Turkey/Chili Run? [Archive] - The Illinois Jeep Authority

RangerPaul

10-07-2008, 06:33 AM

Smirty

10-07-2008, 06:44 PM

I don't see any reason why we can't still go wheeling the day after. I am up for it Ben.

RangerPaul

10-08-2008, 06:15 AM

I'd be up for wheelin

Smirty

10-08-2008, 07:18 AM

I am trying to remember the last time I wheeled at the Cliff's. I bet its been well over a year. I recall the last time I was a passenger though...a big orange Jeep was on its side before the day even started :D . That was quite the day that just got worse :eek: .

Ben91YJ

10-08-2008, 08:53 AM

I'd definately be up to wheel over that weekend, i'll have to check if friday works for me or if sat would be better, but yeah, lets get something together

and if i recall, there are microwaves at the cliffs.... Cambells Chunky makes decent chili

wont compare to swap's though

Ben

RangerPaul

10-08-2008, 10:20 AM

The only microwave I know of at The Cliffs is in the hot dog stand.

I'm thinking since we have Friday off, and Ben might not be able to come out until Saturday, that a Badlands weekend might be in order. Go out Friday and wheel, wheel more on Saturday and Sunday morning, then come home Sunday afternoon. Attica Inn allows up to four in a room, if someone doesn't mind sleeping on the floor.

There's more to do at The Badlands, and you can actually wash the mud off your rig after, unlike the Cliffs where it's all kinda the same and the mud never comes off.

Smirty, don't you usually have a family obligation on Friday?

Smirty

10-08-2008, 07:03 PM

It has to be a day trip for me that weekend....I am gone most of the week and weekend before Thanksgiving deer hunting and will need to spend some quality time with the little lady the next weekend. If I am gone another full weekend....well you know....a happy wife = a happy life :D.

Cliff's is more convienient but the Badlands are cool too.

That Saturday will work fine for me. Friday is kinda up in the air but likely open...You are right Paul, I normally do my family stuff the day after but this year it looks like it will be open.

RangerPaul

10-08-2008, 07:33 PM

I'll go with what works best for everyone. And, The Cliffs is better for a day trip, for me it's less than half the time spent traveling.

78cj7

10-09-2008, 08:28 PM

Weel I won't be able to bring a big orangejeep but if I can get the time to finish my project I may have a big Blue jeep;) although I could still use a wrenchfest to help it along poke poke:rolleyes:

PS I will NOT be taking a antifreeze bath this year

Ggg

10-09-2008, 08:35 PM

Brian just say when and you know I'll be there, unless I am on shift.
I have nothing to wheel so I am out for any trips.

78cj7

10-09-2008, 08:38 PM

Brian just say when and you know I'll be there, unless I am on shift.
I have nothing to wheel so I am out for any trips.

You dont need no stinkin jeep you can ride with me and T-man :D

Ben91YJ

10-10-2008, 09:44 AM

i'll have an empty seat too (well, 3 empty seats, all with shoulder belts! thats development!)

and i'll figure out if friday or saturday works better for me

im thinking friday at the cliffs might be the best, i'll let you guys know though

Ben

whowey

11-06-2008, 10:07 PM

I don't think there are enough of us left to have it. Plus last year, there weren't that many people at the park. I think the place would have been pretty empty if it weren't for those that came specifically to support Nozzleram's family.

Well crap... The wife asked me what I wanted for my B-day and I told her to be able to attend the Chili for Charity and not have to do in-law/outlaw/family stuff that day...

Smirty

11-07-2008, 07:26 AM

Still come out and ride with us on that day. It looks like Friday or Saturday we will be there...depending on Ben's schedule. I will be there and plan to bring a newbe with me as well....he's never been out before and has a stock TJ. He is really looking forward to it.

Ben91YJ

11-09-2008, 12:42 AM

hey guys, just pick a day that works for you guys, and ill try to make it

i wont know my schedule until right up to turkey day, so just do whatever works for everyone else and ill try to make it

go bears tomorrow

Ben

Smirty

11-09-2008, 10:50 AM

I can do either day but for the sake of picking a day, lets plan on Friday. Is that good with everyone else?

RangerPaul

11-09-2008, 04:57 PM

Good for me

Ben91YJ

11-13-2008, 12:38 AM

saturday would work better for me, but even if its saturday no guarantee i can make it. Plan on a day that works for whoever can definately go and if i can make it ill see you guys there. Its been almost a year since ive gotten the jeep actually dirty (not counting slight off-highway) :(

hopefully i'll get to join you guys

Ben

78cj7

11-13-2008, 10:17 AM

It appears I will not be able to go. I am getting laid off again :eek: and without a job to bring money in I won't be able to spend any on wheeling :( .

RangerPaul

11-13-2008, 11:14 AM

Hey man,

That sucks beyond belief. Wanna ride with me?

Ben, we changed to Saturday, come on out!

Smirty say's we'll have a new guy with a new jeep along. Let's get him some pinstriping... Cliffs style! :eek:

whowey

11-13-2008, 09:37 PM

I would still be a maybe. If I do make it I will be bringing another guy from Rockford with me. He has a Wrangler, but I try not to hold that against him.

I MIGHT be getting a J-truck... and if I do, no wheeling for awhile. I already have two other Jeep projects and the J-truck is in worse shape than either of them...

Ben91YJ

11-14-2008, 01:07 PM

I'll see what i can do! saturday at the cliffs? i could probably do at least the morning, and i'll have at least one open seat

Smirty

11-14-2008, 10:57 PM

It appears I will not be able to go. I am getting laid off again :eek: and without a job to bring money in I won't be able to spend any on wheeling :( .

I'm sorry to here that Brian...really sucks. :( Hopefully things will rebound quickly. Come on out and right seat with one of us Saturday.

Ben91YJ

11-21-2008, 11:10 AM

so.... whats the latest updates? im still a maybe but im gonna try to make it

cliffs at.... 9am (right?) saturday?

RangerPaul

11-21-2008, 12:16 PM

That's the plan.

Hey Ben, have I seen you since we installed your spring spacers?

Ben91YJ

11-21-2008, 12:19 PM

i think so at the chili run last year... im now running 32x11.50s with it though, im still happy with the suspension, although if anyone has any newer ('04 and up?) stock springs lying around (rubi or just TJ) let me know. 10 year old springs ride a little rough

next big upgrade is a new soft top though... 10 years is old for that too.

Ggg

11-21-2008, 06:09 PM

10 year old springs ride a little rough.
The older springs get the weaker they get , so if anything they should be getting softer. Are you sure there isn'y something else going on making the ride hard?

78cj7

11-22-2008, 11:17 AM

I am officially out for the run, but maybe Ggg should ride with paul if he still has that right seat available. It would help with the getting to Know you portion of the club ;)

RangerPaul

11-22-2008, 12:08 PM

I may have a rider, but I won't know for sure until next week. If I don't, I'd be happy to have Greg, If I do, I bet Smirty has room in his luxury vehicle. So Greg, why don't you count on coming. ;)

Smirty

11-24-2008, 08:47 AM

I have room...come out an play.

Ggg

11-24-2008, 12:49 PM

I can make it but, I don't get off from work till 08:30-09:00 Sat. AM. So I could drive down there and call someone on the phone when I get there. How does that sound?

RangerPaul

11-24-2008, 02:59 PM

What time you think that'll get you down there? We gotta have lunch sometime, and if it's around your ETA, we can just come up to the lot.

whowey

11-24-2008, 08:09 PM

Well.... I am officially out...

I didnt get the rusted out trashed J-truck... Its worse..

My wife informed me that our little repaing and carpet job on the extra bedroom is now a rip the walls out kinda remodeling job.... Uugh.. I HATE doing drywall.

RangerPaul

11-24-2008, 08:37 PM

Bummer!

Ggg

11-25-2008, 02:41 PM

Hey Brian how long does it take to get down to the Cliffs from your house? I have never been there.

whowey

11-25-2008, 05:19 PM

Hey Brian how long does it take to get down to the Cliffs from your house? I have never been there.

Greg.. its just over an hour and a half from Mount Morris pulling the Jeep and trailer...

South on I-39 to I-80, I-80 east to the Marsellies Exit. Take a right at the top of the ramp. Head into town and down the hill.. At the bottom of the hill there is a stop sign. Take a left(east) This is US 6. Take that out of town and the park is on the left. You will see the sign...

Take some mud boots.....

Ggg

11-25-2008, 11:24 PM

RangerPaul

11-26-2008, 06:27 AM

OK so about 2 hours or so from my station which is in the far N.W. corner of Rockford. I figure about 11:00 when I get there, what else should I bring? When I ask that keep in mind this is not my first time wheeling, I am well aware to not wear my "Sunday best" lol. I was thinking food, drinks, what-not.All righty then, let's see... a comfy yoke so you can pull us up hills, and... JUST KIDDING! How about whatever you like for snacks and drinks, and a camera?

Ben91YJ

11-27-2008, 09:59 AM

im still a maybe and if i do come itll be from about 9am-noon, hopefully i can get down there, if not have a great time anyway

78cj7

11-27-2008, 11:29 AM

All righty then, let's see... a comfy yoke so you can pull us up hills, and... JUST KIDDING! How about whatever you like for snacks and drinks, and a camera?

Yeah and make sure its a digital :D we don't want you running out of film ;) . I would like to see lots of pics because it actually just got worse here, for Thanksgiving I have the stomach flu given to me by my son who has praying to the porcilan god for two days and is running a 101.3 fever pretty constistantly right now.

Have fun guys and stay away from the radiator hoses :eek:

CZAR

11-27-2008, 05:32 PM

Is there really gonna be chilli! Cuz I lost my job last month...and am sick of soup kitchen drool & goverment cheese. If it weren't for road kill & hot sauce, I would've starved by now.

Maybe I'll cruise down in the new Jeep...oh yeah...got another Jeep...a ZJ....still a Jeep...& pester yooze guyz.

http://thumb11.webshots.net/t/72/172/9/96/48/2000996480033719291DgVegJ_th.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2000996480033719291DgVegJ)

RangerPaul

11-27-2008, 08:06 PM

Hey Hey Hey there Czar! Nice to here from you. No chili I'm afraid. We've become too small a group to pull off anything organized. But come on down and pester. :)

Ggg

11-27-2008, 10:37 PM

Paul and Smirty you both have a PM.

RangerPaul

11-27-2008, 10:46 PM

Back atcha! :cool:

Ggg

11-28-2008, 07:49 PM

Gimme a phone number so I can get you from farther away than when I arrive there.

Smirty

11-28-2008, 10:52 PM

Left you a PM GGG.

Ben91YJ

11-28-2008, 10:59 PM

turns out im 98% not gonna make it tomorrow, but have fun for me, im jealous and wish i could go

Enjoy!

RangerPaul

11-29-2008, 05:09 AM

PM Gregg

Ggg

11-29-2008, 06:47 PM

I would like to thank everyone who made it out there today. I had a great time. I only wish I could have been out there sooner, but it was a lot of fun none the less. It is amazing how much of a jump start this gives me about getting my Jeeps done.
Come on Brian lets finish these dang projects already.
Thanks again, Gregg

78cj7

11-29-2008, 07:11 PM

Maybe you need to come down here and help me keep focused on those projects :rolleyes: .

whowey

11-29-2008, 07:19 PM

Too early to ask for pics for those of us stuck doing other activities??

BTW... removing wallpaper stinks....

RangerPaul

11-30-2008, 07:30 AM

I didn't bring a camera :o

Smirty

11-30-2008, 11:19 AM

I had a great time yesterday and was glad to finally meet Ggg. Hopefully you will have a jeep ready for our next run. Dan was a cool dude too...can never have enough IT guys in this hobby.

Andy had a great time out for a newbee and I think he is hooked. It was quite impressed with how he ran completely stock. I feel a little bad that he lost a bead on his first run but at least he got it over with early on.

Jason had a good time too. He has been on the fence on buying a jeep but maybe soon he will see the light.

Here is a link to the Pics Jason took...enjoy:

Thanksgiving Run 2008 (http://s141.photobucket.com/albums/r79/smirty/Thanksgiving%20Run%202008/)

78cj7

11-30-2008, 01:38 PM

Looks like you guys had fun, sorry I had to miss it this year:rolleyes: . Smirty your jeep looks great on those 35's but its a shame you didn't make it up Jimmy's crack ;) . Let your buddy know I have a set of axles all ready for his rig geared for a tire upgrade and all :p

78cj7

11-30-2008, 06:59 PM

Come on Brian lets finish these dang projects already.

So since I was being prodded a bit to get some work done on this jeep I actually went out and finished installing the rear flares and armor and finished prepping the front flares and fenders for primer :eek: . here are some pics
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d173/78cj7/88%20yj/tube%20fenders/11-30-08003.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d173/78cj7/88%20yj/tube%20fenders/11-30-08004.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d173/78cj7/88%20yj/tube%20fenders/11-30-08004.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d173/78cj7/88%20yj/tube%20fenders/11-30-08001.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d173/78cj7/88%20yj/tube%20fenders/11-30-08015.jpg

Thanks Ggg, maybe next time you can come and help ;)