Traumahawk 99 E350 class 2 Ambo build!
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gmtech
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spent 3 days after work last week peeling the decals off the ambo. hard work! my fore arms were burning!
second weekend in a row of camping. this time with the bike club. camped at a county park on the Wapsi river by lil town of Calamus iowa. Sherman park. nice place with showers and some 8 powered sites . didn't really want power but it was with everyone else . so I hooked up and cranked the little electric heater that is built in . got it to 90degrees! with it 55ish outside!
went kayaking on sunday . river was almost to action stage so we didn't have to paddle to much.
didn't get any pictures of that.
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second weekend in a row of camping. this time with the bike club. camped at a county park on the Wapsi river by lil town of Calamus iowa. Sherman park. nice place with showers and some 8 powered sites . didn't really want power but it was with everyone else . so I hooked up and cranked the little electric heater that is built in . got it to 90degrees! with it 55ish outside!
went kayaking on sunday . river was almost to action stage so we didn't have to paddle to much.
didn't get any pictures of that.
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finally got Saturday time to fix rattle snake tensioner noise and leaky oil cooler seals 
having a hoist to work on make life sooo much easier!. I wanted to use the 15000lbs hoist on the right but some ******** in my shop pushed that broke ass duramax in the shop on Friday!. not cause my van is heavy or anything but the drive on hoist gets in the way and two post is always easier! 
oil cooler wasn't leaking that bad now that it is warm out. but when it was cold it leak 2 inch puddle over night
having a hoist to work on make life sooo much easier!. I wanted to use the 15000lbs hoist on the right but some ******** in my shop pushed that broke ass duramax in the shop on Friday!. not cause my van is heavy or anything but the drive on hoist gets in the way and two post is always easier! oil cooler wasn't leaking that bad now that it is warm out. but when it was cold it leak 2 inch puddle over night
gmtech
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finally got the big ugly switch board off the dog house. got this score from local scrap yard for 20$!!
had to thin out this ugly mess!. why was that ever a good idea to mount all that wires for the rear module under the seat! and bolt it all over the seat frame!
gonna be nice! 8 days and this beast is going to Colorado! Yeti BME Crested Butte !
well see what kinda fire road this think will lumber down!
had to thin out this ugly mess!. why was that ever a good idea to mount all that wires for the rear module under the seat! and bolt it all over the seat frame! gonna be nice! 8 days and this beast is going to Colorado! Yeti BME Crested Butte !well see what kinda fire road this think will lumber down!
gmtech
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well she made it 2600 miles to Crested Butte and back even a strait 16 hour haul through the night home from CB to Illinois! 
cousin playing PlayStation! being able to lay down while driving down the road is sweet !
camping first night on some forest service land by Fairplay CO 
second night. BLM campground south of salida! nice spot expensive tho.
did the Monarch crest trail to Greens creek!
turns out the van doesn't like starting much after sitting above 11,000 feet for couple hours. took couple minutes but she finally fired up!
more to come!
cousin playing PlayStation! being able to lay down while driving down the road is sweet ! camping first night on some forest service land by Fairplay CO second night. BLM campground south of salida! nice spot expensive tho. did the Monarch crest trail to Greens creek!turns out the van doesn't like starting much after sitting above 11,000 feet for couple hours. took couple minutes but she finally fired up!
more to come!
gmtech
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made it to CB just fine stayed at Oh Be Joyfull campground. really nice place for 10$ stayed there last couple years.
did the Lupine trail backwards... poor decision
checked out the race village! free beer!
race maps.... looks like long days!
next day practice stage one! hike up 3 miles. ride down 3 miles!!
ive ridden stage 2 last two years so opted not to practice stage 2!
more to come
did the Lupine trail backwards... poor decision
checked out the race village! free beer!
race maps.... looks like long days!
next day practice stage one! hike up 3 miles. ride down 3 miles!!
ive ridden stage 2 last two years so opted not to practice stage 2!
more to come
gmtech
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wandering around Friday after practicing heard loud ruckus going on in town went up to find this show! it was bike week in Crested Butte... this is the chainless race! they haul your bike or Franken bike of choice, up Kebler pass and you coast back down to town! something like 5 miles. it was something to see liken cross between Halloween/burning man/and tour de France. costumes lots of drinking while riding. Dj playing all the right songs for the riders or groups of riders. it was Very entertaining to watch!
Saturday morning
6 miles of very steep fire road got us to stage 1
made it down stage no crashes. could have done better line choices but owell 3-4 miles up steep fire road to stage 2
stage 2 was long ! almost couldn't stand on my pedals by the bottom.finished the day 21.5 miles 4500 feet of climbing 5:47 minutes on or pushing bike!
less pictures of day 2 it was longer transfer was steep single track with super steep drop on left side!
gmtech
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finished day 2 not very many pictures . was long day
24.4 miles 4947ft climbing 6.5 hours on or pushing bike!
get back to the van . we were planning to drive somewhere east of Denver and get hotel for night.
well after sitting all day taking pictures of the racers and waiting for me cousin and BF decided it would be a good idea to drive through the night instead! I was beat and didn't want to argue to much even though I was super dirty dusty and hadn't had a shower in 5 days... the rest the trip was a bumpy ride through the night in the back of a ambulance!
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The Punisher
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Sweet setup on the bed!!!!