St. Louis Event Ideas???

[rockNmayhem]

Well ladies and gentlemen I have been thinking about the show in a couple of weeks and I have some ideas of what I think we'd be doing but I'm not really sure as this is my first show I've gone to.

I was thinking about who all was going and what equipment and rigs they'd be bringing and I just had a few thoughts but wasn't sure if anybody else would be interested in them.

Now if I'm way off track here or outta line just shout and I'll let it go.

A couple of ideas that I had in mind would be some sort of truck pulls?

Maybe tractor pulls if there is anyone else there with tractors besides my Ford?

How about a road test course for points? Something along the lines of parking, backing up, making turns and maneuvers in a set area with some small markers of some sort?

Now those are just a few ideas that I had in mind and thought I'd bring up to see if anybody would be interested in them. Like I said before I've never been to a show so some of this may already be done and I don't know about it or not enough people would have interest but I thought I'd give it a shot anyways.

Lemme know what you guys think of any of these ideas and I'll be glad to help make any of them happen if we can.:D

Tyler

[Lil Giants]

Lots of heavy artillery coming in, as in dirtpusher9's dozer & pull scraper for starters.. I hope there's a dirt pile & not that silly granulated rubber stuff?!

We could do some road building! Build a dirt ramp up to an overpass, or just a road in general 6inches thick & properly graded. How many dump trks/trls will be there? Do something constructive with a goal to be achieved inside of two days. ;)

Maybe Sunday morning we start cleaning up the dirt and hauling it back into the dump trl that brought the dirt to Ed's shop (unless it was delivered in a dump trk)?

[rcguyfarms]

I vote for the road building idea.

[YoungGunz]

I'll have my truck and frameless, she will be ready to get dirty ;) someone needs a water truck, might get a tiny bit dusty :D

[Snochaser]

I like how you're all thinkin'.

Ben

[fhhhstix]

Depending on the weather and who all shows up there may not be a whole lot of extra room in Ed's shop by the time you get the the bridge and everybody's stuff set up. The weather will be a big factor on what we have room to do.;)

[sandfarmer]

If I knew I could be there I would volunteer to bring the dirt. But unless the weather keeps me out of the field I'll be harvesting soybeans. Want to come meet you guys and I'll have my first semi tractor by then, was hoping to talk someone into letting me pull a borrowed trailer LOL! Hope the 19th is the 3rd game of the NLCS Cards vs. Reds!

[Lil Giants]

A cu yd or two will do. Whatever the cost, take a head count for those who use it & split it. ;)

[Izzy]

I'll have some trailers there :)

Road building sounds fun. The road coarse has me interested as well.

Am I to bring the pull sled? Not sure it will be of any use on concrete - set up for carpet.

Izzy

[sandfarmer]

I too like the sound of road building/something with a "goal" in mind, Road course would be awesome too....Bobtail of course lol! I really hope it works out where I can come up.

[Lil Giants]

Am I to bring the pull sled? Not sure it will be of any use on concrete - set up for carpet.

Izzy

We could build you a dirt track Izzy, D9Joe's dozer will do a great job packing and leveling. ;)

[ihbuilder]

WELL I'll just wait and see how all goes and adapt to the environment . I'll most likely be loading trucks :rolleyes: Although I'll have to build a ramp to load till I get my longer lift cylinders made :(

[Supermario]

We could build you a dirt track Izzy, D9Joe's dozer will do a great job packing and leveling. ;)

What a great goal for the event! Build a dirt track to run Izzy' sled on:cool: you could even increase the grade as you get down the track just to make things interesting:D

Hmmmm, St Louis is only what? 2-3 hrs from Indy? After 9hrs, whats another 2 or 3 . :D. I would love to be there and see the dirt track built. I have no gravel trailer YET but I could move equipment around with my lowboy:p
Sounds like its going to be a great meet rain or shine.:)

I gotta talk to the wife .......;)

Mario

[dirtpusher9]

Yeah, we need a goal in mind that sounds good. Ed, what time will you be running too on Friday night? Not sure I'll be there in time too play or not but going to try to be.

[heavy_duty]

We are getting close to our meet.I will be shutting my shop down at 3 pm and from there it's game on.I plan on sticking around pretty late to make sure everyone who wants to stop by or setup,has the opportunity to.Lets all work together and build a dirt bridge to no where.

Ed

[rc_farmer]

I will be there with the 140H......i like the bride to nowhere idea, we actually have a 1.3 million $ one here that goes in to the side of a house.....built by the corp of eng......:D

[rockNmayhem]

I like the sounds of building something as a goal. I won't have much but I may make a quick roller to pull behind the tractor to pack the ground for ya. :D

Tyler

[ihbuilder]

if you don't get 1 made , I'll pack it in with a 40# loader :)

[rockNmayhem]

if you don't get 1 made , I'll pack it in with a 40# loader :)

Steve I'm already over half way there with a 23lb tractor I just gotta add another 20 behind it and I'll gladly flatten anything I can. :p

Tyler

[dabears]

What a great goal for the event! Build a dirt track to run Izzy' sled on:cool: you could even increase the grade as you get down the track just to make things interesting:D

Hmmmm, St Louis is only what? 2-3 hrs from Indy? After 9hrs, whats another 2 or 3 . :D. I would love to be there and see the dirt track built. I have no gravel trailer YET but I could move equipment around with my lowboy:p
Sounds like its going to be a great meet rain or shine.:)

I gotta talk to the wife .......;)

Mario

Its only a couple hour flight too Mario ;) instead of all those miles...

[fhhhstix]

I heard from Ed today and let me tell you he is exited just like a little kid on Christmas morning. Heck we may have to give him a time out before we even get started.:D

Travis

[dabears]

I cant wait to see my sons reaction Friday after school when he gets home to find out he's leaving 10 mins later to come with to the show!! I know im excited to be going!!!

[heavy_duty]

Travis is correct.Iam flying high about this weekend.There will be give aways,swap meet ,and lots of warm weather.Forecast of 69,and 70 degrees for the weekend.Also we have plenty of room so you guys can bring as many toys as you want.Our local hobby store has secured a guys tamiya collection and it is for sale.There are 2 mammoth dump trucks included.Just FYI.


Ed

[9W Monighan]

If I wasn't so busy here running our business, I would take a ride out with the 9W and load trucks "In The Cut" if there was a big enough pile of dirt to walk up on. But can't get away.

[dabears]

Travis is correct.Iam flying high about this weekend.There will be give aways,swap meet ,and lots of warm weather.Forecast of 69,and 70 degrees for the weekend.Also we have plenty of room so you guys can bring as many toys as you want.Our local hobby store has secured a guys tamiya collection and it is for sale.There are 2 mammoth dump trucks included.Just FYI.


Ed

Can't wait! See you Friday night! I hope someone had a spare dump trailer I can borrow lol maybe buy :)

[Supermario]

Its only a couple hour flight too Mario ;) instead of all those miles...

Ya but, not only too much going on at home, my passport is still expired. No prob driving across the border with an expired passport, to get on a plane is a different story:eek:
FYI... Renewing a passport is not a quick and easy process by no means:mad:

Mario

[woodhog]

I ended up having knee surgery today and hopefully I will still get to drive up. I know gearjammer is still into harvest,maybe rain tonite will allow him to drive me :)

[pigeonfarmboy]

I ended up having knee surgery today and hopefully I will still get to drive up. I know gearjammer is still into harvest,maybe rain tonite will allow him to drive me :)

Get a wheelchair we'll cart you around old man. :eek:

[doodlebug]

Get a wheelchair we'll cart you around old man. :eek:

How many king hauler's to pull it?:D:D:D:eek:

Cheer's, Neil.

[ihbuilder]

hellllooo St. Louis ;)

[rockNmayhem]

T-Minus 8hrs before I head out. I'll be on the road soon. Can't wait to see everybody and hope everyone has a safe trip. :D

Tyler

[sandfarmer]

I ended up with Tickets to the Cardinals game for tonight, plan on staying up there so I will most likely be dropping in tomorrow to meet you guys. May even bring my Knight hauler so I can make a quick run or 2!

[YoungGunz]

I'll be leaving after my class this morning (what's the point in going? Not like ill actually pay attention ), should be there mid afternoon. :D

[dabears]

Leaving in an a hour!! Cant wait

[dirtpusher9]

We are coming into Poplar Bluff. Just a few more hours.
Man we need to start doing this in Texas.

[sandfarmer]

We are coming into Poplar Bluff. Just a few more hours.
Man we need to start doing this in Texas.

Poplar Bluff huh, That takes you within an hour of me on your way up, I'm over by Sikeston. Fixing to leave now to head to the ballgame.:D

[mazdaparts]

I was hoping to make it but found out yesterday that I "agreed" to do some work on my brother inlaws house saturday. Meaning my wife told him 2 weeks ago that she thought this was my only free weekend. Turns out he cleared his schedule and then reminded me about it yesterday. Crap.

[MACK Daddy]

Pics Fellas..You have me curious now


Alfy

[Snochaser]

Oh the pics are dirty. Really dirty. :)

[woodhog]

Yea,too dirty to post. No show rigs here all work or no go. We gave a new meaning to dirt road truckers :D

[pigeonfarmboy]

I took ZERO pictures / video @ the show! Way too busy Maykin' Munney as Liam would say.

[fhhhstix]

I took ZERO pictures / video @ the show! Way too busy Maykin' Munney as Liam would say.

Same here I was just happy with how the new truck and trailer worked that I forgot all about the camera.:D

Travis

[YoungGunz]

I just got a little bit of video..... and two pictures.

[Claus]

Well, then I guess you had to be there.

[woodhog]

Definetely want to thank Ed for having us we had a great time . Liam is already to drive tonite and i told him we are gonna have to put them in the tub to get a bath .It was nice meeting all the other guys and putting names with faces we should all get to gether more often;)

[sandfarmer]

Yes, thanks Ed for getting this together and thanks too for letting me haul some dirt to the jobsite with one SUPER sweet dump truck! Glad to have been able to meet some of you guys and wish I would have had time to stay and personally meet each person there. Maybe next time, sure was a good crowd and lots of dirt getting hauled. I saw camera's in action so I'm sure there will be some pics.

[fhhhstix]

Ed is the man and he put on one heck of a get together. You could not ask for a better host and tour guide.:D

Thanks Ed we all had a great time.

Travis

[rockNmayhem]

As everyone else has said already, this weekend was a blast. It was our first show to go to and Aerielle and I had a blast. I had a great time running the truck breaking driveshafts fixing it and hauling lots of dirt. Thanks again to nathan for letting me pull around his brand new belly dump and getting it dirty.

Ed was a great host and a great guy to set all this up and get us a great place to"work" this weekend. My hat goes off to him for pulling this whole thing together.

As for pics, I have a ton of very dirty pics on my computer right now from this weekends show, and when they are all loaded I will start picking some out of drivers and their trucks. Aerielle did a great job trying to capture everyone with their rigs but I know there are a few that got missed. Sorry fellas.

Thanks again Ed and can't wait to do it again next year!!!

Tyler

[YoungGunz]

Like everyone else has said, great show, great people, great time. Couldnt ask for anything better, Ed did an awesome job putting this whole thing together.


VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JboXZQ0iZbI

Here is the video that I took, not much but will make some of you guys happy :D

[ihbuilder]

we just got back an Hr. ago 16HRS straight :eek::D Thanks so much ED . Great to see old faces and finally meet the plains boys . good to be back, I missed the machines :p 1st thing when I got back was get the mill warming :D . the mack got it's work out last night :eek: :D the 990 worked good friday till It striped the pump belt do to some shavings in the pump :( .

SO When's the next date :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

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Pics ? I think my wife took some :confused: not sure :o too bizzy takin I guess :rolleyes:

[rockNmayhem]

Good to hear your back Steve and it was great seeing the trucks run. That dump sure had the power and speed behind it to haul across the street saturday night. Loved seeing the loader work for what little time I got to see it.

Hope to have the pics loaded for everyone later today so all the others who didn't go can drool over the great time we had. :D

Tyler

[dabears]

Had an awesome time seeing everyone and meeting some new people i havnt met yet!

Ed Big thanks for all the help with the dump trailer and hydrolics and advice!
I sadly thought i left my camera in the hotel until it was too late in the evening when my son found it lol :(

Had a blast and cant wait for the next show and i should have a few new peices by then!

[ihbuilder]

here's a few Ma took mostly the Mack :o

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trying to teach lil Stevie the radio on the Mack . It's not an easy truck to drive loaded around show ponies . He'll be gettin his own soon :rolleyes:

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[woodhog]

Her is a few I took
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[woodhog]

And a few more

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[woodhog]

Sorry for the duplicates still tryin to figure it out since my photobucket sute changed

[Claus]

How come those Vario hoes have their body off as much as they are on? Not starting trouble, really asking is there something wrong with those things?

[ihbuilder]

How come those Vario hoes have their body off as much as they are on? Not starting trouble, really asking is there something wrong with those things?

battery change ;)

[Claus]

battery change ;)

Man, there is a lot of photos of those hoes on this board with their body off, either they use a lot of batteries or they get caught with their pants down every time.

[rockNmayhem]

I finally got around to getting all the pics loaded so here goes nothing.
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[rockNmayhem]

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[rockNmayhem]

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[rockNmayhem]

There's about half the pics from this weekend. I wish I would have gotten some video but I was having too much fun running around with the truck and tractor that I didn't take time to mess with it.

Here is the last shot for the evening of the whole setup.

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Hope you guys enjoy some of the shots from this weekend.

Tyler

[doodlebug]

Thank's for sharing the picture's, look's like fun had by all!

Cheer's, Neil.

[9W Monighan]

Wow, that sure was a nice turnout of construction equipment. Sure wish I could have made the drive. I would have had to have a much larger pile of dirt to work off of though. What type of dirt is that? Any rocks screw up the tracks on any of the machines?
By the way is this a legal load?:rolleyes:
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Are there any pictures of Joe's D9 working or Steve's 990?

[ihbuilder]

IDK Steve . the 990 whent right to work friday night when the dirt showed up But Ma forgot about the cam :confused:

[siuvinson]

Looks like a heck of a good time. One of these days I'll have to make it a point to attend...even if I don't have any rig to contribute to the fun!

[MACK Daddy]

Great Pics ....Looks Like a good turnout


Alfy

[dabears]

Looks like a heck of a good time. One of these days I'll have to make it a point to attend...even if I don't have any rig to contribute to the fun!

It was a blast even without a dump trailer. I drove my orange globe around and was able to talk to a lot of the guys and i learned a few things this weekend. Got to see builds up close and ask questions. Had a great time!

[egronvold]

Lots of nice rigs!

[RCLogger]

Looks like fun was had by all ! ! !
Great to see an event like this in North America with nice trucks and machines.

Greg

[Lil Giants]

What a freakin fantastic weekend event! Thanx a tonne for all your efforts to cater to our needs/wants Ed, you really went far beyond that of a great host! :cool:

The dump trks & belly dumps were many! I was loading constantly one right after the other for hours.. what a freakin Blast to run my track hoe that hard & it worked perfectly all weekend! :cool:

Ed took Nate & I on a tour of downtown St Louis Saturday night, what a spectacular view of the Golden Gate Arch at night! :cool:

And then the next day Ed gave Nate & I a tour of his home workshop too, showing us his latest inprogress creations. I was marvelling some of his small specialty tools, quizing him on where to shop & the next thing I know he's stuffing my arms full with goodies.. I told him I couldn't take such advantage of his generosity & put everything back on his workbench.. so then he picks up the pile & passes it to Nate & told him to haul it out to the trk for me! :eek: WOW!!! Super Kool of you Ed. Thank you! :cool: I'll for sure make good use of those nut drivers & allen drivers, and the jack stands too. ;)

Here's the few pics I got, taken with my go pro (not very good pics) while the rest of the gang was on their 5th or 6th lunch break for the day. :rolleyes:

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I made it home last night, battled some brutal rain/lightning storms & dense fog along the way, then snow drifts just before reaching the border. It was 70F at Nate's house when I left early Monday morning and 23F when I arrived at home. BRRRrrr! I brought the flu home with me too. :( I got the Lil Giants fleet unloaded along with some new arrivals too. :D Do I ever have a lot of mechanicing to do this winter! :eek:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/003-6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/002-8.jpg

A special word of thanks to you Nathan & your wife for opening up your home to me for the week before the show, I came to your door virtually as a stranger and you gave me a place to chill for the week before the show. Thank you, it is whole heartly appreciated! I hope I can return the favor to you someday. :)

One other thing I'd like to mention is Thank You to the wives & girlfriends that came along to the meet, they did a great job cooking up dinner Saturday afternoon & took most of the pics while us guys were hard at play! Thanx ladies, duely noted & much appreciated! :cool:

[pigeonfarmboy]

A special word of thanks to you Nathan & your wife for opening up your home to me for the week before the show, I came to your door virtually as a stranger and you gave me a place to chill for the week before the show. Thank you, it is whole heartly appreciated! I hope I can return the favor to you someday. :)

One other thing I'd like to mention is Thank You to the wives & girlfiends that came along to the meet, they did a great job cooking up dinner Saturday afternoon & took most of the pics while us guys were hard at play! Thanx ladies, duely noted & much appreciated! :cool:

Not a problem sir. You're welcome anytime.

I second that for the wives. Big thanks for both helping and putting up with our crap.

[dabears]

I didnt get to take any pics at the show as i thought i left the camera in the hotel, but heres what my truck looks like after the show. I may have played in the dirt a little bit :D

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HAHA i had fun going full speed through the dirt hills... Also used my super low front bumper as a dozer at a few points to push some dirt around where PFB was digging. :)

ED- Again thanks for all the trailer help you gave me as well as letting me run your blue/black dump! (i completly re built the latch setup properly!) Let me know next time your in my area!!

[SmallHaul]

Dirt!!:)

Thanks for all of the pics Fellas. Looks like you had a great time.