December 29/2007 @ Eagle Ridge


  In Attendance:

Chris - Ford Bronco (blue)
Indir - Ford Explorer (beige)
Wil - Toyota p/u (beige)
Mike & JP - Toyota p/u (red)


Today was supposed to be "CB Tuning Day", but mid-Friday, a decision was made to go wheeling instead. We were supposed to meet at the
A&W in Coquitlam, but there was some confusion as to which one, so I had breakfast with Indir at one A&W, and Wil, Mike and JP had
breakfast at another A&W. After a quick phone call, we decided to just meet at the trailhead, so off we went.

It was a bit icy at the trailhead, and we were meeting the others down under the powerlines, so I jumped out to lock the hubs in to climb the
entrance. Upon the first climb, I heard a light "tick, tick, tick", then I when I engaged the front locker, I heard a loud "bang, bang, bang".
I stopped to check it out, and found that the right axle-joint took off and what was left of the shafts, well they were trying to smash the
upper and lower ball joints. Great!

I radio'd the others as to what had happened, and they drove back to check it out. After a quick pow-wow, Indir got the Explorer into position
so I could hook my cable up to him and winch myself out to the road. After a few minutes and a couple of re-positions of the Explorer, I was back
on the road safe and sound, where I made the decision to call it a day, head for home and try and repair the Bronco, as I was planning for a
New Years Day run. Indir decided to go with me, while Wil, Mike and JP continued the wheeling on their own.

A big thanks to Wil, Mike and JP for lending their jackets for a good cause.





Right at the entrance to the trail.




I tried backing out but that just got me up against the rocks.




The support crew.




Time to winch my ass out of here.
















Safe and sound.




Nice!




Second pair of Spicer shafts I've wrecked this year.








 

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