Marlin Crawler Round up trip report
09-15-2008, 04:38 PM
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Marlin Crawler Round up trip report
The wife and I made it back in one piece from this years Marlin Round up. Because we were not able to get to the trail until Sat morning we opted to just go down Cadillac Hill and set up camp. We arrived at about 1pm and found a decent spot to set up our camp. A lot of people had already arrived.
The first thing I did was went and got onto the Helicopter ride list. It took a few hours to round up a few more to go but it was worth it! The rubicon at 100mph and 5 feet above the treetops is something everyone should experience at least once! I had the feeling you get on the first drop of a good coaster for 15 minutes straight. The vids don't do the experience justice.
After the helo ride the wife and I walked around and checked out everyone's rigs. There are always some cool stuff to look at at the Round up. They had a RC comp going on and a horseshoe tourney this year.
The dinner started at 5 and just as previous years it was pretty awesome and very well organized. The line moved very quickly. The tri-tip was awesome. After the dinner the raffle started. They had some killer prizes from all the big vendors. I won a $300 gift certificate from Advance Adapters.
It turns out that it's cold in Sierras this time of year at night. Despite 2 blankets and our sleeping bags the wife and I woke up cold at 430am so we broke camp rather quickly and headed out. We went up Cadillac Hill in the dark at 5am. It was not too bad and we avoided all the traffic. Once over the top we pulled over and slept a few more hours in the warm truck. We stopped in Tahoe City where some other wheeling trucks were and got a killer early lunch.
Overall it was a great trip and I can't wait till next year. I highly recommend this run if you get a chance to go. Here are the pics and some videos of the Helo ride.
Sporting one for Davez Offroad
The videos.. Sorry about the noise but their were no doors on the Helo and I was hanging out the side!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kCbPx-nHgE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3NJMwTWCfU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5HfBU5Ls8E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6BwFTwQwN8
[YOUTUBE]9kCbPx-nHgE[/YOUTUBE]
[YOUTUBE]J3NJMwTWCfU[/YOUTUBE]
[YOUTUBE]a5HfBU5Ls8E[/YOUTUBE]
[YOUTUBE]U6BwFTwQwN8[/YOUTUBE]
The first thing I did was went and got onto the Helicopter ride list. It took a few hours to round up a few more to go but it was worth it! The rubicon at 100mph and 5 feet above the treetops is something everyone should experience at least once! I had the feeling you get on the first drop of a good coaster for 15 minutes straight. The vids don't do the experience justice.
After the helo ride the wife and I walked around and checked out everyone's rigs. There are always some cool stuff to look at at the Round up. They had a RC comp going on and a horseshoe tourney this year.
The dinner started at 5 and just as previous years it was pretty awesome and very well organized. The line moved very quickly. The tri-tip was awesome. After the dinner the raffle started. They had some killer prizes from all the big vendors. I won a $300 gift certificate from Advance Adapters.
It turns out that it's cold in Sierras this time of year at night. Despite 2 blankets and our sleeping bags the wife and I woke up cold at 430am so we broke camp rather quickly and headed out. We went up Cadillac Hill in the dark at 5am. It was not too bad and we avoided all the traffic. Once over the top we pulled over and slept a few more hours in the warm truck. We stopped in Tahoe City where some other wheeling trucks were and got a killer early lunch.
Overall it was a great trip and I can't wait till next year. I highly recommend this run if you get a chance to go. Here are the pics and some videos of the Helo ride.
Sporting one for Davez Offroad
The videos.. Sorry about the noise but their were no doors on the Helo and I was hanging out the side!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kCbPx-nHgE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3NJMwTWCfU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5HfBU5Ls8E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6BwFTwQwN8
[YOUTUBE]9kCbPx-nHgE[/YOUTUBE]
[YOUTUBE]J3NJMwTWCfU[/YOUTUBE]
[YOUTUBE]a5HfBU5Ls8E[/YOUTUBE]
[YOUTUBE]U6BwFTwQwN8[/YOUTUBE]
09-15-2008, 05:29 PM
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that Helo almost looks like an RC parked on the rock LZ.
Glad you had a good time.
I am going to have 10 weeks off next summer for my sabbatical. If the Trekker is ready, I wonder if I can convince my wife to drag it down there.
I would love to go just to see all the trucks...
Glad you had a good time.
I am going to have 10 weeks off next summer for my sabbatical. If the Trekker is ready, I wonder if I can convince my wife to drag it down there.
I would love to go just to see all the trucks...
09-16-2008, 09:26 PM
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heres some of the pics i took from the round up, it was a great time great food and good people. we also won something in the raffle. me and my brother won a prototype portable jack stand from slee offroad, apperantly its #1 off the production line, ill post a pic of it and a review of it once we use it.
Granite Bowl
FLOP behind little sluice
Night shot with new rocklights
Granite Bowl
FLOP behind little sluice
Night shot with new rocklights
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09-16-2008, 09:40 PM
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alright im tired of posting only 3 pics at a time, who knows how to post more than 3 at a time and how do you post them with better resolution. i shot the pics with my canon 400d which is 10mp but i have to turn the res way down in photo shop to be able to post them. i know its off topic so can someone pm how to do this right.
09-17-2008, 12:30 AM
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alright im tired of posting only 3 pics at a time, who knows how to post more than 3 at a time and how do you post them with better resolution. i shot the pics with my canon 400d which is 10mp but i have to turn the res way down in photo shop to be able to post them. i know its off topic so can someone pm how to do this right.
Thanks for sharing the pics !!
09-17-2008, 05:29 AM
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alright im tired of posting only 3 pics at a time, who knows how to post more than 3 at a time and how do you post them with better resolution. i shot the pics with my canon 400d which is 10mp but i have to turn the res way down in photo shop to be able to post them. i know its off topic so can someone pm how to do this right.
We also host pics here, many did not even know about the link in your navbar above.
https://www.yotatech.com/gallery/
09-17-2008, 08:54 AM
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As mentioned below, Photobucket is a great forum host.
We also host pics here, many did not even know about the link in your navbar above.
https://www.yotatech.com/gallery/
We also host pics here, many did not even know about the link in your navbar above.
https://www.yotatech.com/gallery/
09-18-2008, 02:08 PM
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Does anyone know any specs on this LC? 39s or 42s?? That is a cool rig...I think he needs to cap that rock slider though!
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09-18-2008, 05:53 PM
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09-18-2008, 06:29 PM
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Dangit, quit bumpin' that picture.
I am starting to drool again.
I just
"fj45 with maggiolina" and this popped up.
http://www.tlca.org/trails/2008/0604/Moab.shtml
I wonder if it is the same beast?
I am pretty sure it is.
I am starting to drool again.
I just
"fj45 with maggiolina" and this popped up.http://www.tlca.org/trails/2008/0604/Moab.shtml
I wonder if it is the same beast?
I am pretty sure it is.
09-19-2008, 03:09 PM
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Check out the site to see all the pics and our writeup on the event, but here's some previews!
http://www.offroadsolutions.com/
http://www.offroadsolutions.com/
