Got stuck once, but came out easily. If I had that Aussie locker in, it wouldn't have happened. Next time...
John J brought the replacement for the Junkyard Dog. After he put the fan into the new aluminum radiator on Friday, it was dubbed 'Fanny'. Pretty girly name for such an awesome truck (a 6.9l diesel stuffed into a Terra and it looks factory original). He had it fixed and back out on the trail Saturday.
Not much damage this time. The only trail injuries were to John's Terra. Chris lost a wheel bearing on his F250 out on the road between pits, John B fried a U-joint and to top it off Carl lost an axle shaft on the way back to the lodge, then had his Scout try to unload by itself when they got it back to camp on the trailer - a real life case for always chaining down a vehicle like you are driving 100 miles, no matter how short the trip. Luckily, no further damage was done, te axle was replaced in the morning and he was good to go.
Had some Jeepers out with us and they did a fine job of getting muddy. They were good sports and hope they come back in the fall.
Hanky decided to blow all it's oil out on the way home. There was enough to maintain some pressure, but the valves started tapping pretty good. I'm starting to think that Hanky has an allergy to motor oil. Looked like it was puking it out the dipstick tube, so am going to have to do a compression test to see if it's not blow by. Still, I can't imagine that blow by would force out that much oil (we're talking many quarts).
Hopefully a heart transplant isn't in Hanky's future. More diagnosis to come...
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