T-day Hollister

[jays68yak]

Thats turkey day. Whos down? What Days? Trying to figure things out. The lady wants to head up there tuesday night since she has wed and thurs off. Staying till saturday or sunday? I think going up wednesday would be better. And then coming home saturday.

[bggrnchvy]

Thats turkey day. Whos down? What Days? Trying to figure things out. The lady wants to head up there tuesday night since she has wed and thurs off. Staying till saturday or sunday? I think going up wednesday would be better. And then coming home saturday.

I have to check and see if we're having T-day dinner with my dad's mom or not, she's got terminal cancer so this will most likely be her last. I can't be missing that.

Otherwise, whichever, I'm down.

Maybe I'll tow down Wednesday, leave the trailer and rig Thursday night and come back late that evening.

[gr8pumkin]

I wish I could, I had a blast last year. But I will be in Virginia for the week.

[barbastard]

If we don't end up going to Pismo (shit....can't believe I'm actually saying that) for T-day weekend count me in. Right now it's still looking pretty sure that we'll be in Pismo though. :unsure:

[72CST]

I think the wife and i will make it out there. Just keep the thread going with updates.

[Red Chevy Girl]

We are suppose to be going to pismo friday night thur sunday maybe i can talk him out of going to his family thing thursday and be there wed thur friday mid day. We will see if the pismo thing even happens its all talk of ideas at this time.

[Groupie]

Pismo for New Years, :D

[k5LS2]

Turkey day is in Hollister for me, and Nate, go to Pismo with us on new years. :beer:

[Hoss]

ill be there in the buick or the burban i got a month and i dont know if i can get everything done in time but come hell or high water ill be there

[Cracker]

What days? Weekend possibly.

[Hoss]

ill be there for turkey day only !

[Ryan B.]

if i make it out there it would probably be for friday and saturday.

[Capt.Throttle]

Sounds like a good idea...Will have to check with the wife to see if we plan ot be in town.

[Red Chevy Girl]

Has anyone made any decision on which way they are going, pismo or hollister?

[bggrnchvy]

I'm going to Hollister.

Kevin's going to Hollister.

Jason's going to Hollister.

Otherwise I have no clue.

[barbastard]

There's a good chance we won't be going to pismo. If that's the case, then count me in for at least one day of wheeling at HH and most likely I'd stay for one night. Can we go wheelin now?

[stunnin650]

pretty sure i will down there for a night, im going to wheel my cool new boots

[Capt.Throttle]

I am planning to wheel Saturday.

[tunedportk5]

I'm going to try to make it down for Saturday

[Red Chevy Girl]

If I can get my chevy back in working order its now the plan to be in Hollister on Saturday. Pismo has now fallen through, my quad was running good but everyone elses is not in current working order. Go figure!!

[k5LS2]

Good Kristen, hope to wheel with you and Nick soon. :beer:

[Capt.Throttle]

Where is everybody camping?

[gr8pumkin]

If Jay gets there early enough, they normally camp at sycamore camp ground.

[barbastard]

Well…looks like I’m out for HH. :(

Plans have flip flopped yet again (I give you one guess as to who’s creating the “flip-flopping” :rolleyes: ) and we are back on for Pismo. Seems as though the lure of sleeping in pimped out toy haulers, riding in bad ass sand rails and eating like a champ while doing all the above was just to much to pass up on (at least this time).

So have a great time guys, be safe, take lots of pictures and do everything I would do if I were there. :beer: :2thumbs:

Sounds like the next trip I will be going on with your douche bags will be the hammers….
:banger:

[k5LS2]

Nate,,,,,, You suk I can't believe you are going to Pismo, with out me. That is the place I have been bugging you about going to for the last few years. And you are now going without me, F*k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whos going to bring the Jack and Coke to keep me warm now?


I just dropped a 405hp LS2 in my truck and want to go rail the dunes bad!

[daddysblazer74]

[quote="k5LS2"]
I just dropped a 405hp LS2 in my truck quote]

Nice what is the hp difference from this motor and the last motor?

[barbastard]

Nate,,,,,, You suk I can't believe you are going to Pismo, with out me. That is the place I have been bugging you about going to for the last few years. And you are now going without me, F*k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whos going to bring the Jack and Coke to keep me warm now?


I just dropped a 405hp LS2 in my truck and want to go rail the dunes bad!

Sorry buddy….I knew you’d be pissed at me. :(

But, I’ve finally got an engine that might be somewhat capable in the sand and we’ve got a “taj mahal on wheels” to stay in so it’s an opportunity we can’t pass up. Plus, throw in the sand rails and quads and that just sweetens the deal. I’ll try my hand at Pismo once and go from there. I still don’t think I’ll enjoy driving MY (your truck, ryans truck or any of the rails is a different story :pimp2: ) truck in Pismo that much but it’s worth one shot. Who knows…if I like it maybe I’ll cruise with you guys when you go on Memorial day. Now…once I finally get around to building the 4 seat dual purpose buggy…that’ll be a different story. :beer: :2thumbs:

I’m bummed I won’t be down at HH with you guys but I’m sure you’ll manage. Have some Jack and Coke’s for me and show TT what you guys are made of. Hopefully it’ll be somewhat drivable and not like it was at BF.

I wanna hear and see some good video of that LS2 getting on it!!!
:2thumbs:

[bggrnchvy]

I just dropped a 405hp LS2 in my truck and want to go rail the dunes bad!

You?

I seem to remember Mr. Yakker's spending a whole day working over a wiring harness for it and me turning a wrench or two to swap them out :flipoff2:

Nate...you suck, that's all I got. I'm sure Andrew will drink your share of Painless however.

[jays68yak]

ah fawk if nates not going Im not going. Ill just RC wheel my room while drinking lots of beer.













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[Capt.Throttle]

LanBrzr and I plan to show up around 10:00AM Saturday.

[72CST]

I was gonna shoot over on friday....gonna take the boy fishing instead. So my plan is to come out saturday morning.

[72CST]

I hope it stops raining. I just polished my chrome lug nuts and dont wanna dirty em up.

[daddysblazer74]

I hope it stops raining. I just polished my chrome lug nuts and dont wanna dirty em up.


I've been stuck in this POS office I didn't even notice it was raining.

[gokartergo]

Supposed to stop raining today...

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?map.x=229&map.y=224&minlon=-124.5&maxlon=-119.3&minlat=35.65&maxlat=39.65&mapwidth=354&site=mtr

[Capt.Throttle]

It was great to see everyone again. Sorry to break and run. I will try to plan better for the next trip.

[jays68yak]

It was great to see everyone again. Sorry to break and run. I will try to plan better for the next trip.

That was pretty cool attempt you made. :2thumbs: Ryans was cooler tho as he made it. :p

I didnt put 2 and 2 together about the parade till I had to detour in downtown hollister.

It was nice to see everyone again and wheel. Oh yeah it was fun talking the shit too. Now I need to spend a whole day getting some of the mud off my truck.

[gr8pumkin]

Pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

[k5LS2]

Had a real good time, Now to clean the mudd off :rolleyes:

[jays68yak]

I guess I did have some on my camera.
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[bggrnchvy]

I'm being lazy, if I go outside to get the camera I have to unload the truck and begin the demudifying process. At least I wasn't dumb enough to go through the mud pit in 2wd and make a bunch more work for myself :flipoff2:

[jays68yak]

I'm being lazy, if I go outside to get the camera I have to unload the truck and begin the demudifying process. At least I wasn't dumb enough to go through the mud pit in 2wd and make a bunch more work for myself :flipoff2:

:flipoff2: Im still trying to work up the effort to drag it to the car wash.

[gr8pumkin]

Man I wish I could have been there, but we had a good turkey day.

[bggrnchvy]

Piktors is loading and the truck is soaking and pooping in front of the house, the joy :uh oh:

[jays68yak]

$17 later at the car wash and my truck and trailer are still a muddy mess. Oh well it will all fall off in time.

[gr8pumkin]

More PICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bggrnchvy]

Well with some time off and a 4 day weekend it was time to go out and get some wheeling in even if it's a short local trip.

Jason and I towed down the half hour to Hollister Hills Wednesday night after closing up the shop and finishing up some last minute maintenance and leaving Kevin to keep working on wiring up his new LS2. Lucky us it rained all day and misted and was foggy headed in through the hills. We made it in safe though, joined a fire already going and hit the hay pretty early.

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Woke up the next morning to a lot of mud and general soupyness. Jason and I went unloaded and wheeled around a little before we both jetted off to go join our respective Turkey dinners.

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We got back that night and Kevin had pulled in late that afternoon. Travis and his Scout pulled up late that evening. Jason found a friend who he brought over to hang out.

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The next morning I had to reheat my Hot Pocket breakfast and what better than using the fire we already had?

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Eventually I just put the foil in the coals, but I thought it a funny effort.

We all headed out and ran up to the obstacle course. Jason shoved his rig through squeeze rock with a bit of tire air time.

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Andrew showed up with his DD and played in the mud for a while including plastering Trav and myself with mud.

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We ran Jungle after that but to be honest we just pulled straight through without much pause so no pictures.

We headed back to camp and stacked up for a throwback pic.

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I've got a pic from 3-4 years ago with some of the same rigs in previous builds all lined up on the same tree.

Had to take a shot of mine.

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After that we waited up for Ryan while Kevin and Jason ran Blue Bunny, or tried from what I hear. The muck made it impassible at the very end which required a turnaround during which Kevin put his on it's side. He says he stopped it with his foot somehow but Jason's version has more to do with hitting the brakes.

Night ensued and partiage commenced. It got pretty cold that night, all the firewood definitely got burned up.

The next morning we went up to the obstacle course to scout Tank Trap a bit and Kevin proceeded to get stuck in frame twister.

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[bggrnchvy]

After some quick yankage we migrated to the beginning of Tank (I left my rig up top). The first waterfall was the toughest this time around and caused quite the fair amount of entertainment. Kevin stepped up first bucked and hopped but eventually pulled a line to avoid snappage.

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Capt. Throttle lived up to his SN and bounced and hopped until he popped sideways into the wall and broke a long side inner D60 shaft on his ProRock.

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Kristen gave it a shot but with the 44's and 30 spline stubs in an effort to keep more breakage down pulled a line too.

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Jason gave it a hard run but pulled eventually too. Even if he was messing with the winch spoolout when I was trying to hook him up.

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Ryan was the last up and was pretty determined to haul up unassisted. We just about had to load up pyrotechnics for the ramp jump for him. After a couple tire bouncing runs he bumped it hard and managed to claw his way up.

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After that there was some donutage from Ryan and Kevin and I managed to finish off what had apparently been making noise the day before.

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Trav and I headed back and loaded up while Kevin, Jason and Ryan went back to the obstacle course.

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We ended up pulling away after dark in convoy. Good trip overall!

Hopefully the last trip before I can care less about where I jam my rig.

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[jays68yak]

I so thought I was going over right here.
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[gr8pumkin]

I see kevin, was there giving you his just a little bit further and I get to see something cool smile :D

[Capt.Throttle]

Great pics and captions. Any shots of my rig being used as a slide rail??? Thanks to everyone for jumping in to attempt a fix on my rig.

[72CST]

I'm sorry i only got to get out there for a quick minute on friday afternoon. I had some minor technical difficulties and couldn't get back out there..... my wife had other plans for me. Ryan, it was cool to finally get to meet you. It was good to see and chat with Jay, Kevin and the rest of you guys. I guess i need to do a better job a clearing out my calendar on event weekends.

[bggrnchvy]

Great pics and captions. Any shots of my rig being used as a slide rail??? Thanks to everyone for jumping in to attempt a fix on my rig.

I couldn't easily get down to get a shot of the sheet metal contact so it doesn't look as tight as it was but here you go:

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And yea Jason, I thought you were going to play turtle if you had to climb any farther driver up that rock.

[gr8pumkin]

Jeff what were you running for long side inners?

[Capt.Throttle]

Junk yard stock inners. Probably couldn't ask for a better place to break. I was able to back out of the trap under my own power and drive back to the trailer.

[barbastard]

Looks like you guys had a blast…I knew you would. Figured it’d be nice and cold and muddy for you guys too.

How was TT after the first waterfall? Was it passable? How about that spot where Mark broke at BF?

Pismo was a lot of fun….VERY VERY VERY different from what I’m used to but we had a blast. Did some 2nd gear passes in a 2332VW sandrail with a Turbo going about 65mph with the front wheels about 3’ in the air….was fucking awesome!!!! Those things are WICKED fast. Brought the blazer and it did ok. Had plenty of power but didn’t have the suspension to keep up with it…I damn near rattled the entire front clip off the truck. I’d like to go back and play in Pismo again…although next time with either a sand rail or a dual purpose “buggy crawler/rail” rig with the suspension to handle it.

[Ryan B.]

hey it was nice to finally meet you in person 72CST.

Heres some of my pics from the turkey day weekend.

[gr8pumkin]

And I thought kevin hated mud, you could full me!

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