This might not have been a good idea, but...

Thanks. The GPS Challenge was a whole lot of fun. I still dont know much about using a GPS (it was in the lead rig, with the one person who knew what he was doing), but the whole event was a blast. The only down side, (other than by missing first by a lousy

2 minutes) is the fact that I need a front end alignemnt ASAP now. I took one (or many) of the bumps way to fast and knocked it out of whack. On the upside, it was lots of fun, and timewise we beat both the second and third place winners for the Geek class (all the electronics you can stuff in your rigs) too. We ran in the basic class - GPS & stopwatch only. No maps, no computers, nothing. We did take a 30 second "Pumpkin Penalty" since we couldnt find one of ours - but some of them were eaten, and the officials couldnt find some of the missing ones either...and they are the ones who hid them.

Whoops! Just got the postings. At 12 minutes, we actually (time wise) beat all the Geek class teams. First place in the basic came in at 10 minutes, we came in at 12 minutes. First in the Geek at 22 minutes. Thats the difference in times between what we ran each leg in and what the official time to run each leg was. The optimal time was 0 for each leg - neither longer nor shorter than the official time.

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Ick. Dont want to even think back on when I wrecked my YJ. Went into death grip on that one also...while you are correct in what bounces and breaks...I didnt want to bounce off the steering wheel at 50mph (no air bags in a 95) and it was pretty obvious (for what felt like hours) what was going to happen...all in very slow-mo.

Hear ya. Actually they are not that spendy for the basic units. As always, it depends on what all you want them to do.

On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 20:09:28 -0800, L.W.(ßill) Hughes III shared the following:

I bookmarked it and will read it. Thanks.

-- Travis

meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.:wq!

Happen all the time....

-- JimG

80' CJ-7, 258 CID 35" BFG MT's on 15x10 Centerlines 4.56 D30-D44 SOA D300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks Warn 8000i w/dual batteries LockRight F&R

Hi Jim, what are some of the particulars of the pic? Who's in it? It doesn't really look like it's about to go over, but I guess there wouldn't be a bunch of guys standing on it if it wasn't (unless the ground was just too cold) :)

Give us a story!

JimG wrote:

Hi twaldron,

(embarrassed, he begins to elaborate) That's my Jeep one day after I got it. And yes it would have laid on it's side if not for the counter-weights. (my excuses for being in that predicament begin here) Manual steering, no flex, open diffs, snow and slick mud, I slipped a bit and got up on that bank and tree stump, rear passenger side slid into the rut, and I couldn't move. Had to pull it backwards to right it. Again, pictures don't always show the angles, but it was mostly driver error.

Much better flex now:

Same ride... this guy not so lucky: JimG

Everyone does that once in a while. Its not a sign of stupidity, its a badge of honor. KH

thats definately the willys we saw at uwharrie. when that thing topped the hill coming into view (we had already pulled over because we heard you guys coming) my brother and i just looked at each other with dropped jaws.

Hi Nathan,

Hope all is well at home!

Yep, those three Jeeps were in that group (with a few others)... the black YJ is D McMorris.

More pics of that weekend here:

Thanks to NC Krawlers!

JimG

thanks jim. mom is getting ready to come home, though we're unsure about how much she will be able to recover. she may end up going to south dakota with us which is fine too, she enjoyed it when she lived there before.

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cool pics, how did the cj roll? did you guys take any pictures after it started raining?

Great! wish her well.

We weren't with him when he did that... must have done something stupid as I did in the pics above. No other pics in the rain : (

JimG

Hi Bill,

This is a Real Jeep... it ain't got no stinkin Quadratrac! "I" couldn't move till I got some counter weight.... the Jeep couldn't move till it got a strap on it's ars.

JimG