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PLANNING: TECORE IX - FUGAWI HUNTING - Sept. 20-22
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Anyone have a chainsaw or some other cutting implement?
I'll be bringing my reciprocating saw, but it's also not a bad idea to have something with some gas power.
I'll be bringing my reciprocating saw, but it's also not a bad idea to have something with some gas power.
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JamesDowning wrote:Anyone have a chainsaw?
I got one I can bring. :Friday:
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TBYODA wrote:JamesDowning wrote:Anyone have a chainsaw?
I got one I can bring. :Friday:
Sweet!
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JamesDowning wrote:Anyone have a chainsaw or some other cutting implement?
I'll be bringing my reciprocating saw, but it's also not a bad idea to have something with some gas power.
Really helps with fire wood.
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NC_IslandRunner wrote:JamesDowning wrote:Anyone have a chainsaw or some other cutting implement?
I'll be bringing my reciprocating saw, but it's also not a bad idea to have something with some gas power.
Really helps with fire wood.
Shoot, I thought it was for hunting the Fugawi birds...
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Does anyone think I'm going to have a problem running out of gas? I've asked a couple people who've been to TECORE before... But it's on my mind, so I threw it out there. If anyone has the ability to carry extra gas, I'd be willing to fill the cans!!!!
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ErikSS wrote:Does anyone think I'm going to have a problem running out of gas? I've asked a couple people who've been to TECORE before... But it's on my mind, so I threw it out there. If anyone has the ability to carry extra gas, I'd be willing to fill the cans!!!!
What's your range?
I doubt it unless you're going to get 5 mpg. I burned 13 gallons and averaged roughly 8.5 mpg wheeling last time. But there is an opportunity to get fuel on Saturday mid-day because we go back through town to get to another area.
I really really doubt it.
We did 120 miles on location, with an opportunity for filling up in the middle of that.
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I've been getting in the low 13's on the road. Sometimes mid, sometimes low. I have no idea what my MPG off road will be. I don't do much "city" driving. It's either a mix, or all highway. I just know it gets Seriously thirsty when I find the loud pedal. I went through a tank in about 4 hrs of running it hard on the Silver Lake Sand Dunes.... But I rarely stopped and was running it HARD.
I'm glad to hear about the potential for a Saterday fill up.
I'm glad to hear about the potential for a Saterday fill up.
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You'll prob be fine. You have the large tank in the SS, right?
We're going to try to do a longer trip this time, but I still don't forsee gas issues. Normally I think I'm around half tank on Sunday.
We're going to try to do a longer trip this time, but I still don't forsee gas issues. Normally I think I'm around half tank on Sunday.
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Looking forward for the longer trip by the way.
And this shin-dig is basically 2 days away now. Getting extra excited.
And this shin-dig is basically 2 days away now. Getting extra excited.
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JamesDowning wrote:You'll prob be fine. You have the large tank in the SS, right?
We're going to try to do a longer trip this time, but I still don't forsee gas issues. Normally I think I'm around half tank on Sunday.
They say it holds 22 gallons. Even with the light on and below the E line, I've never gotten more than 19.4 to go in...
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I was gonna say, you probably need about a gallon to run.
My truck is 25 gallons, but one time my dad and I ran out of gas in the gas station parking lot, and only 23.5 gallons went in.
My truck is 25 gallons, but one time my dad and I ran out of gas in the gas station parking lot, and only 23.5 gallons went in.
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Late night working on the important stuff!
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NC_IslandRunner wrote:Late night working on the important stuff!
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ErikSS wrote:JamesDowning wrote:You'll prob be fine. You have the large tank in the SS, right?
We're going to try to do a longer trip this time, but I still don't forsee gas issues. Normally I think I'm around half tank on Sunday.
They say it holds 22 gallons. Even with the light on and below the E line, I've never gotten more than 19.4 to go in...
You've got a similar set-up to us, and even running the truck for a bit in the morning to warm myself up, we barely dipped below half before we stopped for gas with the group on Saturday. Just a thought if you are worried, we get a noticeable increase in mpgs when we use yummy ethanol-free gas. You may want to do a quick google search of the area and fill up with ethanol-free before hitting the trails. The place the group stopped at on Saturday last time has ethanol free too.
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NC_IslandRunner wrote:JamesDowning wrote:Anyone have a chainsaw or some other cutting implement?
I'll be bringing my reciprocating saw, but it's also not a bad idea to have something with some gas power.
Really helps with fire wood.
Yes it should allot, saw us my buddies. He is also loaning me his GoPro 2 mini cam can do 1080p video.
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Sugar Grove West Virginia.
Fri Sep 20
Partly Cloudy
80°F
58°F
Partly Cloudy
Chance of rain:
10%
Wind:
S at 6 mph
Sat Sep 21
T-Showers
72°
56°
T-Showers
Chance of rain:
60%
Wind:
SSW at 5 mph
Sun Sep 22
Showers
70°
54°
Showers
Chance of rain:
30%
Wind:
NNE at 3 mph
Might get some scattered thunder-storms on Saturday. I'm ok with that. Outside of that, we should have nice weather
Fri Sep 20
Partly Cloudy
80°F
58°F
Partly Cloudy
Chance of rain:
10%
Wind:
S at 6 mph
Sat Sep 21
T-Showers
72°
56°
T-Showers
Chance of rain:
60%
Wind:
SSW at 5 mph
Sun Sep 22
Showers
70°
54°
Showers
Chance of rain:
30%
Wind:
NNE at 3 mph
Might get some scattered thunder-storms on Saturday. I'm ok with that. Outside of that, we should have nice weather
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The fake carbon fiber adds 5 horsepower, right?
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