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05-08-2007, 04:55 PM
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River life......
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Orangeburg SC
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Made it back from Tellico
A buddy and I left last Thursday morning around midnight thirty for a 500+ mile drive from Jacksonville NC to Murphy NC. I hadn't driven my truck but about 175 miles, and the farthest at one time was about 20 miles. We were both limited to less than 60mph, which helped on the gas mileage a little. All in all, it was a great trip no breakdowns, I did have a few overheating problems in the mountains though. Only breakage was the thin plate between the starter and bellhousing, tq mount bolt holes stripped causing me to lose one bolt, and two small dents (one rocker and one 1/4 panel)
Here are a few pics from the trip. our route My daughter after about 7 hours on the road  Here we are leaving Hickory NC for Muphy NC.  Here I am at the bottom of slickrock at Tellico.   This is about halfway up slickrock, had to use the winch  My junk on the RTI ramp at Crawfords campground  This is my buds Jimmy as we were heading home Monday afternoon.  And of course, our trucks favorite spot 
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05-08-2007, 05:06 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Philadelphia, Pa. 19454
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Re: Made it back from Tellico
Nice pics, any more!! Truck looks awesome, glad to hear of no breakage...
We're headed out this weekend, for the second trip of the year. First one was in January, w/ about 8" of ice on the ground... Did your daughter enjoy herself, mine won't go again. l8r J. So what were the numbers on the RTI ramp???
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Semper Fi...Uncle Sam, you da man All parts offered to help are free, unless otherwise noted Dont try this stuff in my build thread, unless you have 55 years of mechanical OTJ training SAFETY FIRST AS usual, off topic They say your mind goes second, can't remember the first Jim Last edited by jaros44sr; 05-08-2007 at 05:08 PM. |
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05-08-2007, 05:09 PM
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Re: Made it back from Tellico
COOL!
Congrats on a good trip! 
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05-08-2007, 05:35 PM
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River life......
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Re: Made it back from Tellico
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The daughter had an awesome time, there were several other kids that were with us. We fished the Hiawasee on Friday, wheeled all day Saturday/half of Sunday and Monday her and I went gem mining. She absolutely loved it, and is really wanting to go back soon. She didn't get scared at all, of course she didn't ride on any of the real technical stuff though. I don't have a clue as to rti numbers, it was Sunday afternoon and everyone was going on at the most 2 hours of sleep since Saturday morning. Most of the pics can be seen here Here is our entire group, minus one FJ40 Landcruiser. 
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05-08-2007, 05:37 PM
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Re: Made it back from Tellico
Looks like fun.
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05-08-2007, 05:55 PM
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Re: Made it back from Tellico
Awesome pics - your Jimmy looks very "at home" there!
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05-08-2007, 06:02 PM
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I'm a poor spectator
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Re: Made it back from Tellico
Those are awesome pics. So tell me, could a blazer with stock axles (unlocked, rear posi) and stock suspension so any of that stuff or is that area pretty difficult?
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05-08-2007, 06:02 PM
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Re: Made it back from Tellico
Glad everyone had fun!!! What's up with winches, sounds unusual. As I say this ours will fail on Saturday, have to unjinx myself.
They are great pics, like to see the Jimmy all twisted up. So when is the next trip... BTW 4 headlites R better than 2
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05-08-2007, 09:17 PM
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Re: Made it back from Tellico
Thanks for sharing, now I'm jonesen for our trip coming up this week.
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05-08-2007, 09:51 PM
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River life......
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Re: Made it back from Tellico
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05-08-2007, 09:30 PM
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Re: Made it back from Tellico
damn I have not been wheelin since december......my yota has been called for yard duty at the new home....
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05-08-2007, 09:53 PM
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Can't wait to retire!!
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Re: Made it back from Tellico
That looks and sounds like a blast.
Glad you all had a great time...I'm jealous.
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05-09-2007, 03:58 AM
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Re: Made it back from Tellico
Nice
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05-09-2007, 06:50 AM
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Re: Made it back from Tellico
Glad we still have Tellico.Glad to see the Jimmy on off road duty.
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05-09-2007, 07:57 AM
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Re: Made it back from Tellico
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South, so how'd it wheel? Happy with it? Last edited by vtblazer; 05-09-2007 at 07:57 AM. |
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05-09-2007, 10:33 AM
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River life......
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Re: Made it back from Tellico
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I couldn't have asked it to do any better. Prior to this trip it had 175miles since I put it on the road, and it ran great there and back. I did have a fuel leak problem that is now isolated and will be fixed shortly. It ran hot through the mountains, but after checking it over the fan clutch is shot. I didn't get over 60mph on the way there or back, because of gearing. I was just happy it made it over 1k miles with no major problems. Definitely put a smile on my face.
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05-09-2007, 03:09 PM
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Re: Made it back from Tellico
I am so jealous!! Looks like a blast. I cant imagine how I could ever get that many friends to commit to a road-trip like that. Hell, I have a hard time just getting a passenger to go to the local off-road park.
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05-09-2007, 05:19 PM
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Can't wait to retire!!
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Re: Made it back from Tellico
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05-09-2007, 05:17 PM
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Re: Made it back from Tellico
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I'm glad it all worked out mechanically, sometimes on a build of your magnitude the gremlins will eat you up. Still enjoying the pics.... J.
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