Completed: Thanksgiving Run

by **dvanbramer88** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 9:21 pm

Home Safe. My videos came out good.
This was Grey Matters first time wheeling, first time getting stuck, and first time breaking something offroad. A lot of achievements made today.

These are the people that actually showed up and wheeled.
Dave Morton- non member
Matt-moots
Jason and wife-v7guy
Rich and wife-grey matter
Myself
A jeep I don't remember the drivers' name.

by **dvanbramer88** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 9:46 pm

Trying to keep my videos in order. This one is first. My strap flew out of my bed and I was dragging it down the GSP, had to pull over. Than there was an accident and we sat in traffic. Skip to 22:15 for wheeling.

by **dvanbramer88** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 10:30 pm

almost sink my truck at 1:30

skip 6:30 - 14:30

Reach for the sky at 18:00

Wind noise after 14:30 is from the heater on full blast.

More wheeling.
13:00 my truck can climb

Only first 14 minutes are wheeling.
skip 14:00- end.

by **dvanbramer88** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 10:52 pm

Richie got stuck in the last mud hole of the day. His 4WD conveniently stopped working in the hole. Both actuators were actuating. Probably needs to rebuild the disconnect. Dave Mortons "The Bull" is on 37's, makes 450 something horse and 1100 something foot pounds of torque. He's the designated tow truck. Except when his hubs wont lock and he gets himself stuck too. :slap:

Broke my sacrificial strap. Rich doesn't have front tow hooks because of the body lift. looped my strap around the lower A arm and it got cut. :wallbash:

Dave gets himself buried trying to pull out Rich. (I got distracted by the quads and forgot about being a camera man)

I ended up getting Dave and Rich pulled out with my truck, 4low 1rst gear. Matt got video of it. Waiting for him to post it. It was cool when my lowly K1500 pulled out Dave's 9200 pound F250. Chevy Power! :excited:

(excuse the profanity, I'm a little embarrassed by it) :oops:

by **Cable810** » Mon Nov 26, 2012 12:37 pm

Looks like fun!! Funny the Ford Couldn't pull the TB out...

by **v7guy** » Mon Nov 26, 2012 2:12 pm

Just a few pictures that the misses took.

by **v7guy** » Mon Nov 26, 2012 3:03 pm

and a few more that were just emailed to me from Jackie and Doug (the jeep peeps)

by **dvanbramer88** » Mon Nov 26, 2012 3:12 pm

Cable810 wrote:Looks like fun!! Funny the Ford Couldn't pull the TB out...

That's why 2wd pickups SUCK. You can make all the power in the world but it all means nothing with an empty bed. Hell, 2wd pickups get stuck on wet grass. Ask me how I know. If his hubs would lock up, he would of pulled the TB out no problem.

by **v7guy** » Mon Nov 26, 2012 4:50 pm

Cable810 wrote:Looks like fun!! Funny the Ford Couldn't pull the TB out...

yeah. he actually broke his front pulling Rich off the hill. It was a bummer.

by **navigator** » Mon Nov 26, 2012 5:44 pm

dvanbramer88 wrote:That's why 2wd pickups SUCK. You can make all the power in the world but it all means nothing with an empty bed. Hell, 2wd pickups get stuck on wet grass. Ask me how I know. If his hubs would lock up, he would of pulled the TB out no problem.

I did the same thing with our 03 Dodge, got stuck at grandma's on wet grass in her yard, it mostly sat there and spun.
The really embarrassing part was all the little Japanese cars that just drove off.

by **Gordinho80** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:19 am

Looks like you all had a good time. Sorry I missed it but I had to work. When is the next one?

by **Moots1288** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:33 am

Gordinho80 wrote:Looks like you all had a good time. Sorry I missed it but I had to work. When is the next one?

Hopefully soon! It was a great time you should have came!

by **dvanbramer88** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 2:01 pm

Moots1288 wrote:Hopefully soon! It was a great time you should have came!

Videos?

by **v7guy** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 1:37 am

You know, I actually watched the video of you pulling out Dave on his phone last night lol

by **dvanbramer88** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 8:26 am

v7guy wrote:You know, I actually watched the video of you pulling out Dave on his phone last night lol

What. The. Hell.

I bet you he's not posting them on purpose to screw with me.

by **Moots1288** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 8:41 am

dvanbramer88 wrote:
v7guy wrote:You know, I actually watched the video of you pulling out Dave on his phone last night lol

What. The. Hell.

I bet you he's not posting them on purpose to screw with me.

Haha never! Just haven't been on a computer in a couple of days. If you wanna blame anyone blame work.

by **dvanbramer88** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 2:44 pm

Here is Matt pretending to be stuck for attention.

by **Moots1288** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:25 pm

I am an attention whore to say the least

by **djthumper** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:47 pm

Funny how turning the wheel the other way works.

by **dvanbramer88** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 1:45 pm

Matt finally delivered the goods.

The video of me pulling Rich (Grey Matter) is on it's way

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