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12 hours ago, Motobrewer said:
Mostly organized for the last pack. Feeling I am going on the lighter side of things. May add some more luxury once I load the truck. Still need a trip to the grocery store to round up the last of food.
The L322 gets an alignment tomorrow morning and hoping to find time to make a mount for the dune flag to attach to the rack. Need to get some fluids, which may lead me to buy a bucket of kitty litter so I can use the square bucket for said fluids. And I could use some for the garage and some extra for the spill kit.
I won’t have spares, I may bring the takeoff control arms - haven’t collected many spares for this truck. I will have a repair wire harness Adaptive Suspension connection but I might be brave and try to replace both sides tomorrow if I have time after groceries and a REI wagbag run.
Tool kit, compressor, recovery gear, pruning saw, hatchet, fuses, MOST bypass, flat kit.
Friday, I’ll use the forklift to get the tire on the roof rack and secured. Stage to the beer to pickup Saturday- I’ll do my best to keep it cold to those that ordered.
Sorry that @PaulD cannot make it, and I’ll miss the bar and shower setup, so dig out the solar shower from burning man (think it will strap inside the spare nicely) and I’ll have to get a bottle of bourbon, whisky or scotch…
other than that, I’m completely ready.
Can’t imagine that you’d need spare control arms for an L322
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Truck is about set. Latest additions include a new stove/coffee station cubby box on the back corner and a set of 35” all terrain tires (hopefully quieter than the BFG Mud Terrains on long highway drives).
- Mr.BlueSky, PaulD, RobertDingli and 1 other
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I’ll be bringing a large selection of hand tools including a Mikita impact wrench, plenty of recovery gear, and spares to fit my Defender (and classic range rovers). Including panhard rod bushings, ball joints, steering drop arm joint, brake line tools and parts, tire plug kit, multimeter, fuses and relays, top up fluids and probably more stuff that I can’t remember.
- PaulD and Mr.BlueSky
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On 6/12/2023 at 7:41 PM, Mr.BlueSky said:
Behold the rotisserie of the gods!
I'm all in for the lamb!
Let us know what we should acquire!
What day (probably) is the lamb barbecue? We’ll plan on grilled asparagus as a group side, not sure whether to bring from home or pick up at a market enroute.
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Itinerary looks great, thanks for putting this together! Leigh Anne and I will be leaving Reno Sun morning. Per Google maps if we leave Reno at 8:00 AM we should catch up or possibly be ahead of the group by the Vernon Chevron station. Should actually connect somewhere between Burns and Mt Vernon.
Found a flag, looking for the whip/pole part. if you have a link on amazon or somewhere please post - want to make sure I have time to make a little bracket to mount on my truck. And what's the height requirement? 8 feet above ground, or less if mounted on my roof rack (already 7 feet up)
Thanks!
- PaulD and Mr.BlueSky
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In auburn at 1:10, should be there in about an hour
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3 hours ago, RobertDingli said:
I will be heading up Saturday morning and will head straight to the trailhead. I may not be there in time for the start of the trail run and may not run the trail myself. I’ll head down the trail and park somewhere and catch you guys on foot. I wasn’t able to book a site for Saturday night and will squeeze in somewhere.
Glad you’re coming! We can talk about the possible Moab trip for later this year!
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Getting the White truck ready for the trip. Had the fuel injectors rebuilt, found some narrow 35” all terrain tires, should have another cubby box for stove and coffee-making storage!
- RobertDingli, PaulD, jcb and 3 others
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Leigh Anne and I plan on getting to the Stumpy Meadows campground at around 2:00 on Friday.
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5 hours ago, PaulD said:
Trying to make this happen...! Work, work, work is in the way.
--Paul
Hopefully you can make it happen!
- Mr.BlueSky and PaulD
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Fun MORG despite getting blocked by snow and trees. Thanks Mario for setting it up! Enjoyed meeting Coleen and Josh, you posted great pictures! Hope to see you on more trips.
- Mr.BlueSky and SDS
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What trail guide is that?
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Leigh Anne and I are definitely camping over Sat night, think Miles and Mario are as well. Wasn’t planning on driving down Friday night, but could get there early Sat. Where were you thinking of camping Friday, and when might you get there?
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Ok, Leigh Anne and I are definitely in. See everyone in Grass Valley Sat AM.
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Leigh Anne and I are thinking of going to Poker Flats. Anyone else going for sure?
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Leigh Anne and I are signed up.
- Mr.BlueSky, RobertDingli, PaulD and 1 other
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Leigh Anne and I have spot 8. Looking forward to the trip!
- Elherbinator, SDS and RobertDingli
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Fun trip, Sascha was a great trail leader. Got about 5 1/2 miles up before stopping to camp. Only other vehicle we saw was the guy on a snowmobile that lived farther up the trail. We used every winch, strap, pulley and bungie in our collection. And a lot of shoveling. Turns out that when the front axle of a 110 plugs in deep snow no combination of winch pulls or tugs will move the truck until you dig out a ramp under the front of the axle. One final pull involved Roberto in his 90 pulling Sascha in his Disco 2 snatching me in the 110 (after much digging).
- Mr.BlueSky, lutz, SplurGn and 1 other
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Since I’m coming from the opposite direction it will be easiest to meet everyone in Washington. Will take me about 1:45 to get there from my house, so I’ll get started at about 9:15. I’ll call/text Sasha or Robert when underway. I will be bringing firewood, tow straps and a shovel!
- Mr.BlueSky, RobertDingli and SDS
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Looking at weather here was probably a wise move to reschedule/cancel Bowman Lake. This trip is a little too far from Reno though (about 9 hrs in my truck) so we won’t make this. Hope everyone has a great time!
- PaulD and Mr.BlueSky
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I’ll be there. Tons of snow, will have to see how far we make it up the trail!
2023 Annual Overland Trip - Oregon BDR #5 South
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I have a couple of small boxes of firewood to toss up on the roof. Of course, every time I bring wood it seems like we end up each night in an abandoned logging camp. Some of my boxes of wood went on 5 trips before being used!