldedDog
Hard Core 4+
If you're in any of these photos and you'd like a high-resolution file, just shoot me a message with your truck description and your email address, and I'll send it over right away.
This one is great!
Mark