Copper Ridge : 7 OCT 2007

[gmshades]

Sounds good to me-see ya there!

Glenn

[Vanillathunder]

I\'m ready, lets go.

[Yukoneer]

how did it go?

[gCracker]

Mudnuts who were there:
Mike Creen-VanillaThunder
Jim-JeepBuilder
Chris Biusso-z71
Clive
Me & family

I meet the convoy as they were rolling past the 390 exit in Geneseo, was supposed to also meet gmShades there to but he did not show up.  Sorry if we left without ya.

I think the final count was 36 vehicles total coming from Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo and PA.  Vehicles ranged from Clive\'s CJ and a TJ on 37\'s(broke a driveshaft yoke, only carnage of the day I heard of) to a diesel ZJ to stone stock (only one payment paid) TJ\'s to Chris\'s amazing Tracker.  We split into 2 large groups as that was all the knowledgeable trail leader volunteers they could find.

Was a pretty good ride, pretty slick from the rain, so that made a few of the hill climbs/descents tricky.  Made a few stops so guys could play in the mudpits.  Clive struggled with his Jeep all day because it was over heating, finally found that his alternator/battery was not putting out enough juice so his electric fans were not cooling the radiator enough.  After a few jump starts and charging sessions he kept rolling.  I stuck around with him on the way home and we made a trip to Wal-Mart for a fresh battery for the trip home.  I will post my pictures soon.

[gmshades]

Hey guys,

I had one hell of a day yesterday, so in a way I\'m happy I didn\'t make the convoy to slow you guys down.

I got to 390 at 9:00 thinking everyone was departing Henrietta at 9:00 like usual, but I should have looked at the time better.

I decided I\'m probably running late, so I took off for Olean. Jeep ran fine, til I took it off cruise for the Olean exit. Jeep started acting up again. It dies when at idle. Everytime I took my foot off the throttle, it would die. Got to the point it was backfiring and making popping noises trying to restart it. I finally decided to stop looking for the spot, and tried heading home. I only got to West Almond, and called AAA and had it towed to Pioneer.

It really bummed me out, cause it was my 1st chance in a long time to go have some fun, oh well :cry: .

Only good news is that its still acting up at the shop, and had a engine light on.

Hopefully everyone had fun that went.

Next time.....

Glenn

[z71]

my quote of the day \"is that it\". good time had by all & was a nice day afterall.

[Vanillathunder]

I\'ll be posting some soon too, hopefully tonight.  Hopefully Jackie will email me all the pics she took, then i\'ll get those posted too.  (Jackie was one of the trial guides daughters that rode with me.)

I liked the trails even thought it was just hill climbs and decents there were some nice muddy play areas and I thought a bit more area to cover than WP.

[Vanillathunder]

It took a min but I found the link to WNYoffroad\'s trip report.  Hopfully some pics.

http://www.wnyoffroad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3799

[Vanillathunder]

http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc123/Anthony-n-Kim/Copper%20Ridge%2007/

Anthony in the Black X-terra\'s pics.

[Guest]

VT...  I recieved a message from Jackie saying that she lost your email addy.  I sent it to her.... so I hope you get something soon.

[Vanillathunder]

Great If I get something I\'ll post it.

[gCracker]

just wanted to note that I have added my picts to the gallery.