• Steel Soldiers now has a few new forums, read more about it at: New Munitions Forums!

  • Microsoft MSN, Live, Hotmail, Outlook email users may not be receiving emails. We are working to resolve this issue. Please add support@steelsoldiers.com to your trusted contacts.

2013 Haspin fall rally

Durango_USMC

Member
663
0
18
Location
Indianapolis, IN
I don't know if I'll be able to keep up with that slick and fancy 5 ton! Great looking truck by the way. if no one is heading down through indy saturday morning I may take you up on that offer sir.
 

rebelcummins

Member
152
4
18
Location
west alexandria, Ohio
I am headed out Thursday morning it looks like. My route is not set yet. It is either out 275/74 or out SR73 to Oxford and out the scenic way.
Rob, we should meet up in oxford and DAN you should convoy with us.
Dan,
If you head out Thursday morning I can join you. Oxford is a bit out of the way but hooking up with sparky and rebelcummins in Brookville would be nice.
Sparky, sounds good to me but I won't be able to leave till Friday morning. The new job I picked up I'm working odd hrs, 3pm-5am Monday throu Friday but I only could manage to get Friday off.
Donnerwetter58, I understand where your coming from on oxford is a bit of a distance but, if for any reasone you can't leave till Friday let me know.
Dan, I still think you should meet up with me on Friday morning unless you can leave Thursday then by all means take advantage of the opportunity.
If anyone els is leaving out for haspin on Friday morning and is close to eaton, Ohio let me know, I would really like to team up with 1 or more to the rally. I really don't wante to travel alone just in case. Let me know if anyone wants to join my convoy.... FYI, I have only been there once.... I forget how to get there... Lol..
 

BSutter

Member
181
1
18
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio
Let me know if anyone wants to join my convoy.... FYI, I have only been there once.... I forget how to get there... Lol..
I live not far from donnerwetter58 and will be heading out Friday, unless I decide to leave Thursday right after work. The after work thing would put me on the road about 18:00 hrs.
Friday morning has no set time at the moment.
 

rebelcummins

Member
152
4
18
Location
west alexandria, Ohio
I live not far from donnerwetter58 and will be heading out Friday, unless I decide to leave Thursday right after work. The after work thing would put me on the road about 18:00 hrs.
Friday morning has no set time at the moment.
ok, I won't be getting off work till 0400 or 0500 Friday morning anyway so if you do want to leave on Thursday that's fine no biggy.
 

gungearz

New member
1,719
4
0
Location
northwestern indiana
Hey rebelcummins... got some bad news for ya. bring your groin sling with you to haspin (PG-13 remember).... your going to need it to load all 28 tires in the back of your truck... were sleeping in the truck again this fall and at least I got our 3 oldest kids helping me load them... if you were coming on Thursday, we can back the truck together and roll them right in....
 

jdknech

Active member
1,095
6
38
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana
Hey rebelcummins... got some bad news for ya. bring your groin sling with you to haspin (PG-13 remember).... your going to need it to load all 28 tires in the back of your truck... were sleeping in the truck again this fall and at least I got our 3 oldest kids helping me load them... if you were coming on Thursday, we can back the truck together and roll them right in....
what about using stxsix's crane to lift them in to the truck? just thinking out loud...
 

augiedoggy

New member
503
13
0
Location
Cincinnati Ohio
So I was thinkin', separated dog bones are pretty common, and field repairs needed. We twist and contort
our old trucks over whoopty whoos and stress them to the max.
Thankfully, someone brings a welder and a bar is welded on to retain the bad bushing.
The hardest part seems to be getting the separated bushing back together.
So my thought is a truck ratcheting load binder to press the separated bushing back into place.
Does anybody have one of those they could bring to the rally? Gungearz? Rebelcummins?
Anyone have any other ideas to press them back on?
 

gungearz

New member
1,719
4
0
Location
northwestern indiana
what about using stxsix's crane to lift them in to the truck? just thinking out loud...
Hmmmmm.... I might be able to grab one or pick one up at harbor freight.... what size you thinkin'...? I am going to be bringing 6 spare deuce dog bones... you 5 ton guys just need to be alittle careful....
 

augiedoggy

New member
503
13
0
Location
Cincinnati Ohio
I have a high lift Jack. Last time it took a westycucv and my truck to play tug o war on a 5 ton to get it back to together.
Yep, I was there. Gimp used a fire hose twisted to draw it into place, right?
not sure how the high lift would have worked in that case.
Will someone have a welder?
Another thought, is it usually a bushing in a certain location that seperates?
I may install retainers as a preemptive strike.
 

212sparky

Well-known member
1,822
38
48
Location
Monroe/ Ohio
Stretch I think had come up with some keepers that were 3 inch circles with a half inch hole that you bolted to the bushing after drilling and taping a hole in it.
 

rebelcummins

Member
152
4
18
Location
west alexandria, Ohio
So I was thinkin', separated dog bones are pretty common, and field repairs needed. We twist and contort
our old trucks over whoopty whoos and stress them to the max.
Thankfully, someone brings a welder and a bar is welded on to retain the bad bushing.
The hardest part seems to be getting the separated bushing back together.
So my thought is a truck ratcheting load binder to press the separated bushing back into place.
Does anybody have one of those they could bring to the rally? Gungearz? Rebelcummins?
Anyone have any other ideas to press them back on?
ill bring some stuff, don't worry I have a 13,200 LB welder too.
 
Top
AdBlock Detected

We get it, advertisements are annoying!

Sure, ad-blocking software does a great job at blocking ads, but it also blocks useful features of our website like our supporting vendors. Their ads help keep Steel Soldiers going. Please consider disabling your ad blockers for the site. Thanks!

I've Disabled AdBlock
No Thanks