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When I initially looked at the problem I pulled the floor pan and found that the top plate on the transmission had obvious drips with several loose bolts (which I tightened up in the Barstow Station) - so I thought (hoped) that was the only leak and just topping it up would let me continue, but...

Got as far as Barstow when my transmission started puking gear oil everywhere. Tried fixing and refilling it but still puking. Think I'm stuck.

I plan to arrive early Friday morning. Weather forecasts say highs in the 90s, but winds less than 15 MPH - so don't forget plenty of cool refreshing beverages. See you out there.

Hope to make it out there by early Saturday (commitments on that Friday).

And here's a group pic of the last of us leaving Sunday afternoon.

Here's one of the camp on Sunday morning, and a little critter I found hiding under my camo net that morning (I scooped him into the clif-bar box and relocated him a couple hundred yards away from camp).

Here's a couple of pictures of the camp on Friday morning.

I'm on Irwin Rd; should be at camp in an hour. See you all out there.

Looking forward to it.

Three more: My shot of the lineup on the lakebed, Our "assault" on the mine, and SaltyDeuce's delivery of precious cargo (IIRC: the load on the deuce was used Thursday, and the Dump went to Saturday's bonfire).

A few more. (Once your campsite has had its own bobcat - you cant go back to manual firepit construction or firewood handling, the campsite on Friday afternoon, and Saturday's campfire):

I had an excellent time as well - thanks to all present. Here's some of the photos I took. (When I got to camp, and a couple when FastNova's caravan arrived):

I have just turned off Irwind road - starting on Copper City. Expect to arrive at camp within an hour. See you out there.

Count me in. It'll be good to see everyone again.

Rick - good to see another member in HB - Welcome!

Sure. The cable length isn't super critical - that's why I only used a loop on the TG end (for ease of removal, just pull the pin out of the TG bracket); the end that connects to the link at the end of the lever is clamped between a couple pieces of 1/4" aluminum so I could take up the slack...

OK - it looks like that may have worked - so here's the pics of the parts I used (before attachment to the truck): The first one shows the pulleys (small one - under bed, longer bracket attaches to bedside), and the link between cable and spring - before I decided to make a clamp (of two flat...

trying to add pictures Sorry, when I added the pictures last night, I used the "manage attachments" feature - which attached the pictures as thumbnails - they looked OK (and I can open them fine on my laptop), but I can't seem to open them when I view this thread on my phone. Maybe that's the...

A different approach I thought I'd finally add a writeup with how I decided to solve this problem on my truck. While Rusty's approach works, I was not fond of the way that it failed to allow the tailgate (TG) to go all the way down (180 degrees - instead of the 90 or so that the horse trailer...

Here's what I was thinking (hopefully you can see what I'm thinking from the pics I hope will upload)... Upper red pin is anchored to the bed-side (would have to be removable for dropsides); lower red pin is the tailgate's hinge. Blue pin is to connect one end of spring to pivot-link (other...