And back to camp we went.
All things considering, we had a great day. No serious breakage, the rollover was promptly cared after and no one got hurt. This must have been the earliest I've been back to the camp after running a trail out there.
Later that evening the dinner was great! Sorry I do not have any pictures of the food, but we had a choice of hot dogs or hamburgers, served with all the trimmings, a bowl of chili, potato salad, some pasta noodles, and ice chests full of generic soda pop.
After dinner, the raffle went down and what a great raffle it was!
Since Marlin Crawler worked hard to get sponsorship for the event, Marlin's Crawler truck and F-Toy were parked on both sides of the stage
Some of the Major Raffle Donations include:1 set of Interco Tires - any model 37" or smaller
Diamond Axle $900 gift certificate towards any axle they make
Trail-Gear front and rear axle housings, knuckles, dual case crawler
All Pro Off Road High Pinion 5.29:1 Gears (x2) and HySteer kit
ARB 30% Gift Certificate
Advanced Adapters $350 Gift Certificate
Poly Performance $100 Gift Certs (3 or 4 of these)
4WD Toyota Owner free year subscription Gift Certs (4 or 5 of these)
Inchworm $75 Gift Certs (x4)
Budbuilt Bud-Light crossmember
Longfield 30-spline axle set
LC Engineering F-Toy-specific Exhaust Header
ROCK BRAWLERS Gift Certificates
Off Road Solutions 22R Heavy Duty Engine Mount Kit
Metal Tech Front Stinger / Bumper Kit
Round Eyes donated a H4 conversion headlamp kit
I am sure I've missed some items from the list as many items were dropped off at the event.
Other participating raffle donation vendors included
Slee Off Road - Awesome Jacket and duffel bags
12Volt Guy - Gift Certs
Randy's Ring and Pinion - Gift Certs
UDS Hardware, Inc - dropped off a lot of really cool stuff!
and Marlin Crawler donated:
- 40 Front Axle HD Inner Seals
- 10 New Prototype T/Case Rear Output Seals
- 10 New Prototype FJ80 front axle HD Inner Seals
- 10 Rear Axle special fit seals
- Ceramic 1600lb Super HD Clutch Kit
- Hilux and Tacoma Crown USA extended Brake Line Kits
- Billet USA Steel HySteer Arms
- 10% off Knuckle Rebuild Kit Gift Certificates (included at random with HD Seals)
- 1 complementary Rebuilt Marlin Crawler Transmission of your choice
- 1 complementary complete Dual Case Transfer Case System of your choice
I thought the event went very, very well! I thought attendance was great and I know I will be back next year FOR SURE!!!!
MAD PROPS to the Tin Benders club for putting on an extremely well organized and safe event and I look forward to doing this again next year!