Va Rally at Graves Mountain (Labor Day Weekend) 2013

[SCSG-G4]

I'll try to convoy with John and Adam, if my old rice burner can keep up towing the trailer with maddawg's cabinets on it!

 

[rfischba1]

Do we send a check in with our registration form? who do we mail it to? Thanks Randy

 

[SCSG-G4]

Randy, Post #5 of this thread has the entry form and all the info you should need.

 

[SevenT6Vet]

I don't have a military vehicle (yet), but I live really close to Graves and know the folks there. I would love to slip up there for a few hours during this rally weekend and check out some rides to help me focus on what model I want, and more importantly, what to look out for in each model. If you see a red 97 Jeep Wrangler and somebody drooling over your ride, it's me.

Justin

 

[MyUncleRoy]

Won't make this one again. I've got duty until Monday morning and can't make a day trip of it. If you folks do a trail cleaning on another weekend, PM me.

 

[SCSG-G4]

Justin,
We'll be in the big field where the outdoor showers are, kinda between the fish pond and the main road that goes to the lodge. If you are coming in from US 29, take a right at the store, then a left into the back entrance to the field. There should be signs along the road ( "MV", "Rally", "Turn" and an arrow on four separate signs) at the appropriate places. See ya there!

 

[CJ9/Granny]

I am holding off in sending my registration, or making any plans at all. With the weather the way it's been this year my wife and I have not been camping since the April rally at Denton, and if things don't change we may not make Graves this year either. I/we do not like camping in the rain... period!... really would like to come though.

Justin, for what it's worth... this year will (if I make it) make my 5th year of hanging out with these guys, and I still don't have any military iron. Maybe they just feel sorry for me 'cause I'm gettin' old, I dunno, but they are a pretty good bunch. Hope this doesn't cause any fat heads.

 

[rfischba1]

Camp out in th ecrew tent

Bringing the old crew tent.

 

[rfischba1]

Bring the 4 man crew tent , just need to patch the floor that the mice ate holes in last winter.

 

[CGarbee]

I thought that I would remind everyone that we don’t have cell phone coverage around the Lodge and the camping area. So bring your CB, military radio, or FRS radio if you have them (the most common communication device for the trails will be CB’s based on past experience…). Frequencies/Channels used at the event will be posted at the registration tent.

 

[CGarbee]

I have a quick question. Are we allowed to do any target shooting/plinking while we there?

Yes...
However, you will need to check with me daily before you start shooting so that I can check with the Graves to make sure which area is open for shooting. They have other folks on site (horseback riders, hikers, etc) and we don't want to have anyone wandering onto the ranges...

 

[JSF01]

Yes...
However, you will need to check with me daily before you start shooting so that I can check with the Graves to make sure which area is open for shooting. They have other folks on site (horseback riders, hikers, etc) and we don't want to have anyone wandering onto the ranges...

Cool, Now the hard part is figuring out what I want to bring to shoot.

 

[CGarbee]

OH, and don't forget that you can bring stuff to sell/trade...
I had a couple folks ask me to bring some paint, and some M37 parts, and some water jugs, etc. So I will.
If you need something, post it so somebody can bring it for you... If you have something you'd like to part with, bring it...

 

[SCSG-G4]

I'll be bringing some parts for Mike D. He may want to bring a trailer to haul them home in as they won't fit in that SUV he was in last year.

 

[JSF01]

Well If any one has an antenna for a CUCV I would be interested, even if it is just the base of the antenna. It gets kind of annoying when you have people that wave you down to tell you your gas cap is open. I figure with the bas there if not the whole thing people will stop mistaking it. and if somebody does have one they are interested in selling could you let me know through a PM, the price you want for it, so I can budget how much money to bring with me.

 

[atankersdad]

I will have some MRAP seats that I will bring if ordered ahead of time. Drop me a pm. Thanks. ATD

 

[olbucksnort]

Thinkin' of Bringin my Salute Cannon if that is acceptable . Just a little 1/3 scale mountain howitzer w/blackpowder .

 

[CGarbee]

Thinkin' of Bringin my Salute Cannon if that is acceptable . Just a little 1/3 scale mountain howitzer w/blackpowder .

We'd all like yo see it,, but firing it is a different matter... We have to be very mindful of all the horses that are in the next field over (we allow folks with horses to camp in the field between where we are and the road). They tend to spook easily, as do their riders...
In fact, we also avoid driving through the field that they are in...
I'll have to think about it...

 

[olbucksnort]

Cannon stays home , thank you for the Heads up on Horses. I'll just bring the U.S. Flag. Does anyone have a flag pole ?

 

[pmramsey]

I will be there. Bringing a couple of medium tow bars (new), two 20 ft. NATO jumper cables (new), a 24-volt fan (new), a 24-volt impact wrench (used), and a complete solar battery tender and desulfater (new).