Denny
Hpw many miles you have on it already?

 

Roll Tide baby, man I hope they keep it up in this game and beat Florida. I am sick of Tebo.

 

anyone have the kicker replacement sounbar speakers (from quadratec)? I want some first hand feedback before dropping 100 bucks.

p.s. Tim Tebow is a punk.

 

no experience, but i'd love to hear yours if you decide to get them

 

Dennis,
Did you buy the Hawk pads locally??
My rear pads have burned through AGAIN. Replaced the factory pads @ 25K (not me, the used car dealer and he put crappy ones on) and now I need to put more rear on @ 49K. Crazy, huh? Especially since the front still have some meat on them @ 49K. I really do think ESP has alot to do with it, b/c from Dec '08 - April '09, I was still in the mountains running through snow packed roads and the ESP was constantly working to maintain traction.

 

Fun trip. Had a great time, but after plodding through the snow Saturday, was glad to get home last night, eat a big meal, shower, and sleep in a warm house.

Friday morning heading up towards the old AT. Temp was comfortably in the upper 40s.



Saturday morning there was about 2-3 inches of snow on the ground, and it was still falling in the twenty degree temps. You can see our packs hanging on the bear lines towards the upper right of the pic. No bears, but a very healthy looking coyote (much bigger than most I've seen down here) keep perusing our camp for some chow. Was leery of us, but didn't seem too afraid - as soon as we'd turn our backs on him, he'd steal into camp, but retreat fairly quickly if we looked at or took a step towards him. After we were settled in our tents, he came sniffing around for scraps, but eventually left when he found none.

Once back down the mountain, snow was already melting (probably 10-15 degree temp difference in 3000 ft), and roads were clear, for which I was very thankful.

 

Glad to see you had a safe/fun trip. I need to roll with you guys sometime. That's one of the things that Colorado taught me...for every 1000ft in elevation, there's 3-5 degrees F in temperature change. Makes you think hard when you need to pack light but adequately.

 

We'd love to have you along Wes. This trip was a little warm-up for a couple of the guys crossing the stream in the above pic. They're headed to the Andes for three weeks after Christmas. Once they're back, we'll probably hit the trails again mid to late spring. I'll let you know when we're planning the next trip.

View outside my tent door Saturday morning. Whee!! Look at all the fun snow. Wish we could have had a fire like these guys --->

 

i have used both the hawk and EBC pads on vehicles in the past. You can't go wrong with either. Both make a really nice quality pad.

edit: EBCs probably won't last as long, as they are a bit more aggressive

 

Cool, thanks for the input...from you too Justin.