Bullet
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- West Jordan, Utah
Working on the BBQ, Dumpster and garbage bags! What other stuff will we need?
Help out in Ward Canyon??
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XJEEPER
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- Highland Springs
THIS JUST IN!!
I spoke with Kevin Walton of the Wasatch FS District, who is our point of contact for the Ward Canyon NPLD project, and he's been pulled off this project by his manager. Apparently the FS is losing their summer workers early this year so they have cancelled all projects that aren't critical in nature. Where does this leave us?
We won't have access to the closed road in the canyon bottom or the ATV that the FS was going to provide to remove the trash collected. We can still work the canyon and haul out the trash on our own, and we could also chop and haul out the junk cars too. Are there still folks with trailers available to haul the junk car parts to the scrapyard?
The canyon still needs help so let's press forward with this, plan on meeting at the parking lot below the B in Bountiful at 8:30am on Sept 30th.
Call me with questions and I'll keep this thread updated.
Jeff Turner-390-9018
I spoke with Kevin Walton of the Wasatch FS District, who is our point of contact for the Ward Canyon NPLD project, and he's been pulled off this project by his manager. Apparently the FS is losing their summer workers early this year so they have cancelled all projects that aren't critical in nature. Where does this leave us?
We won't have access to the closed road in the canyon bottom or the ATV that the FS was going to provide to remove the trash collected. We can still work the canyon and haul out the trash on our own, and we could also chop and haul out the junk cars too. Are there still folks with trailers available to haul the junk car parts to the scrapyard?
The canyon still needs help so let's press forward with this, plan on meeting at the parking lot below the B in Bountiful at 8:30am on Sept 30th.
Call me with questions and I'll keep this thread updated.
Jeff Turner-390-9018
Ellis "4x4less"(UT-TTORA VP) has managed to get the Deseret News all over the Ward Canyon project... he will be heading up to the B with them tomorrow to take some pictures and provide a prestory for them.. then they will have a follow up story shortly after the project.
he is focused on the Pathfinder removal. i know he's trying to make it up there tonight to scope it out a day before they write thier little article and stuff... so, i'm quite posative that he's working to get that car out of there...
he's got a trailer he thinks he might be able to get back in there with.. an chopped up Jeepster sprung over.. or something like that.
-Jason
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- Sandy, Ut
Looking good 
XJEEPER
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- Highland Springs
Just got off the phone with the FS.....they are really concerned with folks getting hurt on the project, so FWIW......wear your boots, long pants, leather gloves, sunscreen, adequate water and food and don't do dumb stuff because you're liable for yourself. OK?
They really weren't prepared for this project at all BTW....... but that's water under the bridge. We'll need to plan on providing our own trash bags and hauling all trash off when were done, unless someone has a contact with Bounitful City and can pull strings getting a donated dumpster up there on Friday night?
See you there!
They really weren't prepared for this project at all BTW....... but that's water under the bridge. We'll need to plan on providing our own trash bags and hauling all trash off when were done, unless someone has a contact with Bounitful City and can pull strings getting a donated dumpster up there on Friday night?
See you there!
Pulling Pathfinder
I am going to have a reporter from Deseret News there with Photographer. I went up there today and saw the pathfind. We can get it out through the top of Ward's if we cut it into two or three pieces. I have a trailer that I can pull in through the top. Does anyone else have a crappy tall trailer they don't mind beating up on Saturday? Let's get it out of there! I want good photos for the reporter lady, not just trash clean up.
ELLIS- U4WDA Land Use Officer
UT TORA acting VP
I am going to have a reporter from Deseret News there with Photographer. I went up there today and saw the pathfind. We can get it out through the top of Ward's if we cut it into two or three pieces. I have a trailer that I can pull in through the top. Does anyone else have a crappy tall trailer they don't mind beating up on Saturday? Let's get it out of there! I want good photos for the reporter lady, not just trash clean up.
ELLIS- U4WDA Land Use Officer
UT TORA acting VP
I should be able to bring my Tacoma and haul something out if I drive it down from the top. There is NO way I am driving back up that for a little while. Ellis can attest it gets a little tipsy going up the trail. I also have a little 6x10 trailer we can load up to haul trash out with. Let me know what it is we need and i'll see if I can pull some strings.
Bullet
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- West Jordan, Utah
Good chance on having the dumpster donated. it is due back on Friday and will be droped off saturday morning if the paying customer dosent extend. If it is not evadable a friend of mine will bring a cargo van to haul stuff away. Where do we need the dumpster droped off? My work donated a case of trash bags. I would like to do a BBQ but need a head count and somthing to cook. Any suggestions? Thanks!!
XJEEPER
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- Highland Springs
Sounds great Bullet, dumpster could be dropped somewhere in the parking lot by the Bountiful B, out of the way but accessable.
Bullet
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- West Jordan, Utah
Sound great. How do I get to the parking lot by the "B"?
Bullet
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- West Jordan, Utah
One more question. If I cant get the fuel leak fixed on my beeter truck I may be driving my stock t-100 with wimpy tires, will I be able to get it up the canyon?
rxcarl5
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- Centerville,UT
we used to take old chevy luv trucks up there it should not be that bad of a problem
XJEEPER
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- Highland Springs
Map To The Ward Canyon Cleanup Meeting Point
Print this map and take it with you.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&z=14&ll=40.898138,-111.871204&spn=0.046776,0.070381
Your destination is the Skyline Drive Trailhead which is at the top of 400 N in Bountiful, just keep heading East from I-15 up 400 North and you'll wind up on Skyline Dr, take a left and you'll have a visual of the B at that point, if you can't read maps.......
Print this map and take it with you.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&z=14&ll=40.898138,-111.871204&spn=0.046776,0.070381
Your destination is the Skyline Drive Trailhead which is at the top of 400 N in Bountiful, just keep heading East from I-15 up 400 North and you'll wind up on Skyline Dr, take a left and you'll have a visual of the B at that point, if you can't read maps.......
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
Nice pics JeeperG...
We had a good turn out for the project. Some passer-by's even helped out and really saved the day(F-350 to haul out loads of Nissan).
We posed for a quick picture, and then XJeeper got right to work with his torch. The roof, doors, rear hatch, and lose random pieces were the first to go. 98TACO from the TTORA club hooked up to the Jeepster trailer supplied by Ellis, and unloaded it's contents at a Ford van up the road.
Next to go was the drivetrain. We winched the Nissan up onto it's side and the torch was out. With the winch relocated to the front of the Nissan, and strapped to the end of the t-case.... out came the drivetrain in one big chunk.
Next was the frame. The bolts were all cut off, then the frame pryed up off the mounts, then winched back down the hill. That was then torched into a few pieces for easier removal. By this time Randy Robinson, Ellis' daddy, brought up Arctic Circle for everyone... life saver...
Then the Tub got sectioned off into 4-5 pieces. By this time some passer-by's stopped to help. One guy, Adam, was out in his recently purchased F-350 and asked if he could buy a bottle of water off of us. Instead he much abliged to haul out alot of the Nissan for some bottled water... and he'll be a U4 member very soon...
We then had da little give away thanks to Craig "Bullet".. stickers, shirts, hoodies, videos and so on from RL4x4 and 4WPWholesalers...
We headed out with everything loaded up in the trucks. Most guys unloaded their beds into the chester style white panel van that one of Bullet's buddy brought.
Who ever said that a Nissan Pathfinder couldn't fit into the back of a FOrd van??? The remains of the Nissan Pathfinder have been relocated to the inner walls of a dumpster in Advanced 4Wheel Drive Systems' parking lot. Great time, lot's of fun...
can't wait til the Dead Man's Curve project...
-Jason
We had a good turn out for the project. Some passer-by's even helped out and really saved the day(F-350 to haul out loads of Nissan).
We posed for a quick picture, and then XJeeper got right to work with his torch. The roof, doors, rear hatch, and lose random pieces were the first to go. 98TACO from the TTORA club hooked up to the Jeepster trailer supplied by Ellis, and unloaded it's contents at a Ford van up the road.
Next to go was the drivetrain. We winched the Nissan up onto it's side and the torch was out. With the winch relocated to the front of the Nissan, and strapped to the end of the t-case.... out came the drivetrain in one big chunk.
Next was the frame. The bolts were all cut off, then the frame pryed up off the mounts, then winched back down the hill. That was then torched into a few pieces for easier removal. By this time Randy Robinson, Ellis' daddy, brought up Arctic Circle for everyone... life saver...
Then the Tub got sectioned off into 4-5 pieces. By this time some passer-by's stopped to help. One guy, Adam, was out in his recently purchased F-350 and asked if he could buy a bottle of water off of us. Instead he much abliged to haul out alot of the Nissan for some bottled water... and he'll be a U4 member very soon...
We then had da little give away thanks to Craig "Bullet".. stickers, shirts, hoodies, videos and so on from RL4x4 and 4WPWholesalers...
We headed out with everything loaded up in the trucks. Most guys unloaded their beds into the chester style white panel van that one of Bullet's buddy brought.
Who ever said that a Nissan Pathfinder couldn't fit into the back of a FOrd van??? The remains of the Nissan Pathfinder have been relocated to the inner walls of a dumpster in Advanced 4Wheel Drive Systems' parking lot. Great time, lot's of fun...
can't wait til the Dead Man's Curve project...
-Jason
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Huge thanks to everyone that showed up to help! What a great group of people!
Here are some of my pictures:
A beautiful day to work outside!
Here are some of my pictures:
A beautiful day to work outside!