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Old 01-16-2011, 12:33 PM
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Hi,
after 4 weeks I returned home today...

Those are a few pics from when I drove up to the house in december. The blazer did really well in the snow. No pics of the harder parts of the trail, whe were busy with driving there:













Then I was around 4 weeks there, including skiing, snowshoeing, etc...





And from today. All the snow`s gone:





The way back:



When I drove on the highway I looked in the mirror and it looked like my car is on fire. There was white skome everything. I just thought: "Time for a headgasket job"...
Luckily there was a exit ahead, so I took it and stopped the car. I added coolant and tried it. Luckily it worked. No idea what was wrong...
10miles further my car started vibrating and ratteling badly, so I put the emergency flasher on and stopped. I saw one of my tires broken. I put on my spare and continued driving...
At home I saw that the tire is broken inside so it`s bigger in diameter at one point. Because of that it rubbed and destroyed my rear flare, those where the vibrations I noticed...

Here you can see it a bit:





But, it was a great trip...
 
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Old 01-16-2011, 02:58 PM
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holy cow, you have an amazing looking blazer! I love the tent. I want to get something like that. How bad was the damage on the flare?
 
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Old 01-16-2011, 04:25 PM
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Thanks... Will post pics of the flare tomorrow...

Two short vids:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0KAuimETOo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOvtx_E00ks
 
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Old 01-16-2011, 08:08 PM
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that sucks about the tire and such but good to know you're safe and knew to pull off right away.

love the look of the truck btw
 
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Old 01-16-2011, 11:09 PM
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Sounds like a Sherman Tank coming up the hill! Awesome! What a beautiful place you have to ride!
 
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Old 01-18-2011, 05:41 AM
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Hi,
here are two more pics:





This is a pic of the damage on the flare:

 
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Old 01-18-2011, 08:40 AM
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The flare is not to bad, thats good. The tire looks like it shifted or broke a belt inside that sucks. But, the pictures are awsome.
 
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Old 01-19-2011, 09:08 AM
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Yes the pictures are EPIC!!!
 
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Old 01-19-2011, 04:37 PM
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Thanks guys, here are a few more:





This is the mountain where I was. You can see the houses at about half way up:



And a few night pics:







Hope you enjoy them...
 
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Old 01-19-2011, 05:25 PM
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that looks like the perfect place to relax and forget about everything that is going on in the world
 


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