New! 2009 GA Rally Multimedia Thread

[Recovry4x4]

I added what I know in red!

Originally Posted by clinto

Ok, this is the first chance I have gotten to work on a list of attendees. I will add this to my initial post in this thread as well. If anyone wants their real name removed, PM me and I will remove it and only use your screen name. If I missed you, please PM me and let me know so I can add you.

SS username -- Vehicle brought to rally

Speddmon -- Rode w/Gimpy!
Doghead, DHwife -- Civvy pickup (went home with M274A5!)
MDMorgan -- M35A2
SCSG-G4 -- M35A2 & MKT
Gimpyrobb -- M35A2
Jerry's buddy Mike -- Civvy pickup
Jerry's G/F -- Rode w/Jerry and Mike!
JW4x4 -- M1009
Bob130AB -- Civvy BMW bike
Poppop -- M813 & M35A2
Phil2968 -- M109
Recovry4x4 -- M35A2 & M1008
CARNAC -- M1009
BFR -- M185A3 w/Knuckleboom & M105
AM General -- M54A1 & M35A2C
Ferroequineologist & wife-- M109A3
Big Case -- M35A2 & M105A2
Clintogf -- M35A2 & M105A2
Clinto -- M274A5 & M38A1
Wreckerman893 -- M109A3 & trailer
TaylorTradingCy -- M109A3 & trailer
Timntrucks & Wife -- Civvy pickup & military trailer
Squirt Truck -- M54A2, M274A5, M37
1958M274 -- Gama Goat!
Sevo & G/F -- not sure what they brought
Pjpiche1 --M35A2 w/ custom bed
Jason (Pjpiche1's brother) -- M35A2
Chris (not sure of username) -- M35A2 bobbed
MitchG -- not sure if he brought anything
JWaller -- not sure if he brought anything HMMWV and M101A1
Bob Dotson -- not sure if he brought anything
????? -- M151 & #7 wrecker hoist on civvy truck ChevyC60 is his screen name. Roy and Donna
Scooter01522 -- N/A
Salafrae -- N/A
Salafrae's Dad -- N/A
HndrsonJ -- M274A5 (sold to DH & DHW!) Also had his M35A2 there
Twright -- not sur eif he brought anything
neilhendrix M35A2 & M109 camper trailer
dumpster -- Rode w/Squirt Truck
David* N/A Camper (official rally vendor)
tennmogger -- Unimog
Bronco4x4 -- M35A2

*I am so embarrassed, I can't remember this fellas name

I am adding this here (and edited to add them in my original post on page 2) the people who helped Mike and Richard with the MKT. Tim's wonderful wife Pam, Mahala Morgan (MDMorgan's wife and a skilled Deuce driver in her own right), Poppop, Phillip, SEVO and his G/F Stephanie (Hope I am getting all this right) and a few others (if you are one of these folks please PM me your name so I can get you the recognition you deserve).

Thanks to all who brought firewood-looks like we had enough people donate wood so that we had some left over. That means if everyone brings the same amount of wood next year we can have a really big fire! Phillip, MDMorgan, Poppop, BFR, et al.

You folks are the best. So many people have thanked Dawn and I for the rally and honestly, you people did all the hard work of making the rally so great.

[clinto]

OK, vehicle total for rally:

HMMWV x 1
M274A5 x 3
M35A2 x 14
MKT x 1
M1009 x 2
M813 x 1
M109 x 5 + Neil's 109 camper
M1008 x 1
M185A3 x 2 (BFR's boom truck is one of them)
M54 x 2
M38A1 x 2
M37 x 1
M151 x 2
GamaGoat x 1
Unimog x 1
M1028A1 x 1

This gives us a total of............................

40 vehicles and this doesn't even count trailers (Dawn had a 105, Gimpy had a 105 and bunch of others, BFR had a 105, etc.).

If you count trailers we probably cleared 50 vehicles at our rally!

[butch atkins]

great fun,bought a few items talked to a few people,stayed at the Feed Barn at the plantation,brought 4 friends along,maybe someone will remember us,tan M35 with 395s on it,red jeep,yellow jeep,and the weird looking jeep cherokee w camo paint job, deer antlers on the hood,and the back torched off.We went everywhere you guys on the trail ride went + some,went on all 5 of the truck trails,went back sat night and did the Grand Canyon at night in Jakes M35 and the 3 jeeps we brought,told my friends we would be welcome.WRONG,got treated like we had an STD,no one there welcomed us ,spoke to us ,or even acknowledged our presence.As an SS member I was pretty PO about this ,I posted about being there ,where i was staying,and had parts for sale if anyone was interested,we brought 3 jeeps and 1 M35,5 people. I guess you just have to know the right people.And my friend with the M35 went where no one else would on the trails.It was a great trail ride .and my friends and I had a good time ,but the response from the SS people was a bit underwhelming.Like Arnold,"I'll be back",but i dont think my friends will.Really guys, dont look down on someone just because they dont have an MV at a rally,or they drive something that is not MV

[gimpyrobb]

I didn't see any M35A2Cs listed. I know there was at least 3!

[gimpyrobb]

Dang, that was Jwaller!? I should have known when I saw those tent poles. Sorry I didn't have time to stop over and say hey.

[clinto]

Originally Posted by butch atkins

great fun,bought a few items talked to a few people,stayed at the Feed Barn at the plantation,brought 4 friends along,maybe someone will remember us,tan M35 with 395s on it,red jeep,yellow jeep,and the weird looking jeep cherokee w camo paint job, deer antlers on the hood,and the back torched off.We went everywhere you guys on the trail ride went + some,went on all 5 of the truck trails,went back sat night and did the Grand Canyon at night in Jakes M35 and the 3 jeeps we brought,told my friends we would be welcome.WRONG,got treated like we had an STD,no one there welcomed us ,spoke to us ,or even acknowledged our presence.As an SS member I was pretty PO about this ,I posted about being there ,where i was staying,and had parts for sale if anyone was interested,we brought 3 jeeps and 1 M35,5 people. I guess you just have to know the right people.And my friend with the M35 went where no one else would on the trails.It was a great trail ride .and my friends and I had a good time ,but the response from the SS people was a bit underwhelming.Like Arnold,"I'll be back",but i dont think my friends will.Really guys, dont look down on someone just because they dont have an MV at a rally,or they drive something that is not MV

Let me be the first to apologize Butch. I would like to say that I strongly doubt that many of the rally participants would have looked down on your friends for not having an MV with them. They may simply not have realized that they were part of the rally group. I know I had a hard time keeping up with who was with us at times so I am probably also partly guilty. With over 40 vehicles and easily over 100 people, I know I simply couldn't keep all the members and vehicles straight. I hope your friends accept my humble apologies if they feel they were slighted by our group.

Originally Posted by gimpyrobb

I didn't see any M35A2Cs listed. I know there was at least 3!

I didn't break the dropsides out, I put them with the M35A2's.

[SCSG-G4]

Butch,
I remember the tan M35, but not the faces that went with it. Did any of your group eat at the MKT? That is where a lot of the talk took place (and after dark, around the fire). If you didn't participate in those group activities, you missed out a lot of the bonding. I was there in 2008 in a blue Toyota Corolla and was welcomed, even drove the Toyota to the VA rally in Sept and everyone there treated me like family or better.

[Speddmon]

Originally Posted by butch atkins

great fun,bought a few items talked to a few people,stayed at the Feed Barn at the plantation,brought 4 friends along,maybe someone will remember us,tan M35 with 395s on it,red jeep,yellow jeep,and the weird looking jeep cherokee w camo paint job, deer antlers on the hood,and the back torched off.We went everywhere you guys on the trail ride went + some,went on all 5 of the truck trails,went back sat night and did the Grand Canyon at night in Jakes M35 and the 3 jeeps we brought,told my friends we would be welcome.WRONG,got treated like we had an STD,no one there welcomed us ,spoke to us ,or even acknowledged our presence.As an SS member I was pretty PO about this ,I posted about being there ,where i was staying,and had parts for sale if anyone was interested,we brought 3 jeeps and 1 M35,5 people. I guess you just have to know the right people.And my friend with the M35 went where no one else would on the trails.It was a great trail ride .and my friends and I had a good time ,but the response from the SS people was a bit underwhelming.Like Arnold,"I'll be back",but i dont think my friends will.Really guys, dont look down on someone just because they dont have an MV at a rally,or they drive something that is not MV

Butch,

I'm sorry that you and your friends got snubbed, I don't think anybody would intentionally do that to someone just because they didn't have an MV with them. Honestly, I don't even remember seeing a tan deuce with 395's on it, or any of the jeeps you described.

[gimpyrobb]

I know, just giving you a hard time. I don't know if it was mentioned, but we had a vendor show that was not affiliated with SS. He had great stuff at great prices. He also almost crapped himself when riding with Poppop up that hill! He said he will be joining the site and bring his truck next year. WOOHOO! Welcome to the "club".

[gimpyrobb]

Butch, had I seen you guys I would have been more than happy to welcome and drink some with you. When did yall show up? Saturday was a pack up the trucks day for alot of us. I was very down that I couldn't go for trail rides on Sat, but I had to make sure I got my stuff and things promised for others ready to come back to Cincy. I feel bad that you think you were snubbed.