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  1. #1 Not an organizer 
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    I removed the "GSW organizer" tag from under my name, I think Dave added me to that user group so I could see the discussions here, but as an Admin I can see them anyway. I received a few "thank you's" from people for being an organizer and had to explain I wasn't really, and didn't feel right for taking credit over something I had very minimal input on.

    However, let me know if anyone needs help with the website / hosting and little things like that which I'm able to do from the other end of the country!

    Hope you all don't mind if I drop in once in awhile to read up on the fun I might be missing out on next year

    And to the *real* organizers of this event: Thank you
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    Quote Originally Posted by OverkillZJ
    Hope you all don't mind if I drop in once in awhile to read up on the fun I might be missing out on next year
    Missing out???? Shit, I didn't even see the buggy run this year in Moab or CO. Figured you would get it and the tow rig sorted out and bring it back next year.
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    LOL, you didn't see the buggy run this year because it hardly ran

    Na, short of 3 major oversights, it didn't do badly. Or, should I say that it did as well as any half assed slapped together in no time without skill rig could do. However, the first thing it did other than driving on the trailer in my own driveway, was run Rusty Nailin Moab. It was just plain a bad decision on my part. I can be so goal-oriented "do or die" sometimes that it goes beyond reason in some situations. While it's what's made my business successful, it's also the trait in me which wasted peoples time in Moab taking a completely untested rig there, which I'll never forgive myself for. That was just miserable, on my part and I'm sure a large annoyance to a few others.

    I could've had just as much fun riding biotch with someone, and saved a whole load of time / frustration / credit card bills. Lesson learned. Apparently I can't do anything I want.


    Don't worry, I'm not backing out of GSW or the buggy, not by any means. I'm just not counting on me going next year. If it works out that the buggy / trail rig / trailer / finances are all in line to go, absolutely I'll be there... But I'm not revolving my life around making it happen again. Instead I'm revolving my life around growing the business, which might in turn guarantee I'll be there for years to come, we'll see anyway!

    Short version.. I'll be back, with a vengeance, whether it's 2006, 7, 8, don't know yet.
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    Matt, Don't be so hard on yourself. I took the Chalupa to GSW 2 or 3 years in a row totally untested. Didn't work out so well for me one of the years either. The only one really inconvenienced by it is yourself. Shit happens and you learn from it and you go on.

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    Corey, I remember that one year. You drove it off the trailer, around the lot, then back on the trailer. Yeah, shit happens, what can you do.

    Matt, I was just bummed when you said you were not sure you were going to come back. So many new rigs show up at GSW, then they get built up, then they go away. Just would be a bummer if you joined that club.

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    Never throwing in the towel, just don't know if I'll have time to fine tune everything before June with all of the other to-do's on my list at the moment.
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    Give yourself a break. I spent a bunch of time and money fixing my rear axle in 05 before GSW. Then broke two axles in 2 days both times about 45 minutes into the trail.

    Yea and dont throw in the towel. Just cry into it now and then if you get my drift.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnBoulderCO
    So many new rigs show up at GSW, then they get built up, then they go away. Just would be a bummer if you joined that club.

    John
    Can I be considered part of that club?
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    I'm not joining the club

    Fact is if I'd done summer school for the last two years I went, I'd be a semester away from having my masters... yet I don't even have my BS yet. Now that business is picking up tri fold last year, I don't think I'll be able to handle the 18 credits I usually kill myself at. I'd like to graduate SOME DAY which means classes during GSW

    Then again, maybe things will work out. We'll see!

    Good chance I'll fly out for the weekend nomatter what.
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    So just fly out here and ride bitch for the weekend instead of taking 6 week vacations every time!!
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    Hey it was supposed to be 10 days off... (fuck you tow rig.)
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    didn't you say the chevy diesel was a good motor?
    Resident hater of tall lifts, dana 44's, 4.0's, stingers, exo cages, and ZJ tow rigs....and the word "overlanding"
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    I did, and I still do.

    250,000 miles on the engine, overheated due to problems I should've checked before towing with it. Took out the injection pump.
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