This might not have been a good idea, but...
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
You may find this Newbie Jeeper's Guide interesting:
http://www.webejeepin.com/Beginners-1.htm
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travis wrote:
>
> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
> his CJ8...
><snip>
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
http://www.webejeepin.com/Beginners-1.htm
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travis wrote:
>
> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
> his CJ8...
><snip>
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
You may find this Newbie Jeeper's Guide interesting:
http://www.webejeepin.com/Beginners-1.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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travis wrote:
>
> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
> his CJ8...
><snip>
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
http://www.webejeepin.com/Beginners-1.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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travis wrote:
>
> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
> his CJ8...
><snip>
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
You may find this Newbie Jeeper's Guide interesting:
http://www.webejeepin.com/Beginners-1.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
travis wrote:
>
> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
> his CJ8...
><snip>
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
http://www.webejeepin.com/Beginners-1.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
travis wrote:
>
> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
> his CJ8...
><snip>
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
Cool.
I wish the hunter in San Diego had a GPS. So far I haven't wanted
to part with three hundred bucks.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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jbjeep wrote:
>
> Thanks.
> The GPS Challenge was a whole lot of fun. I still dont know much about using a GPS
> (it was in the lead rig, with the one person who knew what he was doing), but the
> whole event was a blast. The only down side, (other than by missing first by a lousy
> 2 minutes) is the fact that I need a front end alignemnt ASAP now. I took one (or
> many) of the bumps way to fast and knocked it out of whack. On the upside, it was
> lots of fun, and timewise we beat both the second and third place winners for the
> Geek class (all the electronics you can stuff in your rigs) too. We ran in the basic
> class - GPS & stopwatch only. No maps, no computers, nothing. We did take a 30
> second "Pumpkin Penalty" since we couldnt find one of ours - but some of them were
> eaten, and the officials couldnt find some of the missing ones either...and they are
> the ones who hid them.
I wish the hunter in San Diego had a GPS. So far I haven't wanted
to part with three hundred bucks.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
jbjeep wrote:
>
> Thanks.
> The GPS Challenge was a whole lot of fun. I still dont know much about using a GPS
> (it was in the lead rig, with the one person who knew what he was doing), but the
> whole event was a blast. The only down side, (other than by missing first by a lousy
> 2 minutes) is the fact that I need a front end alignemnt ASAP now. I took one (or
> many) of the bumps way to fast and knocked it out of whack. On the upside, it was
> lots of fun, and timewise we beat both the second and third place winners for the
> Geek class (all the electronics you can stuff in your rigs) too. We ran in the basic
> class - GPS & stopwatch only. No maps, no computers, nothing. We did take a 30
> second "Pumpkin Penalty" since we couldnt find one of ours - but some of them were
> eaten, and the officials couldnt find some of the missing ones either...and they are
> the ones who hid them.
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
Cool.
I wish the hunter in San Diego had a GPS. So far I haven't wanted
to part with three hundred bucks.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
jbjeep wrote:
>
> Thanks.
> The GPS Challenge was a whole lot of fun. I still dont know much about using a GPS
> (it was in the lead rig, with the one person who knew what he was doing), but the
> whole event was a blast. The only down side, (other than by missing first by a lousy
> 2 minutes) is the fact that I need a front end alignemnt ASAP now. I took one (or
> many) of the bumps way to fast and knocked it out of whack. On the upside, it was
> lots of fun, and timewise we beat both the second and third place winners for the
> Geek class (all the electronics you can stuff in your rigs) too. We ran in the basic
> class - GPS & stopwatch only. No maps, no computers, nothing. We did take a 30
> second "Pumpkin Penalty" since we couldnt find one of ours - but some of them were
> eaten, and the officials couldnt find some of the missing ones either...and they are
> the ones who hid them.
I wish the hunter in San Diego had a GPS. So far I haven't wanted
to part with three hundred bucks.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
jbjeep wrote:
>
> Thanks.
> The GPS Challenge was a whole lot of fun. I still dont know much about using a GPS
> (it was in the lead rig, with the one person who knew what he was doing), but the
> whole event was a blast. The only down side, (other than by missing first by a lousy
> 2 minutes) is the fact that I need a front end alignemnt ASAP now. I took one (or
> many) of the bumps way to fast and knocked it out of whack. On the upside, it was
> lots of fun, and timewise we beat both the second and third place winners for the
> Geek class (all the electronics you can stuff in your rigs) too. We ran in the basic
> class - GPS & stopwatch only. No maps, no computers, nothing. We did take a 30
> second "Pumpkin Penalty" since we couldnt find one of ours - but some of them were
> eaten, and the officials couldnt find some of the missing ones either...and they are
> the ones who hid them.
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
Cool.
I wish the hunter in San Diego had a GPS. So far I haven't wanted
to part with three hundred bucks.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
jbjeep wrote:
>
> Thanks.
> The GPS Challenge was a whole lot of fun. I still dont know much about using a GPS
> (it was in the lead rig, with the one person who knew what he was doing), but the
> whole event was a blast. The only down side, (other than by missing first by a lousy
> 2 minutes) is the fact that I need a front end alignemnt ASAP now. I took one (or
> many) of the bumps way to fast and knocked it out of whack. On the upside, it was
> lots of fun, and timewise we beat both the second and third place winners for the
> Geek class (all the electronics you can stuff in your rigs) too. We ran in the basic
> class - GPS & stopwatch only. No maps, no computers, nothing. We did take a 30
> second "Pumpkin Penalty" since we couldnt find one of ours - but some of them were
> eaten, and the officials couldnt find some of the missing ones either...and they are
> the ones who hid them.
I wish the hunter in San Diego had a GPS. So far I haven't wanted
to part with three hundred bucks.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
jbjeep wrote:
>
> Thanks.
> The GPS Challenge was a whole lot of fun. I still dont know much about using a GPS
> (it was in the lead rig, with the one person who knew what he was doing), but the
> whole event was a blast. The only down side, (other than by missing first by a lousy
> 2 minutes) is the fact that I need a front end alignemnt ASAP now. I took one (or
> many) of the bumps way to fast and knocked it out of whack. On the upside, it was
> lots of fun, and timewise we beat both the second and third place winners for the
> Geek class (all the electronics you can stuff in your rigs) too. We ran in the basic
> class - GPS & stopwatch only. No maps, no computers, nothing. We did take a 30
> second "Pumpkin Penalty" since we couldnt find one of ours - but some of them were
> eaten, and the officials couldnt find some of the missing ones either...and they are
> the ones who hid them.
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
Kind of like the old fox and hound thing my old car club did, only
we followed what was left of bags of flour. Sounds like fun.
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jbjeep wrote:
>
> Whoops!
> Just got the postings. At 12 minutes, we actually (time wise) beat all the Geek
> class teams. First place in the basic came in at 10 minutes, we came in at 12
> minutes. First in the Geek at 22 minutes. Thats the difference in times between
> what we ran each leg in and what the official time to run each leg was. The optimal
> time was 0 for each leg - neither longer nor shorter than the official time.
we followed what was left of bags of flour. Sounds like fun.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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jbjeep wrote:
>
> Whoops!
> Just got the postings. At 12 minutes, we actually (time wise) beat all the Geek
> class teams. First place in the basic came in at 10 minutes, we came in at 12
> minutes. First in the Geek at 22 minutes. Thats the difference in times between
> what we ran each leg in and what the official time to run each leg was. The optimal
> time was 0 for each leg - neither longer nor shorter than the official time.
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
Kind of like the old fox and hound thing my old car club did, only
we followed what was left of bags of flour. Sounds like fun.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
jbjeep wrote:
>
> Whoops!
> Just got the postings. At 12 minutes, we actually (time wise) beat all the Geek
> class teams. First place in the basic came in at 10 minutes, we came in at 12
> minutes. First in the Geek at 22 minutes. Thats the difference in times between
> what we ran each leg in and what the official time to run each leg was. The optimal
> time was 0 for each leg - neither longer nor shorter than the official time.
we followed what was left of bags of flour. Sounds like fun.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
jbjeep wrote:
>
> Whoops!
> Just got the postings. At 12 minutes, we actually (time wise) beat all the Geek
> class teams. First place in the basic came in at 10 minutes, we came in at 12
> minutes. First in the Geek at 22 minutes. Thats the difference in times between
> what we ran each leg in and what the official time to run each leg was. The optimal
> time was 0 for each leg - neither longer nor shorter than the official time.
Guest
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
Kind of like the old fox and hound thing my old car club did, only
we followed what was left of bags of flour. Sounds like fun.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
jbjeep wrote:
>
> Whoops!
> Just got the postings. At 12 minutes, we actually (time wise) beat all the Geek
> class teams. First place in the basic came in at 10 minutes, we came in at 12
> minutes. First in the Geek at 22 minutes. Thats the difference in times between
> what we ran each leg in and what the official time to run each leg was. The optimal
> time was 0 for each leg - neither longer nor shorter than the official time.
we followed what was left of bags of flour. Sounds like fun.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
jbjeep wrote:
>
> Whoops!
> Just got the postings. At 12 minutes, we actually (time wise) beat all the Geek
> class teams. First place in the basic came in at 10 minutes, we came in at 12
> minutes. First in the Geek at 22 minutes. Thats the difference in times between
> what we ran each leg in and what the official time to run each leg was. The optimal
> time was 0 for each leg - neither longer nor shorter than the official time.
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
Hear ya.
Actually they are not that spendy for the basic units. As always, it depends on what
all you want them to do.
On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 20:18:08 -0800, L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote:
>> Cool.
>> I wish the hunter in San Diego had a GPS. So far I haven't wanted
>>to part with three hundred bucks.
>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>
>>jbjeep wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> The GPS Challenge was a whole lot of fun. I still dont know much about using a GPS
>>> (it was in the lead rig, with the one person who knew what he was doing), but the
>>> whole event was a blast. The only down side, (other than by missing first by a lousy
>>> 2 minutes) is the fact that I need a front end alignemnt ASAP now. I took one (or
>>> many) of the bumps way to fast and knocked it out of whack. On the upside, it was
>>> lots of fun, and timewise we beat both the second and third place winners for the
>>> Geek class (all the electronics you can stuff in your rigs) too. We ran in the basic
>>> class - GPS & stopwatch only. No maps, no computers, nothing. We did take a 30
>>> second "Pumpkin Penalty" since we couldnt find one of ours - but some of them were
>>> eaten, and the officials couldnt find some of the missing ones either...and they are
>>> the ones who hid them.
Actually they are not that spendy for the basic units. As always, it depends on what
all you want them to do.
On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 20:18:08 -0800, L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote:
>> Cool.
>> I wish the hunter in San Diego had a GPS. So far I haven't wanted
>>to part with three hundred bucks.
>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>
>>jbjeep wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> The GPS Challenge was a whole lot of fun. I still dont know much about using a GPS
>>> (it was in the lead rig, with the one person who knew what he was doing), but the
>>> whole event was a blast. The only down side, (other than by missing first by a lousy
>>> 2 minutes) is the fact that I need a front end alignemnt ASAP now. I took one (or
>>> many) of the bumps way to fast and knocked it out of whack. On the upside, it was
>>> lots of fun, and timewise we beat both the second and third place winners for the
>>> Geek class (all the electronics you can stuff in your rigs) too. We ran in the basic
>>> class - GPS & stopwatch only. No maps, no computers, nothing. We did take a 30
>>> second "Pumpkin Penalty" since we couldnt find one of ours - but some of them were
>>> eaten, and the officials couldnt find some of the missing ones either...and they are
>>> the ones who hid them.