HAR - Hardline Forum Ride - October 10-12, 2014

STROKERYOTA · Oct 17, 2014

great pics, more motivation for me to get my junk finished :dblthumb:

truckbroke · Oct 18, 2014

A few south ga crew.

navestoy · Oct 19, 2014

Did the Rzr from Scott's pics make it up little jagger?

rpf500 · Oct 19, 2014

navestoy said:
Did the Rzr from Scott's pics make it up little jagger?

That would be a big NEGATIVE. Couldn't keep 4 wheels on the ground as you can see in the pics.

chevycrawlr · Oct 19, 2014

Got to ride with the south ga boys and had a killer time. Hope to get together soon

truckbroke · Oct 19, 2014

Hey Brandon!! We had a blast an definitely look forward to riding with you and Grant again. March 6,7,8 at stoney lonesome. Mark your calendar.

rpf500 · Oct 20, 2014

Some residual effects of the Hardline Ride in Harlan.

Not 100% sure how I did this since I have a manual trans my right hand is not usually on the steering wheel. Plus, I have no clue why my thumb was under the wheel either. Anyway, finally broke down and went to Doc and ended up having ripped the tendons in my thumb as well as a nerve. I have no feeling in my thumb at all and my hand still hurts over a week later. Going back at the end of the week to see if surgery will be needed. Moral of the story: don't make a stupid mistake like me and put your thumb in the wheel. I can't recall the name of the hill this happened on, but I know I was past the "obstacle" part when it happened. I apparently relaxed and got careless and the orbital thought it was time for a wake up call.

zukiscott · Oct 20, 2014

That happened Friday right???,,I think we were on KILLIN TIME when that happened :dunno:

rpf500 · Oct 20, 2014

ScottsPics said:
That happened Friday right???,,I think we were on KILLIN TIME when that happened

Yep, Friday night. Now that you said it, I do believe that was the name of the trail.

John Galbreath Jr. · Oct 20, 2014

Yep. that is real easy to have happen. I even thought of getting one of these but could not get the size and backspacing I needed.

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/15-Inch-Aluminum-Solid-Steering-Wheel,2057.html

lowbudgetjunk · Oct 21, 2014

rpf500 said:
Some residual effects of the Hardline Ride in Harlan.

Not 100% sure how I did this since I have a manual trans my right hand is not usually on the steering wheel. Plus, I have no clue why my thumb was under the wheel either. Anyway, finally broke down and went to Doc and ended up having ripped the tendons in my thumb as well as a nerve. I have no feeling in my thumb at all and my hand still hurts over a week later. Going back at the end of the week to see if surgery will be needed. Moral of the story: don't make a stupid mistake like me and put your thumb in the wheel. I can't recall the name of the hill this happened on, but I know I was past the "obstacle" part when it happened. I apparently relaxed and got careless and the orbital thought it was time for a wake up call.

I was worried you had fractured something.....might have been better off if you did. Healing from tendons and nerve damage is no joke. I wish you the best and pray that no surgery is needed. Hell, you get extra man points for continuing to drive in that condition.

rpf500 · Oct 21, 2014

Not sure about the man points......To be honest, had I been closer to home and not spent so much money in gas getting to Harlan, I would have left it hurt so bad. The most painful part was Saturday morning having my wife wrap my hand so we could wheel that day. And props to her for operating the twin sticks on Saturday!!!

JohnG.....may have to look into that steering wheel if I can't keep my thumbs where they need to be. I had never seen one of those wheels before.

John Galbreath Jr. · Oct 21, 2014

rpf500 said:
Not sure about the man points......To be honest, had I been closer to home and not spent so much money in gas getting to Harlan, I would have left it hurt so bad. The most painful part was Saturday morning having my wife wrap my hand so we could wheel that day. And props to her for operating the twin sticks on Saturday!!!

JohnG.....may have to look into that steering wheel if I can't keep my thumbs where they need to be. I had never seen one of those wheels before.

You will probably never put your thumb inside a wheel again. :fish:

gubni · Oct 22, 2014

I had a great time. The rain wasn't a big problem and made the trails more fun. I keep a rain suit in my jeep for my wife and I. I just hate we couldn't do Mason Jar.

drivermod · Oct 22, 2014

Why no Mason Jar? Too busy? We ran Mason Jar and Lions Den on Friday. Had both of them all to ourselves.

easleycrawler · Oct 22, 2014

I heard that Saturday on mason jar was a winch fest, traffic jam from the bottom to the top. :dunno:

01tj · Oct 22, 2014

Matth_85 and myself waited 1.5- 2 hours to start Mason Jar Saturday. There was a group in front us of winching the whole way. Luckily we were able to get around them. Took plenty of throttle but no cable.

matth_85 · Oct 22, 2014

Was worth the wait though. Until I bent that wheel at the top..... Lol

lowbudgetjunk · Oct 22, 2014

Re:

There were vehicles upside down at the beginning of Mason Jar and a line of twenty ahead of us give or take three. I am glad we skipped out on Mason Jar because I did not own the vehicle I was driving, but might have after attempting said trail.