Author Topic: Sightings Of The Willy Mammoth (Read 589699 times)

Lady Di · « **Reply #1080 on:** Sep 12, 2006, 01:21:25 PM »

no marlander left behind!
We had a great time wheeling with you sister! C'us next year? FFC COMING TO FLORIDA!

Mom · « **Reply #1081 on:** Sep 12, 2006, 02:39:26 PM »

OK I give up - What is FFC??? & when???
Mom is curious!

*FFC* · « **Reply #1082 on:** Sep 12, 2006, 02:47:00 PM »

Quote from: Mom on Sep 12, 2006, 02:39:26 PM

OK I give up - What is FFC??? & when???
Mom is curious!

Mom

I'm FFC

InstaGator · « **Reply #1083 on:** Sep 12, 2006, 05:17:19 PM »

Nice pics, but I want more!!! Have a safe trip home.
Lator.....

MiniSimp · « **Reply #1084 on:** Sep 12, 2006, 05:31:59 PM »

MiniSimp · « **Reply #1085 on:** Sep 12, 2006, 06:05:22 PM »

How about some VIDEO!!!

Mammoth on The Slabs

79coyotefrg · « **Reply #1086 on:** Sep 12, 2006, 06:20:10 PM »

Quote from: MiniSimp on Sep 12, 2006, 06:05:22 PM

How about some VIDEO!!!

Mammoth on The Slabs

you DO still have my address dont you

MiniSimp · « **Reply #1087 on:** Sep 12, 2006, 06:23:10 PM »

Quote from: 79Coyotefrg on Sep 12, 2006, 06:20:10 PM

you DO still have my address dont you

Yeah, somewhere, I'll PM you when the DVD is done, just don't expect anything any time soon ok.

MiniSimp · « **Reply #1088 on:** Sep 12, 2006, 06:29:53 PM »

The Mammoth going up Soup Can or Soup Bowl, or whatever it is called this week.

Please right click and "Save As" to make sure this link doesn't crash.
Download time is 7-1/2 minutes at 255kb/ps.

79coyotefrg · « **Reply #1089 on:** Sep 12, 2006, 07:43:46 PM »

Quote from: MiniSimp on Sep 12, 2006, 06:23:10 PM

Yeah, somewhere, I'll PM you when the DVD is done, just don't expect anything any time soon ok.

$I\'m Down$ ok $I\'m Down$

Lady Di · « **Reply #1090 on:** Sep 13, 2006, 06:39:14 AM »

Thanks for posting all that Mini!

Mom will love it! We're going to have to wait till we get somewhere with wifi or we hook up to broadband with this wireless, we've been running at Glen speed for most of the trip.

We're on the road again, hit it about 5:40 this morning and heading to Calico to meet Rocksurfer for our final Cali wheeling weekend.

Still having some problem with the LBC. It seems to be getting air in the fuel line. The problem has basically been when we start it up and it just begins to idle. It dies and Marks got to open up some lines to let the air out.
It seems if we rev it for a little bit after starting it it's OK.

But another weird thing had happened last night. As we were leaving the restaurant I turned on the generator to run the roof AC's. It takes a minute for the AC to come on. We're sitting at a stop light when all the lights on the dash and the console AC go out. We didn't notice if the outside lights went out, but at the same time that the roof AC kicked on with the generator the lights and console AC came back on.

So of course now we're listening for every little sound

So a little while later as we are driving along, the radio was on and Mark says he hears a buzzing. I turn off the radio and get up to investigate. As I get closer to the back the buzzing is getting louder...it's in the bathroom... I thought it was coming from the exhaust fan so I turn that off, but no! It seems to be coming from under the cabinet

I lean over to listen and see Mark's electric shaver had fallen behind the toilet and turned itself on!!

We are now in Bakersfield, time to call RS.

MiniSimp · « **Reply #1091 on:** Sep 13, 2006, 06:49:18 AM »

Quote from: MrsWillyMammoth on Sep 13, 2006, 06:39:14 AM

Thanks for posting all that Mini! Mom will love it!

No problem, I'll leave it on there until my site crashes.

Quote from: MrsWillyMammoth on Sep 13, 2006, 06:39:14 AM

Mark's electric shaver had fallen behind the toilet and turned itself on!!

Sure, it was the electric razor, ok!

ZukIzzy · « **Reply #1092 on:** Sep 13, 2006, 06:50:50 AM »

Drive safe and be have fun if you are going over Tehachapie (sp) look at all the pretty wind mills just don't look at how slow things are going by. that is a BAM (Big Ass Motorhome) killer for sure. Wish we could hook up with ya. Calico is cool wheeling and the gost town is not like disney at all more like brown acers

tourist trap all the way but in the middle of nowhere.

Wayne

*FFC* · « **Reply #1093 on:** Sep 13, 2006, 09:58:11 AM »

Quote from: MrsWillyMammoth on Sep 13, 2006, 06:39:14 AM

So a little while later as we are driving along, the radio was on and Mark says he hears a buzzing. I turn off the radio and get up to investigate. As I get closer to the back the buzzing is getting louder...it's in the bathroom... I thought it was coming from the exhaust fan so I turn that off, but no! It seems to be coming from under the cabinet I lean over to listen and see Mark's electric shaver had fallen behind the toilet and turned itself on!!

We are now in Bakersfield, time to call RS.

Them's some good ears he has on

Lady Di · « **Reply #1094 on:** Sep 13, 2006, 10:57:25 AM »

Quote from: FordFreakChik on Sep 13, 2006, 09:58:11 AM

Them's some good ears he has on

I'll say, between the deisel engine, the radio and general road noise I didn't hear anything until I got up and got close to the bathroom!

Quote from: MiniSimp on Sep 13, 2006, 06:49:18 AM

Sure, it was the electric razor, ok!

Cheesemaker · « **Reply #1095 on:** Sep 13, 2006, 11:36:06 AM »

I finally got the video to download, Freakin COOL! And you can hear that damn air horn in the background, too! I would have found that guy's truck and jammed a tennis ball or something in that horn to keep it from blowing!

Shoyrtt · « **Reply #1096 on:** Sep 13, 2006, 01:51:34 PM »

What is the next stop after Calico? The weekend in SoCal (weather wise) looks really nice. 8)

boggerunner · « **Reply #1097 on:** Sep 13, 2006, 05:13:00 PM »

i love the video, how is the turbo diesel workin out for u?

79coyotefrg · « **Reply #1098 on:** Sep 13, 2006, 07:51:59 PM »

Lady Di · « **Reply #1099 on:** Sep 14, 2006, 12:05:34 PM »

Quote from: boggerunner on Sep 13, 2006, 05:13:00 PM

i love the video, how is the turbo diesel workin out for u?

it's a little better but was still slow on the hills. I'm sure Mark will fill you in on it more later.

We're heading for Big Bear next, if we can keep the LBC running! Mark wants to find a Dodge dealer to get another fuel pump. We're following Rocksurfer and he pulled in a Denny's parking lot next to a Kragens to ask them if they knew were a Dodge dealer was and the LBC stalled again. Mark got it restarted easy enough but it is sucking air from somewhere.

Seems there is a Dodge dealer up the road here. We're in some small town, not sure where.

OK we found the Dodge dealer. Lets hope they have the part

79coyotefrg · « **Reply #1100 on:** Sep 14, 2006, 12:19:23 PM »

Lady Di · « **Reply #1101 on:** Sep 14, 2006, 12:30:50 PM »

We are now at an auto parts dealer. I think we're in Barstow, or right in that area. Mark bought an electric pump and is changing it out. At least I have 4 bars of broadband access here

OK enough of our tales of woe. On to the good stuff.

Lady Di · « **Reply #1102 on:** Sep 14, 2006, 12:50:37 PM »

We met up with Rocksurfer on Mule Canyon Rd. yesterday proably about noonish. Crawled the RV's up to an area where they always camp and hit the trails, again.
What a weird area of rock formations and colors that is!!

Lady Di · « **Reply #1103 on:** Sep 14, 2006, 12:54:07 PM »

Who was it that said Mark would never wheel it cause he made it too pretty? It's not pretty anymore!

OK, who can tell me on what part of the trail Mark got his wedgie?

MiniSimp · « **Reply #1104 on:** Sep 14, 2006, 12:55:34 PM »

I bet that left a scratch or 2 !!!!!

ZukIzzy · « **Reply #1105 on:** Sep 14, 2006, 01:15:10 PM »

Quote from: MrsWillyMammoth on Sep 14, 2006, 12:54:07 PM

Who was it that said Mark would never wheel it cause he made it too pretty? It's not pretty anymore!
OK, who can tell me on what part of the trail Mark got his wedgie?

That is what I wanted to see, The Mammoth giving the gatekeeper on bismark canyon a go. It took me a year to finaly get through that thing unassisted. So did he make it and then turn around and come back through? here are a couple of us going through it in the wifes jeep.

olivedrab85 · « **Reply #1106 on:** Sep 14, 2006, 01:15:26 PM »

Yea post up the carnage!

Lady Di · « **Reply #1107 on:** Sep 14, 2006, 01:25:43 PM »

You know Mark, after missing an opportunity to do Little Sluice he was just chomping at the bit to do something extreme!
We were there a good hour and a half to two hours trying to extract him. I got most of it on video.

First we got RS in front of us, he tried winching it forward attached to him but only managed to pull RS's truck toward him, so he hooked to a big boulder. The winch stalled, he tried getting a high lift under the front and getting rocks under the left front tire, to no avail. He wasn't going forward and he was pretty well wedged to try to go backward, the worst part being the windshield frame against the rocks but he had no choice.

We got another high lift on the back of it and got it jacked away from the boulder that was pinning him in, that got the windshield frame off the rock a tad and he was finally able to scrap it loose.

But not without some souveniers

Lady Di · « **Reply #1108 on:** Sep 14, 2006, 01:29:23 PM »

RS helping Mark winch... sheesh man... if you can't stand the heat...

MiniSimp · « **Reply #1109 on:** Sep 14, 2006, 01:31:33 PM »

Sweet!
So how did RS make it up and not Mammoth?

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