09-01-2012, 10:01 PM | #1 |
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could have been WAYYYYY worse
left town at 9:30 am today heading east for Nicklemine for some riding.
little cloudy when we got there but sun was working it's way through. parked in the lower parking lot and took the bypass around the gate and off we head on a mission to do the atv loop as best we can (no one has used it in a wile apparently) rode up through the campsite ...lots up there camping old and young alike. hung a right after the camping area and off we head to try and do this loop. a bit of a challenging climb this one...lots of large rocks where the creek has slowly washed the small stuff away but we do fine till we get to a slide area and we do not feel like man handling the atv's over it so we decide to turn around. here is the creek that has made this awesome trail here is where it all went bad Kelly turns hers first and all of a sudden her left rear fender is almost touching the tire and her front right tire is in the air???? W.T.F.? :? if you remember when her rear rack fell off and the conclusion as to why it broke were that where they had to attach the rear rack they flattened the tube steel in order to bolt it to the atv and that is the point where it had broke well...same goes for the swing arm.....made from tube steel and end of it flattened in order to weld on the mounting brackets for the axle and such. tried to jerry rig it to get it down but this failed and boy am i glad i bring lots of tools with us and ratchet straps and bunji cords i ended up disconnecting everything that was attached to the rear end and propped it up got mine around her's and backed up to it. figured out how to rig it to mine ready to head back down and to the truck.... do I look impressed? Kelly chose to walk behind this 6 wheeled monstrosity till we got to the campground and then rode on the front of hers the rest of the way to the truck. W&G this video is for you :wink: I think the worst part was the ride back through the camping area..... :roll:
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09-01-2012, 11:02 PM | #2 |
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Wow! 8O So, the whole back of the swingarm broke away? Thankfully it did it at low speed and not ripping down a fire road! Kudos getting it back, I agree with you, you can never have too many bungee cords and ratchet straps when venturing out.
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09-01-2012, 11:26 PM | #3 | |
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will take some pics of it tomorrow
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09-01-2012, 11:31 PM | #4 |
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Wow! 8O You did a great job hauling the wounded ATV out of the woods, MidLife!
Note to self: One can never carry too many tools. Spud
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sport quad tow rig lol
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09-02-2012, 02:07 PM | #7 |
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Thumbs up for having the tools to get it back out. Also impressed with yours for being able to tow it out like that.
What is the rebuild plan?
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plan is to line it all up , weld in place then re-enforce the hell out of it.
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09-02-2012, 10:59 PM | #9 |
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Re: could have been WAYYYYY worse
Sense of humour! That's precious!
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09-03-2012, 10:14 PM | #12 |
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Wow. 8O
I am so impressed with your ability to make a rig to get out of there. Ever see the movie, The Flight Of The Phoenix? Sorta reminds me of that. BTW a good movie for Chinariders to watch. :wink: I am glad no one was hurt. Good hard determined work. You are a survivor! Hope it all goes back together well. Is the US Labor Day a holiday weekend in Canada too?
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09-04-2012, 12:12 AM | #14 |
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Either way a day off is a blessing. 8)
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