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Had a great time at cabin fever show! Lots of neat and different stuff! Was fun to play on the dirt pile! Definitely different. Thanks a ton for Steve 9W Monighan for getting everything setup.

A lot of club members were there and some members from other clubs as well. We had, myself, Stepside, Probie, Uncle Phil, Brian in PA, Bulldog, Smallhaul, 9W Monighan, IH builder, Stylin, Benny & his dad, Mikemike, Doug & Travis, Jammer, Lil Giants from Canada & Cousin Joe aka Dirt pusher drove in from Texas. I think that was everyone.

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Awesome set up. Definitely a huge plus for the hobby and biggest set up that I've seen. Maybe in a few years it will be like the ones on the other side of the pond. Certainly headed that way!

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Looks like you guys had a GREAT time :D:D Wish I could have made the drive:( Maybe next year.

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we also had kerst with his cranes , It was a great time . just wait till next year :D;)

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It definitely looks like you guys had fun and put on a good show. I wish I could have been there, maybe next year.

Travis

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Amazing pictures and an amazing facility too. It's like being outside, indoors!

I've never seen the cranes that big before! Wow! :D Makes my upcoming truck even harder to wait for.;)
















~ Jeff

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Nice pics Rod, thanks. Great display/set-up guys. Looks like a great time.

Ben

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Thank's for sharing, going to have to put this show on my bucket list.
And "B Y O B" bring your own bucket,LOL!
Cheer's, Neil.

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Cool thanks for the pic's rod

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Looks like a great event! I'm sorry I missed it....I tried to to get there, but it just wasn't in the cards for me. Hopefully next year...

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Thank you all who attended this great show.And to have met you East Coast guys but I don't remember everybody's name yet:o. Especially the two Joe's, (Dirtpusher9 his wife and nephew & LilGiants who all traveled from afar to join in the fun at great expense! Glad to have finally met these two guys. I have a few photos and video (once I process it) but here are my pictures from my prospective. I was kept busy loading trucks Saturday with the 9W so I didn't move around much. I was really scared about possibly scratching those nice shiny aluminum dump body's with my drag but was given permission by their owners to load em up.

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I wasn't sure if we had enough dirt so we called in another triaxle load to add to the first pile:D
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Great pictures! Wish I could have attended but it would have been quite a journey for me!
I can't stop staring at the last photo with the 1/1 dump truck, it looks so surreal having it there inside the building surrounded by scale rc construction models!

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Wow!.....looks like alot of fun!Thank's for sharing.
Brian,that had to be hard to get that truck dirty!

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I had a great time at the Cabin fever Expo last weekend. There was a great turnout and plenty of opportunity to play.
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And the 9W Bucyrus-Monighan walking back home:
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Kerst

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I forgot a couple of IH Steve and I walking the 9W back to my trailer.
Thanks again for staying and helping me Steve!
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Looks like you all had a fun weekend!
Who´s owner of that red 3 axle lowboy?
Steve, so you didn´t load up all sand before leaving?
Dan

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Great pics guys.

Had a great time and I am glad that there was a good turnout. I hope we have a good turnout again next year.

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Wow!! Great pictures-Looks like a fun time was had by all-and what a great turnout of "famous people":D. How was the dirt? It looks like it might have been sandy and wet. I still can't get over the detail on DP9's dozer. Fantastic! And looks like it moves a lot of dirt!

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Wish you could have attended Tom. The dirt was some kind of screenings that resembled "kitty Litter" but the small stones were hard. We couldn't get real dirt because it was way too wet to bring in. The first pile was there 2 days before we started and the second load was delivered on Friday. The second was pretty wet and I had build up in my bucket but not too bad. The material did pack very well and broke out real nice with my bucket and I had full buckets with ease. But the smaller rigs did have trouble on the small stones. Joe had some problems with the stones getting into his track links as well as the ejector on his scraper,but his D9 could really push! he knocked off a couple feet of the newer pile in no time.

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Yeah steve-It looked like the dirt was really sticking to the tracks of the dozer but I'm sure it was still fun. That truck of IH steve's is a brute! Looked like a good size to load with the dragline. I would liked to have been there. I have never used my shovel on a high pile of dirt (to simulate a hi-wall) and I'm curious to see how it would work in those conditions but maybe another time. I don't know who all those trucks belonged to but they were some nice looking rigs.

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Looks like you all had a great time!! Thanks for sharing, maybe next year!!:cool:

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no problem Steve :) I think for this we need a dozer and roller for the walk to the trailer next year ;)

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Well it was only 2700 MILES to go and play for awhile. Had a great time getting to see some of you guys again and getting to meet some new people. Great group of guys at this show and some really nice models. Pics don't do these models justice, there are some talented people here. Thanks for letting me join in on the fun.

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Joe, it was great to see you there! I give you a lot of credit for driving 200 miles!:eek::eek: Your 9 amazes me every time Ive seen it. Its just an awesome piece of machinery.

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joe , it was great to meet you And see the 9 in person . It got me back on track for my td40 :D all my future trucks are on hold till I get some iron running . I'm glad you made it back safe .

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200 miles,:eek: Thats a good one Brain. :D That truck you built looks so real, and will tote the load too.

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It's about time you do something.:D Great to meet you as well.

My wife and nephew had a great time too.

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So glad you made it up to visit Joe. Glad to have met you your wife and nephew. I see you had a safe trip home. I really enjoyed seeing your dozer working and you were able to get it going with the minor breakdown.

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I had a great time at this exhibition of hobby everything, meet some of the great fellows that I had known through the forums for many yrs, and some of them I had a very pleasureable conversation with... however, didn't get a chance to chitchat with everyone, just not enough time during Saturday.

Spent some time tinkering on D9Joe's dozer, getting a close look at how well Joe skillfully built it. And tinkered on Jammer's JD450 hoe and given some runtime on it too. I spent a good couple of hrs trying to learn the skill of operating Smallhaul's dragline, I have new appreciation for Scott's ability to make it look so easy, I really struggled with it! Got a good look at IHSteve's machining abilities, noticing with each new part on each new model he builds, the quality just keeps getting more definitive. And also to see John's & Brian's show quality trks in person, that paint is buffed to such perfection that one would never guess the bodies were not handcrafted from metal! Truely awesome to drool over in person, not a blemish to be seen anywhere. :cool:

All in all a great day at this hobby expo! Lots to see, including everything around us with boats, & trains, & planes, & scale minature engines running on air, gas & alcohol, tools galore to drool over.

But I can't help but be somewhat disappointed that it was really only one day that we were able to hang out with one another & play together. Much too short of an event after travelling so far to get to.

I made it home last night, just in time to enjoy this luvly -36 weather we had today for a daytime high. :eek: :rolleyes: I should have paid the penalty & rescheduled my trip home a few days later Scott, then perhaps I could have mastered kicking your azz in the slot cars. :D

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Thanks for sharing the photos. Looks like a good time for sure. Shame it was only a day. I couldn't personally justify driving that far for one day of play.

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The show was three days. I got there late on Thursday and could have made it 4 days.

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Ha! Some time in the future your slot car driving skills will be put to the test... :D