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03-03-2008, 01:17 PM
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| Donkey Punch Champion!   Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minneapolis
Posts: 3,881
|  Bigballer and Sgt Hartman road trip to KC This was the night before we left. We got some fresh snow and I wheeled the XJ to see how deep things really were.   Well, here is the road trip Dean and I had. I will add more pictures later and show you the entire trip. The weather leaving out on Friday morning sucked. The wind was ripping and the snow a blowing. There were several cars and semis in the ditches. We even had a car right in front of us fishtail a couple times before hitting the center snow filled median. On with the side show.  10 minutes I asked if we were there yet...this is what I got.       Then getting closer to south side of Iowa, the weather got better.  We arrived in Blue Springs,MO and found a couple guys we knew pretty well...Yeap Kevin (NickelPimp) and Troy (Freetime). They were hanging out running some scalers. Dean and I joined them and ran a little before going inside the the small (yet very challenging and COOL) indoor setup for Friday night.        Last edited by BigBaller; 03-03-2008 at 03:33 PM. |
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03-03-2008, 01:41 PM
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| Gold Star Baby!   Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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| Nice friggin ride down |
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03-03-2008, 02:57 PM
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| Donkey Punch Champion! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minneapolis
Posts: 3,881
| On with the show... I even talked Jason into working on my rig since Dean wouldn't...   This is Badger's 1.9 Rock Racer. He later decided to jump it off a large ramp and after a couple times.  Zorlac's SWEET tuber/scaler/badazz rig! This thing was LIT UP!   Here is DarkHorse's Sic Fifty and a Pacer pull off. The Sic Fifty won.   Check out the FULL interior done on this scaler! Wow, Maddjack I can see you rolling up with this one fo'sho!       Hey did you guys know the Chris (intimidation) was there? Huh, missed ya bro. Any way here is his new rig...I spied.  I think you all have seen Harley0706's scaler FJ. The metal parts were all built in conjunction with Dinky RC (Matt). WOW, that's all I gotta say. You guys may see this up close in the future. I called dibs on it.  This is a FUNCTIONAL swinging tire rack with LATCH! Oh boy am I excited to see what comes my way when Dinky does my 2.2 Nats Scaler...    None other then John Holmes new ride. This had a huge outrunner on it. Go Johnny go!  Last edited by BigBaller; 03-03-2008 at 03:34 PM. |
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03-03-2008, 04:17 PM
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| Donkey Punch Champion! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minneapolis
Posts: 3,881
| And then there was a comp about to begin...      This little guy had a really cool dad helping him. Dad was his spotter and the little man definatley showed he was a capable driver! Fun to watch him.  Here is Kevin making it look easy in the slight gap in the rocks. Did I mention this course was a lot of fun with some good challenging spots. Hey Mike, why didn't you go again?   Here is Troy pimpin his Axial.  Lee and Rickie made the trip as well. Here is Lee's newest built rig. Nice look huh?     |
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03-03-2008, 04:29 PM
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| Axial Team Driver  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: OC
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| Awesome pics Ryan!! Cant believe you let Jason touch the warpig though  |
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03-04-2008, 12:10 PM
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| Donkey Punch Champion! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minneapolis
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| More pictures of comp... We have a winner or two pictured here...Brad (Bender) on left and Austin (Gatekeeper) on right.  And here is the LAST PLACE...never mind.  Last edited by BigBaller; 03-04-2008 at 10:23 PM. |
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03-04-2008, 12:17 PM
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| .   Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Rock chucking territory
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| Man that guy looks like one happy guy! |
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03-04-2008, 12:54 PM
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| Gold Star Baby! Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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| Hey Baller, great photos and captions as usual. It looked like a blast from watching the web cast. You Crawlersota guys did well. |
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03-04-2008, 01:06 PM
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| 2006 2.2 National Champ  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Driving my R/C rototiller
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| Sweet pics "Mini B".  Where are the pics from the bash session in the hotel parking lot? |
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03-04-2008, 01:53 PM
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| Donkey Punch Champion! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minneapolis
Posts: 3,881
| Bender...The Parking lot photos are still being downloaded on Photobucket. They will be here today. Ok...done now here we go... This is what started it. Badger decided to sit on the suitcase transporter thing. Oh yeah, Jason immediately grabbed the ramp. Hey Badger stay right there...  This is a blazin fast WK of Jason's. Watch out...   You will notice Badger has disappeared from his post. Silly Badger, either he pee'd his pants or he spilled his precious beverage?  Oh yeah we found a couple REALLY fast Stampedes...Ouch, this was spinning on his cheek.  Pay back to the Pede...slammed into the ramp...and BROKE IT.  There is a fix for that...Beer can.  A little pole dancing...with the WK  And last but not least for the parking lot rampage...the Flying Pede!  Last edited by BigBaller; 03-04-2008 at 02:33 PM. |
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03-04-2008, 03:44 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: In a van, down by the river! http://www.youtube.com/user/bennny12
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| Looks like a fun time was had by all. |
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03-04-2008, 04:12 PM
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| Donkey Punch Champion! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minneapolis
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| So on to the road trip home. If you don't care then STOP reading now! If you do care here is what happened. First off it was a LOOOOOOONG ride home. About 7 hours long. So we stopped along the way and saw some sites. First was for food. I wasn't speeding, but there was enough time between my truck and Troy's car to run my scaler. Here she is... Along the path we came upon the rest of the MNRCRC crew. Yeah that's you turkey's who couldn't make it...  Dean is a piggy so we stopped for some snacks and this is what we had. Energy drinks and Pork Rinds. Yuck, but oh so good.  Not completely full (not full...Moab inside joke) We stopped for food. DO NOT eat here. The food was ok at best.  After we ate the ok food it was fill up time. Check out the sweet scaler someone needs to build. 1967 Chevrolet pickup truck. Nice. I have several more pics if someone wants them.  Oh and we spotted some new tires for my comp rig!  Dean and I were jamming to BigBaller's new stereo. You will all see this soon.  Then Troy forgot his milk on the roof and it ended up on the spoiler...haha. That was funny.  Here is Troy wishing he had his milk and the rest of us laughing at him.  Now the real fun. FIREWORKS!! We parked the Xj and went inside...  Yeah right!  More like it...  And just because he was in the top 5 I will let Kevin get away with this one.  This was all I wanted...  So there you have it. Back home in Minneapolis, safe and sound. Oh here is the coolest pic I think I got while on the road trip. I got plenty of crap for making everyone wait while I took pics but it was worth it. Scaler or 1:1? Sweet!  |
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03-04-2008, 04:33 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: weather sucks ,mn
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| nice pics wow looked way fun i won't miss nats |
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03-04-2008, 06:58 PM
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| Gold Star Baby! Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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| Mini B, thats good.... |
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03-04-2008, 07:06 PM
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| Mayor of Bedrock  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 1st and Amistad
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03-04-2008, 08:03 PM
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| Gold Star Baby! Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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| Well then that makes it official "Mini B" it is as Badger is #2 in charge |
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03-04-2008, 08:29 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Eau Claire
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Seriously awesome story and pics! Count me in on the next trip......... | |
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03-05-2008, 02:24 AM
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| MWRCA'er   Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Byron, IL
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| Kind of already built it only more 4x4 mudder style.  I like that beat up rusted bumper though I need one of those. Good to know my color matches good. Anyway's that looked like a killer road trip. If I would have known the MN crew was going down I would have paid more attention to it and went. Everyones comp rig looks the same. Where's all the tubers? I'd like to make it to scale nationals but I would have to drive 6 more hours then you MN people. 20+ hours is just to long of a drive for a spot out in no where Montana. I could be in Moab in less time and have something to do all week. But, it would be killer to check out the rigs and just the trip I'm looking for, we'll see. Really waiting for a event like that to come to the midwest. |
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03-05-2008, 02:59 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: weather sucks ,mn
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| hey ben that truck in pic has 8ft bed yours looks to be 6ft lol just messing it would be cool for someone to put out hard bodies like that truck and clods or highlift but with real beds in them so no need to do drop beds ...... |
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03-05-2008, 03:18 AM
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| MWRCA'er Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Byron, IL
Posts: 3,781
| Yeah Proline bodies are really not the most scale looking things... Mine has a bobbed bed. Baller, that FJ40 is definitly one of the best ones I have ever seen. The detail on that thing is fantastic. Cherokee looks great too, tires look a little chubby though for rocks. I talked with the Stefan guy, everything is handcrafted which is amazing. I really like the looks of them, I bet they are really fun to drive. I'd buy one but I'd abuse it to much. |
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