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MEMBERS
President:
Eric B. - FJ62
Vice President:
Tony K. - FJ62/BJ61
Secretary:
Don H. - FJ40
Treasurer:
Colby A. - Mini Truck
TLCA Delegate:
Tony K. - FJ62/BJ61
Wayne H. - Mini Truck/FJ40
Shaun W. - Mini Truck
Chris and Lynn W.
Doug C. - FJ40
James and Holly O. - FJ40
John M. - FJ40
Don S. - FJ40
Ross C. - FJ40
Charles and Dawnyell H. - Mini Truck
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MEETINGS
First Wednesday of month
Meeting starts @ 7:30
Next Meeting:
April 07, 2010
Round Table Pizza
115 E College Way
Mt Vernon, WA 98273
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Rain Country Cruisers is a family orientated club and TLCA chapter that loves to drive, build and talk about our Land Cruisers, Toyotas and other 4WD vehicles. We have monthly meetings and try to organize club runs every month. If you're looking for a good group of people, love off-roading, and enjoy pizza, come to a meeting and see what we're about.
Hope to see you on the trail!
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Walker Valley Shakedown Run End of March
Members and guests are solely responsible for the proper maintenance and safe operation of their vehicle. Please make sure to have tow points front and rear, CB radio optional but nice to have.
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Last run: Walker Valley, January 09, 2010
Ever had a day of wheeling that the trails simply rejected your very presence? Well that was our day at Walker. Did it help that it had
rained the entire week before? No, but that's how trails change and it
makes for a more challenging day. Eric and Don in the 62, and James
and his friend Ben in the 40 took on the task to play in the mud.
What was thought to be a gloomy day turned out very nice. We decided
it had been a while since we ran the trails starting with Lower
Mainline, so we decided to start there. After making our way past the
ever changing Gate Keeper, we turned off onto Lower Mainline to find
that we would spend the next 2+ hours getting through what would
normally take us 30 minutes tops. Let's paint the picture. Mud, deep
ruts, corners that of course tilted you down hill and within inches of
neighboring trees, mud, winch cables out the rear... literally,
spectators watching as you struggle to gain mere inches of forward
progress, and mud. Both vehicles had front and rear winches going just
to keep moving and to keep upright. The 62's front bumper turned mud
plow for a bit trying to work its way around the slop. One of the
spectators mentioned something about a "street wagon" not making this,
he later withdrew his comment when we got to the top.
In an attempt to make our usual lunch stop, which we didn't, we
decided to eat lunch off the trail since it was getting later in the
afternoon, and of course we were tired and hungry. After lunch we
pressed on, continuing up Lower Mainline, to find a couple mud pits at
what the Club would know as Wayne's Junction. James decided to test
the waters, just missing the bank on the other side. Of course the
anticipated full throttle run followed as he pushed a third of the
muddy water out the other side and some more into the 40. I myself
knew the 62 was not going to make that. I do have some limits,
contrary to popular belief. James needing a pull on the other side
made me take on the lesser of two pits with no problems and pulling
James back to more solid and somewhat dryer land. Oh and note to self,
when cruiser go swimming turn camera mounted to said cruiser on.
Fast forward a couple hundred feet and we decide to check out Tony's
mud puddle. Let's just say that the 62 just wasn't meant to get up
there on it's own, multiple times and sections. But that's what your
buddy is for to winch to, and he to winch to the tree in front of him
to prevent the 6K lbs land barge from pulling him backwards down the
trail.
So after that, no problems for a bit. I think there is an old Chinese
saying; he who not wrap winch cable securley around bumper, sure to
lose front brakes. Yup, a mistake on the DRIVER, not the spotter,
caused the front winch cable on the 62 to come loose and wrapping
around the front left portion of the axle, severing the front left
brake line. With all the minds put together and a great idea from
James, we used the bleed screw from the affected caliper and plugged
the front portion of the master cylinder enabling me to have rear
brakes. So after a u-turn, we headed back off the trail to end our
Walker adventure.
Did I mention the rear door cave-in by a big tree stump on the 62? Yeah, mental error on a part of the trail that I have done no problem before. It's bound to happen when you take these
wagons through places they really shouldn't go. But that's the
amazing thing about them, you can. With the great drivers and awesome
spotters we have in the club, it's just another day on the trail.
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Team Trophy Challenge 2009
Rain Country Cruisers had one team participate. Don, Tony, Eric and Ben made up the team of two "daily driver" FJ62's.
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