L60Boerne's Santa's Sleigh

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Postby plateaucal » Wed Mar 13, 2019 7:42 pm

Out of the box! Always.I would love to come hunt the Lair again. Some cow camo would give us something to play with. Get me some better weather next time; a little over 32 would suffice.
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Postby L60Boerne » Wed Mar 13, 2019 8:43 pm

Hunting does have its risks!
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Postby mdawg4x4 » Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:16 pm

Using a cowhide as cover when duck hunting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F4Ws_2XwdU
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Postby L60Boerne » Sat Mar 23, 2019 8:05 pm

I remember that guy, what a story teller. Good post. Thanks.
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Postby L60Boerne » Sat Mar 23, 2019 8:11 pm

Santa's Sleigh at work. Hopefully Plateaucal's front leaf springs get put on quick...oh man to you miss a suspension when you are missing one.

Just finishing a turkey blind.

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Postby L60Boerne » Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:09 pm

Here are a few pics from the Santa's Sleigh.

Patrolling today!
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Postby L60Boerne » Sat Apr 27, 2019 7:55 am

Greetings Patrol Universe,

Today, we had a film crew out to The Lair filming a spring turkey hunt. Part of the show was an interview with me on local Indian history of the ranch.

The plan was for me to drive up in Santa's Sleigh.

Well, sad to report the NAPA carb Eddy the Eagle put on isn't reliable. It appears the needle valve sticks starving the motor.....

So at midnight we had to leave it in the field after we used it's winch to recover a stuck 4x4.

I have four certified mechanics with me, three of which are engineers. We will get it running and leave it at a shop in town. It needs Plateaucal's leaf springs installed anyway.

Might go back to a Rochester.

More as the day unfolds....
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Postby RiverPatrol » Sat Apr 27, 2019 9:56 am

Well, it looks good anyway.
Beyond any hope for intervention

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Postby L60Boerne » Sun Apr 28, 2019 7:56 am

Patrollees... sometimes it just goes like this......

But Santa's Sleigh was about to recover one Ford F250 4 x 4 at midnight before the needle value really stuck for good. Chinese NAPA carb is getting one more chance.

It needed to go to the shop anyway to install Plateaucal's leaf springs and a manual throttle among two or three other little fixes..

Patrolling with a marked limp today,
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Postby L60Boerne » Tue May 14, 2019 7:30 pm

Since we towed the sleigh back to Santa's workshop it has been built back better than the Bionic Man.

When the sleigh treds back on the hollowed Lair soil it will roll the the following fixes:

a). Manual Throttle from Matt McTree. I'm having a secondary retaining bracket made so it can be pulled out and "set" so it will work like a slow speed cruise control.
b). New Fuel Pump from Forklift (Scott thinks it was a failing fuel pump more than a stuck valve needle)
c). New Coil Over Shocks, the beefed up leaf springs Plateaucal so graciously shipped me were too beefy, they raised the front end 2". I'm all about overkill but in this case I think shocks will fix the problem.
d). Fresh oil in both axle housings; front was said to have a molasses look to it while the rear lacked any at all. It was described as dusty.
e). Transmission Fluid was a bit low
f). New Electrical Cut Off Selector Switch.

Ok, I think that is it for now,
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