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You just need a socket wrench with large one inch plus-sized sockets and a cheater bar of some type for added leverage. I'll try and check the size needed in the am.

Welcome from the Old Dominion Chapter! There are a few of us in Roanoke, Lynchburg, and someplace called Meadows of Dan... We're working on an offroading event in Harrisonburg or Charlottesville in the spring. Consider coming!

KaiserM109, I wish I could get Mrs. Opie to take an extended trip with me...She thinks I'm daft and isn't likely to partake in the fun... I bought my deuce because during the Blizzard of 1979 in Washington, DC I remembered hearing the requests on the radio for help getting nurses to the...

Mmmmm! Shop van in a new dress!

Cranetruck, Does your copy of the "Old Farmer's Almanac" say something about this winter in Virginia that I haven't heard?

Past results are no indicator of future performance... Thanks! Now to get the thing out of the truck without damaging something...

Someone (Spicergear?) at Rausch Creek told me of an easy option for unloading a on-dump bed deuce: a piece of sheet metal placed in the bed prior to loading, on arrival a chain is passed through a hole/holes in the sheet and attached to an immovable object, then the truck drives out from under...

Srjeeper, If you need the Rausch Creek Gang to drive in circles around her in the parking lot, let us know! Every place I've ever worked has clamed that all e-mail on their server is THEIRS, so someone is being LAZY. Best regards,

If the Harrisonburg environs are chosen, there are extra options for recreation if someone should get bored with wheeling: West Side Shooting Range The West Side Shooting Range is open year round and provides shooting lanes of various lengths, covered shooting benches, and a parking area. The...

March 28-30 are out for me, as there will be races at Martinsville, Va. which I'll need to attend for the on-site medical services.

Since it isn't an auction, I thought I'd post this: http://www.jeeptruck.com/sale/ad034/ad0341.html I've been limited to one green vehicle at a time by Mrs. Opie... I'm still working on the definition of vehicle, though... :)

I've hit two snags post-offroading and would like to submit them for comment/criticism. My major issue is the heating system. Following my EMT and nursing training, I've been told to trust what I see first, and then the instruments. That said, coming home from the trail ride, my truck was...

RE: Re: VA Rally I'll come with the shop van and will handle all matters of vertical clearance... Opie/P. Bunyan/"The Lumberjack"/Peter Maddawg308: If we opt for Charlottesville, I'll need to have two extra days to lurch up and over Afton Mountain on I-64... :) Elwenil: If all other...

Mark worked out a lot of the shop van dimensions here: http://www.nf6x.net/greentruck/truck1/specs.html

There are some GL pictures of one in my photos folder: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/index.php?module=photoshare&func=viewallfolders&fid=239

I think my hearing might return in time for next year's trip, when TWO BARS OF GOLD will be won by a lucky particpant!!!!! [thumbzup] Mrs. Opie has been enjoying the pics, stories, and tall tales of the weekend. My problem is that if she comes next year I'll be bumped from my inner spring...

I have two of them and thy work well. Give yourself a little time to put them together, as the instructions were a bit vague at one point. (Old-timer can't remember exactl what the problem was now...)

Maddawg, Does my backside REALLY look that big? :) Opie/Peter

RE: Re: RE: RAUSCHCREEK FINAL CONVOY INFO In the Iditarod Dogsled Race held in Alaska each year, there is a "Red Lantern Award" to the last musher to cross the fnish line. I got home from Rausch Creek today at 3:15 PM and am going to claim that honor until someone else proves they got home...