With the competition coming up so soon, I was wondering what everyone has been up to? Have any of you guys been making changes to your trucks? Ryeguy, did you find any other tires? What does Wolf359's cruiser look like now? The last picture I saw, it was still under construction. I know that I have been working on my truck everyday. Am I the only one not ready yet? I would probably feel a lot better if I wasn't the only one still working on stuff. :rolleyes:

We saw one of the guys competing in the TTC out at Hollister running around.

Was he supposed to be out doing that? :D

You must be talking about the Lavender brothers Jeep. He is the only guy from California. He has probably been ther like a 100 times. That might be an advantage, huh.

Affirmative on the Lavender Brothers.

And Yep it might be an advantage but from the sound of things.

It might not make a difference :D

Originally posted by mudtruck44
You must be talking about the Lavender brothers Jeep. He is the only guy from California. He has probably been ther like a 100 times. That might be an advantage, huh.

Might be, sept the dude can't drive for shit! He kept stopping and backing up on the mini con! :rolleyes:

He also spent a couple of hours in the tank trap! That's a 20 minute trail for you guys.

The Pirate site rigs will kick ass! :beer: :skull: :beer:

Originally posted by JoshC


Might be, sept the dude can't drive for shit! He kept stopping and backing up on the mini con! :rolleyes:

He also spent a couple of hours in the tank trap! That's a 20 minute trail for you guys.

The Pirate site rigs will kick ass! :beer: :skull: :beer:

I agree, that and he was an asshole, I scored it. About 20-25 points when the purple bandit ran it. Josh less then 10 points, lot more noise and metal to rock contact.

Originally posted by mudtruck44
You must be talking about the Lavender brothers Jeep. He is the only guy from California. He has probably been ther like a 100 times. That might be an advantage, huh.

Abba is from California, don't forget about the tera cotta scout, I think that it is going to suprise you guys

I'm working on my truck everyday.. lots of things still to finish. I'm taking the week off before we leave to finalize it.

I'm working on the Hulk too. Not major changes, but tweaks and things that I had put off before.

Nope, no tires yet. :(

Spent the long weekend at Rock Crawl, though. Ran Doomicon twice. No breaks, some sheet metal tweaks, though. I was really happy how the truck worked.

--Rob

I know that I am at a disadvantage, I haven't been wheelin' in my truck in like, uh, 9 months. :rolleyes: I just got my first winch a few months ago.:rolleyes: I don't get a chance to run my truck on trails much.:rolleyes: No rock crawling experience.:rolleyes: Yeah, I'm screwed.:D Actually, I'm not scared of any of it. I have plenty of off-road experience and if I get everything ready the way I want it, I will do pretty well.

Originally posted by Daniel
The Frog Rig is on a plane and Barry is probably on one now... He will arrive In LA thursday... Set and ready to go...
The TTC course will have much changes... Go ahead Run All you want... Dan Black (local) Tells me he drives up the tank trap all year... they bulldoze the trap hills and flood it b4 the event... Rocks will be added to mini rubicon... Frametwister will be dug out and soaked, hillclimb will get new speed bumps(1-2 ft high) Mud pit will be 2X as hard as the rest of the year... let alone predriving makes no differnece in half of the competitions

I Sponsored the Frog a little and cant go Baby boy is bad sick..

SOMEBODY BETTER TAKE PICS EVERYDAY!

WITH 6 COMPETTITORS I EXPECT UP TO THE MINUTE COVERAGE HERE!
:D COUGH*stover*COUGH



Daniel, Barry and the frog are gonna be at Steve N's shop. I work there and will let steve borrow my camera since he is going to be going, it can hold over 200 high quality pics:D just gotta show him how to use it right;)

I just put another coat of wax on my diff covers.:D
OK, what's really going on is that I get to borrow the used camper my bro just got for his truck . We're are hooking it up, cleaning it up and getting it ready for TTC, no more freakin' tents for us, baby!:flipoff2:

Originally posted by mudtruck44
I know that I have been working on my truck everyday. Am I the only one not ready yet? I would probably feel a lot better if I wasn't the only one still working on stuff. :rolleyes:

First of all, are any of you ever finished with your trucks? Can you ever say it is done? I thought that constant modifying, fixing etc. was as much a part of the sport as the driving...:D I am sure that everyone is scrambling to dot their I's and cross their T's. But remember, it is all part of the FUN!!

Secondly, Daniel--I will be there taking pics every day and I will take some to share. I dont think there will be a way for me to give daily updates though, as I dont expect to have computer access that week. Rest assured though, you will have your action shots.

Originally posted by marilyn

I am sure that everyone is scrambling to dot their I's and cross their T's.

That's what I've been doing wrong!

--Rob (crossing his eyes and dotting his T's)

Who ever needs a hand, i will be down to help, all you have to do is get me into the event, I will promise to be the first one in mud workning on your junk, I want to gO!

We got the CTM's in and the ARB plumbed in and have been practicing on hand signals and braking and turning radius but we'll never be done working on it. Even though were just the first alternate we still hope to get a chance to compete. Just hope it's not one of the Pirate PBB guys to drop out.

Yeah, I'm screwed

Nahhh...you know where the throttle is, right! No worries mate!

Daniel, thoughts and prayers for you and your boy.

Oh, let me add that I haven't even met my spotter in person yet, but we have talked on the phone twice. :rolleyes:

Honestly, I'm not worried about the fourwheelin events. I am more concerned with the crap like ride and drive, acceleration tests, and braking. Anyone else worried about that stuff?

We've had a blast with the stuff we've done over at Abba's. I think we sit around most of the time drinking water, Gatorade or Diet Coke and chat about it more than anything ;) The grease? Oh, um, I got that on me when I stopped to help someone broken down on the way home. Yeah. That's it.

Originally posted by mudtruck44
Oh, let me add that I haven't even met my spotter in person yet, but we have talked on the phone twice. :rolleyes:

Honestly, I'm not worried about the fourwheelin events. I am more concerned with the crap like ride and drive, acceleration tests, and braking. Anyone else worried about that stuff?

Um, nope :D :flipoff2: