2008 DML BBQ
Friday & Saturday August 22-23, 2008
Text courtesy of Terrible Tom.
Photos courtesy of Ed McCarrick and Don Rey.
Date: Fri Aug 22 2008 - 17:09:46 EDT
Jimmy KNox arrived around 10 this morning, followed by Mike Maskalans
later in
the afternoon. Ed showed up about half an hour later - and just a few
minutes
ago, Adam Blaster and his buddy arrived with the completed
Blaster-buggy. A 5
year long project that has seen completion. A tube frame chassis,
powered by a
Chevy TBI 4.3L V6, with Unimog axles!
We are waiting on Jason and Norah to arrive some time Friday
Morning... Don Rey
and Jim Zito are due in any time now.
So far not much has happened - its been hot and humid. Jon and Tom
were
working trying to get the carb fixed on the Pinto Powered Willys...
much to the
amazement of both, they seemed to actually figure out the problem. Its
running
better now. Tom has been fussing and tweaking paintball equipment...
and as
this update is being written, the Blaster-Buggy is being prepped for
its maiden
voyage.
More updates as they warrant - pics will follow!
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Date: Fri Aug 22 2008 - 18:27:41 EDT
Don, and Jim have arrived!! Willys is running! Blaster-buggy has been
plasma
cut and is ready to roll - time for a mud run!!!
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Date: Fri Aug 22 2008 - 21:39:33 EDT
Mud Run Complete!!
The trails have a fair amount of water in them, mud lane is quite wet.
******* THIS JUST IN********
Mike Maskalans Hates Mud! Tom Hates Rocks!!
******* THIS JUST IN********
Mike and Jim Zito headed out in Road Block... Jon piloting the Willys,
with Ed
riding shot gun and Tom riding tail gunner... Don Ray in his Magnum
Dak-Vert...
And Adam and JT in the Blaster Buggy.... headed out with the Upper
Falls in
target. Reaching the falls was another matter -- Slippery Hill lived
up to its
name - throwing Road Block, with Maskalans at the helm, almost over
the edge!
Adam moved into position and with some winching, pulled Mike back from
the
brink. He backed down and we took another route.
While heading down Mud Lane, Mike blew a Right Front Bead... a
not-so-uncommon
event at the BBQ. Trail Repairs Take Place! Tom unloads Mikes spare
while
Mike and Jim Zito level off the truck and remove the flat.
We book on back to The Barn and Mike washes off his front fender.
Pizza has been ordered and a bond fire will be lit shortly!
Date: Sat Aug 23 2008 - 09:43:01 EDT
Jason and Norah arrived somewhere around midnight, and in an unusual
change of
events, most people went to bed before 2 am!
Everyone is up and moving about now, some more awake than others...
trail
riding and waterfall antics are sure to be in store... with paintball
in there
somewhere.
Andy where are youuuu?
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Date: Sat Aug 23 2008 - 20:08:33 EDT
Andy arrived with his Outback wagon sometime in the early afternoon...
A trail
ride was organized composed of Adam and JT in the buggy, Mike with his
Dak, and
Don and Brittany in the magnum Dakvert. Jon tried to fire up the
Willys, but
again carb troubles left it parked. He fetched the Short Bus from the
shed and
took Ed with him on the 4-wheeler.
Tom and Andy tackle a brake job on a Subi. Its determined that the
rear pads
are misboxed and a parts run heads into town to get replacements. Tom
piloting
his 08 Honda Civic, with Andy shotgun and Jason wedged in the back
seat.
What gift card?
We return to find the wheeling party still out on the trails. Frozen
bolts,
parking brake shoes-in-rotors, and the inability to use the hoist due
to the
unibody Subi construction... caused the brake job to linger on to 6:30
pm EST.
Andy reports the Subi brakes excellent!!
Paintball was not in the works for this year again... After scrambling
to get
ready, the CO2 tank was discovered to not be full as it should have
been. With
only a 700 PSI pressure level, the canister was not filling and size
tank.
Oh well - better luck next year!
We're about to fire up a bond fire and the BBQ.
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