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Sat, 18 August 2012 10:56  |
Gerald Work
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As Jim Hupy said in a recent post, we are also over 2000 miles on this trip but are now sitting at beautiful Wallowa lake near Joseph, OR. The Snake river carved the near by Hells Canyon over eons. Other rivers did the same so this area is one of roads that go 3000-4000 feet up and then 3000-4000 feet down, over and over. The drive from Lewiston, ID to here is as challenging a road as you would want to ever see, especially as hot as it has been. I pumped up theair bags yesterday and used my on board bottle jack and jack hook to safely support the bogies while I climbed under to tighten the rear drum brakes. What I found was that the lower shock holding nut had come off and the shock on the forward PS bogie was hanging loose. As soon as we get back to civilization I will have a tire store remove that wheel and put the shock back on. Too hard to do safely here and I don't have a nut that size with me. So far the only ouchie on this memorable trip across BC and now south
into the hinterlands of NE Oregon.
From here we go back north to visit old friends in Spokane, WA, then to Portland where I hope to pick up a new Brompton folding bicycle. Those of you who like really well engineered mechanical gizmos would love the way Brompton's fold and ride (http://Brompton.co.uk).
Jerry
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
Fine furniture designed & hand crafted
in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building
in historic Kerby, OR
Http://jerrywork.com
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| Re: [GMCnet] Rough roads, not across Canada, but in the US [message #180734 is a reply to message #180729] |
Sat, 18 August 2012 12:00  |
Ken Henderson
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Not too far south of you as the crow flies, a LONG way by road, is
Copperfield, OR. Beautiful campground there, built by Idaho Power on the
Oregon shore of the Snake River. Of all the places we visited during our
SW/W/NW tour in our Airstream Land Yacht back in '96, that was probably our
favorite. In addition to the natural beauty of the area, there was the
thrill of the Hells Canyon boat trip (Rt 86 out of Baker City crosses the
river here -- the gateway to Hells Canyon). The campground was beautifully
landscaped and maintained; the host even kept a vegetable garden for
visitors. Across the sand/gravel bar from the campground one could wade
into the river and catch crappies (white perch) almost continuously -- no
legal limit on them. Driving down river toward Hells Canyon, we kept
seeing large rafts of logs on the far side of the river. After seeing so
many of them -- hundreds of yards long and many wide -- I stopped and used
binoculars for a closer look. NOT logs! -- Carp!!! -- Enormous schools of
them, big buggers, too.
Well worth the out-of-the-way trip for anyone in the area. And you're
right about the hills: The Airstream's Chevy 454 was HARD on spark plug
wires. As we climbed east out of Copperfield on those steep, winding
roads, a couple of them started acting up, the engine backfired and blew
the muffler wide open. Loud ride to Boise where I got the muffler replaced
and ANOTHER set of new spark plug wires -- we went through two complete
sets on that trip. I don't complain about GMC reliability; the Airstream
was only a few years old and gave far more trouble than the GMC ever has.
Ken H.
Americus, GA
'76 X-Birchaven w/Cad500/Howell EFI+ & EBL
www.gmcwipersetc.com
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Gerald Work <glwork@me.com> wrote:
> As Jim Hupy said in a recent post, we are also over 2000 miles on this
> trip but are now sitting at beautiful Wallowa lake near Joseph, OR. The
> Snake river carved the near by Hells Canyon over eons. Other rivers did the
> same so this area is one of roads that go 3000-4000 feet up and then
> 3000-4000 feet down, over and over. The drive from Lewiston, ID to here is
> as challenging a road as you would want to ever see, especially as hot as
> it has been.
...
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| Re: [GMCnet] Rough roads, not across Canada, but in the US [message #180736 is a reply to message #180729] |
Sat, 18 August 2012 13:05 |
Mr ERFisher
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Look up Gary morgan ?
Time for disk brakes (no adjust)
Gene
FREE WIFI @ Mickey D
On Aug 18, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Gerald Work <glwork@me.com> wrote:
> As Jim Hupy said in a recent post, we are also over 2000 miles on this trip but are now sitting at beautiful Wallowa lake near Joseph, OR. The Snake river carved the near by Hells Canyon over eons. Other rivers did the same so this area is one of roads that go 3000-4000 feet up and then 3000-4000 feet down, over and over. The drive from Lewiston, ID to here is as challenging a road as you would want to ever see, especially as hot as it has been. I pumped up theair bags yesterday and used my on board bottle jack and jack hook to safely support the bogies while I climbed under to tighten the rear drum brakes. What I found was that the lower shock holding nut had come off and the shock on the forward PS bogie was hanging loose. As soon as we get back to civilization I will have a tire store remove that wheel and put the shock back on. Too hard to do safely here and I don't have a nut that size with me. So far the only ouchie on this memorable trip across BC and now sout
h
> into the hinterlands of NE Oregon.
>
> From here we go back north to visit old friends in Spokane, WA, then to Portland where I hope to pick up a new Brompton folding bicycle. Those of you who like really well engineered mechanical gizmos would love the way Brompton's fold and ride (http://Brompton.co.uk).
>
> Jerry
> Jerry Work
> The Dovetail Joint
> Fine furniture designed & hand crafted
> in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building
> in historic Kerby, OR
> Http://jerrywork.com
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