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while at my parents house on Xmas day while waiting for dinner to cook, myself, Mojo, Mikie & his gf went up into our back woods
I edited out the section wear Mikie swore at me in this for splashing him...
had a longer video I thought of the trail climb up, but somehow the camera op didnt capture it & sadly I wasnt going to repeat that rough section as it killed me
I edited out the section wear Mikie swore at me in this for splashing him...
had a longer video I thought of the trail climb up, but somehow the camera op didnt capture it & sadly I wasnt going to repeat that rough section as it killed me
AA1PR
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AA1PR
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So sorry I havent been around, havent forgotten all of you here
thought the noise was from the front driveshaft U joints originally , so they've been replaced
started off as a clunk, pop, replaced cv axle & then learned wheel bearing had play so that was replaced too
now its the bum bum bum noise
someone suggested a broken belt in a tire?
or for sale $8K with winch, snatch blocks, straps, hi lift, 2 full size spares etc
thought the noise was from the front driveshaft U joints originally , so they've been replaced
started off as a clunk, pop, replaced cv axle & then learned wheel bearing had play so that was replaced too
now its the bum bum bum noise
someone suggested a broken belt in a tire?
or for sale $8K with winch, snatch blocks, straps, hi lift, 2 full size spares etc
AA1PR
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my son replaced the drivers side wheel bearing, & cv axle for me & the passenger side wheel bearing as well as both front drive shaft U joints
no more noise
I think it was a combination of play or shall I say a little bit of play in each of these worn components
if anyone ever ventures here to VT be sure to check out my forum, loaded with useful VT info expeditionnorth.boards.net
no more noise
I think it was a combination of play or shall I say a little bit of play in each of these worn components
if anyone ever ventures here to VT be sure to check out my forum, loaded with useful VT info expeditionnorth.boards.net
AA1PR
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Donated our ham radio services once again for the Covered Bridges Half Marathon in Quechee VT. Its about 65 miles from home, or an hours drive.
As usual we got our T shirts in order to be covered under the insurance for the event
Brought along my Wouxon KGUV8D this time in case I needed to exit the vehicle, its 5 watts worked perfectly. Maybe it's the 16” Nagoya antenna that is the fame.
Tuned the IC706MKIIG for the freq as well
Sadly the rain put a damper on things. They had 2250 registered runners but only 1800 actual racers left the staring line. I was at my checkpoint 10 again
My youngest helped me out & is now studying for her ham ticket as we speak. So in order to kill the boredom, since there was no radio traffic we played games like tic tac toe & talked
& then I was reminded by a sheriff that it I wasn't part of the race I had to leave, so up went my official vehicle signage
Earlier that morning on the way to our spot I added a mount to the top of our Yukon for the GoPro & tested it out. Here's that video
more overland videos later since this is working so neat
Poured on the way home, & was too tired for anything further
As usual we got our T shirts in order to be covered under the insurance for the event
Brought along my Wouxon KGUV8D this time in case I needed to exit the vehicle, its 5 watts worked perfectly. Maybe it's the 16” Nagoya antenna that is the fame.
Tuned the IC706MKIIG for the freq as well
Sadly the rain put a damper on things. They had 2250 registered runners but only 1800 actual racers left the staring line. I was at my checkpoint 10 again
My youngest helped me out & is now studying for her ham ticket as we speak. So in order to kill the boredom, since there was no radio traffic we played games like tic tac toe & talked
& then I was reminded by a sheriff that it I wasn't part of the race I had to leave, so up went my official vehicle signage
Earlier that morning on the way to our spot I added a mount to the top of our Yukon for the GoPro & tested it out. Here's that video
more overland videos later since this is working so neat
Poured on the way home, & was too tired for anything further
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AA1PR
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AA1PR
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I've been hearing a slight noise coming from the rear every so often
decided it was time to re-do the rear since we redid the front last summer
I feel preventive maintenance goes a lot farther than waiting for the bad to happen
my little mike is becoming quite the mechanic, he had these done & bleed in about an hour, I guess my mentoring has paid off
he can use those skills on his jeep he is in the process of buying
so new rotors, ceramic pads, caliper & caliper brackets...
we had what appeared to be a ball bearing wedged in between the pad & rotor on the passengers side, not sure how that got there or how you could pick something up like that either????
the cheapest I could find the parts locally not counting the brake pads was $294
I ordered the parts direct from the manufacturers off amazon for $130 shipped, I got napa prem ceramics for $60 locally
I am so proud of him for always helping me out
soon he'll either lead or I'll follow behind him in his jeep
so now we're set once again
decided it was time to re-do the rear since we redid the front last summer
I feel preventive maintenance goes a lot farther than waiting for the bad to happen
my little mike is becoming quite the mechanic, he had these done & bleed in about an hour, I guess my mentoring has paid off
he can use those skills on his jeep he is in the process of buying
so new rotors, ceramic pads, caliper & caliper brackets...
we had what appeared to be a ball bearing wedged in between the pad & rotor on the passengers side, not sure how that got there or how you could pick something up like that either????
the cheapest I could find the parts locally not counting the brake pads was $294
I ordered the parts direct from the manufacturers off amazon for $130 shipped, I got napa prem ceramics for $60 locally
I am so proud of him for always helping me out
soon he'll either lead or I'll follow behind him in his jeep
so now we're set once again
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AA1PR
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Fathers Day 6 19 2016 in the Green Mountain National Forest
Since it was my day (Fathers Day) I decided we would get out of the house and explore.
It was obvious that I wanted to revisit Bingo Brook again for its cold stream on such a humid summers day.
I sat on a rock taking pictures & videos of the kids and the stream
The girls got wet and swam around for a few minutes complaining it was cold, but not cold enough to keep them out of it for sure.
The river level is extremely low this year and last. In an area that is normally covered under a couple feet of water I found this USGS bench mark
Noticed by now the rig was all lonely looking LOL and the girls were done getting wet
On the way back to the rig I found some wild rhubarb
I mounted on the GoPro and away we went into town
Sadly its battery died without me knowing so everything I thought I was capturing didn't.
So instead of coming directly home we decided to go to Rochester to get some snacks and sit in the park for a spell
It was so nice to sit at a picnic and let the feeling back into my leg
From there I decided I wanted to explore Charlie Wilson Rd as I heard it's a good 4x4 trail, it was more of a gravel road until you got to one spot, you'll see
So up and over bethel Gap we went
Someone goofed their job up, no don't adjust your screen LOL
We found the road easily enough
Just too rough on my back…
Now we decided it was time to head home, so back tracking we went
Once on RT73W
Mt Horrid on Brandon gap RT73, see I can go topless too LOL
Now to get this posted...
Since it was my day (Fathers Day) I decided we would get out of the house and explore.
It was obvious that I wanted to revisit Bingo Brook again for its cold stream on such a humid summers day.
I sat on a rock taking pictures & videos of the kids and the stream
The girls got wet and swam around for a few minutes complaining it was cold, but not cold enough to keep them out of it for sure.
The river level is extremely low this year and last. In an area that is normally covered under a couple feet of water I found this USGS bench mark
Noticed by now the rig was all lonely looking LOL and the girls were done getting wet
On the way back to the rig I found some wild rhubarb
I mounted on the GoPro and away we went into town
Sadly its battery died without me knowing so everything I thought I was capturing didn't.
So instead of coming directly home we decided to go to Rochester to get some snacks and sit in the park for a spell
It was so nice to sit at a picnic and let the feeling back into my leg
From there I decided I wanted to explore Charlie Wilson Rd as I heard it's a good 4x4 trail, it was more of a gravel road until you got to one spot, you'll see
So up and over bethel Gap we went
Someone goofed their job up, no don't adjust your screen LOL
We found the road easily enough
Just too rough on my back…
Now we decided it was time to head home, so back tracking we went
Once on RT73W
Mt Horrid on Brandon gap RT73, see I can go topless too LOL
Now to get this posted...
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AA1PR
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haha I'm hoping not, keep your fingers crossed
he should have it paid off by next week
registered & insured the week following
he is all psyched, my parents are leaving the roof rack on for him
& I have a stereo & boom box he can add as well, so tunes will be covered
so I know when to stay off the sidewalks haha