St. Louis Event Ideas???

[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?

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

[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!

[dabears]

Originally Posted by 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!

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!

[MACK Daddy]

Great Pics ....Looks Like a good turnout


Alfy

[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!

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!

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

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! WOW!!! Super Kool of you Ed. Thank you! 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.


















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. Do I ever have a lot of mechanicing to do this winter!





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!

[pigeonfarmboy]

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

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!

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







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.