EWOR - MLK Snow Run (January 13th, 2007)
Around 10 AM January 13th, 2007 we met up at the Cowiche Mill Road DNR entrance. We started off with 14 rigs but thought we had a few more coming. We waited until 10:30 and then hit the trail.
On this day I was riding shot gun with Fatboy because my XJ blew the rear main seal in my driveway before we left. Fatboy usually is our Tail Gunner but had to be near the front because of me. We had to be close enough to point out the trails on this run. Since Fatboy is running 31s and kind of a Low Rider, we had Toyotawheelin and another built Toyota take the lead.
We found four more rigs waiting up the trail for us. The missing rigs. Some how they thought the meeting point was at the cut off. That brought the count up to 18 rigs.
The first problem was a tree down in the trail. I left my cutting tools at home in the Molly Mule.
A little man power moved the tree so we could pass. At the turn to start climbing we stopped to wait up for everyone to catch up.
As soon as we started up the hill, the 2nd rig back had something wrong with the electrical system.
Back on the trail for a few minutes. We came to all stop again because Tiny had his hood up. Toyotawheelin' drives into the rock pit. He found out that he was driving on ice real quick.
They tryed to pull the rig through.
That did not work. That had to pull him up the other way.
Remember the Low Rider I was talking about. Stuck!
A little sled pulling by Rollin37s and we are on our way.
We stopped here to wait for Colemancooler because he lost a bead.
We moved on up to the last switch back and were ready to run Cowiche Ridge. This is the point where the rigs were tested. A lot of rigs didn't make it too far up and came back to here.
Some of the rigs kept going on the trail, so we all met back down at the rock pit. On the way out one rig found he had broke 5 of the 6 studs off one wheel.
He tried to limp the rig out to the parking lot. Then it died and Fatboy had to charge the battery so he could go again.
It didn't make it far before the last stud broke off.
This was a fun run and I can't wait to have a rig to do it again.
Around 10 AM January 13th, 2007 we met up at the Cowiche Mill Road DNR entrance. We started off with 14 rigs but thought we had a few more coming. We waited until 10:30 and then hit the trail.
On this day I was riding shot gun with Fatboy because my XJ blew the rear main seal in my driveway before we left. Fatboy usually is our Tail Gunner but had to be near the front because of me. We had to be close enough to point out the trails on this run. Since Fatboy is running 31s and kind of a Low Rider, we had Toyotawheelin and another built Toyota take the lead.
We found four more rigs waiting up the trail for us. The missing rigs. Some how they thought the meeting point was at the cut off. That brought the count up to 18 rigs.
The first problem was a tree down in the trail. I left my cutting tools at home in the Molly Mule.
A little man power moved the tree so we could pass. At the turn to start climbing we stopped to wait up for everyone to catch up.
As soon as we started up the hill, the 2nd rig back had something wrong with the electrical system.
Back on the trail for a few minutes. We came to all stop again because Tiny had his hood up. Toyotawheelin' drives into the rock pit. He found out that he was driving on ice real quick.
They tryed to pull the rig through.
That did not work. That had to pull him up the other way.
Remember the Low Rider I was talking about. Stuck!
A little sled pulling by Rollin37s and we are on our way.
We stopped here to wait for Colemancooler because he lost a bead.
We moved on up to the last switch back and were ready to run Cowiche Ridge. This is the point where the rigs were tested. A lot of rigs didn't make it too far up and came back to here.
Some of the rigs kept going on the trail, so we all met back down at the rock pit. On the way out one rig found he had broke 5 of the 6 studs off one wheel.
He tried to limp the rig out to the parking lot. Then it died and Fatboy had to charge the battery so he could go again.
It didn't make it far before the last stud broke off.
This was a fun run and I can't wait to have a rig to do it again.
Thanks for sharing.
I am glad it happened at home, not on the trail. Fatboy was nice enough to let me ride in his nice warm TJ.
