NW WA Meet / BS Thread

Man, you all were hot with the posts today, couldn't keep up earlier.

• Sean, excellent advice on starting early and how lockers work in the snow. Totally agree.
• yzrider, you can advise me any time. I love knowing more and it sounds like you have some good life experiences.
• those who are worried about the hi-lift sinking, get yourself a scrap piece of a plank of wood. It's lightweight, keeps the lift from sinking. Drill a hole in it and attach a bit of rope so you can tug it back out. Works well in sand as well
• $26 Joes Racing 32307 (0-60) PSI Tire Pressure Gauge
  This is a super nice tire guage, it's the one I pack. Kinda splurged, but man it's accurate and it has a bleeder button.
• I have a Superflow MV90. I'm typically the quickest to fill with that. However, the guage is highly inaccurate, and mine went dead (the guage, that is). Like an idiot, I thought I'd 'fix it up' by chopping the end off and replacing with a standard quick release, then using this bad boy. Of course, these compressors want to continuously blow, and it eventually blew the hose apart So now I'm going to see about wiring up a pressure switch or getting a replacement hose.
  For those looking at a new unit, the MV90 is great for being cheap, but a unit that will be great for a lifetime would be a VIAIR 400P-automatic or an ARB CKMA12. If you have the bucks, the ARB CKMTA12 is impressive, but harder to cram somewhere.

I don't know if I can make it out with you all or not, I need to get with Tallon and see what he needs from me and when he needs me for some work I'm having him do. I'm also going to try to push him to make a custom extinguisher bracket, just in case he feels like he's getting bored... Also have to see if Ben's ready to wire up our SAR radios!

I still have my stock, unused spare. Almost had jeverich grab it, but he wanted to try getting all 4 done up at once. Can't blame him with all the places he's constantly bouncing around to.
Anyway, if you are interested, it's $25 and about clean enough to eat off of

 

DAmmit too much stuff at once, lol.

$26 Joes Racing 32307 (0-60) PSI Tire Pressure Gauge

Here's the link, it's for a Joe's Racing 32307


Also, this looks cool, but not sure if the site is still operational

 

I may have to take this off your hands. I was just offered a beretta 9mm for $400 (not sure what model, was from a friend). I went and shot it and passed. It wouldn't feed rounds smoothly, or eject them 1 out of 5 rounds. Plus it was just a little too big for my liking.

Edit: Shit you're over two hours south of me....

 

. I still have my stock, unused spare. Almost had jeverich grab it, but he wanted to try getting all 4 done up at once. Can't blame him with all the places he's constantly bouncing around to.
Anyway, if you are interested, it's $25 and about clean enough to eat off of [/QUOTE]


Pmd

 

Almost gave up hope on modifying this thing, but now I have a 'blueprint'! Yay for my google skillz!

 

Here's a couple shots from my trip out to Yellowstone a few weeks ago.. and a day spent out in Big Sky.











Day 2 of 5 day trip had 102 degree fevers; day 5 - walking was almost impossible.. Got the rig back to Bellingham, and spent 4 days in the hospital. Was about 48 hours away from going septic, via an infection that I picked up in my left knee. Not fun at all.

Yet another reason why I, and everyone else should have a SHTF plan when you're traveling alone.
PLB/2 Meter..

Bottom line. Infections/hospitals f'n suck. Big time.

Waiting on some info from the Colockum Management Office.. definitely going to head out there soon for a couple days within the next week or so. Pretty funny how only one person in the entire state of WA can give me the status of the roads in a 91,000 Acre parcel of land!

 

What kind of bedrack do you have?

 

Welded it up myself..

Want one? PM?

 

PM sent...

 

Hopefully ya can make it out.
Weddings are awesome, planning them is a different story... so I've been told

We'll do the meet time at 10AM. Doesn't really matter as long as we get out there by 11AM or so, that'll give us 5-6 hours of good wheeling/dicking around

I'll throw ya on the maybe list

 

SNOW MEET​

Date: Saturday November 23rd

Time: 10:00AM SPECIFIC TIME WILL BE UPDATED AS THE WEEKEND NEARS

Meet Location: TBA



Destination:
An area on,
HWY 2
or
I-90



IN:
SeattleCoug
GSPRunner
n.clarkwa
adventureseth
YZRIDER3087
cosmicfires


MAYBE:
Beavis0076
kbauman92
AWilson013
rideexileex
Chickenmunga


.

 

im a maybe at this point, have to consult with the boss lady

 

Sorry guys - can't make saturday. Sunday is my only opening.

I do caution these late start times though...

 

It's looking dry the rest if the week at this point so no new snow. The going should be easier than last week.

 

I'm most likely out. Sunday is my only day and I'm not even 100% sure I'd be available on that day. It does look like there will be a bit of a melt-off. I've been getting mild flood advisories and looking at the NOAA forecast:

.THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. FREEZING LEVEL NEAR 3500 FEET.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. FREEZING LEVEL NEAR 5000 FEET.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. FREEZING LEVEL NEAR 7500 FEET.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. FREEZING LEVEL NEAR 9000 FEET.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. FREEZING LEVEL NEAR 10500 FEET.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. FREEZING LEVEL NEAR 11000 FEET.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. FREEZING LEVEL NEAR 11000 FEET.

 

SNOW MEET​

Date: Saturday November 23rd

Time: 10:00AM SPECIFIC TIME WILL BE UPDATED AS THE WEEKEND NEARS

Meet Location: TBA



Destination:
An area on,
HWY 2
or
I-90



IN:
SeattleCoug
GSPRunner
n.clarkwa
adventureseth
YZRIDER3087
cosmicfires


MAYBE:
Beavis0076
kbauman92
AWilson013
Chickenmunga
LAoffroadin

Got it

...I will eat someone.

Not real experienced in the air down wheeling, but new Duratracs, my lift and a moderate knowledge of regular wheeling should allow me to hold my own. I don't think any SAR party is gonna find us over a smoky campfire gnawing on human body parts

http://youtu.be/tKdcjJoXeEY

 

I mean this as politely as possible, but this statement left me really confused??

 

I don't think we should worry about eating each other, it's the when I get horny part I'm worried about.

 

I meant Duratracs are supposed to be REALLY good in the snow (aside from their snow rating). I've been wheeling before many times, but haven't really dove into the whole airing down to single digit PSI w/ snow & sand.

Clear as mud?