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Fittin to tell a story....not an EPIC @77GreenMachine story...but a story non-the-less...
Place: Good Evening Ranch, Canvas WVa
Date: May 15 2021
Crew: Misfitz (Minus a few)
**Skip to 1st reply for pics of the event if you don't care about OUR adventure**
So initially I was making reservations for the beach to make the CTB annual beach run on the outer banks. Called the campground to reserve a spot....and I'm too late
Apparently Errdamnbody done made arrangements MONTHS ago #becausecovid. Called a few others and no luck...I found ONE, way down the beach, but when they asked what kind of camper I had...they said they didn't all "those kind" 
Whateve...I truly hate the beach. Like with a passion.
Anyway, while we were up at the ranch a couple of months ago and were told about the upcoming "Moon Buggy event"
Piqued my interest to say the least. Dave from Oliver's was with me and he too wanted to see this....so we started making arrangements to be BACK at the Ranch for this event. The time finally came, and Derek, Rod, and Joe MF Jones rolled out early to be there Thursday Morning. Casey came in shortly after...BTW Casey spent most of the weekend in this position
About the time those fellas arrived, Clay-quan and myself were getting geared up to head out at 3pm. Made my stop at one of the FEW places that had diesel, and filled up...along with a couple of spares in case
After gearing up we rolled out about 3:30 and headed straight up the mountain.
Just before hitting Fancy Gap, like LITERALLY 40ft from the loves exit as we are both in the fast lane trying to build steam........ Clay hits me on the GMRS radio that "I just lost my clutch"
I'm thinking...."OK, what does this mean....To Clay, lost his clutch could mean it's just hot/worn and there's little left.....OR..the pressure plate could have let go and there's literally no disengagement"
What we know NOW, is that the Slave has gotten air in the line and he has very LITTLE clutch. Of course THIS knowledge wasn't dropped on us till later in the story.
After making the climb up Fancy Gap we decided to keep going till the 77/81 split and fuel up...And make a decision from there.
I was at the pump first...then parked to walk over to see where clay was.
I always love the irony of parking here
Clay said he had very LITTLE clutch...and after a consult with our emergency mechanic (Phillip) we made the decision to roll on and maybe grab a part on the way.
Well...that didn't work so well. A mile from the Princeton exit the slave gave up the ghost entirely. This will be the part @BigClay has to share, because it's his to tell (or not) This is also the part of the story where "FU AAA" comes in....Clay can also opt to tell that
Lot's of prayer, and decisions were made....Clay was at a point where he just wanted to head back home. I tried to encourage my brother to not get down...that this was just a speed bump....and if he continued on, this would be an epic journey. Joe MF Jones and Casey had already offered to come down and get Clays jeep and trailer and take it back. Phillip and Chris had also offered to come UP and get the Jeep and trailer to take it home. All were simply waiting for Clay to decide. (this is also where Clay can choose to elaborate on why this decision SOUNDS like it's being drawn out and not able to be made within seconds of the options being presented
)
Finally he reached the conclusion that he DID want to keep going. At that time I sent Rod a txt to "send the cavalry" to which he responded: "They done BEEN gone"
It's at that point we know we have an 1:30 wait before they get there.........soooooo.......Beer:30 started early at Chili's while we waited for Joe MF Jones and Casey to come FROM the ranch and grab Clays trailer and Jeep, as well as the wrecker that the ranch uses to head down and get Clays truck/Camper
That 1:30:00 passed like a blink of an eye. Before you know it Keith shows up to much on some chips with us as we eat a meal and enjoy BOGO beers
I looked at my txt to see what time Rod told me they were gone and it had been 1:21:00 and I literally said "well we need to get moving, they'll be here any minute" and as soon as that left my mouth Casey's BBC (big black Chevy) was on the exit ramp thru our window.
We knew the tow truck would be slower so Casey and Joe went in chili's to throw some groceries down their neck while Clay, Keith and I separated the truck and trailer. I told Clay to drop it in 4lo and bump the starter to move the truck out of the way so casey could hook to the trailer, and we separated the 2.
Tow truck shows up and hooks to Clayquans truck
And Clay hops in Shaq to ride to the ranch.
We roll in after midnight and the towtruck drops Clay off at a camp site. We all get set up and by 1:30am are all set to get 30 minutes of rest
The next morning we make breakfast and survey the camp site
left to right is Joe/Rod/Derek on 3 "campsites" then I'm sideways taking up 2 "campsites" then clay is on the left side of 2 "campsites" and Keith out of picture on the right set up in a hammock on his trailer
Meaning the power and water connections are centered for each campsite to access. We techically only have 5 campsites reserved, and there's 8 sites here. Bobby said it wouldn't matter unless someone was a dick about it. They could always put one camper between me and clay, and 2 on his other side. For Clay..at 1am that's the only place he could drop Clay, and as for me....at 1am I really didn't GAF
After Breakfast we hit the trails. several good trails, But first I had to show @Stuntman Autoworks how REAL rock crawlin is done: With tire shine
then onto Chaddilack hill ....Ahhhh my happy place!!!
It was after Chadilack that Casey decided to break again, and headed back to camp. We staged for the next trail and derek ran out of fuel.
This was a good break to head to camp and eat some sammiches.
We get back to camp and of course there's a camper hovering wanting "his spot" which Keith is in....No problem..Keith moves. But this dude said he has 3 spots, and it's all family. And demands his spots together.
A few minutes later the owner comes with a track loader to move clay to give these cockgobblers their 3 spaces next to each other.
This pushes Clay and Joe to quickly dissect clays issue to help move his vehicle under it's own power. This is when Joe MF Joes bled the clutch and found air in the lines.And after that, Clay was able to move his Truck under it's own power out of the way of the swiff family dickheadsons and onto our designated camp sites.
This of course meant I needed to ALSO reposition to share Dereks power/water
So now here we are, reconfigured and in our designated spots
More trails were hit..then dinner and campfire stories
Beer, Bourbon, Butt, then Bed (BTW...Rod's smoked Butt is amazballs)
Place: Good Evening Ranch, Canvas WVa
Date: May 15 2021
Crew: Misfitz (Minus a few)
**Skip to 1st reply for pics of the event if you don't care about OUR adventure**
So initially I was making reservations for the beach to make the CTB annual beach run on the outer banks. Called the campground to reserve a spot....and I'm too late
Apparently Errdamnbody done made arrangements MONTHS ago #becausecovid. Called a few others and no luck...I found ONE, way down the beach, but when they asked what kind of camper I had...they said they didn't all "those kind" Whateve...I truly hate the beach. Like with a passion.Anyway, while we were up at the ranch a couple of months ago and were told about the upcoming "Moon Buggy event"
Piqued my interest to say the least. Dave from Oliver's was with me and he too wanted to see this....so we started making arrangements to be BACK at the Ranch for this event. The time finally came, and Derek, Rod, and Joe MF Jones rolled out early to be there Thursday Morning. Casey came in shortly after...BTW Casey spent most of the weekend in this positionAbout the time those fellas arrived, Clay-quan and myself were getting geared up to head out at 3pm. Made my stop at one of the FEW places that had diesel, and filled up...along with a couple of spares in case
After gearing up we rolled out about 3:30 and headed straight up the mountain.
Just before hitting Fancy Gap, like LITERALLY 40ft from the loves exit as we are both in the fast lane trying to build steam........ Clay hits me on the GMRS radio that "I just lost my clutch"
I'm thinking...."OK, what does this mean....To Clay, lost his clutch could mean it's just hot/worn and there's little left.....OR..the pressure plate could have let go and there's literally no disengagement"
What we know NOW, is that the Slave has gotten air in the line and he has very LITTLE clutch. Of course THIS knowledge wasn't dropped on us till later in the story.
After making the climb up Fancy Gap we decided to keep going till the 77/81 split and fuel up...And make a decision from there.
I was at the pump first...then parked to walk over to see where clay was.
I always love the irony of parking here
Clay said he had very LITTLE clutch...and after a consult with our emergency mechanic (Phillip) we made the decision to roll on and maybe grab a part on the way.
Well...that didn't work so well. A mile from the Princeton exit the slave gave up the ghost entirely. This will be the part @BigClay has to share, because it's his to tell (or not) This is also the part of the story where "FU AAA" comes in....Clay can also opt to tell that
Lot's of prayer, and decisions were made....Clay was at a point where he just wanted to head back home. I tried to encourage my brother to not get down...that this was just a speed bump....and if he continued on, this would be an epic journey. Joe MF Jones and Casey had already offered to come down and get Clays jeep and trailer and take it back. Phillip and Chris had also offered to come UP and get the Jeep and trailer to take it home. All were simply waiting for Clay to decide. (this is also where Clay can choose to elaborate on why this decision SOUNDS like it's being drawn out and not able to be made within seconds of the options being presented
)Finally he reached the conclusion that he DID want to keep going. At that time I sent Rod a txt to "send the cavalry" to which he responded: "They done BEEN gone"
It's at that point we know we have an 1:30 wait before they get there.........soooooo.......Beer:30 started early at Chili's while we waited for Joe MF Jones and Casey to come FROM the ranch and grab Clays trailer and Jeep, as well as the wrecker that the ranch uses to head down and get Clays truck/Camper
That 1:30:00 passed like a blink of an eye. Before you know it Keith shows up to much on some chips with us as we eat a meal and enjoy BOGO beers
I looked at my txt to see what time Rod told me they were gone and it had been 1:21:00 and I literally said "well we need to get moving, they'll be here any minute" and as soon as that left my mouth Casey's BBC (big black Chevy) was on the exit ramp thru our window.
We knew the tow truck would be slower so Casey and Joe went in chili's to throw some groceries down their neck while Clay, Keith and I separated the truck and trailer. I told Clay to drop it in 4lo and bump the starter to move the truck out of the way so casey could hook to the trailer, and we separated the 2.
Tow truck shows up and hooks to Clayquans truck
And Clay hops in Shaq to ride to the ranch.
We roll in after midnight and the towtruck drops Clay off at a camp site. We all get set up and by 1:30am are all set to get 30 minutes of rest
The next morning we make breakfast and survey the camp site
left to right is Joe/Rod/Derek on 3 "campsites" then I'm sideways taking up 2 "campsites" then clay is on the left side of 2 "campsites" and Keith out of picture on the right set up in a hammock on his trailer
Meaning the power and water connections are centered for each campsite to access. We techically only have 5 campsites reserved, and there's 8 sites here. Bobby said it wouldn't matter unless someone was a dick about it. They could always put one camper between me and clay, and 2 on his other side. For Clay..at 1am that's the only place he could drop Clay, and as for me....at 1am I really didn't GAF
After Breakfast we hit the trails. several good trails, But first I had to show @Stuntman Autoworks how REAL rock crawlin is done: With tire shine
then onto Chaddilack hill ....Ahhhh my happy place!!!
It was after Chadilack that Casey decided to break again, and headed back to camp. We staged for the next trail and derek ran out of fuel.
This was a good break to head to camp and eat some sammiches.
We get back to camp and of course there's a camper hovering wanting "his spot" which Keith is in....No problem..Keith moves. But this dude said he has 3 spots, and it's all family. And demands his spots together.
A few minutes later the owner comes with a track loader to move clay to give these cockgobblers their 3 spaces next to each other.
This pushes Clay and Joe to quickly dissect clays issue to help move his vehicle under it's own power. This is when Joe MF Joes bled the clutch and found air in the lines.And after that, Clay was able to move his Truck under it's own power out of the way of the swiff family dickheadsons and onto our designated camp sites.
This of course meant I needed to ALSO reposition to share Dereks power/water
So now here we are, reconfigured and in our designated spots
More trails were hit..then dinner and campfire stories
Beer, Bourbon, Butt, then Bed (BTW...Rod's smoked Butt is amazballs)
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