Editors Corner:
August and were still waiting for the snow to melt. I just talked with Dick H. of the Four Wheel Drive Club of Fresno. The Fresno Club opens and maintains several of the Sierra Trails. They had their Swamp run this weekend. He said they were not able to go any farther than Swamp meadow, but the weather has been Real warm. He says there might be a slim possibility of the trail being open-bbbut that's in three weekend's?. Real slim-even if the snow melts enough they will still need to go in and clear the trees before we can go in. However Red Lake was opened last weekend and there planning to open Coyote Lake this weekend (Aug. 12th) SO the good news is that Coyote WILL be open!-Bad news, I'd say maybe Swamp next month.
Hey! Have you ordered your T-shirts? They're going fast-see ad
Also if you haven't got your membership card contact Dave H.
RUNS FOR US
General Meeting: 8/2/95 MINUTES
PRESENT ACTIVITIES FUTURE PROJECTS
Garcia Ridge-Adopted Trail Monthly Get copy '91 OHV Forest Plan
Stairsteps Work to open 1996 Utah Moab Trip
Lopez Canyon Utah Hole-In-The-Wall -June
CA4WDC run w/ SLO 4Wheelers
Place signs on adopted trails
Vehicle show and BBQ
Condor introduction / impact
Huasna/Agua Escondito
Cable Corral Connector
Access to Queen Bee
The SLO 4-Wheelers club scrap book needs pictures of these events:
Pres.-Don M.
V.Pres.-Brian T.
Secretary-Social-Bill S.
Treasurer-Kim R.
Membership-David H.
Ways & Means-Kathy P.
Coalition-Events-Randy P.
Newsletter-Mark&Margaret B.
Safety-Henry H.
Bring your own drinks, side dish to share, chairs Hand tools
Meet At B P Gas Station Santa Margarita 9:00 BBQ to be at our newly installed picnic table
Bring Lots o Water and something to share it with (squirt gun balloons Etc. Theme- Water Wars II)
Tri-Tip BBQ, plates, utensils and napkins will be there to enjoy after the work is done
FYI Adequate INSURANCE?
I'm passing this along because I thought some of you might have the same assumption as I had. In talking to a friend in Fresno recently I learned that their home had burnt. Which in ii self is tragic (stuff like that always seems to happen to the nicest people). Though thankful that no one was hurt and that their home will be rebuilt they learned that their home owners insurance won't cover their "bought new in '67" CJ5 or their sons '60 CJ5. Both were in the garage where the fire started. The 60 was in the midst of being worked on so it was not running. Though neither carried fire insurance on the rigs I thought anything on your personnel property was covered. Better look at my policies-I've dropped policies cause I knew my rig was going to be on blocks for awhile in the patio.
Our prayers to"Daddy Rabbit", Barbara & FAMILY. -M.A.B.
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*T-shirt note. As the club color is unofficially gray those
of you who want a different color or wish to have jackets/hats
or whatever made must order & pay on your own AFTER the August
date, You may order (w/ club membership card) at The Sign Outlet
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Uncle Marks Trail Wonders or, When you don't have a spare vehicle back at camp or a trailer to tow it home on, What you might put in your toolbox. This is the place I've seen some of the most unlikely stuff used in trail repairs. Know you've got some. Send em in (Lies & Other Stories acceptable)
Trailside welding without a welder?
I was reading one of the offroad mags the other night, and there was on oblique reference to (I think) someone doing some on-trail welding using just the vehicle battery. Basic Question: Is this feasible (or even possible)?
Yes, it is. I have witnessed this twice on the Rubicon. A club member broke a leaf spring, near the eye, in Big Sluice. We met a fellow traveler in Rubicon Springs that had a complete kit for this purpose. He had a leather hood w/eye shield that rolled up like a bag. In the "bag" were two short battery cables and one longer set with a welding rod holder on one end and a ground clamp on the other. We removed three batteries, hooked them up in series (with the short cables), and did the deed. We used the shortest leaf in the pack as a patch. He also had a small rod holder with a selection of rods. He recommended "missile rod". which I believe has a high nickel content. (5150 comes to mind as the rod number, but that may be wrong). Our buddy, who happened to BE a welder by trade, did the work and said it burned hot, but worked a hell of a lot better than he would have ever guessed. He got out fine, the spring held very well. We were told that you could weld until you could not get an arc and the batteries would still start the vehicle. Fortunately we did not have to test this theory.
The second time I came across a repair in progress at the base of Cadillac Hill. An older CJ had total frame rail separation under the driver's seat. They had connected two batteries with jumper cables. Another set of Jumper cables was used for welding leads. Vice-grips clamped the stick to the hot cable. It did not seem to be working well for them, but only two batteries...The best part of this was that they couldn't get the frame ends back together, so they bridged the gap with Craftsman end wrenches and welded them to the frame on either side of the gap. If he got out, I'll bet they are still welded down there.
(Stolen From the NET by Randy P.)Written by Brian M.
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