Topic: New Years Eve in Florida

[Lady Di]

Here's 93TonkaToy getting out on the trails





He almost made it to the top of this climb before his truck died and he rolled halfway back down before stopping here



Of course we made our way to the suspension bridge



Tonka was having trouble with keeping his truck running, he got his distributor wet when he did a swan dive into the mud hole. I'm hoping Jay got the video of that, David was airborn!

[Lady Di [OP]]

We got back to the LBC to work on the truck and hang out some.
Here's Subliminal's new pup (British Mastiff I think he said) .. Andre





You can just about see him in the truck here. He was not a happy pup after getting a face full of mud



After a while we kicked back to a couple movies and a fire. Betcha can't guess what we're watching 







We have some video of Mark playing on these rocks



Then we ran into this really sweet Dodge today 

[93tonkatoy]

Here's some pics from my angle.

http://s193.photobucket.com/albums/z260/tonkatoy6497/?action=view&current=5ce64387.pbw

http://s193.photobucket.com/albums/z260/tonkatoy6497/?action=view&current=a86b33bb.pbw

And from today.

http://s193.photobucket.com/albums/z260/tonkatoy6497/?action=view&current=da03e853.pbw

Even with the problems, I'm having a blast!

[lilrichey85]

looks like yall are having fun.  Wish i was there.

[Lady Di [OP]]

 You need to come down next time Hell, we'll be here all night! You're only few hours away

[Lady Di [OP]]

Here's Mark and David checking out the front end. As you can see Mark played in the mud again and this time I had to ride back in the Mammoth. We took the seat cover off but it was still SLOPPY!

[Lady Di [OP]]

 A video going up the slippery climb... this includes The Mammoth Cam!    (that means I rode it!    )

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/mxMQ6XFIvhc&amp;rel=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/mxMQ6XFIvhc&amp;rel=1</a>

[Lady Di [OP]]

How we git'r dun in the FL mud

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/A4EIBXyWfDQ&amp;rel=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/A4EIBXyWfDQ&amp;rel=1</a>

[CTENG in KS]

Geez...you guys were really roughing it out there!

[Lady Di [OP]]

Geez...you guys were really roughing it out there!

   we missed your company so much, we had to do something for entertainment!

   And Scott never showed up, he SAYS his trailer was not cooperating.

[Rocksurfer]

he SAYS his trailer was not cooperating.

wtf, it don't have a mind of its own, just hook it up and it follows you, turn left it goes left, turn right and it goes right, that is unless you are backing up.

[lilrichey85]

You need to come down next time Hell, we'll be here all night! You're only few hours away

I Really want to come down there.  All I have to drive tonight is my wifes Maxima.  And oh yeah its Margarita Time at my house.  Maybe next time ill see the thread before the run is going on and also ill try to not break the runner right before hand either.

[FATTshack]

  we missed your company so much, we had to do something for entertainment!

   And Scott never showed up, he SAYS his trailer was not cooperating.

I wish I could have made it...... the coupler on my trailer wasn't latching on the ball. I got it to work a little now, but I thing I might have to replace something. there isn't an adjustment on this one for some reason.

[Lady Di [OP]]

I wish I could have made it...... the coupler on my trailer wasn't latching on the ball. I got it to work a little now, but I thing I might have to replace something. there isn't an adjustment on this one for some reason.

We missed your company and you missed, the baby back ribs, and the brats, and hamburgers and hot dogs and taylor ham and eggs and bbq chicken thighs and sausage and biscuits and lets not forget... the chili, chili dogs AND sweet tater pie and cool whip ala 93Tonkatoy and Marks sausage and cheddar omlette with bacon and english muffins this morning  Oh, and some fun wheelin, as usual! 

[79coyotefrg]

that Mammoth Cam  sure does bounce around alot 

[79coyotefrg]

that mud was DEEP

[Lady Di [OP]]

that Mammoth Cam  sure does bounce around alot 

  I was TRYING to hold it still

[topar]

  Looks like fun!

[Lady Di [OP]]

   it is fun, I just wish it were a bigger area

[subliminaltrips]

when you get a sec shoot those videos up on my server.

i drove up to micanopy to take dave a front seal from my toyota parts shed. it seemed to be holding much better than the thin seal the parts store gave him. the seal i gave him was twice as thick as the one he had in there.

[79coyotefrg]

  I was TRYING to hold it still

next time,  helmet cam  on Mark 

[Lady Di [OP]]

when you get a sec shoot those videos up on my server.

i drove up to micanopy to take dave a front seal from my toyota parts shed. it seemed to be holding much better than the thin seal the parts store gave him. the seal i gave him was twice as thick as the one he had in there.

He made it as far as almost to Gainesville before it gave up the ghost
He said it had no oil pressure, he's not sure yet if it's the oil pump or the engine.
He called his dad to bring down a trailer and tow the truck back home. Too bad such a fun weekend had to have a crappy ending for him
He will have a full report when he gets back.

I'll get those vids up later tonight or tomorrow. I'm going to capture AVI on my computer

[subliminaltrips]

damn, it had a pretty bad knock when he fired it up after changing the seal. after it built a little pressure it stopped doing it as bad and was barely noticable. i figured he would be able to get farther than gainesville thats only like 15 miles north of where we changed the seal.

[79coyotefrg]

[93tonkatoy]

Subliminal, I greatly appreciate the help you gave, and even though I didn't get to the bottom of the problem, I owe you one! 

and to Mark and Diane, I appreciate the invitation, the great fun, and for passing the word that I needed help.

well, after a white-knuckle ride (no trailer involved, and no heat) me and the truck are at Dad's house.  to Dad! (He had to bring the "toyota rescue vehicle" down to pull me back - his j**p cherokee)    And, in light of recent developments, my plans for my vehicles may be re-evaluated. More info later. gotta get a nap.

[subliminaltrips]

any time, im glad you made it

its friggin cold!!!!

[Lady Di [OP]]

OK cool funny episode from the weekend... One guy showed up with his kid and their friend. (I shared this thread with the son, Andy, I think, sorry I don't remember your names if you see this)  The kids were probably early/mid teens. Sunday we were on the trails and the friend looks at the AC/DC High Voltage t-shirt I am wearing and says.. AC/DC HIGH VOLTAGE! That rocks!! I have that on a pair of pajamas I have (obviously rockin parents) I was very impressed and I replied I had the opportunity to see AC/DC in the 70's when they were still playing local bars. The father of his friend standing nearby laughed. It was only in hindsight that it cracked me up that that kid couldn't even concieve of the 70's. LMAO!!!!!
Yeah, I'm old but classic rock transcends generations. That is what is cool.

[Lady Di [OP]]

and of course, the mammoth always rocks.    Guess I'm just cool by association.
LMAO!!! 

[79coyotefrg]

I'm old but classic rock transcends generations. That is what is cool.

  everytime i see that i think of  that wyotechgrad  dude/er  girl

 

[subliminaltrips]

i was born in 1980 so i missed the 70's too.... i still love classic rock though, my pops schooled me on real music and where all the headbanging i listen too came from!

im compressing all teh vid from my camera into wmv right now its gonna take about 2 hours so ill be asleep before its done. i plan on starting a music/video tommorrow night after work so if you can get your vids uploaded that would be sweet, i want to do a long video with maybe a few songs, ive got 2 songs that i want to play back to back with the video