Is there a date yet? Gotta get my vacation days turned into work.

Both trucks will be ready. :smokin:

http://kymc.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4103

didnt you start this exact same thread last year?

Oct 23-25. Is it typically as wet there for this event as its been for the April Fools ride? I would really like to see this place with dry trails and some sunshine.

Oct 23-25. Is it typically as wet there for this event as its been for the April Fools ride? I would really like to see this place with dry trails and some sunshine.

forget it everytime ive been there wet and cloudy:shaking:

forget it everytime ive been there wet and cloudy:shaking:

Right now I have a cab truck. Could put a windshield in and something over the door openings..........

I will be there rain or shine.

Last year the weather was perfect. Light Weds/Thurs. Perfect weather Friday/ Saturday / Sunday. NO DUST.

Camp site reserved

I will be there rain or shine.

Last year the weather was perfect. Light Weds/Thurs. Perfect weather Friday/ Saturday / Sunday. NO DUST.

last year it poured like i've never seen ALL day friday. i was so pissed we packed up and left friday night. we wheeled the days before though. friday sucked though, you couldn't make it up the easy trails most of the day.

I'm hauling my junk there. :smokin:

put in my vacation days for it today. didn't look like anyone had it approved yet, so i should be going :smokin:

Probibly will be there!!!

i will be there also....rented a cabin...see you guys there

I'm planning on being there. I've got my site reserved behind the Dairy Hut.

gonna try to make it too.

last year it poured like i've never seen ALL day friday. i was so pissed we packed up and left friday night. we wheeled the days before though. friday sucked though, you couldn't make it up the easy trails most of the day.

I remember the rain stopping friday afternoon and wheeling into the night
Saturday was wet but bordering on great conditions. I could be wrong. I go to Harlan 4-5 times per year.

I remember the rain stopping friday afternoon and wheeling into the night
Saturday was wet but bordering on great conditions. I could be wrong. I go to Harlan 4-5 times per year.

I remember someone stumbling up to our shanty tent behind the dairy hut with 2 different shoes on. I hope the same shenanigans pursue this year Wes :laughing:

I remember the rain stopping friday afternoon and wheeling into the night
Saturday was wet but bordering on great conditions. I could be wrong. I go to Harlan 4-5 times per year.
it was about 3 or 4 in the afternoon when i discovered why you don't use a 220 stick welder in the rain, while laying in a puddle, and i'm pretty sure it rained for quite sometime after that, actually i think i was trying middle rockgarden in teh dark in the rain, that really sucked. it was the only time i went last year. we came back and the tent had about 6'' of water in it, and the guy that went with me had been bitching for 3 days straight by that point (we got there earlier in the week), hence the packing up and leaving.

KYMC

2009 FALL CRAWL

When:

Saturday October the 24th

Where:

Morning events: will be held on the Black Mountain Off Road Park

· Sign up starts at 11:00 AM at the KYMC trailer with a $5 competition fee

· Challenges start at 12:00 noon and end around 5:00PM

· The Challenges will be: (These will be timed events)

1. Lower Rock Garden

2. Rail Bed

3. Little Jagger

4. Cream Puff for bonus points (optional)

Food, drinks, t-shirts and stickers will be available on the Mountain

Seat belts and helmets must be warn while competing

A Trophy goes to the overall winner

Evening Events: will be held on the Verda Event Field

· Sign up starts at 5:00 PM at the KYMC trailer with a $5 competition fee

· Challenges start at 6:00 PM until finished

· The Challenges will be: (These will be timed events)

1. A Course for Trucks and Buggies

2. A Mud Pitt for Trucks, Buggies and ATV’s

Food, drinks, t-shirts and stickers will be available on the Field

Seat belts and helmets must be warn while competing

A Cash Prize will be awarded to each winner

There will be camping on the Verda Field $20 for the weekend

(Everyone please wear comfortable clothing and bring a chair or blanket)

Good to see you are still alive Ronnie.:D

Good to see you are still alive Ronnie.:D

:D

I have been very busy with my son.
High School Teenager + sports + single dad =

very busy at times.

I remember someone stumbling up to our shanty tent behind the dairy hut with 2 different shoes on. I hope the same shenanigans pursue this year Wes :laughing:

Funny.
If this trip is that much fun i may not come home.

it was about 3 or 4 in the afternoon when i discovered why you don't use a 220 stick welder in the rain, while laying in a puddle, and i'm pretty sure it rained for quite sometime after that, actually i think i was trying middle rockgarden in teh dark in the rain, that really sucked. it was the only time i went last year. we came back and the tent had about 6'' of water in it, and the guy that went with me had been bitching for 3 days straight by that point (we got there earlier in the week), hence the packing up and leaving.


I must be wrong.
I do remember running out of propane on Mason Jar around 4pm and getting towed back to camp. No raincoat in a buggy. I am forgetting the rain staying around for the evening. This may be the same night as the now famous crown royal poker game and the different shoes mentioned above. That would definetly explain the memory loss since I only consume alchohol about 3-4 times per year.

Funny.
If this trip is that much fun i may not come home.

can't wait! :beer:

picked up a welder and some tube last night, so i can start adding some more gussets to my cage, might even try and get some fenders made up before the trip. can't wait, just got my arrangements made to camp out. looking forward to this like you can't believe. need to get back out in the woods something fierce.

kymc

2009 fall crawl

when:

Saturday october the 24th

where:

Morning events: Will be held on the black mountain off road park

· sign up starts at 11:00 am at the kymc trailer with a $5 competition fee

· challenges start at 12:00 noon and end around 5:00pm

· the challenges will be: (these will be timed events)

1. Lower rock garden

2. Rail bed

3. Little jagger

4. Cream puff for bonus points (optional)

food, drinks, t-shirts and stickers will be available on the mountain

seat belts and helmets must be warn while competing

a trophy goes to the overall winner



hell yes........:d

Me and a buddy are wanting to come down and do some wheeling. Is there going to be trails open that we could get on with all the competitions going on? Sorry if it is a newb question but this would be my first time to harlan.

Yeah, there's plenty of other trails there. Those four listed just barely scratch the surface

yeah, those are just like teh first 4 as you come into the park, and all run basically right into each other, the whole mountain is covered with trails.

god i can't wait, who else is coming?

I've never been but i'm gona try and make it this time! I just hope it dosn't rain:evil:[/I]

got my cabin!! im there!

We are going to make it also, staying over in the Harlan County Campground :smokin:.

I'll be there thursday evening in the verda field, looking forward to coming and tryin' out the new propane truck.....

Count me in... can't wait.

Count me in... can't wait.


coyote campground is where your staying? i think some of the celina guys are going to be camping up there too, if they don't just stay at franks house.

There will be around 12 of us from our club coming. We will be riding/watching Saturday and then riding most of the day Sunday. We'll all be camping in the Putney Campground.

Look foward to seeing everyone.

i'll be there on thursday with a red toyota trying out my new dual cases.

i'll be there, rain, shine, snow, or hail!

so who is coming?im in :smokin:

96 hours and i'll be on the mountain, probably broken.

96 hours and i'll be on the mountain, probably broken.

I hear ya. What do I need to stock up on to get you going?

Will be there Friday! If the new tow rig makes it that far.

Should be rolling in around 10 or so Thursday AM. Staying behind the Dairy Hut.

Heading out Friday sometime. If I can get out of a meeting it will be in the morning. If not later that day......

Still have a few little things to fix on the buggy and need to put brakes on the tow rig.....

be there late Thurs/early Fri..staying @ Harlan County Campground

see yall there

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We are heading that way thursday night, we should get there about 2 or 3am friday

Looks like we will get rained on.:(

We are heading that way thursday night, we should get there about 2 or 3am friday

Looks like we will get rained on.:(

about my arrival time......dont worry if this flies past ya @ 80
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I'm out. Can't get the Sami running right so I'm not about to drag it 400 miles for it to half ass run and then probably poop out on me. Y'all have fun. :(

jeep is almost ready, need to charge my airshocks, mount the rear shocks, and shoot grease in everything, a 30 minutes worth of work. about to head to wally world to get a cot for the kid to sleep on, just found out he can go (we'll only be staying till saturday night, he has a football game on sunday afternoon, was supposed to be saturday, hence he wasn't goign). leaving first thing thursday morning. i'll be the slow ass denali cruising down 75 at a blistering 55 if it will hold that fast in hte mountains (god i hate 6 liters).

There is a group of our club meeting in Lexington around 3pm Friday and heading down together. Some of the guys are getting down there Thursday night, the rest will be there Saturday early morning.

If you see a line of Jeeps running down 75 going about 65 with my blue YJ leading, that will be us.

We are all camping at Putney. Cant wait to wheel and watch some of the events!

i'll be the slow ass denali cruising down 75 at a blistering 55 if it will hold that fast in hte mountains (god i hate 6 liters).

Wtf man, I tow with a 5.3 short bed extd cab with the bed loaded down and my 4+K jeep behind me haulin to harlan. Those hills dont slow me down any, just gotta find 2nd gear and use it :D

Wtf man, I tow with a 5.3 short bed extd cab with the bed loaded down and my 4+K jeep behind me haulin to harlan. Those hills dont slow me down any, just gotta find 2nd gear and use it :D

i hate this damn engine and truck, it hits second going across 70 at richmond, and down 69 on my way to attica. i miss my excursion, this thing blows balls. if the trailer brakes were working, i would just take the wife's hemi durango again, it never once kicked off of cruise doing 80 the whole way last year, and still almost got 11 mpg, this pile doesn't let a gas station pass it by when pulling. see ya there.

greg

Count me in. along with 5 others. cant wait. we will be there sometime thursday afternoon. I do have a few questions on some trails. Does anyone know if "your turn" is open? how about "under estimated"? is it a decent trail that is somewhat passable in a built rig on 38s? or if anyone knows anything about the trail profanity, frankenstein, grapevine, or shameless speak up. our group has ran lions den, mason jar, all the rock gardens, lower damnation, and can opener. I am wanting to check out some new trails and wanted to hear some opinions on the ones i am not farmiliar with. thanks

Count me in. along with 5 others. cant wait. we will be there sometime thursday afternoon. I do have a few questions on some trails. Does anyone know if "your turn" is open? how about "under estimated"? is it a decent trail that is somewhat passable in a built rig on 38s? or if anyone knows anything about the trail profanity, frankenstein, grapevine, or shameless speak up. our group has ran lions den, mason jar, all the rock gardens, lower damnation, and can opener. I am wanting to check out some new trails and wanted to hear some opinions on the ones i am not farmiliar with. thanks

Underestimated and your turn is open. doubt you will have sucess on underestimated and maybe not your turn. some of the meanest trails here.
you will not have any problems on frankenstein, profanity will be fun, grapevine had some work on it so Im not sure.
you can also run the trail past lower rockgarden again. the that ties right into lower profanity.

where is frankenstein?

Its near the TV tower. It runs from just below the tower to the 1st point.

you can also run the trail past lower rockgarden again. the that ties right into lower profanity.

That's a good fun trail. Not that hard but its that fun rock crawling style of trail. Grapevine isn't to bad We ran it 2 weekends ago in the rain. Big Perm is really nasty at the top when wet now. That root is a show stopper. The trail leading to Your turn is a great trail with lots of good technical crawling.

We wanted to try the new trail at the end of Crawfords Cry but didn't get over there.

We went about 100-150 yards on lower profanity but 1 rig had some trouble so we ended up just backing down it and running up the the Middle Rock Garden instead.

is the trail leading to your turn trail 12 or 12A. were you able to get up your turn? i remember the exit being real nasty! thanks for all the info and opinions.

looks like the weather is gonna be just as bad as last year...

who all's stayin in the field? its gonna be a muddy mess

yeah looks like rain.we are trying to get our group in at north evarts but if it doesnt happen we are going to the field.

is the trail leading to your turn trail 12 or 12A. were you able to get up your turn? i remember the exit being real nasty! thanks for all the info and opinions.

Trail 12A leads to your turn and underestimated. It is clearly marked on the new maps. The exit to your turn is not nearly as bad as it used to be. A well built rig has a good chance of makeing it out the top now. At the end of August Frank was working on an alternate exit for those who did not want to take the hard line out the top. It should be done by now.

I'll be there thursday afternoon. Can't wait to drink with a lot of people I've never met and a lot I haven't seen in a while.
Look for the redneck hippie.

No trip for me...been off work for a bicep tendon reattachment. Got time...but no cash.

Hope everyone is safe and has a good time.:D

Ive got a 2004 GMC Yukon XL Denali 6.0 liter, and that thing will haul balls with my jeep on it. 80miles and hour 500plus miles to Land Between the Lakes then back. Loaded down 4k worth of weight.

You might have something else wrong with it. Or it could be you dont have the XL model to help distribute the weight.:confused:

its an xl, just had the whole thing gone through last week before we left. it pulled as bad as i expected, it held 70-75 on lots of hills, slowed to 55 on lots of em too. my jeeps a heavy bitch.


thanks to doc and mark for letting us stay there, had a blast this weekend, didn't get to run a whole lot of stuff, mostly just trailrode and watched all weekend. i ripped the wires out of my CPS on friday morning somehow, and busted an upper link, then later in the day i found a ujoint capped was about ready to pop, i really wasn't wanting ot lay in the mud and fix it, so i just rode teh rest of the weekend. still had a good time, even when my damn orbital mount lost all of it's damned bolts and dropped teh orbitall off the steering shaft and i about ran off the trail (would not have been pretty).
my brother went with me too, it was his first time ever wheeling, he loved it. god i love that place, just wish it would have dried out.

thanks to everyone that came. Didn't get to ride much but had a great time meeting some new people. Got to run a buddys new to us propane truck. Ran the railbed with it and two more buddies.

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Just want to say thanks to Frank and Jennie for letting us park at his place especally my rig and the great hospitality.We all had a great time

Just want to say thanks to Frank and Jennie for letting us park at his place especally my rig and the great hospitality.We all had a great time

which one was yours? teh sweet camper? i stopped and talked to frank a few times, we may have met.

the red buggy with the big tractor tires,I was in the toter

had a good time,would have liked to run more trails but i blew a hi presure steering line up at lions den and that ended my day.we did run the lower rock garden rail bed and lower DN on friday though.would have liked to got your turn done but oh well

Good time as always and had a blast despite the weather. The 4wheeler was a mess when I got it home but sure made it quick and easy to run between trails with our group.

the red buggy with the big tractor tires,I was in the toter

did you enjoy Shameless?
I was the one telling you where it was.

about my arrival time......dont worry if this flies past ya @ 80
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u146/ron86toy/100_2465.jpg

crazy, i read this thread right before i left friday, and still didnt recognize your tow rig:D we were the group next to you, i was the one changing the axle shaft Saturday night :shaking:

had a good time,would have liked to run more trails but i blew a hi presure steering line up at lions den and that ended my day.we did run the lower rock garden rail bed and lower DN on friday though.would have liked to got your turn done but oh well

you guys looked like it was just about back together when I went by(red 4runner)...it was just about dark then....were you there much longer????

crazy, i read this thread right before i left friday, and still didnt recognize your tow rig:D we were the group next to you, i was the one changing the axle shaft Saturday night :shaking:

great meeting you guys......you guys had a good day to go out Sun....I just pulled in the driveway about an hr ago

you guys looked like it was just about back together when I went by(red 4runner)...it was just about dark then....were you there much longer?

got half way down and it blew again.i think we made it back to south evarts at 7

I was glad to meet some of you guys... we will have some pics and vids up later.
gabe

Great weekend, It was panties! White cotton panties! Glad to see everyone sporting the kool aid mustache! :flipoff2:


A few pic I have:

few more:

boy lions den was muddy.

Where was the last one taken. Middle Rock Garden

Everything was muddy. Was down there the weekend of sept 12th while it was raining and it wasn't as muddy as it was this past weekend.

I didn't run to much of the hard stuff as I didn't have a dedicated running partner. Managed to hit most of the stuff on the lower end of the park. Ran Lower Damnation yesterday morning. It was easy on the 12th, I went up and never slipped a tire. Yesterday was as bad as I've ever seen it. Bashed almost to the top of the 1st ledge, caught a rock and broke a valve stem off, tried to roll it on out with winch help on the Staun, popped the Staun which shreaded it. Rolled it on a flat to just below lower rock garden and brought the trailer to it. meh...shit happens. Rock rings and OBA are in the buggy's future.

Thanks for the weekend, good times. Can't wait to get back down there. Congrat's to Buzzer for the trailer win!

Also wanted to mention that the work done in the park has really helped. I've never seen the water coming down the main trail so clean. The water diversion projects have paid off in both cleaning things up, and keeping some trails open. Thanks to TrailKeepers and the KYMC for seeing those projects through.

boy lions den was muddy.

Where was the last one taken. Middle Rock Garden

Yep, it was middle.

few of ours

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Great weekend, It was panties! White cotton panties! Glad to see everyone sporting the kool aid mustache! :flipoff2:


A few pic I have:

for some reason i remembered me and wyatt standing behind you still when you came through there, not in front on that rock? he finally shook his ass to eminem on the way home when i played it, he must have been embarassed in front of lesters lady.

great meeting you guys......you guys had a good day to go out Sun....I just pulled in the driveway about an hr ago[/QUOTE]

great to meet you as well, we had a perfect day sunday once the fog rolled out, we ran quite a bit, with zero carnge other than some stripped splines on a dana 30 stub shaft, even managed to get the Rubicon through some of the upper rock garden with no scratches:eek:

vid of me doing can opener backwards

http://s313.photobucket.com/albums/ll361/Twin_Stick/Harlan/?action=view&current=MOV04529.flv

Syko it was good getting to hangout with ya instead of running up and asking you if you are ok from a roll. Gotta love the white cottin panties and kool-aid. Missed riding the rest of the night somehow not really sure how. pm me your number and we will def ride again. Lets ride Jellico soon

WHITE COTTON PANTIES!!!

I bet his wife was pissed when she saw the yj in the morning...lol

I haven't heard about how pissed she was yet but I will find out nov 21 at the brimstone toy run.


3 cases beer=$60
kool-aid=$60
gas/diesel=$100
car wash after fall crawl=$20
WHITE COTTIN PANTIES= PRICELESS

I'm sure the old bald eagle will save the day!

We had a blast last year, except for the rain on Friday... We planned on going this year but none of us got our junk ready. 120 hours and $4000 later, I still wasn't ready. Why I decided to do a solid alxe swap and run 40's a month before the event is beyond me... I'll be ready for the spring for sure.

few pics of me on Lions Den last week...

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I still have a windshield...crack free
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lost the pass marker light
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we were sitting at the end when you came on through

definately looks like I missed a good time. I will have to try and make the one next year. I know we will be going there in the spring

keep the pics coming!