OUT AND ABOUT WITH MY HMMWV

[M1165A1]

We just survived 9 days Buffalo Chip rock concert line up/camping at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota. A real good time to be had if you can restrain yourself from the "hard partying" and stick to the fun stuff.

Line up that we attended at the Chip was Bad Wolves, Travis Tritt, Quiet Riot, Aaron Lewis, Dasha, Jelly Roll, Hinder, Buckcherry, Kid Rock, Great White and Bret Michaels of Poison.

Met hundreds of great people, camped with 8 friends and others, spent time in Sturgis, spent 2 days at the Full Throttle Saloon just 10 miles down the road. When we pulled up there, we asked the security guy in a side by side where we can park, he took us up to the front and pointed at this mound of crushed asphalt. Said, try here... So we did. Luckily he was so safety conscious he placed a traffic cone at the back end so the bikers wouldn't run into us

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I just got back today, great event. But I took my two wheeled ride and the HMMWV ,

 

[Thunderbirds]

I just got back today, great event. But I took my two wheeled ride and the HMMWV ,

It was a good time, wasn't it? Bret Michaels did suck pretty bad, disappointing. But the others were awesome.

Besides us, the only MV I saw was this deuce, but never did meet the owners. I love his unit designation on the bumper

 

[M1165A1]

It was a good time, wasn't it? Bret Michaels did suck pretty bad, disappointing. But the others were awesome.

Besides us, the only MV I saw was this deuce, but never did meet the owners. I love his unit designation on the bumper

Didn't see any of the concerts or frankly do all that much in Sturgis other than get a three hole change on the Road Glide. Instead I rode the Black Hills, Needles Highway, Mt. Rushmore, Custer, then hit Devil's Tower to the Little Bighorn National Monument up in Montana on the way back. 1600 miles in three days was a haul and I am still wiped out today.

 

[NVAM998]

My Humvee gets a lot of out and about time for lots of ranch work and play

Is that a stand-alone AC on the roof or is it run off a compressor on the engine?

 

[HUMMER H1]

 

[HUMMER H1]

M1152 and M1123 hanging out together

 

[Sjoconnor]

Finished off a great weekend on Duxbury Beach in MA. Who knew an M998 is a towel drying rack too!!

 

[Mogman]

I had a knee replaced on Aug. 12th so I was ecstatic yesterday when I went out to the shop and could crawl into the DuraVee.
Man. it was great to get out on the road again today in the DuraVee even though it was only a 45 mile jog to the doctors office!
The fact it rained so hard on me on the way back home after Chinese food at the restaurant in Portland that is owned by the sister of the owner of my favorite Chinese food restaurant in Beeville that I actually lost signal to my GPS speedo for about 10 miles did not dampen my spirits, I mean it was coming down like a cow peeing on a flat rock!
This does answer the question whether or not the electronics like the ECM/TCM/TCCM are adequately protected during extreme weather including heavy accumulation of water on the roadway during high speed driving, it also reminds me to put some weatherstripping between the cowling and windshield frame as I was also getting peed on pretty well in addition to needing a ww wiper on the INSIDE of the windshield!
How's that for back in parking! and they say pain meds and driving do not mix

 

[Mullaney]

I had a knee replaced on Aug. 12th so I was ecstatic yesterday when I went out to the shop and could crawl into the DuraVee.
Man. it was great to get out on the road again today in the DuraVee even though it was only a 45 mile jog to the doctors office!
The fact it rained so hard on me on the way back home after Chinese food at the restaurant in Portland that is owned by the sister of the owner of my favorite Chinese food restaurant in Beeville that I actually lost signal to my GPS speedo for about 10 miles did not dampen my spirits, I mean it was coming down like a cow peeing on a flat rock!
This does answer the question whether or not the electronics like the ECM/TCM/TCCM are adequately protected during extreme weather including heavy accumulation of water on the roadway during high speed driving, it also reminds me to put some weatherstripping between the cowling and windshield frame as I was also getting peed on pretty well in addition to needing a ww wiper on the INSIDE of the windshield!
How's that for back in parking! and they say pain meds and driving do not mix
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Looks to me like you hit the parking spot square on!
And you didn't have to occupy a handicapped spot either...

 

[Mogman]

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Looks to me like you hit the parking spot square on!
And you didn't have to occupy a handicapped spot either...

I did not even notice how well I nailed the parking spot until looking at the picture.
Even though I am considered permanently physically disabled by the state of Texas I rarely use a disabled spot, there are too many folks out there that are much more disabled than I am, when the wife catches someone using a handicap spot that is obviously not she will yell at them that the spot is for the physically handicapped not the mentally handicapped

 

[TOBASH]

I did not even notice how well I nailed the parking spot until looking at the picture.
Even though I am considered permanently physically disabled by the state of Texas I rarely use a disabled spot, there are too many folks out there that are much more disabled than I am, when the wife catches someone using a handicap spot that is obviously not she will yell at them that the spot is for the physically handicapped not the mentally handicapped

OFF TOPIC

Too many times I have had to decline requests for handicapped parking permits that were requested for “questionable” reasons.

Mog, as usual, you have my respect.

 

[M1165A1]

Decided to test out the new air compressor today (install pics here). So I went up Buffalo Pass to the Fish Creek Reservoir, which is 9800' elevation abd about 16 miles up an off-road trail.

I aired the tires down to 19 psi at the trailhead and I absolutely flew up the mountain. I was taking the hard ruts, washboards and rocks like they didn't exist. Never been that comfy in the HMMWV. Returned to the trailhead and aired up to 37 psi at each tire and drove off.

 

[Mogman]

It was a gorgeous day down here in S TX today, I put almost 200 miles on the DuraVee getting supplies.
Here is the view while approaching the new ship channel bridge in CC,9 (EDIT driving south) it is aligned perfectly with the road as it is taking the same path as the causeway and RR tracks did back in the early 20th century before there was a bridge, you can see the sign showing the lane diversion that has been in place since the existing bridge was built I think in the 50s.

They still have a little ways to go.

 

[Sjoconnor]

It was a gorgeous day down here in S TX today, I put almost 200 miles on the DuraVee getting supplies.
Here is the view while approaching the new ship channel bridge in CC, it is aligned perfectly with the road as it is taking the same path as the causeway and RR tracks did back in the early 20th century before there was a bridge, you can see the sign showing the lane diversion that has been in place since the existing bridge was built I think in the 50s.
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They still have a little ways to go.
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Did you kill every bug in Tx with your windshield?

Stephen

 

[HoveringHMMWV]

Did you kill every bug in Tx with your windshield?

Stephen

Must be Lovebug season.

 

[Mogman]

Another big day in the DuraVee, ran about 170 miles today, the last "run" was an 86 mile round trip down US181 and back at 3PM
It was 95 deg but the killer was the 18PMH cross wind.
These wind generators show that problem, in my experience a 45 deg cross wind against ether the Port or Starboard Bow is the worst case scenario, even worse than a straight up head wind.

I had to slow down to 70 mph to keep the EGTs at a comfortable 1050 deg, 10 minutes later I turned around and made the 43 mile return trip at 78MPH and the EGTs were right at 900 deg with a tail cross wind.
These beasts do not draft worth a hoot.
But even a hot day in a Humvee is better than cruising in the pickup!!

 

[Mogman]

Diggy Dog went for a ride in the DuraVee yesterday, I had to get a harness for her as she can back out of a collar in 2 seconds no matter how tight you have it.
I gave her enough slack to sit in the commanders seat but she prefers to sit in the middle, I tossed down a towel but that did not work too good with her moving around, I have the board that goes there and need to install it.
Dogs love trucks!

 

[TOBASH]

Diggy Dog went for a ride in the DuraVee yesterday, I had to get a harness for her as she can back out of a collar in 2 seconds no matter how tight you have it.
I gave her enough slack to sit in the commanders seat but she prefers to sit in the middle, I tossed down a towel but that did not work too good with her moving around, I have the board that goes there and need to install it.
Dogs love trucks!
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Belongs in Dog is my Copilot maybe?

 

[Thunderbirds]

We took the truck rock crawling yesterday, in Piedmont trails in South Dakota. A 3.7 mile trail took about 1.5 hours, a lot of it was crawling speed.



Nice views from 2/3ds from the top of the hills:



But when I came home, we noticed a leak in the front right brake area, needs investigating, possibly a broken line... ummffff

 

[Mullaney]

We took the truck rock crawling yesterday, in Piedmont trails in South Dakota. A 3.7 mile trail took about 1.5 hours, a lot of it was crawling speed.

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Nice views from 2/3ds from the top of the hills:

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But when I came home, we noticed a leak in the front right break area, needs investigating, possibly a broken lien... ummffff

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Nice sights...