Went to Miobi's Memorial day run. Stomper, My son and I left Thursday night, It was approx. 6 p.m. before we got on the road for what we expected to be a 6 hour drive. The bus pulled really well all things considered. At points it can be a handful. It went a steady 62 mph. on the flat roads. Lost a bit here and there up hills and such but did pretty good. $285.00 in fuel to get us there and back didn't seem to bad with a rolling weight of 27,200 lbs. 
Suprisingly the binders bring the whole thing to a stop very quickly. Quickly enough you have concerns about the straps on the trailer being enough! We also had probably 2000# of tools in the back of the bus that were strapped in place and road pretty nicely.
Hooked up with Lane J. on the way down and convoyed for the majority of the trip. Lane's tow rig simply put, kicks azz. It's an early 80's Crew cab Chevy. 496 big block that pulls hard all day long! He had to stay out of the throttle for us to keep up with him. A pair of FRS radios kept us communicating along the way.
Pulled in to camp around 2 a.m. and crashed till morning. Promptly got teched in and started playing. This being the first time out for the blazer we weren't sure what to expect. Approx. 1.5 hours into the day we nuked a ujoint which ended up being the weak link the whole weekend.
3rd Ujoint took the shaft ears with it which ended our fun on Saturday in the afternoon. The 500 caddy has gobs of torque and I thouroughly enjoyed wheeling with the 465 and doubler. Most of the time I had the 205 shifters in low and the 203 in high gear and would select a wheel speed with the 465 shifter and skinny pedal. Other problems experienced were a broken throttle cable, which will really get your attention, fuel starvation when the truck was laying on its passenger side in a deep crevas, a few winch problems which will sort themselves out easily enough.
It rained pretty much everyday we were there for an hour or so and then would quit again. Mud was prevelant but at this location, most of the ground seem to get tackier with a little moisture on it. Not you standard mud but more like clay.
We had a really good time and thanks to the MIOBI crew for putting on the event.
We did sponsor the event and handed out some trinkets while in camp as well as donating a gift cert. for the raffle.
I'll try to add some pics to this post in a couple minutes here. Didn't have a chance to take many pictures so i'll have to see whats on the cameras.
Suprisingly the binders bring the whole thing to a stop very quickly. Quickly enough you have concerns about the straps on the trailer being enough! We also had probably 2000# of tools in the back of the bus that were strapped in place and road pretty nicely.
Hooked up with Lane J. on the way down and convoyed for the majority of the trip. Lane's tow rig simply put, kicks azz. It's an early 80's Crew cab Chevy. 496 big block that pulls hard all day long! He had to stay out of the throttle for us to keep up with him. A pair of FRS radios kept us communicating along the way.
Pulled in to camp around 2 a.m. and crashed till morning. Promptly got teched in and started playing. This being the first time out for the blazer we weren't sure what to expect. Approx. 1.5 hours into the day we nuked a ujoint which ended up being the weak link the whole weekend.
3rd Ujoint took the shaft ears with it which ended our fun on Saturday in the afternoon. The 500 caddy has gobs of torque and I thouroughly enjoyed wheeling with the 465 and doubler. Most of the time I had the 205 shifters in low and the 203 in high gear and would select a wheel speed with the 465 shifter and skinny pedal. Other problems experienced were a broken throttle cable, which will really get your attention, fuel starvation when the truck was laying on its passenger side in a deep crevas, a few winch problems which will sort themselves out easily enough.
It rained pretty much everyday we were there for an hour or so and then would quit again. Mud was prevelant but at this location, most of the ground seem to get tackier with a little moisture on it. Not you standard mud but more like clay.
We had a really good time and thanks to the MIOBI crew for putting on the event.
We did sponsor the event and handed out some trinkets while in camp as well as donating a gift cert. for the raffle.
I'll try to add some pics to this post in a couple minutes here. Didn't have a chance to take many pictures so i'll have to see whats on the cameras.
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I'd like to see 1480 options for the front and the rear if it was possible. Them is some big u-joints. 
