This semester's first cleanup run

chvyfan · Post by **chvyfan** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:36 am

alright, well if there's someone able to give a ride up and through and coming back to be in blacksburg by 7:30 I'm totally game this sunday and I can provide numerous trash bags if needed

Post by **VerticalTRX** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:38 pm

I'd like to run the whole trail including special trail, after this rain it should be nasty. My buddy with the '78 Ford truggy is going to try to make it.

Post by **Steinberg** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:09 pm

chvyfan wrote:alright, well if there's someone able to give a ride up and through and coming back to be in blacksburg by 7:30 I'm totally game this sunday and I can provide numerous trash bags if needed

if you come to meet us at hardees at noon we should be able to find you a seat.

Matt, you're fawking insane....

and I'm right there with you.

Post by **jonesy** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:15 pm

Steinberg wrote:
chvyfan wrote:alright, well if there's someone able to give a ride up and through and coming back to be in blacksburg by 7:30 I'm totally game this sunday and I can provide numerous trash bags if needed
if you come to meet us at hardees at noon we should be able to find you a seat.

Matt, you're fawking insane....

and I'm right there with you.

if we run spec trail ... can i have your shotgun seat?? :D

Post by YJ » Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:46 pm

I have a big trailer, and/or a little trailer if that helps. Had I caught this sooner, I would have got the dump truck emptied and inspected, but too late now. I'm supposed to be in Martinsville Sunday @ 8:00am. If what I am going after is there, I'll be back in time. If I have to hunt it down, who the hell knows when I'll get back.

chvyfan · Post by **chvyfan** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:38 am

I'm assuming the Hardees up by 460/empo?

540-607-1119

Post by **Steinberg** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:41 am

chvyfan wrote:I'm assuming the Hardees up by 460/empo?

yes, that's the one.

chvyfan · Post by **chvyfan** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:43 am

well I'm gonna have to freakin dip out at the last minute cause of the gloriousness that is work. (whole reason I have yet to be able to attend a meeting). I shall be making arrangements at work here shortly to where I can make the meetings to say hey in person eventually.

Post by **The Beav** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:44 pm

Eric Im not going to be able to make it. I now have to meet with some people for a class project. Bummer.

Post by **Yoda** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:48 pm

damage report, came back early to do work:
Steinberg blew up a U-joint
Peter lost his balls
all on special trail. man was it slick.

Post by **hklvette** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:28 pm

I also had to come back early. Damage report:
-alternator needs to be cleaned
-rear springs are completely shot
-light rocker damage
-more passenger side front clip damage
-bent winch plate (going to be reinforced with d-ring mounts on each side in the future)

I couldn't make it up root hill today. I got up to the top and even with Matt pulling on me, couldn't get it over the top, but bent my winch plate in the process. In my estimation, any vehicle on 29s or less isn't going to make it up root hill unless its locked/locked. Ask anyone that was there, I wasn't short on momentum when I hit the top of the hill the last time, and still got hung up. I probably won't be running my rig until I can get all of the upgrades I want for it, so I'll be riding along from now until its all completed.

Post by **Jwlman** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:53 pm

hklvette wrote:I-bent winch plate (going to be reinforced with d-ring mounts on each side in the future)

I woundn't do that if I were you. You would be much better off getting a real front bumper with winch mount and shackle mounts built in

Post by **Ctrow** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:21 pm

Jwlman wrote:
hklvette wrote:I-bent winch plate (going to be reinforced with d-ring mounts on each side in the future)
I woundn't do that if I were you. You would be much better off getting a real front bumper with winch mount and shackle mounts built in

ditto

Post by **Steinberg** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:47 pm

funny how the recap is more about the little bit of wheeling we did instead of all the cleanup. the stats on that were:

6 guys (me, Cody, Peter, Matt K., Grubb, Chris) and 2 truckloads of bottles, cans, and tires. we started down past all the mudholes where natl forest land starts, and grabbed mostly bottles and cans for the majority of the trail up to the fire circle. we got short on time so we skipped some trail at the fire circle end and spent the rest of the time hauling tires, and a shitload more bottles and cans from around the fire circle. Cody found a complete scout down about 200 yards from the fire circle in a ravine. I'm gonna talk to the FS about that and see if we can get a go-ahead to winch it up out of there. we also ran out of time/people to clean along the gravel road and to work on the scout frame near 460.

Post by **Yoda** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:20 pm

sorry i couldnt stay for the 'real' work today guys, but I had to get back and do some studying before my 5 oclock meeting. We should try and do another one of these soon, maybe on Hoags land, I noticed a ton of stuff off the side of the trail right past coal hill, as well as everywhere else.