Wheeling in May.

[Shaggy]

Soccer season is almost over. Looking for a couple weekend trips starting in. May. Anyone have any trips in the works yet. I am thinking the memorial weekend trip to K2 is a must being that it is a 3 full days of wheeling event. I want another trip sooner though. Any thoghts?

[bcolman]

Creighton and I are looking at doing something over Memorial Day weekend. Any one up for either Trees or Hot Springs?

[85cj7]

I would be interested in Hot Springs. My sister just moved to Little Rock and it would be a good time to make a visit.




I also have a trip to Northwest OHV park planned for May 17th if anyone wants to join. Just going out for the day with a few friends from my office who want to know what it's like to shift their DD's into 4wd.

[JB]

I like hot springs idea

[Shaggy]

Never been there. Sounds like a plan.

[bcolman]

Sounds like a plan, I will be leaving Houston first thing Friday May 23, wheel Saturday and Sunday, Head home Monday

Fees are $30 per day for a wheeling rig and $10 per night for primitive camping, I reserved a spot at campsite #8 for the weekend, there are still available camping spots, I am not sure how big the spots are, they say the one I got can have 2 big tents.

It looks like the list is:
Creighton - Jeep
B. Colman - Ranger
John Brown - Jeep
Tate - 1 Jeep
Blankenship - Jeep
Evan - Jeep

Maybe's:
Sam - Scout?

[KrazyKarl02]

Or stay at the KOA down the street... It has air conditioned cabins.

[robertf03]

I've been wanting to go there for a while, but a friend decided to krebs up his wedding that weekend

[Hellbent]

I would be down for hot springs

[Shaggy]

Looks like about 550 mile drive from here. Not too bad. Don't know for sure but likely just take one jeep. I would be leaving after 5pm on Friday. Get there early am. Wheel two full days and drive back Monday.

[sam_hodnett]

I might be down

[AggieTJ2007]

I will probably just camp at the site that you have Brian. It will only be me and a biv sack

[davido]

Interested. Solid maybe.

Not sure on rig. Will see.

[bcolman]

As of now I have an open trail seat if anyone want to ride along

[85cj7]

My sister and her husband are coming into town memorial day weekend so I won't be able to make the run to hot springs. It's there last visit before the air force stations them somewhere in the world so no trip for me that weekend.

[TdmayfieldIV]

*their

[85cj7]

I'll be heading out to Bridgeport (northwest ohv park) this Saturday from 10 am until mid afternoon if anyone wants to join.

[bcolman]

Sounds like a plan, I will be leaving Houston first thing Friday May 23, wheel Saturday and Sunday, Head home Monday

Fees are $30 per day for a wheeling rig and $10 per night for primitive camping, I reserved a spot at campsite #8 for the weekend, there are still available camping spots, I am not sure how big the spots are, they say the one I got can have 2 big tents.

It looks like the list is:
Creighton - Jeep
B. Colman - Ranger

Maybe's:
John Brown - Jeep
Tate - 1 Jeep
Evan - Jeep

Are you all still in for the trip? I finished all the work I think I needed to on my ranger today, just need to do some shopping for food and beer and load up the trailer.

[sam_hodnett]

Im probably not going to be able to make this one. really slammed on the ranch right now.

[AggieTJ2007]

I am ready to go, just need to put the jeep on the trailer and go.

[Shaggy]

I'm not out for sure yet. Wife is having some pretty serious health problems we don't have a lot of answers about yet. I'll know more in two days when the labs get back. Jeep is ready. Just have to find out if everything is going to be ok with her first. My brother is down for sure with the scout too if I go. Just need to find another full width car hauler or borrow someone's GN. I think he will go without me if y'all are willing to teach him how to drive. He really isn't ready for the scout in my opinion but with some guidance he should be fine.

[Sparling]

What could he really do? Rip off the front axle?

[Shaggy]

Funny. But he doesn't know how to work the transfercase yet. And starting the scout is tricky as balls too. Mechanically he is clueless at this point. Kinda why I wanted him to build a rig. But it ended up with me doing all the work and I ain't got no time for that.

[Sparling]

Don't you have some friends with some land? Heck, take him and the scout to somewhere on plant property and make him drive it around for a while.

[Shaggy]

He finished school last Thursday and left the country. Just got back to town and went to CS to look at a few if DavidO's houses. Should be at the plant tomorrow. Plan to have him drop the tranny pan and replace the gasket. Then I'll have him drive it some around the plant. There was a wheeling trip this last past weekend local but I was having a garage sale and refused to fix his tranny for him while he was having fun in the. Bahamas

[JB]

Your bro is a cool guy. I like him. But he had a tough time with his TJ and wheeling with a stick at Clayton. That Scout is a whole different animal.

[Shaggy]

Exactly. I wanted him to get some seat time locally but have not yet. The only time it has been drive. Yet was on and off the trailer.

[TdmayfieldIV]

He has gearing now, he can focus on where he's driving/ lines to pick rather than slamming gears.

I think he'll be ok, trial by fire. KT's climb at clayton.

[Shaggy]

He got the Tranny pan pulled yesterday. Still needs to put it back on and fill it with ATF. We have been busy so he hasn't had much time to dick with it.

[Shaggy]

Got the transmission running good now. Have a few other issues a now the coolant overflow tank is puking coolant out after a short while. Running a little hot. Also it started dieing as if it is out of propane but it is not. Will start back up and run with a little started fluid but eventually dies again shortly. I ran out of time to look at it today. Tomorrow we need to make time for it if he is going.

[Sparling]

Is your propane **** freezing over? Pressure test the cooling system. Does it only get hot idling, only while driving or all the time?

[Shaggy]

Propane bottle was iced. Got hot while idling.

[Fredo]

Call me a dick if you want, and most of you probably already think I am one anyway, but please don't send a guy that doesn't know a spark plug from his pecker on a run with a new-to-him rig that is having issues before you even load it on the trailer. Especially if you aren't going to be there to help him work on his ****.

[colman]

Ditto

[bcolman]

I have to agree with Fred on this one

[Shaggy]

I agree. He isn't going. I am going to take him out around here in a few weeks. I don't want to haul it far without it being right.

[bcolman]

Hot Springs is a great place. It has lots of trails for the stock or minimally modified crowd. All in all the trip was a success.

Carnage:
My Ranger - replaced faulty fan clutch, kept loosing front coil springs, ARB solenoid (just ran line straight to pump), running issues after engine warms up (possibly the coil pack)
Fred's Lurch - rear drives haft and u-joint (wrapped it in gorilla tape and a hose clamp and it lasted another day), engine making funny noises (more than normal)
Creighton's Jeep - almost ran out of gas, flopped on side (lost some paint but did not crack the bondo), lost coil spring retainer

I would recommend going back to this park, it was very well organized out on the trails with well marked trails and a good map.

Creighton has all of the pictures and will hopefully post a link when he gets them uploaded

[AggieTJ2007]

pictures

https://plus.google.com/photos/111898020284825928433/albums/6018084494569574049?authkey=CLCQkJrujIedCA