Got a chance to go run Fordyce Trail this weekend. Borrowed a friends '99 Dodge Ram V10 truck to tow my rig...The V10 is a turd for towing btw- I miss my ctd..
Anyways, trail head is only 40 minutes from where I live. 
I didn't get to do much of the trail do to some "breakage", but otherwise it was an awesome weekend. I flopped on Winch Hill #1 (Somthing about me and flopping for a crowd. 
)and lost most of the gear oil from the top of the tranny before we could get it flopped back over. Then on the way back to camp after that, I came down off a ledge reeeaaally hard, the engine musta bounced in its mounts or the mounts are shot, cause the oil pan hit my ghetto engine crossmember and dented it enough to hit the crank. I could hear the crank thudding into the oil pan each time it went around. Made a call and had my buddy bring up oil and gaskets etc. The motor needed to come up about 4" for the oil pan to clear the x-member....Didn't have a floor jack obviously, so we improvised McGyver style. We stretced my tow strap between two trees with a shackle in the middle. Parked the truck under that, then ran the winch rope up to the shackle, then back down to the engine. After removing the motor mount bolts, it worked like a dream. That was this morning, got it all back together and wheeled the rest of the way out. Had waaaay to much fun.....We discovered that a .40 cal slug tears a ground squirell into about 15 pieces.
Pictures-
My improvised trail engine hoist and auto repair shop-
Poser stuff-
Anyways, trail head is only 40 minutes from where I live. I didn't get to do much of the trail do to some "breakage", but otherwise it was an awesome weekend. I flopped on Winch Hill #1 (Somthing about me and flopping for a crowd. )and lost most of the gear oil from the top of the tranny before we could get it flopped back over. Then on the way back to camp after that, I came down off a ledge reeeaaally hard, the engine musta bounced in its mounts or the mounts are shot, cause the oil pan hit my ghetto engine crossmember and dented it enough to hit the crank. I could hear the crank thudding into the oil pan each time it went around. Made a call and had my buddy bring up oil and gaskets etc. The motor needed to come up about 4" for the oil pan to clear the x-member....Didn't have a floor jack obviously, so we improvised McGyver style. We stretced my tow strap between two trees with a shackle in the middle. Parked the truck under that, then ran the winch rope up to the shackle, then back down to the engine. After removing the motor mount bolts, it worked like a dream. That was this morning, got it all back together and wheeled the rest of the way out. Had waaaay to much fun.....We discovered that a .40 cal slug tears a ground squirell into about 15 pieces. Pictures-
My improvised trail engine hoist and auto repair shop-
Poser stuff-
Oh, and where is that spot in the pic just above the one with the Dodge trailering your rig? That looks like a great swimming spot on a hot day.
