Registration info for Dec. 15 Rally

[Power Wagon]

Snow, roads???

Those of you familiar with the area... What's the roads expected to like?



How about heading up this way? I have this nagging fear of getting "stuck" somewhere with closed roads...

 

[OO]

I was just looking at yahoo maps and you can take the coastal route which is about a 100 miles longer if 95 gets snowed out. Even though the distance is longer the travel times could be about the same. Those extra lanes make a difference.

 

[EricBu12]

Power wagon,

I drive double trailers on trucks all the time and recently there have been closures on the cabbage hill due to wind and in some places there have been white-outs and ice on the road. Lovely day for a dive, huh?

But all in all, if you drive during the day and the temps are up, the plows are able to keep up and keep traffic moving.

I do 3 round trips to portland per week with a partner and we do 5600 miles/week. we have had to wait a 4 hour stretch here and there for wind or ice but those were in the early am. not bad all in all.

 

[Power Wagon]

I got the maps out and looked at that... Yeah, you can take I-5 up, but near the Oregon - California border you go through the mountains again. Taking 101 up the coastline only works if it's not below freezing at sea level.



If the roads are ok, then 95 cuts off some miles, but it's a snake's back up to the interstate. Nasty if it gets slick...







I was also wondering about the likelyhood of bad roads up north through Nevada.

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

What's snow?



Seriously, though, there could be some in northern Nevada--just check the weather boys. Of course, they predicted snow here today, but instead it is the usual sunny, beautiful southern Nevada day.



My guess is around 30-35 at night, 55-60 deg daytime in Pahrump Dec. 15.



Won't be like Alaska which I predict will be "clear and still" meaning "clear up to your *** and still snowing. "

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

JD, for those of us who don't know if we are coming until the last second, could we just bring the registration form and pay upon arrival?



Vaughn



By the way I just checked the weather today



Pahrump, NV @ 1pm 46F

Pasco, WA @ 1pm 47F



Now if we can keep it like that, with good roads inbetween then we'll be set. Maybe we should move this thing up to the NW since it's a touch warmer here

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

You can register and pay at the door. It's just hard to be sure we have enough food etc. if a lot of folks do that.



Sure, why not have a TDR meet in the NW--are you volunteering?





Who will be the first to get 700 hp on the Dynojet?

 

[HeberRam]

Just under a week left!

Just taking it to the top!!!! I will be there for sure... May have a surprise or two? Heber

 

[Power Wagon]

I will be picking up my truck in Las Vegas on Friday night.



I'll stop on my way out of town for home, and try to meet and shake hands with a few of you.



TTT

 

[CUMINNTSTRKN]

heber



there are no surprises

jim

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

No surprises, Jim? Hmmm, how many head gaskets will you blow on the dyno Saturday?

You should be getting a quantity discount from Cummins on them



Poor old Sickly, with the ideal and correct number of valves, has never lost a head gasket Course, he only needs 36 psi boost to make 565 hp. Take that, you overboosters

 

[CUMINNTSTRKN]

joe



this last gasket was totaly my fault. i was testing and tuning some new things on my truck, they worked great. so good that i blew my 2nd gasket. but all was not lost i learned some things from the testing and it shouldn't happen again. if it does happen again a copper gasket will be going in.



this dang over valved, over compresion, headgasket eating, wimpy pumped poor excuse for a motor.



see you guys sat.



jim

 

[Power Wagon]

if you blow a gasket, I suppose I could tow you home

 

[CUMINNTSTRKN]

thanks power wagon



but i'm bringing my own ride home.



jim

 

[Power Wagon]

bbzzzztttt... humor alert

 

[KLockliear]

See you all out there tomorrow!

 

[SReeves]

will be my fisrt event so YEE HAA see you there

 

[willyslover]

JD. . Good luck on a successful event !. . I'll be thinking of you boys having fun while I toil away at Costco [x-mas is not fun !!]. .

 

[Don M]

Yeah, what willy said.



Don~

 

[Don M]

So what happened? I want to know what the numbers were.



How high did everyone go?



Joe, Jim, Cord, Keith what did the trucks pull off?



Don~