Busco Beach in NC April 25-27 2014

[Dan67]

Hope everyone has made it home safe and sound. Got in around 4:30 and started unloading and getting stuff ready for a quick power wash. Night ride Sunday night I broke the hub weld on the left rear axle. Went through 6 axle pins on the ol' Hustler too. Had allot of fun and hope to see everyone back in October.

[Don]

Great weekend!

We got tied up in traffic on the way home around Richmond, then in Caroline County, then again in Fredericksburg. I hate I 95! But we did make it home and Bud got back up to school by midnight, so everything turned out okay after all. Thanks to all who helped with repairs and pulling us out of the peanut-butter mud. I only wish we'd had more time to get around and talk with everybody a little more.

See you at Pine Lake!

[jerseybigfoot]

10 hour drive home and all is well. Had some setbacks with some equipment but had a wonderful time anyway.

[Air Bud]

As Dad had already stated we hit a lot of traffic on the way home but I was still able to leave the house and be back on the road for another six hours by five-thirty. Had a blast for the short amount of time we were able to make it and I sure hope to make it in October! Pine Lake is next on the list and should hopefully have off work for it! Great seeing everyone again and see you next time!

Bud

[Shanna/KevinGriffin]

Had an AWESOME time!!! Made it home around 10 this morning after sleeping in the Wal-Mart parking lot somewhere in PA around 2AM. It was so nice to meet the all the new friendly faces and see everyone else. Thanks for the awesome time and playing in the mud with us girls and thanks for the help with the few hic cups with dad's machine...we definitely put his winch to good use. I am going to try and upload some pictures. See you in Ashtabula! (Going to try and drag mom and dad down for the ride in October )

[ARGOJIM]

Got home in record time today at 7 pm after leaving at 10:30 with BK in hand. Another great weekend surrounded by great people and even a cameo by JPSwift, great to see Shanna and Rayna (sorry for spelling figured there must be atleast 5 different ones) the Little Engines That Could, sorry we missed alot of the regulars who couldn't make it, met some more members and missed some I'm sure.
Special thanks to JBF,fmints and CBass for tweaking Sandy while me and Rickga visited the coast to pick up a machine for Pop to run the weekend in and also to BT for his assistance, and all the others who yanked, tugged, pulled, winched, shoved, pushed and rocked me and the Truck out of all the trouble we intentionally found.
Had a great time with all the rides we made, the Truck did good, Sandy did better than expected for being mostly complete and Lindsay drove like a pro only needing to be winched out 3? times. We made it back as a family with all 4 machines under their own power and only requiring some battery charging and a little air and more gas. Saturdays night ride was intense and required some winching to all involved and lasted until 3:30 am, sundays afternoon ride was very enjoyable with a long swimming portion, after the swimming on to a mudhole where Mrs. JBF got a tad muddy by one of her own machines. Next a little wrenching on the Maxgo and Shanna/Kevin's machine's both victims of the same hole, then on up to the North East corner and back.
The main trails this outing were even more rutted than the last and accompanied by the concrete like washboard main trails which seemed to be from a dozer or skidder, we preferred the never ending mud holes and cedar swamps on the inner trail systems.

Look forward to seeing y'all next time.

[Model Citizen]

[russriders]

Got home in record time today at 7 pm after leaving at 10:30 with BK in hand. Another great weekend surrounded by great people and even a cameo by JPSwift, great to see Shanna and Rayna (sorry for spelling figured there must be atleast 5 different ones) the Little Engines That Could, sorry we missed alot of the regulars who couldn't make it, met some more members and missed some I'm sure.
Special thanks to JBF,fmints and CBass for tweaking Sandy while me and Rickga visited the coast to pick up a machine for Pop to run the weekend in and also to BT for his assistance, and all the others who yanked, tugged, pulled, winched, shoved, pushed and rocked me and the Truck out of all the trouble we intentionally found.
Had a great time with all the rides we made, the Truck did good, Sandy did better than expected for being mostly complete and Lindsay drove like a pro only needing to be winched out 3? times. We made it back as a family with all 4 machines under their own power and only requiring some battery charging and a little air and more gas. Saturdays night ride was intense and required some winching to all involved and lasted until 3:30 am, sundays afternoon ride was very enjoyable with a long swimming portion, after the swimming on to a mudhole where Mrs. JBF got a tad muddy by one of her own machines. Next a little wrenching on the Maxgo and Shanna/Kevin's machine's both victims of the same hole, then on up to the North East corner and back.
The main trails this outing were even more rutted than the last and accompanied by the concrete like washboard main trails which seemed to be from a dozer or skidder, we preferred the never ending mud holes and cedar swamps on the inner trail systems.

Look forward to seeing y'all next time.

Hey Jim thank you for the gas cap u did save my life

[lcheney]

Such a fun weekend with great people! I want to add with my Dad in thanking all who worked on Sandy and got her running for the weekend! She did excellent for such a quick build. Can't wait for the October ride!

Also here's a short clip of the Buffalo Truck:

[Dan67]

Broken weld on hustler wheel hub.

[fmints]

Broken weld on hustler wheel hub.

Wow!!! I've never heard of that before!! I guess your 23hp Briggs is putting out a whole lot of torque to do that!?!?! Lol!! I know you can't wait for your new axles and sprockets to come in?!?!?

[Normable1973]

We'll the truck made it home with no problems, I got the estimate today ($9800). Took the max out last night and got pulled over in a DUI checkpoint, they were cool and let me off with a warning, then I was about a half mile from the house and the trans clutch exploded. I dragged it home with the backhoe and haven't looked at it yet.. It's always something....... Norm..

[amphibious drew]

Norm,

Keep your head up buddy. I bet the clutch lost its buttons. You can buy them pretty cheap. It sucks, but secondary clutches are not that badly priced even if you have to replace it.

[jerseybigfoot]

Have a few vids of the weekend

[fmints]

We'll the truck made it home with no problems, I got the estimate today ($9800). Took the max out last night and got pulled over in a DUI checkpoint, they were cool and let me off with a warning, then I was about a half mile from the house and the trans clutch exploded. I dragged it home with the backhoe and haven't looked at it yet.. It's always something....... Norm..

Yeah, I agree with Drew,, they are not that badly priced. Thanks to you I successfully broke down and reassembled my first Drive Clutch yesterday, and it wasn't that bad. I will be ordering a rebuild kit in a few days.

Your MaxIV is awesome Norm and has come a long way since the first ride at Big Nasty. Don't lose hope, things happen, I'll probably come up your way in about three weeks, and we'll take a look at it if you haven't fixed it by then. I want to cruise the swampy river behind your shop and maybe do another upgrade to Karen's IV!!