And so as a 4 wheeler you learn your lessons. Last night driving home from a wonderful Easter day at my brother's house (too bad you can't write sarcasm) my serpentine belt took a (insert bad word). So to the Dodge dealership we go at o'dark 30 this morning. After a doughnut and some free coffee we learn that our belt tightener is "missing". Hence the serpentine belt that looks like dreadlocks. Sigh....$200 bucks later....lesson learned. Always drive with a net behind your vehicle while 4 wheeling. That way any parts that fall off can be collected and superglued or duct taped back on.
Mind you this is the same vehicle that picked up a rock in a river bed and said rock proceeded to grind my brake disc away leaving a ring on the disc and chunks of the disc actually missing. Kinda reminded me of a far away moutain scene. (Yes they actually kept the disc to show to me..lol).
I love my Dodge.
>From: "Brian Casteel" <
bcasteel@uccinc.net>
>Reply-To:
listserv@azgeocaching.com
>To: <
listserv@azgeocaching.com>
>Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Do you know him?
>Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:31:48 -0700
>
>Ok, the visual of the last sentence made me chuckle. Thanks for the laugh.
>
>
>
>Brian
>
>Team A.I.
>
>
>
> _____
>
>From:
az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com
>[
mailto:az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of Apryl
>Clark
>Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 5:08 PM
>To:
listserv@azgeocaching.com
>Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Do you know him?
>
>
>
>Although I'm not sure what else I can put on the front end of the
>Dodge..right now I've got some cowpushers...would like to get a winch but
>JEEZ at this rate I won't be able to park in the parking garage at work
>(unfortunatly they're not 4-wheel friendly with mostly compact spots and
>only a 6'9" ceiling). Heck with the new tires I got that lifted me 3"
>alone...I've only got a 6" difference to play with now.
>
>You should see the looks I get when we go out mudding near the Powerline
>Trail and come into the office just slathered in mud. Those beamers and
>cedes don't park within 3-4 parking spots from me. Although I think it's
>hysterical that I can mark my own spot with my "mud droppings" that's pretty
>much my spot until they get the street sweeper into the parking garage.
>
> >From: "Brian Casteel" <
bcasteel@uccinc.net>
>
> >Reply-To:
listserv@azgeocaching.com
>
> >To: <
listserv@azgeocaching.com>
>
> >Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Do you know him?
>
> >Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:00:09 -0700
>
> >
>
> >Nah. KC Day-Liters are sooooo early 90s. :-) HID is where it's at now.
>
> >Electric sunshine, in a nice shiny package. Although I do want some of
>
> >those directional lights for myself and the front seat spotter, er I mean
>
> >passenger.
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> >Brian
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> >
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> >Team A.I.
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> >
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> >
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> > _____
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> >
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> >From:
az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com
>
> >[
mailto:az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of Apryl
>
>
> >Clark
>
> >Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 4:52 PM
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> >To:
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>
> >Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Do you know him?
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> >
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> >
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> >
>
> >Unfortunatly he only had the rubber (?) lines so they weren't very strong.
>
> >I'm thinking he sliced it when taking on the river bottom. I also went
>
> >through a street rated tire 4 wheeling (think I'd had the Dodge all of 3
>
> >days before I took it pinstriping..Paint job? What the heck is that).
>
> >Punched a hole straight through the tread. That taught me to slow down a
>bit
>
> >on the roads...lol.
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> >
>
> >As for my brother's Jeep he too has a lift and some nice tires he did the
>
> >lift himself and insists on "renovating" that thing at least every week.
>Hey
>
> >Dan wanna go 4 wheeling..can't the Jeep's in 700 parts in the front
>
> >yard...etc etc.
>
> >
>
> >Although he did show me up with his nice Halogen round
>lights...drool..light
>
> >envy. That lit up all of Fountain Hills the last time we went out.
>Meanwhile
>
> >the Dodge...well let's just put it this way. Hubby has an offroad bike.
>Head
>
> >lamp went out. Ziptied (again we love those things) my Mag light to the
>
> >crossbeam so he could see where he was going. That thing throws better than
>
>
> >my headlamps. Must get a K-C bar!!!
>
> >
>
> >Sad sad sad!
>
> >
>
> > >From: "Brian Casteel" <
bcasteel@uccinc.net>
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> >
>
> > >Reply-To:
listserv@azgeocaching.com
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> >
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> > >To: <
listserv@azgeocaching.com>
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> >
>
> > >Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Do you know him?
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> >
>
> > >Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:34:50 -0700
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > >Ok, that visual is painful. The day after I install the steel braided
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> >brake
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> >
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> > >lines, I discover that a pinhole leak exists in the hardline coming from
>my
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> >
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> >
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> > >master cylinder. Hopefully that little problem can be resolved in time
>to
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> >
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> > >go out and play this Saturday.
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> >
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> >
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> > >Brian
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > >Team A.I.
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> > > _____
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> > >From:
az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com
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> >
>
> > >[
mailto:az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of
>Apryl
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> >
>
> >
>
> > >Clark
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> >
>
> > >Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 4:24 PM
>
> >
>
> > >To:
listserv@azgeocaching.com
>
> >
>
> > >Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Do you know him?
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > >
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> > >
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> >
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> > >I also have a classic picture of an off roading going a bit
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> >
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> > >wrong..unfortunatly it's not digitalized. Bottomline..brake line got
>
> >snapped
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> >
>
> > >by the water on a Jeep (too much turny turny). We jimmy-rigged it with a
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> >
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> > >pair of vice grips and some zip ties. That was an awesome trip. Fun fun
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> >
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> > >fun....
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >From: "Brian Casteel" <
bcasteel@uccinc.net>
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >Reply-To:
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >To: <
listserv@azgeocaching.com>
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Do you know him?
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> >
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> > >
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> >
>
> > > >Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:17:40 -0700
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >I still remember that little Mohave Rattler we found, and the second
>one
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >that almost found us when we jogged by those bushes. It just seemed
>too
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >coincidental that as I was kneeling there (about 8' away mind you) and
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> >
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> > >said,
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> >
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> > >
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> > > >"I want to hear it rattle, but I don't want to do anything to piss it
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> >off,"
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >and as if on cue, it started. That's when we left.
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> > > >
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >Brian
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >Team A.I.
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> >
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> > >
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> > > >
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> >
>
> > > >-----Original Message-----
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> >
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> > >
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> >
>
> > > >From:
az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com
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> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > >[
mailto:az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of
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> >
>
> > >Roping
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> >
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> > >
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> >
>
> > > >The Wind
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> >
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> > >
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> >
>
> > > >Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 4:04 PM
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> >
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> > >
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> >
>
> > > >To:
listserv@azgeocaching.com
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> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > >Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Do you know him?
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > > >From: "Brian Casteel" <
bcasteel@uccinc.net>
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > > >Reply-To:
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > > >To: <
listserv@azgeocaching.com>,"'ShadowAce'"
><
shadowace.az@gmail.com>
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> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > > >Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Do you know him?
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > > >Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:36:04 -0700
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > > >
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > > >Yep. I was riding on what were technically donuts...aka street
>radial
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> >
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> > >
>
> >
>
> > > > >tires
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > > >on a Jeep (you also had tires with just a bit more meat on them at
>the
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > > >time). You were gutsy on that hill, I'll give you that, but pansied
>
> >out
>
> >
>
> > >in
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> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > > >the PTD. :)
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > > >
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > > >Need I remind you that you were PULLED out of the PTD, having become
>
> >
>
> > >stuck
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> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > > >on two wheels, while the limited slip differentials failed you
>
> >miserably,
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > > >spinning freely in the air without a worry in the world.
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > > >
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > > >I'll also remind you that the t-case skid plate of mine was grading
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> >that
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > > >hillcrest, as identified by the 20lbs or so of dirt I washed out, in
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > > >addition to the piles that fell off while I was driving. :)
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > > >
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> >
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> > >
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> >
>
> > > > >I was also able to tow out RTW in the now infamous Mission:RRTW using
>
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> >
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> > >that
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> >
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> > >
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> >
>
> > > > >same Jeep, so don't you tell me about stuck you round headlight, Jeep
>
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > > >driving freak!
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > > >
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > > >Brian
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > > >Team A.I.
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> >
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> >
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> > > >HAHAHA!!! Yep, Brian's Jeep pulled out a full size 1/2 ton GMC truck!
>For
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> >
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> >
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> > >
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> >
>
> > > >those that didnt hear about Mission:RRTW.... I busted a lower control
>arm
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> >
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >U-bolt. It twisted and eventually snapped. I was stuck on an upslope
>and
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> >
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> > >
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> >
>
> > > >rocky road. I couldnt get a jack under it where I felt the truck was
>
> >stable
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >to work under and not worry about it sliding backwards or to the side
>any
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> >
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >while I was under there working on it. So, I let the truck roll back
>(it
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >didnt roll very well with the front left tire cocked a bit plus all the
>
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >rocks) a bit until the back tires were in a small sandy wash at the
>
> >bottom
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >of the hill. Anyways, after fixing it... I was ready to roll again,
>
> >except
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >my 2wd truck was not going anywhere since it was stuck in the wash. I
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> >have
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> > >a
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> > > >posi- traction rear in there too! So, we hooked a tow rope up to Brians
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> > > >and we were able to tow it back a bit so I could turn it around and
>drive
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> > >it
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >out! :) Other than that little mishap, it was a fun night as we did
>some
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > >late night wilderness caching in the dark of night around the area
>(near
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> > > >Black Canyon City).
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> > > >Scott
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