Transplant

[mdg01]

I just moved to Provo due to job relocation. Was previously in Boyd, TX. I am an avid 4-wheeler, and also built/own a Rock Crawling course in Boyd, TX. Last year, and we had the WEROCK Grand Nationals there and had a fair turnout for the first event. I am looking forward to some rides here in UT, since the place I like to wheel most is much closer now. If any of you are local, shoot me an e-mail (I should have my TJ and a Cambell car up here soon).

Marshall D. Gillespie

 

[Herzog]

Welcome! From the sound of it, you have a good share of rigs...

 

[wally]

Glad you made it to the board finally. When are you going back to get one of them?

 

[mdg01]

Soon

The Campbell buggy is still undergiong some tube changes and front axle upgrade, so I am going to go get the Badlands Mooner in a couple of weeks. The only problem with the mooner, it only holds slightly over two gallons of fuel, so I have to carry a spare can with me. When Bryan and I wheel together, I have plenty of fuel in the campbell, so I just transfer it over to the mooner. The TJ will not be finished with it's upgrades until september timeframe. Anyway I slice it, I will have something up here by mid July.

 

[Spork]

welcome

 

[Exalted 4x4]

Welcome "Utah is like a whole nother country"

 

[Sumo]

Marshall, I've seen a lot of your course for WEROCK on video and pictures (I downloaded hundreds from Webshots) and I thought it was absolutely INCREDIBLE! Way to go!

My fellow clubmembers in Las Vegas dream of making a course like that (since the BLM has prohibited all real rockcrawling in the Vegas valley). Was the area naturally canyon-like to start with, or was all of that excavated from flat ground? Is it really expensive to spray that concrete stuff on an area that big?

 

[mdg01]

I already had a sand pit/quary there, so I just did minor dozer work for the bleachers and entires to the pit, and built up the center to match. The cost of the shotcrete was ~45K. We shot ~450 yds. We need to shoot an additional 200 yds to finish up the pit, and I plan to build onto the course on the top side for MC, BMX and Rock Racing. Since I am working in UT for a spell, the course completion is on hold for a time.

 

[Greg]

Welcome Marshall! What do you do for a living that brought you up to UT?

 

[Sumo]

I already had a sand pit/quary there, so I just did minor dozer work for the bleachers and entires to the pit, and built up the center to match. The cost of the shotcrete was ~45K. We shot ~450 yds. We need to shoot an additional 200 yds to finish up the pit, and I plan to build onto the course on the top side for MC, BMX and Rock Racing. Since I am working in UT for a spell, the course completion is on hold for a time.

Thanks so much for the info! I found a little article online somewhere after I posted that mentioned it being a quary. I'm sure it will be there when you get back to it. I wish you all the luck in the world in that endeavor.

If I get the job I interviewed for in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, I'll be up there pretty soon. Hope to meet you in person on the Utah trails someday soon.

 

[mdg01]

Welcome Marshall! What do you do for a living that brought you up to UT?

I am an engineer with Applied Materials Inc. I am supporting the Yield Enhancement Group at IMFT in Lehi, UT. I have worked from my home the last 7 years, and they dissolved my group causing me to join this one, or loose my retirement benefits.

 

[Greg]

I am an engineer with Applied Materials Inc. I am supporting the Yield Enhancement Group at IMFT in Lehi, UT. I have worked from my home the last 7 years, and they dissolved my group causing me to join this one, or loose my retirement benefits.

Wow, that would have to be a rough move. I hope it works out well for you & you enjoy Utah. It's a great place.