OFFROAD ADVENTURE

[big mike]

so i get a phone call from a buddy of mine, thats his stuck bronco on 40" tires
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i popped a shear pin getting him out. thats when the fun started.
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time to install the new shear pin
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lockin it in for the ride out
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so far this has been the worst stuck, mainly cause there wasn another deuce to drag me out like there usually is. check out the mirrors. i drive in the woods alot so i made them so i can use the el cheapo truck mirros from parts america, expecting them to shatter on trees. they were both intact when i left the house to pull my buddy out

 

[Desert Rat]

Big Mike;
Too much fun! I like how you anticipate your parts needs. Good adaptations!

 

[Recovry4x4]

A deuce that works! I love it Mike! Hey, do you have a good source for the shear pins? I bought a batch of 10 from Gene Patano in Colorado Springs for $20. Last contact he had LOTS of them. I know that this can't always happen but I've reduce my shear pin consumption by a bunch by getting 150 or so feet of cable off the drum before winching. Not that I have any fear of getting stuch but I also have 3 snatch blocks that go along just to make sure I get home. Unfortunately, here in FL most of the trees in the wet off road area are easily pulled down by the winch!

 

[big mike]

wow, 10 for $20, thats cheap. i been payin $3.50 each from saturn surplus and i thought they were the cheapest. TNJ Murray is sellin them for $8 each. i just got a snatch block today at TNJ Murrays, the darn thing weighs like 50lbs!!!! also got a winch chain to attach to it with a clevis so i can actually use it with out havin to bring chain along with me.
how do i get ahold of your shear pin guy? im prolly gonna need a few more in a couple months

 

[big mike]

Originally posted by Desert Rat

Big Mike;
Too much fun! I like how you anticipate your parts needs. Good adaptations!

if i ever grow up im prolly gonna put the real west coast mirrors on it<img src="emoticons/icon_smile_approve.gif" alt="Approve">

 

[Recovry4x4]

Big Mike. Contact SGM Eugene Patano at truks@cs.quik.com
He has bunches and bunches of stuff. Last told I think he said he had upwards of a thousand shearpins. He's a motorhead that just has tons of stuff. He hails from Colorado Springs area!

 

[da_sgt]

Say there Big Mike,

Just wondering <img src="emoticons/icon_smile_question.gif" alt="Question"> Looked like you were "High & Dry" how did you end up in the muck?<img src="emoticons/icon_smile_shock.gif" alt="Shock">

 

[Dieselsmoke]

Recovry4x4 is right, Geno has TONS of shear pins.

 

[big mike]

Originally posted by da_sgt

Say there Big Mike,

Just wondering <img src="emoticons/icon_smile_question.gif" alt="Question"> Looked like you were "High & Dry" how did you end up in the muck?<img src="emoticons/icon_smile_shock.gif" alt="Shock">

the trails in to where he was stuck were only really big enough for a toyota if your lucky. i got it in the head a few times form some nice tree branches<img src="emoticons/icon_smile_mes.gif" alt="Mes">and my mirrors didnt like the trip either. they were intact when i left the house. infront of us was a clear open trail out, but i couldnt pull him from the front cause there was a large timber in the water infront of the bronco(prolly how he got stuck to begin with)so i had to take the crappy way in to get into the position for extrication. i couldnt turn around and i wasnt goin all the way home in reverse. my plan was, since he was out and steerable, i would go around, ride the highside and then tow him across and out to the road and home. but i sank and slid into the hole <img src="emoticons/icon_smile_help.gif" alt="Help">instead. at least i know the winch works really good<img src="emoticons/icon_smile_headbanger.gif" alt="Headbanger">

 

[big mike]

Originally posted by Recovry4x4

Big Mike. Contact SGM Eugene Patano at truks@cs.quik.com
He has bunches and bunches of stuff. Last told I think he said he had upwards of a thousand shearpins. He's a motorhead that just has tons of stuff. He hails from Colorado Springs area!

im gonna have to get ahold of him, out here in south jersey all most of us do is play in the woods. i have seen 7 deuces at once just hangin out draggin guys outta the mud at a non orgainized or advertised events in the woods. so far this is the 3rd pin i broke in 4 weeks, but its my fault for not using blocks and runnin out lots o cable. thanks for his address!!