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The only time that I can recall being in that area with SCEB was when I came thru in the VW "Caddy' on my way to somewhere else. I think that was the Caddy and not Patch, but it's been a few days since then and I've slept some since then. I did tow the TrailBlazer to one of the SOBs. Camped with...

Looked it up on Gaia, goes over 10k, that's got to be a good test of cooling systems! I've been up to Rock Creek scouting campgrounds, and back in the late 70's I went on an epic snow camp further up that canyon. I'm thinking that this would be a good trip for the TrailBlazer tent trailer. Need...

D & I spend a lot of time in the Owens Valley. Not sure that she'll be able to go or not, but I'm now planning on it. Wheeler Crest is the only one that doesn't ring a bell. How technical is it? A pic from the top of Silver Cyn (no charge for my thumb):

First year ever I drove my avatar. And towed it up there with a Chevy!

A legal mining claim on public lands can close access to everyone else, even though it's "Public Land." Talk to the ranchers and property owners over next to the gypsum mines on the North face of Big Bear about how those mines will close off access to their own private property. In the early...

Sliding the tire under the vehicle should be habit. Just do it. Place it directly under a frame rail as close to where you're working as is reasonable.

Just stumbled onto this a few minutes ago, a mining company is looking at re-opening mining for silver in the Calico Mountains area. I only just discovered this and haven't read far enough to know exactly where they plan to do this but it has the potential to impact our use and enjoyment of the...

Mine will operate normally IF I hot-wire it. Either the switch at the latch inside the tailgate has failed, or the wiring has been flexed one too many times and has broken.

Having looked at this several different times I think the best approach is simply park off the side of the freeway and hike up to it from there. My info is decades old so it may have changed, but it is that the guy who owns that private land on the East side of Afton Cyn Rd. is not the friendly...

Common problem, lots of write-ups on this on the Full Size Broncos forum. The fix usually involves replacing some wires and adding some relays. On mine I suspect that the wires going into the tail-gate have work-hardened and broken.

I have not. Pics of that will make Lars jealous! Let's do it! ETA: my few Airmail Beacon trip pics- https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-nXds7S

I suddenly have a weekend in October open if that weekend works for going back out there.

With the low response we should probably just pull the plug.

Wow Dusty! I can get a sense of just how much time you've put into this, and it isn't trivial! I haven't been back to that specific area since that trip. Shortly after that trip I re-read Shortfuse's section on it and realized that we were in the wrong canyon to find the tunnel, which we knew...

I was hoping for more date input, but I think that we'll need to run with what we have. 10th-12th it is. Now for where. I've been pondering a vast number of permutations and combinations. Most critical is the meet-up place. Today on the drive home I decided to make it Peggy Sue's in Yermo. Most...

Been working on When. The best weekend for me is Oct. 10-12 with Oct. 24-26 a distant second. The Where I'm still working on. Our group's usual rule is to stay under 100 miles/day. That long day at Calico when we went out to the Husky Monument a hunnert years ago or so was just short of that...

The Crow Bar in Tecopa? The Lucky Spur in Kingston? Oh wait, that might be a bit too far. Too bad the Happy Bottom Riding Club is closed. :)

It just might...... :)

So now that it's starting to cool off out there let's revive this. Let's keep it to three days or less. Most can squeeze a Friday easier than a Monday, so let's say meet up somewhere Thursday eve or Friday morning with the plan to split up sometime Sunday afternoon. There will be no base camp...

There is a vendor who frequents the Pomona Swap Meet who deals in all sorts of automotive manuals, repair manuals, owner's manuals, etc, If they still have any, can also try Helm.com for some factory manuals. Can also try Aerobooks in Burbank (?) although that's a little outside their normal.