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chuck pierce

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lookin to camp and wheel elbe sat morn and sunday.locked up runner.40ft bus tow rig want to camp inside any info,been twice and no problem getting inside to set up and camp but bein labor day?any one headin in that direction,who opens the gate? think there would be a problem gettin a spot? be there early saturday.chuck
 
So how are the rocks holding up?

I was getting ready for another workday on Rainier Vista till I took my motorhome in for a simple exhaust repair and $2700 later....

The right side down piple had a broken weld and was leaking at the doughnut connecting the down pipe to the maniifold. At best, they had to drop the exhaust to reweld the downpiple and replace the doughnut gaskets but it was pretty rusty and probably would have to be replaced. I didn't feel like getting into all that exhaust work in my driveway.
So, they find 2 missing studs on the left side manifold and 2 broken studs on the right. I'm not going to do the job halfway and tell them to pull the manifolds, to replace the studs and gaskets.
The right side manifold ends up having a crack and needs to be replaced, then they can't get the broken studs out without removing the head because there's simply no room to get tools in. 10.7 hours of labor to get the right side head off. Only 3 more hours to do the right side as well. Then the busted studs have to be drilled out, including the 3rd one that busted off while removing the manifold. Now it's a $2700 bill to fix my leaky exhuast, so no go on funding another day of excavator rental on Rainier Vista at this time.

But I've not been out for a couple of months and wondered how the hill climb and the new rock sections were holding up.
 
Gibby said:
So how are the rocks holding up?

I was getting ready for another workday on Rainier Vista till I took my motorhome in for a simple exhaust repair and $2700 later....

The right side down piple had a broken weld and was leaking at the doughnut connecting the down pipe to the maniifold. At best, they had to drop the exhaust to reweld the downpiple and replace the doughnut gaskets but it was pretty rusty and probably would have to be replaced. I didn't feel like getting into all that exhaust work in my driveway.
So, they find 2 missing studs on the left side manifold and 2 broken studs on the right. I'm not going to do the job halfway and tell them to pull the manifolds, to replace the studs and gaskets.
The right side manifold ends up having a crack and needs to be replaced, then they can't get the broken studs out without removing the head because there's simply no room to get tools in. 10.7 hours of labor to get the right side head off. Only 3 more hours to do the right side as well. Then the busted studs have to be drilled out, including the 3rd one that busted off while removing the manifold. Now it's a $2700 bill to fix my leaky exhuast, so no go on funding another day of excavator rental on Rainier Vista at this time.

But I've not been out for a couple of months and wondered how the hill climb and the new rock sections were holding up.
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It was dry up their the weekend before laborday weekend. And the rocks were fairly easy. Tuesday and wedsday brought tons of rain. Soaking that hillside im sure that made them funner. But the runner broke saturday so i didnt get a chance to run it...
 
Gibby said:
So how are the rocks holding up?

I was getting ready for another workday on Rainier Vista till I took my motorhome in for a simple exhaust repair and $2700 later....

The right side down piple had a broken weld and was leaking at the doughnut connecting the down pipe to the maniifold. At best, they had to drop the exhaust to reweld the downpiple and replace the doughnut gaskets but it was pretty rusty and probably would have to be replaced. I didn't feel like getting into all that exhaust work in my driveway.
So, they find 2 missing studs on the left side manifold and 2 broken studs on the right. I'm not going to do the job halfway and tell them to pull the manifolds, to replace the studs and gaskets.
The right side manifold ends up having a crack and needs to be replaced, then they can't get the broken studs out without removing the head because there's simply no room to get tools in. 10.7 hours of labor to get the right side head off. Only 3 more hours to do the right side as well. Then the busted studs have to be drilled out, including the 3rd one that busted off while removing the manifold. Now it's a $2700 bill to fix my leaky exhuast, so no go on funding another day of excavator rental on Rainier Vista at this time.

But I've not been out for a couple of months and wondered how the hill climb and the new rock sections were holding up.
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Sunday was the first i saw them but there wasnt many on the hill, a big pile at the bottom and a little cluster by the stump half way up. not sure how much there were to start though. My guess is they rolled down is kinda what it looked like
 
Roccrawler said:
Sunday was the first i saw them but there wasnt many on the hill, a big pile at the bottom and a little cluster by the stump half way up. not sure how much there were to start though. My guess is they rolled down is kinda what it looked like
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That is the lower section. It is actually holding up pretty well and the rock seem much more stable now than a couple months ago. The upper section by the pit also seemed a lot more stable. The rocks seem to have found their homes and settled in, some still moved around a little but as a hole it seems to be holding up very well. :awesomework:
 
Roccrawler said:
Sunday was the first i saw them but there wasnt many on the hill, a big pile at the bottom and a little cluster by the stump half way up. not sure how much there were to start though. My guess is they rolled down is kinda what it looked like
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That is the unfinished lower section, the big pile at the bottom still needs to be moved onto the hill.
 
Crazy Daze said:
That is the unfinished lower section, the big pile at the bottom still needs to be moved onto the hill.
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I figured it was like the Tahuya rocks, good for a month then all at the bottom.

and holy **** ,, nice work on the log run. that looked to be a hell of a lot of work:awesomework:
 
There will be another work day on that lower section before the winter starts, just have to save up enough money. Another club is thinking about a donation of the funds to get another day of work but I don't have an answer yet.

The work will focus at all the rocks at the top of the hill and repairing/improving the section from the stump to the very top of the hill. That's where most of them broke free because it was pretty much soup on the day that we did that section.

I hope that the winch points are still there. We welded the D-rings in place hoping to prevent people from stealing them.

If we get that section redone and the little fun area planned for the top of the hill, then we'll get some more of the rocks at the bottom moved up and put into place somewhere.
 


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