Rusty Bowtie
General Category => General Discussion - Intros => Topic started by: Rattiac on March 24, 2018, 01:39:21 PM
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Thought we could use a thread for everyone to post videos on.
Im starting a YouTube channel under the name
(Aired down and disconnected)
Since YT has a restriction on music, I've made a channel on Vimeo under the same name.
Here's a intro to a DVD movie I made awhile ago.
Hope y'all enjoy. Please like, subscribe and follow.
https://vimeo.com/260872531
Turn it up !
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Hey good for you - looks super BUT my rural DSL can't keep up with it!
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It's video Monday again.
Here's part 2 .
https://vimeo.com/262915529
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Cool video 8)
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Some serious stuff there. Thanks!
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Glad ya like it.
The jeep at the end was actually "her" jeep and the dumb boyfriend was trying to go up a 2 locker obstacle with only a rear locker, couldn't back out cause the hitch was stuck.
I told him I could winch him up to prevent him from tipping over but he said no. So I pulled out the camera and filmed it.
When they tipped all the other people gathered around had suddenly disappeared and I got stuck helping him flip it back over. He didn't even thank me once. Poor girl she deserved better.
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One of the most important off road skills is knowing what you can't/shouldn't do especially with someone else's rig. I've been very lucky but you can't count on that especially if you are alone. You make me want to get my Blazer back up.
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Famous Clint Eastwood quote.
"A man's got to know his limitations"
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Cool videos Rattiac. I finally got it to load on my phone, looks like fun and an easy way to tear something up! lol I like to watch those old stock flat fenders go where the big dogs do! ;D I sure had a blast with mine. No big a$$ rocks to crawl up around here just canyon walls, silage pits, pond dams and sand/mud.
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Thanks, glad y'all are enjoying the vids.
Here's (part 3)
This one is called "Burnout".
Featuring my lil 80 Chevette and my uncle's white corvette and his racing buddy's (former SCCA racers).
https://vimeo.com/266805075
Enjoy. 8)
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That was great, thanks Rattiac! I needed that.
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I spent the afternoon shopping on line for new rear tires for my '53 but that's not why. ;D
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Stumbled across these guys the other day.
Pretty entertaining. Plus has an old Chevy.😎
https://youtu.be/ysH0LdE8Eog
Having just watched "Grapes of wrath" for the first time last month. I had no idea the truck was actually a car.
https://youtu.be/thcrRI6rkJA
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Finally launched my YouTube channel. Under same name
(Aired down and disconnected).
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A quick vid of my jeep with and without chains.
Music takes a min.
https://youtu.be/qoS6F3AtSPE
Enjoy.
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I got this message. What Country are you in? :)
Video unavailable
This video contains content from SME, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.
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Rattiac, same here. I guess you got cock blocked because of the music?
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Thanks for letting me know. Had no idea, it shows the video on my end.
I'll probably just pull the music for now, until I can find something free to download.
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https://youtu.be/rQoa3Fc3Pow
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FUN! I should have made a video when I took my wife to church this morning. 6"-8" of new snow and still coming down hard. Going down is easy. It's four miles down hill. Coming home is over 2000' climb and half of that is in the last 3/4 mile. No chains this time. 8)
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anybody ever talk to dan at fantom works in VA......has tv show. Whats the shop rate per hour ?
mike
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Rattiac, cool liitle video. I can see knowing the trail in advance is a must. ;)
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Yeah, trying to find a new trail in the snow is hard.
Here's another video. Y'all get first look before I switch it to public.
https://youtu.be/OFyQ5KMqh2o
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Latest vids.
https://youtu.be/7yGtfFniod8
And 10 tips for a successful snow run.
https://youtu.be/6vaWjDdOh-w
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Yesterday.
https://youtu.be/Inmtzp2r9Ek
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Just watched, thanks! I see what you meant about a bit more dangerous. That trail looks like it has some challanging spots when there isn't snow.
Your dog looked content. :) was going to ask if he liked wheeling or not, question answered! I'm still looking, big red Goldens got exspensive over the last 15yrs. I gave $250 for Duke (the inspector) back then, they are $750-1200 here now! :o
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He's the first to the door if you say "ride" or "let's go". 🐕
Sometimes he bullys his way out the door.
There's been a few fatalities on that hill. I'll be back in the summer for that trail
My next vid will be testing the land anchor in sand.
It was too rocky to dig down much.
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Rattiac, yes, your buddy does look happy. And I'm happy to say I don't think we'll be worrying about any snow in these parts for the next 9 or 10 months. It looks like spring is about to spring here! ;D
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New video. This time a D.I.Y. on a home built land anchor/Pull-Pal. Testing and modifications.
https://youtu.be/dPrBOM7LOdg
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Speaking of videos..what do you see wrong in this one?
https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/oh-hell-no/
And if you think that one was crazy..check out this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI01qKAqYts
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That first video is crazy! The second video is plain stupid!
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Haven't done much off-road at all lately. So this video is weather related.
One of my favorite YouTube channel's is
Pecos Hank. He chases tornadoes and other weather vids.
Here we dont get any twisters (one on record) but during our monsoon we've been getting some intense thunderstorms. Missed a few good storms with the camera but was able to get this lightning storm.
Had to learn quickly on settings and adjustments.
https://youtu.be/liY_PSQFZwU
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You have to be lightning fast to catch those. I love the light shows here when they are across the valley. When it is hitting the peaks around the house I enjoy it less. My dog doesn't like any of it.
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Nice video Rattiac! I enjoy a good rumbling thunderstorm and light show. Everytime my brother comes back for a visit from Calif, he hopes we have one. He said out there they are not nearly impressive or LOUD, they really echo down the canyons down south.
My old trailer house seemed to attract lightning strikes, got my Tv 3 times in 5yrs. Don't care for it up close! My buddy Tom had one hit a combine he was working on one harvest. Blew him 25 feet away, he is deathly scared of them now!
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Thanks. I cant wait for the next storm to come rolling in. ;D 8) ⚡☁⚡
Started working on the video for the 32 again. It's about 98% done , just need to get a few rolling shots.
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Here's the newest video of the teardrop gathering I went to on the 18th. Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/HKBNfa7ngAg
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Beautiful country!
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New video with drone footage. :)
Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/uHzjnI6IZUg
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Great quality video....I'd be interested in seeing some info on your drone setup.
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Nice work on the video!
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Thanks guys. I went through a few songs before hitting the "public" button. Music is very important.
My drone is a Yuneec Q500 4k .
One of the reasons I went with Yuneec is the screen is built into the remote/radio. Unlike DJI which needs a cell phone to see the camera's images. To me, that's more things to fail leading to a "fly away".
I did buy it as "used" since a new drone is about $1,200-1,400 new and learning how to fly the first time is a bit scary.
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When I was out there, I was originally looking for an old GM snow plow train that I stumbled upon in 2014. It was gone 😢 and I found the Caboose to film.
I figured no biggie since I had pics in my computer but when I got home , that file was missing. Very sad about that.
I may take another drive out there to see if it's been moved farther down the line.
That area is very sketchy though. It's very close to a bombing range and the road goes by it (on its property) which may be closed to ordinance disposal. 💥😨 could also be closed on the way out and trapped in the desert.
I do have a backup drive I'll check for those pics before making the risky drive.
Kinda wonder if my drone popped up on their radar.
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That plow may be long gone. :(
But, I did find some pics of others out there. This is probably "dry storage" for union Pacific. So maybe in the future another may show up.
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A "Car Meet" I went to at the abandoned K-mart.
https://youtu.be/jyfJZ-rbM1U
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A "Car Meet" I went to at the abandoned K-mart.
https://youtu.be/jyfJZ-rbM1U
Dang...you're getting good that this stuff!
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Nice video Rattiac.......what did you get at the drive-thru? ;D
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Cool video! Nice work ;D
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Nice video ;D
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Nice video Rattiac.......what did you get at the drive-thru? ;D
Thanks guys.
Ice cream run ;D
I wanted sonic and my woman wanted Arctic circle. 🍦
Our internet connection has been terrible lately.
Come to find out the phone line was toast and uploading a video took 4-5 hrs. :o
Sometimes I couldn't get on Rusty Bowtie at all. 😢
Today had a new phone line installed. So uploading should be faster. 😎
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Nice videos Rattiac, enjoyed them. Do miss those caboose', took a long time to get use to a train going by without one. Quite a few years back they had some old steam locomotive (diesel in front) and old dinning car etc, with caboose on for some Rock Island anniversy deal come thru town. Was cool to see going by.
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Rattiac, Big Boy came thru Kansas in the snow today, (Hays, 2hrs north of me). Didn't know about it till I just watched the news.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1RpueKSYBnk
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Awesome . That would have been a great scene to click off some pics.
Quick video. First time shooting with a phone.
Wish I would've done the timelapse a bit longer.
The clouds were going in opposite directions.
Really impressed with the tires though.
https://youtu.be/wj_UiW9434E
Here's a moving timelapse of the
Kennecott copper mine here just a few miles from home.
https://youtu.be/6uqiZ4rm2xo
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How it all began. 8)
https://youtu.be/WF3u9Cp8lKk
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If there are red rocks I love it!
I just had a trans rebuilt for my friends old '92 Suburban to use for a while until I get some other rigs on the road and thin out herd. Major goal is to have my '70 Blazer in use by next fall and my '68 flatbed going this summer. Then get rid of the '92 and my '99 Yukon. I want to take the Blazer to some places we used to go and some we haven't been to yet before all the roads a closed.
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Cool video Rattiac!
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Thanks.
I have tons more footage to go through. I think I have enough for 10 videos.
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Rattiac, I always like your videos. Nothing on TV, so I watched all of them again! ;D
I got to ask...on that short video of your Bulldog, is that green ball one of those Starmark Vanilla scent?
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Nice video Rattiac, as always.
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I probably watch more YouTube than normal TV also.😁
The ball is a Hartz Dura-Play with bacon scent. They sell on Amazon for a few bucks.
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Looks like beautiful country, although I've never been. I'm looking for a Jeep like yours to transform into a Jurassic Park Jeep to advertise my mini-golf. As far as the Dura-Play......I like bacon!! ;)
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Every once in a while I see a Jurassic Park jeep driving around here. 8)
New vid.
Kind of fitting since what just happened recently. 😉
https://youtu.be/2Hg0-K7wZ14
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Hey Rattiac are you familiar with SWRNC Pete, got hundres of videos on youtube … profanity but I think he's hilarious . He just recently moved from Dallas to Moab , built a brand new shop up there. Definitely a great painter and entertainer. (imo, some of you might not be down with the profanity but I kind of enjoy it....)
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Nice little trailer, you should get one of those. ::)
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Hey Rattiac are you familiar with SWRNC Pete, got hundres of videos on youtube … profanity but I think he's hilarious . He just recently moved from Dallas to Moab , built a brand new shop up there. Definitely a great painter and entertainer. (imo, some of you might not be down with the profanity but I kind of enjoy it....)
I've watched a lot of his video but the profanity he uses is a little much
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Started working on episode 3.
I've finally caught up to my video footage on this one. Plenty of off-road and red rocks .
Will be a longer video compared to the last few.
Hopefully by the end of the week, I'll be posting it up.
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Wow, I had a ton of footage from this one trip. Over 2 hrs :o.
Eliminated a bunch of the boring stuff.
Looks like I may be releasing 2 vids back to back.
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https://youtu.be/Bjc85AvqKYY
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That is some harry crap. Your camera must make it look narrower but I didn't see and Hummers around.
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Awsome Rattiac! Ya, dont look like a Hummer could do the "Squeeze" ;D Thanks for posting.
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It's pretty narrow. I had to fold my mirrors in. 😯
Even some jeeps with wider axles OR wheels have a tough time.
Sad thing, last year now they make you get a permit to run this trail.
More ways of keeping track of people .
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Good morning.
Day 2 is uploaded. 😊
https://youtu.be/_j0tqtcxdQg
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Just finished watching the first, looks like a good time
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Nice video. That looks like a fun thing for friends to do together. I'm glad to see that these trails are still open. So many have been closed mostly with phony "wilderness" area status.
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New recovery video.
https://youtu.be/v_cRnkG1cSI
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Great production! BTW I'm driving a lift Jeep (95 Wrangler) right now until I can locate another truck. This thing is all over the road...didn't realize I had to wave to every Jeep I see ;D ;
Anyway when do you unhook those front sway bar links - only off road?
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Rattiac to the rescue!! Beautiful country.
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Yeah only off-road. I've left em unhooked a time or two coming home from jeeping. Lot's of lean on turns. More with coils than leafspring.
Just gotta drive a bit more careful.
Found this short video while clearing out my computer and posted it. Some rear 3 wheel action.
https://youtu.be/72GGA-0STz4
Been working on a new video. 3 hrs of footage taken down to 18 mins. Computer wasn't having it, so I may have to break it up into 2 vids.
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Enjoy. 8)
https://youtu.be/2E34KADl1UY
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Some wide open country. My wife and I have see some of that. We try to make our trips to Texas different each time. On one trip we turned off below Blanding to see Hovenweep, nice collection of Indian stone buildings in a shallow canyon. From there we took an interesting road that got us to Cortez. It went through a narrow green canyon through an old Mormon settlement. There's probably some good off roading there too.
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That is a place we need to explore (Hovenweep)
, the 4 corners and Kanab.
Shortly after we came back from Goblin valley there was a flash flood in the same canyon we hiked. Sadly 2 small children were swept away.
One was found 28 miles away.😢
Hard to believe that distance since the wash leads right out to the parking lot.
Utah beautiful but dangerous.
https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/search-resuming-in-emery-county-where-flash-flood-has-killed-one-and-perhaps-trapped-others
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That is very sad. I hope the parents were not letting the kids play in the water. The beginning of that video shows the leading edge of the water running down the canyon and how fast it grows. These are not babbling brooks. That is tons of water, mud, big rocks and debris going 30 or so mph. The storm can be miles away. To rob a line from Merl Haggard, "She's not very wide but she's a mean piece of water my friend."
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Nice vids Rattiac! Sure is pretty country. Shame about the kids though.☹
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Here's part 2.
https://youtu.be/e1Jq-0FQ3t8
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I've see some of that, at least driven by. I was at the Goose Necks right after a cloud burst. The trail from the parking lot to the look out was neatly all washed away and that was on the top of the canyon.
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Do any of you watch Vice Grip Garage ?
This guy finds old non running cars and drives em home. He has that "Red-Green" type of humor.
Im amazed at what he gets running and driveable.
https://youtu.be/RXc4TLoHSDM
This car , most sane people would walk away from.
He makes me want to go pick up that Wagoneer which is 5hrs away. More closer to Sixball than me. :o
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I am watching this right now and loving it, Thanks!
My son bought a '91 Ford 350 with the International 7.5 diesel v8, We went out to Fallon Friday to pick it up. We took a trailer just in case but we got it fired up and drove it home cooked wheels and all. Two new batteries, some fresh fuel, injector cleaner and we had to slow down a fuel leak. It was easier than what this guy has and it was only 60 miles from home. I am enjoying his attitude and I'm sending this to my son. The last thing he said to me Friday before driving off was, "This is one of the easiest one of these we've ever done." ;D I have a couple up here this guy might be able to drive home, too bad they are my daily drivers. ::)
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I have watched his videos before, he is funny. I also liked the one where he gets the old Cad Deville. Done many of those "adventures" myself. Brought a few outta California home. Usually had a chase vehicle along.
Getting my Grandmas old '66 Impala wagon home was fun, it hadn't been run in years. I rode back to Branson with G&G when the came out to visit. Checked out, topped off everything day before I headed back. Blew out 3 tires, 2 fanbelts, one muffler, a radiator hose and 2 pints brake fluid on the 450mile trip home.
My only tools i threw in my duffel bag was 3/8" thru 5/8" end wrenches, pliers, vise grip, cresent wrench, flat and phillips screw drivers, duck tape and bailing wire. Used just about everyone😁
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It's been a few months since I've posted a video.
Here ya go, enjoy.
https://youtu.be/v-onMiDdG2s
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Great job, Rattiac! Nice step by step video. Inspiring and innovative.
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Nice job on the new trailer. Goblin Valley we drove by there last year on our way from Park City Ut to Monument Valley. Beautiful country!
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good job on the trailer looks cozy
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Home is where the heart is. There is a lot of heart in the trips this will be part of.
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Thanks guys. 8)
I actually just had the trailer weighed today at my dad's work.
Cool looking at the fleet of trucks there.
Total weight ------ 6,260
Jeep ------------------ 4,600
Trailer ---------------- 1,660
Original weight of empty trailer was 1,200lbs
So I've added 460lbs but that's with all the permanent gear inside like spare tire, canopy, chairs, cookware, ect.
The jeep I've added about 300lbs with winch, rock sliders, other mods.
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That's not bad, I can't imagine that puts a strain on the Jeep at all.
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Been working on this video a few weeks now.
3+ hours of footage gathered, trying to get down to a small video. Had to break it up into 2 parts.
Enjoy. 😊
https://youtu.be/ms65fjYKSoQ
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Thats one thing on my bucket list to get out west and see the country side
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Beautiful country, I'm just as impressed with the scenery as I am the trailer, you're a lucky dog. Around 11:30 on the video: what do you do when someone is coming from the opposite direction? ::)
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Nice video! Seeing it a sighting in my deer rifles recently have reminded me of things I have been neglecting for too long. :(
I need to get my Blazer back on the road! 8)
The cabin made me think of the many such places that used to be scattered all over the West. I've stayed in many of them and have hauled building materials and supplies in to several. Most are gone now, in some cases whole towns. The federal government started demolishing a lot of them back in the '60s because they didn't want hippies living in them. Punish the building and the public for what? Others have been burned or torn down for "fun" and some by souvenir hunters or folks looking for old wood the remodel their "man caves". I was raised on the rim of the Palo Duro Canyon in the Texas Panhandle and love for red rock country is deep within me. Gotta' get the Blazer back on the road while there is still road left. ;D
Buy the way that old well drilling rig by the International truck is very much like the one my dad made our living with for a few years punching holes in the Texas plains. He quit the day he had to ride the slush bucket 250' into a hole to retrieve the lost bit. The rig and the Diamond T truck that pulled it were in the yard with a for sale sign on it that evening. :o Thanks for the video it made me think. :)
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Wait a minute, Sixball, I'm a city guy so maybe I don't exactly understand. Are you saying your Dad went down the well to retrieve the bit?! If so, your Dad was a real hero!! I wouldn't go down 20 feet. I would have walked away and still sold everything.
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Yep, The rig had two cables one for the bit that pounded the dirt and rock and water he put down the hole into slush. The second cable was for the slush bucket. It had a flap in the bottom that allowed the mix in the hole to fill it from the bottom as it was lowered. Put the bit in, pound a while, pull the bit and send in the bucket a few tines to muck it out. Put in more water from the tank truck and start over. The cable on the bit broke and he and my uncle "fished" for it with a hook for a week. Finally he got on the bucket and my uncle sent him down. He hooked the bit and my uncle raised him back out. The rig wasn't worth anything without the bit. It was nothing like the rotary rigs that so much today. He started the hole with a post hole digger and they started with a 12" diameter. They were at least twice that big very soon. It's a lot longer story than this as to why the cable broke but we don't need that all here. As most men of his time he did what had to be done. Farmer, rancher, machinist, welder, mechanic, truck driver, butcher, salesman, carpenter and a great dad. I wish I'd payed attention. ;D
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Beautiful country, I'm just as impressed with the scenery as I am the trailer, you're a lucky dog. Around 11:30 on the video: what do you do when someone is coming from the opposite direction? ::)
The road is wide enough for oncoming traffic.
Sixball.;;;
250' down the hole. Your dad had balls of steel.
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Rattiac, it looks narrow, but one way or the other, worth the trip, I'm sure
Sixball, unbelievable story. So cool. How long do you figure it took your Dad to go down that far? I'm kind of claustrophobic, I had an MRI two weeks ago and I had to keep my eyes closed ;D
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They would of had to find someone else go down that hole
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I really don't know how long he was in the hole but it couldn't have been less than 1/2 hour. They had to go slow so the bucket and cables stayed centered and not hit the wall and knock stuff down on top of him. Luckily the holes were very straight because the bit on the cable worked like a giant plumb bob. What caused it all was the end of a flint ledge that extended into the hole. The bit had bounced out and around the ledge and when it came back into plumb below the ledge it wore the cable enough that it broke allowing the bit to drop to the bottom of the hole. He did a lot of crazy things in his life but this was at least in the top ten. :o
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Finished this up late last night .
Cathedral valley and then some.
Part 2)
https://youtu.be/B7m-LYkYSrQ
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Nice video. We've been to Capitol Reef a couple years ago. Definitely nice part of the country.
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Highway 12. America's most scenic highway.
Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/ydMmw3BTwVE
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Very nice, Thanks.
Highway 14 from Cedar City over the 89 is another beautiful drive. There are lots of different land forms but not a lot of Red Rock. There's more of that on 89 on down to Kanab.
Do you belong to any open road groups? We need to preserve our acres to these areas. Thousands of motorized visitors, not many will hike 100 miles to see :) these places.
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Thanks.
I do have a membership to the (Lincoln Highway association) but they dont do any trips OR events.
I cancelled that recently cause it's one guy with no interest to the locals. Felt like I was wasting money. Clubs in Utah are about non existent.
I've done hwy 14 coming from 89 to cedar city. Was trying to see Cedar Breaks NM. but the road was still closed.
In fact this next video, I should have footage of that.
Already planning our next trip. Wanted to see upper Yellowstone but with covid , we will be doing something way more socially distant.
Probably south again.
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My wife and I traveled some of the road when we went from Vegas to Zion and Bryce Canyon. Bryce is one of my favorite national parks. Definitely some beautiful country. Can't believe the lack of guardrails in some places!
Nice work on the video!
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Rattiac, you always post some great video. I don't know where you find the time, but it's great and I'm a little jealous of you guys out west. Thanks for posting.
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nice video, the scenery is beautiful
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Me and my girlfriend stayed at the MGM Resorts outside Las Vegas with a 12 days adventures with her having a 3 day company convention! Had done many adventures out there including Carroll Shelby’s Ford Museum where they also build high end race cars! Plus drove to Red Rock Canyon and Valley of Fire State Park! 128 degrees that day! Also 10 pm 110 degrees driving through the Hover Dam when they were building a big ass bridge between two mountains! Plus talked my girlfriend into driving through the Mojave’s Desert 6 hours to Huntington Beach California! Yeah both of us are a beach ocean lovers I had my ass kicked by the big huge waves out there! Never seen so many hot rods and custom choppers out there as they drive them everyday is the norm out there! Fun place to visit and VAST is the only one word to describe it! I love the East Coast less than two hours to either the ocean and or mountains and would miss that! RoarsRods
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Yeah, The West is a different place with it's own vast beauty. Some of it is an acquired taste that comes with time. There is a difference in attitude toward time and space as well. Nothing under 100 miles one way is considered a trip. We are headed to our Lake Tahoe cabin this morning. It will take 1 1/2 hours but it's just a little drive. Probably against Governor Nusance's rules and his illegitimate brother our own Governor Sisolak. It's 1 mile into California. :(
Some day I'd like to visit the East and see places I've only read about, some for their beauty and some for their historical import, before they get torn down or burned. ;D
In the 60s I surfed the California coast from Bolinas above San Francisco to Ventura. Lots of overhead waves and cold water. It was good time! The coast is something I miss but not much else other than the past. I miss some of the cars I drove then like the '40 & '51 Ford woodies and my little Morris Minor woody but like a lot of things maybe the memory is sweeter than the reality. :)
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Just got back from the Tahoe run. Very windy and there were surfers out on the extreme North East side of the lake where the wind has a long run across the lake.
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Never been to the west coast, other than a layover at an airport. Would love to check out California some day, sounds like there are some great spots to visit and I know I would like the weather too. Sixball, it's funny, I live in Philly and haven't seen half of the sights that most visitors would go to. But it is cool, we do have some bragging rights: liberty bell, Betsy Ross and all that. I just wish this town wasn't turning into such a sh*thole.
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Been in the planning stages of our next trip. Depending on covid . Wanted to finish Yellowstone but bus loads of Asians is a big turn off these days.
So im thinking remote camping, very remote.
Haven't done Kanab yet or even been in that area yet...
We are gonna try for Alstrom Point . It's a 7 hr drive just to get to big water, UT and then a 30 mile dirt road to a cliff overlooking Lake Powell.
Camp site is right on the cliff. 😊
Here's a pic of the view.
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That sounds like a fun trip.
The next time I'm in that area I want to go to the north rim of the Grand Canyon. I've never seen it from that side. Have you ever visited the red rock house that was carved out of a cliff? I think it is in Moab but maybe in Kanab. It's worth the time if it is still open.
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Hey, thanks for bringing up the Grand canyon. Might have to add that in. Been there when I was a kid. Wife hasn't seen it yet , she's all in for that.
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I haven't been to Kanab Utah yet. Be sure to post some pics.
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Sorta' on topic. Whitman publishing put out some fun kid's books in the '50s that would probably not make the PC muster today. There was a Troy Nesbit mystery series that mostly involved teenage boys solving historic mysteries in well known places in the West. "The Mystery at Rustlers Fort" is set on the north rim and the characters camp in the park and visit Kanab. I read them to my 3rd & 5th grade classes and they loved them. Some others are set around Carlsbad Caverns & Mesa Verde. I think there are 5 in all. "The Indian Mummy Mystery" has a hot rod sub theme and is where I first heard of Almquest speed equipment. So if you have kids they might enjoy them or if like me you like reading whatever is fun you might get a kick out of them. They also tell some history of the areas. I am putting a set together for my grandsons.
Here's an eBay search I did. Troy Nesbit wasn't a real author. They may have all been written by a pool of staff writers.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=Troy+Nesbit+mystery&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_sop=15&_osacat=0&_odkw=Milwaukee+48-11-1880
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Well, since I ran out of propane and it's too cold to be messing around outside. I've been working on the next video. It's saving to the computer right now. Hopefully I dont have to shorten it.
I hope you guy's like it LOUD. (Vegas)
Nitro, Fire and Cliffs . Oh my. 😯
Will be posting soon.
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Looking forward to it. Stay warm, getting snow here.
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Well had to shorten it. Went from 12 minutes down to 8:33. Tried saving it to the computer, after 20 tries. More trimming.
Took today off since I had a sore throat. In between my Nyquil naps I'll keep trying.
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Talking about 10" of snow on Wednesday, here. It was in the 60's over the weekend. This is crazy.
Can' wait to see your video, I don't mind load.
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Snow We are getting rain and its just plane chilly
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Probably need a new computer this next year.
Video is putting up a fight. Says not enough memory. I've deleted stuff that I wasn't using to gain space.
Shortened it down to 7:33. Can't wait to get it uploaded, the Top Fuels sound so good. 😎
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I'm sorta' running low on memory myself. ::)
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That's why I do these, so when im old I can look back and say "Wow I went there". 😁
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https://youtu.be/fulAphPlImM
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Great stuff...I got a little dizzy with the cliff shots...but gave you a thumbs up!
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Great Video! Hate Vegas, wish it was in California! Love the tunnels and the rest of Zion! I won't be hiking that trail so thanks for doing it for us. I guess most of us remember when the highway over Hoover Dam was the only way across. We took a tour of the dam several years ago it was very interesting.
Will we ever be able to sit in crowds and enjoy the things we love? They are destroying the very fabric of our Country and culture and we are letting it happen. Did I see us on the ground under the chicken at the end? Thanks for sticking it out and getting this video done.
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Really enjoyed the video. Thanks for all the work that went into it. I don't like heights either, thick carpet scares the crap out a me, so it was nice to see the sights with out being there.
Toured the Hoover dam a couple times ,once the regular tour and for extra money they took us on inside the working and tunnel areas. Pretty cool. Our guide said, as we were standing at the bottom that if the dam broke just then we had better learn Spanish real quick.
Liked the racing, miss going to those this year. Thanks again Ron
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Nice work on the video. We've been to Valley of Fire a few times. Always nice to go back. We've been to Zion but didn't have the time to hike up top. Nice views for sure! Great job!
Tom
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Looks like a great time, but I would like a harness and lanyard
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Great stuff...I got a little dizzy with the cliff shots...but gave you a thumbs up!
Thanks everyone. I enjoy reading your visits about these places.
I too have a fobia about heights. The chains made it much more manageable.
One thing I've learned about fears is to go live/experience them. Ain't as bad as you think.
My fears were heights and guns. (Had a neighbor pull one on me and my friends when I was younger) now that I bought a few, I know when it's unloaded and how it works safely. Cured that.
Anyways. Sitting at the computer looking at the next video footage. Next two vids will be Deadhorse Point, Moab and a tribute to our former dragstrip/oval (Rocky Mountain Raceways) that was recently torn down after nearly 50 years. It was formerly known as Bonneville Raceways and was rebuilt in the early 90's. Been going there since I was a kid.
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Hey I was a paratrooper and also did a lot of helicopter repelling...no problem when you have confidence in your equipment...but I still pucker up without it ... like on a ladder or roof ;D
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I still get the "willies" when cleaning the rain gutters. I strap myself to the swamp cooler and get real low near the edges. 😊
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I still get the "willies" when cleaning the rain gutters. I strap myself to the swamp cooler and get real low near the edges. 😊
Probably why my wife paid to have leaf screens installed on all of our gutters a couple months back!
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You wont catch me on a ladder...This is how I clean my gutters..
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I don't do this anymore.
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I did it once
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Good morning everyone. Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/qFfMJ3M9GJo
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Another great one and especially appreciated this morning, Thanks! I think I enjoyed the scenery more with you driving, :o Arches is one of my favorite places and your photos show it off well. Like all of the Red Rock country it constantly changes with light, season and weather. It's always the same and never the same. :)
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Glad you enjoyed it.
I've been avoiding the TV lately and doing these videos. Nice to get away and look back on better times.😊
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Here's last weekends snow Recovery Day.
https://youtu.be/74mrnZ8nm0Q
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Looks like fun man. Pretty up there.
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I used to love driving in the snow until so many people moved here. They close roads here that never used to be closed because of so many helpless drivers and then the idiots use their GPS to find another route that usually wouldn't be a good choice in good weather.
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Sixball we were talking month or so about the minor amounts of snow that gets everything shut down these days. These days cars get stuck or just can't move with just a couple inches.
I think it's the combo of quick steering, lower cars, fatter tires and stupid peolpe around any more. My neighbor swears the older cars had better weight transfer with the longer over hang behind the rear tire. I still like driving in the snow, if it weren't for the other idiots out there that won't take their foot of the brake pedal!
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The warning of an approaching bad driver is the one wearing the mask and is the only one in the car!
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Sammons, I could not agree more with everything you said there.
Last night I finally broke down and ordered winter tires and wheels for my wife's 2014 Grand Cherokee. They don't seem to make many aggressive tires in sizes that the computer would tolerate. Because of our unique road conditions and the lack of maintenance , me ::), aggressive tread is necessary. It has 18" wheels with 265/60R 18. I found some 17" tires but could not verify if 17" wheels would clear the brakes and I could not for sure locate 17" wheels. Mu old '53 pickup with 750X 16 mud and snow tires and a dead 327 in the bed handles the road well except on the worst conditions. 4 of those tires on the old blazer are killer, I wish it was on the road. :( I also had to buy TPSM sensors so the computer can go nuts if I lower the pressure for better traction. ;D
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Those should bite good. When my brother gave me the '03 Silverado, he said he had his Calif. tire store put on new m+s on it. He said it didn't look like it. They are marked as such, but look like straight highway. They do nothing. If I had the need to get around in the winter I would get an extra set (4) skinnier wheels and real snow tire for rear.
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A sneak peak of our Yellowstone footage.
https://youtu.be/W2QongtRx9U
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Love Yellowstone! We will be returning this summer.
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Many years ago a park ranger told me about people putting there children on bear's backs at the West Yellowstone dump. It's a "park" the animals must be tame, right?
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We wanted to go back this year but buss-loads of Asians is a big turnoff :o. (Yeah I said that)
So I picked a very remote spot for our trip this year .
My family is pushing us to go to Bryce NP. Hell no to that also. One of my cousins bought a RV park in Escalante. While I'd like to see them, I hate being 5ft away from another RV unless im just passing through.
Need to replace the fuel pump in the jeep before the trip. Already have a square hole cut in the floor for this.
Tried to get my dad to go camping but he's sooo covid-paranoid it's crazy.
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Bryce is a beautiful place but it's either spend a day driving the top and looking down of spending a month and walking your ass off. ;D Escalante is cool too. One narrow stretch of highway along a ridge top reminds me of some of your videos. I'd hate to have a flat thought that part. I need to take a drive! :)
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It was beautiful scenery. But the lady at the gate took her government job way too seriously and told me I needed to park my little tiny teardrop trailer in the parking lot. I said seriously???, she replied No Trailers.
Well we went to the parking lot and not a spot to be had. So we continued up the canyon 😄.
Later a ranger parked by us and didn't bat an eye.
The bed of his truck was full of hail (to the top) from a nasty thunderstorm at the end of the loop.
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We have created a system that demands millions of competent people to fill the spots to make it work. Our schools do not turn out competent people. Just take a look at those in the "top" spots and you can imagine the trickle down effect. By the time you get to a ticket seller at a National park it sometimes pretty bad, add authority to that and it can spoil your day. ::)
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Footage from our local racetrack. Rocky Mountain Raceways formerly Bonneville Raceway.
https://youtu.be/FVCcXec6wJg
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I saw Breedlove run his jet and rocket cars at Fremont in the '60s. CRAZY! ;D
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That would be cool to witness. 8)
This next video almost didn't happen.
While trying to edit I had no sound. 😶
After trying multiple things. I decided to finish editing and upload it. Then I had sound.
https://youtu.be/XKH0xQUU7UM
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I've never seen anything like this. Usually that much fire is not a good thing.
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That 57 chevy truck sure put on a show. 🔥
Found more footage of another event.
This involves muscle cars .
https://youtu.be/GeeZAmCjBa8
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I started out doing some winch research this morning and ended up watching a few of this guys videos. He travels some of the same country you do. Some amazing recoveries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUSpD_waiEQ&list=RDCMUCwdVOry0oNF9WIe_3uCfz9Q&index=2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUSpD_waiEQ&list=RDCMUCwdVOry0oNF9WIe_3uCfz9Q&index=2)
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That 57 chevy truck sure put on a show. 🔥
Found more footage of another event.
This involves muscle cars .
https://youtu.be/GeeZAmCjBa8
Unfortunately, they just closed ATCO Dragway. It was about 20 miles from my house in Atco New Jersey, a very popular raceway on the east coast. I went there many times racing my Mustang and as a spectator, as a kid and adult. They say it is now going to be a auto auction facility. :'(
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If there is no place to race entry level racing will disappear, all types of racing. The same with shooting ranges.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1_Eu4092nkMKKD7YRXSqaUy19-rg&msa=0&ll=40.533560053568785%2C-110.8155625&z=3 (https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1_Eu4092nkMKKD7YRXSqaUy19-rg&msa=0&ll=40.533560053568785%2C-110.8155625&z=3)
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That is really sad news. I drag raced my motorcycles there back in the early 80's. Seems like every year we're losing more and more!
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A bit of a trailer update. Here's our Valentines winter campout.
https://youtu.be/pkZJnGw9jac
Learned a few things from this. The heater buddy we used kept us warm but introduced alot of moisture inside. When we woke up, anything with aluminum trim was frosted over and actually had small icicles hanging from the tops of the rear doors.
So I recently ordered a Dickinson solid fuel wood stove. It's mainly used for marine applications but people are using it for RV.
Pretty small 14" H, 8"w, 10"deep.
Should be here by June. Gonna hang it on a back door and then run the pipe through the door.
Good project before winter.
My pic is straight. 😳 🙂
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I've done some serious snow camping during deer season, below zero in a summer tent. It makes for great memories. That looks like a neat little stove. How often would you have to feed it? Could you reach it from the bed?
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I've read 45mins - 2+hrs depending on what you burn (pellets, coal, etc) I have thought about mounting it to the side door by the bed but didn't seem safe there.
Normally we heat up the trailer and shut it off before bed.
The manufacturer sells ya single wall stainless piping. Im probably going to use double wall.
Found this while searching. His is a bigger stove, same location .
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Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/5gyHH9qVAc0
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Cool, Thanks!
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Thats a cool tunnel Rattiac. Looks huge with Jeeps going thru it😁
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Years ago I've read there's another somewhere.
I have yet to find it googlemappin.
Here's 2 of my latest.
#1.) https://youtu.be/g8WwoRXs_CA
2.) A new series took me a few years to finish.
https://youtu.be/wu70rLSusqQ
Also made a new front cabinet in the trailer so the wife doesn't hit her head on it. Before/after.
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Nice videos, I love our West! That bed looks comfy!
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Nice videos!
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Incredible country. Great videos. Thanks!
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Great videos
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Thanks guys.
Here's a series of short videos I took from the Overland show.
https://youtu.be/DuelnWCmbJc
https://youtu.be/yG0O-JSvXEo
https://youtu.be/ycAtA6wHUOg
https://youtu.be/rVMJFen3QHI
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Fun show! In the '60s Hattler's saw mill was up the hill from Columbia California where I was robbing stage coaches. It was a family outfit and it seems every one there had an old power wagon with a station wagon body on it. My friend bought one from them with a '57 Chevy wagon on it. He call it his '57 Blazer. They must have gotten a surplus deal.
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Part 2 of the Skyline Drive series.
Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/1-K9Y9-r3OA
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Thanks for the video, Rattiac, beautiful country.
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Nice country, also your photos, video and editing skills! Thanks.
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Big open country is always good to see and be reminded it is still out there. I don't get out as much as I'd like. Hopefully the Silverado will be up to the task soon. Thanks!
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Apparently I forgot to upload this to Vimeo last year.
Recap of a DVD I made years ago.
Funny though, with all the Bonneville talk.
You can see how wet the salt flats were then.
https://vimeo.com/587583201
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Had a video giving me trouble trying to save it to the computer. So I decided to skip ahead.
Here's a walk-thru of the trailer I did at Bonneville.
Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/YeqjIfEjWSg
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Playing hooky from work today with a slight sore throat, plus my boss just had his other neck vein fixed. Didn't want to risk getting him sick.
So I started editing the footage from Speedweek.
Here's the sights and sounds of Bonneville saltflats.
https://youtu.be/B_R6c3QT5MU
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Very cool, thanks for sharing.
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Love the sounds. I am somewhat concerned with the number of cruisers who use the return and service road to parade back and forth. We used to set up near the fueling station by the pits near the beginning of mile 3. Blowfish went by us backwards at near 300 mph and Speed Deamon lost it and was headed for the refueling station before recovering and getting back on the course. It was on that road at a couple of hundred mph. People just driving around between the lines set up for spectators and the race course are a danger to themselves and everyone else. There is plenty of room behind the spectators to pretend you matter. I also wonder how these cruisers get ALL of the salt off of their cars, I never could and my pickup shows it after a few years and I never went splashing through the wet salt slush. Sorry just a old guy's rant.
But the sounds of Bonnevile are like nothing else. Nowhere can you hear a powerful engine pull at full throttle for so long and the doppler effect just says speed.
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I noticed that also. I think some of these guys were affiliated with racing teams .
As for the salt. It was very dry. Barely stuck to the tires, nothing in the wheelwells.
Still gave it a good power wash.
This was why I went cause of the conditions.
That night when I camped in the desert 30 miles away, it was dead quiet. I could still hear the cars in my head all night. Vrrroooooooommm.
Glad you all enjoyed it. Working on part 2 where I visit the pits and starting line.
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Thanks for the tour
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Part 2 just uploaded about 20 minutes ago.
Crank up the volume and enjoy. Starts off kinda serious.
https://youtu.be/wa-5cKOcLOI
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Watched both parts on youtube while the electricity was off. Love to hear those engines pulling towards the big end. Thanks for posting.👍
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Just premiered a few minutes ago. Enjoy.
World of Speed 2021.
Happy Friday everyone.
https://youtu.be/OSc0n82bJ3Y
Part 2.
https://youtu.be/kq9GbyDxzJY
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Great videos, Thanks! How was the spa?
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Nice video Rattiac.
Here is one, some of you have probably already seen. It could be for any old car not just Chevrolet. Nice change not to be pushing any Woke or Sales type commercial.
Holiday Ride
http://youtu.be/c4-oyBnknHk
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Damn. That caught me right in the feels. Great video Chevrolet.
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I just released these 2 videos back to back.
Part 1 took me 4 months to complete. Something with alot of memory my computer didn't like, had to chop it down to 4 minutes.
Chasing down my first 4wd experience in a uncle's
K5 blazer probably early 90's . Alot has changed in that area. Seriously overgrown and the mountain moves at will.
Part 2 is connecting to Skyline Drive and looping around to the other side of the canyon back to camp.
https://youtu.be/GCD4Uk_6bJE
https://youtu.be/9F7rWze1agI
Enjoy.
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Cool! Pretty country.Somesday I'll get my Blazer back on the off road. ::)
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Thats part of the country I would like to see someday
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Yellowstone.
https://youtu.be/LOEmXJCLtzs
Part 2.
https://youtu.be/fIxuByUJGXY
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Beautiful country hope to get to see it someday
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Nice job Rattiac! Yellowstone is my favorite national park. We've been there a few times, this past summer with our 9 year old granddaughter. We love staying in the cabins at Old Faithful. Walking Geyser Basin every evening is the highlight of the visit.
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Thanks. Hoping to go back in the next few years and do the upper loop to Mammoth.
I finally got caught up on all my older footage, only took me 2 years of videos to complete.
Will be shooting some new stuff soon. Just recently ordered a 100-300 zoom lens for some up close wildlife shots. Had to wait for prices to come down to affordable.
I'd love to hear some idea's from you guys on what you would like to see ?
Maybe a video on the 32 or illegal street races, fishing, carshows, sights of the city/ghost town history, ect.
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I didn't make it to the park when I was there in "69. My wife & I were in a car wreck on our honeymoon near West Yellowstone. She was in the hospital in Bozeman from August 5th to December 2nd. I went deer hunting and some of that was near the western boundary of the park. Every time I ask her if she would like to take a second honeymoon she says, "NO!" :o
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Very cool, Rattiac. I have never been there, but two of my sons were, they have some great video and pictures and loved it.
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Cool video Rattiac.
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Thanks . Glad you all enjoyed it. 8)
Been working on 3 separate videos from the recent winter camping and wood stove install.
Getting ready to camp this weekend and do some fishing. Hopefully I can catch something.
Also thinking of camping out at Antelope island on the Great Salt Lake in the next few weeks. . Lived here all my life but never been out there. Lot's of wildlife and an old homestead farm that was occupied from the 1800's to 1981. It's best to get there before bug season hits.
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Sounds great. I'd be interested in the story of the homestead and what happened to end it's private occupancy.
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From what I read. It was the only inhabitants on the island and the ranch is fully open to explore on your own, each bedroom, barn and work facilities.
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I hope it is in some way protected or it won't be there long. Whole tows have been carried away around here.
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The whole island was turned into a state park. Kinda like Brodie.
Right now im camping in Yuba. Fishing was a bust and I got here at 4pm.. Maybe I'll go explore tomorrow. Forgot to charge my camera batteries but I have a lil action cam to try and get some footage.
Temps are supposed to be 9° tonight.
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I fell asleep and forgot to turn the electric heater back on. It was 20° inside, anything with aluminum was frosted over but was warm in the sleeping bag.
Had both heaters going that morning to get rid of the humidity.
Explored in the truck a bit and packed up.
There was one guy ice fishing when I left. Surprised the ice was thick enough.
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Cool, really cool! Once when I was a kid we returned home to Texas from a Christmas trip to California. We had run out of butane. Pipes froze, water ran under the snow and we got stuck in the driveway. It was -20 in the house. The only things that did not freeze were in the refrigerator. Dad fired up the coal oil heater and we all climbed into one bed until the house warmed up to just above freezing. My brother & I when duck hunting. :)
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Winter camping. Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/5juNTXWvAVM
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Fun!
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Wasn't sure if my computer was gonna let me save this.
Fish lake.
https://youtu.be/hAiJTO8UbhI
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Nice bucks in the quakies worth the trip alone. :)
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This year's vacation was a bit closer and shorter. We stayed in Murtagh lake Idaho last weekend. Did alot of fishing 🎣 and caught my first catfish then took the woman to see Shoeshone falls along with twin falls. Also found another homestead to explore called Stricker. Had a great time seeing all the green farmland. A nice break from the redrock we usually see.
https://youtube.com/shorts/Qi7PbZU540U?feature=share
Super windy on the way home and burned up alot of gas.
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Good for you. looks like a good time. I think my favorite landscape is the green farmland ant the base of the red rock cliffs. There is a lot of it between Blanding, Utah & Cortez, Colorado on the mostly dirt road that goes past Hovenweep. I need to get out more! ::)
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Computer was upgraded and found a new editor software. It's been weeks and it's finally done.
Antelope Island. Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/Va3M3h5n4ts
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WOW...very well done!
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Beautiful scenery, and good job, thanks for sharing it.
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Very nice, beautiful country
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Very nice Thanks! It is good to see that at least one of these remote ranch sites is being preserved. It took/takes a special kind of people to live way out there. There were once millions of them. We had a similar place it Texas when I was a kid. It has been totally hauled away now. Nothing remains.
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Rattiac, you keep getting better and better with your video quality. Keep it up.
A freind of mine and his brother just invested in cameras/drone and editing software. Kind of curious how it turns out.
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I've been tossing around the ideal of buying a drone, maybe someday soon
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Nice video Rattiac.
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Im looking into a go-pro cam right now cause the image stabilization is awesome, so smooth even if your hiking but I've heard beware of the app/cloud option since they make you pay a fee to use your own footage.
I'd probably just use the SD card and plug it in to the computer.
Also looking into a Holy
Stone 720G drone. Decent on price and functionality.
I sold my Yuneec q500 cause the company was going bankrupt and im sure support was going next
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This youtube stuff can get spendy but I need to update anyway.
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I went with the Gopro9. It's on order, arriving Sunday.
Just finished up editing our Alstrom point footage.
Until then here's a few "shorts " videos of the cruise night last week.
https://youtube.com/shorts/i605_qGOr8k?feature=share
https://youtube.com/shorts/gfs9ZKq_IH8?feature=share
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Here's Alstrom Point.
Enjoy 😉.
https://youtu.be/Zm_PQBCM6DY
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That looks like some lonesome country.
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After Alstrom Point we headed towards Page, AZ but with a stop and possible night stay at Lone Rock Beach. Had my cousin following in her suv. Within minutes she got stuck, I was lower down on the beachfront and got stuck with the trailer trying to get back to the top. Had to air-down and make a full throttle run up the hill. At this point I was fed up with this place and decided to make our way to North Grand canyon. Getting there was hot and slow but made it.
Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/2WVMe4cgjm4
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No one said it would all be fun. That is a GRAND Canyon! Nice to see that it rained somewhere. Just got a call from a friend that moved to Arizona a few years ago. He is in town and O'll have a beer with him later. He is headed for the Rubicon tomorrow.
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Decided southern Utah was getting too crowded.
So, we threw a dart at the map and went with it.
Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/5VNjKcOZTrA
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Ahh very peaceful
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Nice, Thanks.
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One of the last camping trips with Max. He seemed so content just enjoying camp.
https://youtu.be/y4fLxturZY0
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One of the last camping trips with Max. He seemed so content just enjoying camp.
https://youtu.be/y4fLxturZY0
Nice video. I'm sorry Rattiac, I know it's tough.
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Thanks. Hard to believe it's been a year. Good memories though.
We've been watching my wife's bosses dog this week while they are on vacation. Nice having another dog in the house.
Almost got a free French bulldog pup but, remembered how expensive it is to have a dog these days and decided to pass.
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In time..........
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No Video just some pics of our buddy Joe and my best friend Vic who shamed us into rescuing him. Joe was always with us when we worked around the place. He stole tools & our lunches. Once he got Vic's gloves & my wallet and headed for the bar. He even tried to get Rosa to run off with him in my pickup! Rosa & I miss them though it's been a few years now. :( ;D
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Rattiac, 'ol Max was just content as hell there. You know a guy goes thru a lot of animals throughout his life. But there is always that "one" that was it. My Grandad called it the "Heart Dog". You never get over the missing that "one", I believe that what Max was for you.
Been over 5yrs since I had to put Duke (the inspector) down at 13. Still think of him about every day, he was my Heart Dog.
Getting another dog.....I went 4 years swearing no more dogs, to hard loosing them. When Rowdy needed a good home, i just had to and i really missed not having a dog around. Expense, yes it cost in Vet bills. Food is not that much really, i figure Rowdy cost me about .75 cents a day if i buy in bulk.
Rowdy ain't much in the inteligents depatment, (dumber than a box of rocks), he is a goof and amuses me, sweet and good company. To be honest, if i did not have him around there would be days i wouldn't get out of bed from the pain. But he'll bounce me with that wet nose in the morn to take him out to pee, i have to get up and endure the pain to take him out. Win win for both of us.
Six ball, nice dogs. Oh the cone of shame😁 After 6 months Rowdy developed separation anxienty when i would leave him more than 45 mins. He would start chewing on himself, (to the point of bloody bald spots). Vet recomended drugs and cone of shame. Not into the drug them thing. I still had some convertible top window plastic and was going to sew up a cone for him, then decided on the big donut thing. Worked with him hard, only leaving for short times with the donut on and eventually gained in his thought process that i would return and not abandon him.
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Sammons, Every one needs a buddy. Giving a dog that that needs a good home a place is a good way to find one. Nothing in that second picture of mine in still alive, not even the truck, but all were loved here. Expense? It's over $1,000 every time a dog gets bitten by a rattle snake. Joe was bitten twice before he learned to let me deal with them. The collar was from a coyote fight and he was the winner!
Separation? My son left his Boxer & his guitar with us for a week or so. One day I was playing his guitar and his dog was missing him,
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Love the guitar case pic.👍
This video I took a Wednesday off to meet up with this group from Bosie, Idaho.
Drove 3 hrs just to get there and 16.5hrs the whole trip. One of the most remote but intact set of Utah
mines.
Explored the whole mountain range that day.
Newfoundland mountains.
https://youtu.be/Pv4MD0A_wGI
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Wild country! Thanks! It is sad how many of those kinds of old places around here have been hauled away, even the stones, for yard art, Man Caves, & land cap materials. :(
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Let's go to a carshow.
https://youtu.be/PKQl08vnVLg
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Thanks! I'll have the black A roadster please.
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Thanks for the video, Id take any one ......or two of them
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Nice group of cars.
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Here's the off-road race I went to.
Fortunately there weren't any crashes in our section of the course. Most were early in the race.
https://youtu.be/OE6Lsh4-SNQ
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Lol, ride the bowl Rattiac😁 Looks like a good spot to watch, and you didn't have to work.
I'm going to blame this on you. Watching your adventures Youtube pops this up, cazy guy from the UK. He must really like that area as i looked and he has several videos there. Buys a 8hp mini Jeep in Ogden and is attempting 1000 miles over top of the lake to Wendover then going to Moab.
First swaps for 25hp chinese hot engine (junk), puts 8hp back in (part 1) Part 2 is where i started (trip starts) ends at Wendover until next update.
Amusing, but why?
It seems to me, working for a living would be a lot easier than going thru this to not work🤔
https://youtu.be/n-O0Vhj1Tzk
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I've been seeing that video as well. Also thought why ?
He'll have a hard time along hwy 6 or I-70. Probably even more annoying on a trail.
Now the guy's that re-did the "scooter scene" from dumb and dumber, that was entertaining 🤣.
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Lol, ok i had to look that one up. At least it was two of them and a chase van. Dang, 3 rear tires🤯 I always thought you wore them down from spinning them all the time, not just straight down the road.
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Already have the next 3 videos done and release dates.
Here's Scofield, best fishing trip in a long time. Actually caught fish.
https://youtu.be/nMTbn_QXPfY
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Nice video, you caught a lot of fish!
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Looks like a great time,
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Thanks! Neat old town & good fishing'. I think I would have eaten some of those. :o
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Nice little video. Looks like you did good on fishing, nice bunch of fish.
I've only fished for Rainbow once with grandpa on Taneycomo below Table rock lake in Mo. All i caught were lips, I usually fish for large mouth Bass. Grandpa shook his head and said there are going to be a lot of lipless Trout in here if you keep setting the hook like that. 🥴 I went back to Bass fishing😁
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My dad caught his first Bass up there. Kinda was odd since it was mainly trout.
Already planning next springs trip. My dad wants to rent a jeep again and I thought getting him to Moab would be awesome. Then hit that lake again on the way back.
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Sons & dads should do more fishing.
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Here's Moab. Enjoy.
Also tried out doing some narration, let me know whatcha think ?
https://youtu.be/xzN-fWhTNOs
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Pretty! I have had all the mud & snow driving I need for a while. Not looking forward to the weeks of road repair ahead. Hope to get a propane truck in before June.
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Beautiful part of the country!
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Very nice, I love it!
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Nice scenery, I would like to make trip out there.
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Here's part 2. Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/oLK80G5KzM4
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There are some of those spots where I would have chickened out and a couple where I might have soiled myself. There seemed to be lots of folks enjoying the trails. It is good to see there are still some places where this activity is still allowed. Enjoy it while you can! One thing you can't see in your videos is how many millions of acres you can not access. Nevada jus lost several hundred square miles.
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Nice video! Looks like a blast. I'm trying to think who was the first guy that said "I think i'll drive down into that cavity and see if i can drive back out" 😁
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Great video, but I be afraid of losing my truck....and my life.
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Part 3.
Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/txpF6lbVk70
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Nice, Thanks! The first part looks a lot like my road right now. It'll be June before I get it back in shape. ;D
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Thanks Rattiac, nice video. Good thing my hands are slow, other wise i would have missed the extra video😁
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Here's the races I volunteered at. Pretty cool, they warm up the engines and then when the flag goes up, all of the engines are shut off. It gets so quiet. Once the flag drops it's like a mad max dash across the desert. Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/Wb65KR65occ
Part 2.
https://youtu.be/Wo6ki3h7MU8
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Our latest trip. The wife wanted to go here for her birthday.
https://youtu.be/eMToJymaJoo
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Well i see why, its beautiful there.
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It sure was. Poor trailer has been sitting since that trip.
Here's the Baja style race I worked at . Checkpoint 5.
Pretty fun to be a part of that. I did sleep in the jeep again but this time I reclined the passenger seat. Much better.
Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/p0dy4SBxhy8?si=7Xb84I5d0SQigKMI
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Spent the last week editing this. Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/yI6UsPOMboQ?si=EvGdwj1LCIbkcpmY
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Museum of speed. Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/Jy3l4qdkg-k?si=2FaJbqKjd5E2EG3f
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Nice! Thanks!
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Some pretty cool stuff....
https://youtu.be/7GZpSsfUhEI (https://youtu.be/7GZpSsfUhEI)