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The Rough Rider

The Monthly Newsletter of the Tucson Rough Riders, Inc.

August 2015

Volume 40 Issue 8

Upcoming Events 2-3 Meeting Minutes 4-5 Participation Report 6-7 Run Reports 8-10 Editor’s Corner 11 Club Officers’ email info 11

In This Issue 2015 Meeting Dates: January 27 July 28 February 24 August 25 March 24 September 22 April 28 October 27 May 26 November 24 June 23 December 12* Summer Picnic Jun 13 (*Christmas Party) Trail Dust Days 2015 October 8—11 ASA4WDC Jamboree Cancelled

The Rough Rider is the official publication of the Tucson Rough Riders, Inc., P.O. Box 78726, Tucson, Arizona, 85703-8726.

The Tucson Rough Riders, Inc., is a rough-terrain vehicle club with the following goals: to enjoy and protect the natural environment, to provide social and recreational activities for its members, and to promote family togeth-erness. The Club assists the state and national resource management agencies and local community charitable organizations.

The Club’s general meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of each month at the U Like Oriental Buffet, 5151 N. Oracle Road, unless otherwise specified. The social gathering is from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM, with the meeting starting at 7:00 PM. Members, guests, advertisers and the public are cordially invited to attend.

Membership in the Tucson Rough Riders is $40.00 annually, with $7.50 registration fee for the first year. To qualify for membership, a four-wheel-drive vehicle owner must attend two runs and two meetings. Anyone wish-ing to join the Tucson Rough Riders is encouraged to contact any of the Board members or write to the Club at the above post office box.

www.tucsonroughriders.com

The Rough Rider 2 August 2015

Plan to be at these events for a great time. It is a wonderful opportunity to meet

new people or spend time with old friends. Don’t have a ride? I’m sure someone

has a seat. Don’t forget your camera!

NOTE: PLEASE CHECK THE CLUB CALENDAR FOR UPDATES

September 2015

ELVIS, JACKHANDLE & BOX CANYON Sep 5 8:00 AM—5:00 PM. Meet at Basha’s in Catalina (Oracle and Golder Ranch). Run Leader: Parks Rinehart (744-0537). Trail Rating 3.5. This run is in Flor-ence. We have had mostly stock Jeeps with aggressive tires run this trail & they were able to take the bypasses for the hard stuff.

RED ROCK CANYON Sep 12 8:00 AM—4:00 PM. Meet at Houghton & I-10 (Southwest corner). Run Leader: Tim Naylor (991-4155). Trail Rating: 4.0 (refer to ratings descriptions on the club website). Red Rock Canyon is near Benson. This is a hard trail—experienced drivers only.

GUNSIGHT PASS Sep 13 8:00 AM. Meet at McDonalds; I-19 & Sahuarita Road. Run Leader: Kevin Kennedy. Trail Rating: Not given. Lots of mines and good views. [NOTE: As of 8/29/15 this is not listed on the Club Calendar.]

TRAIL DUST DAYS IMPORTANT DATE Sep 15: You must register for TDD by this date to guaran-tee a t-shirt.

IRONWOOD FOREST NORTH OF SILVERBELL ROAD Sep 19 8:30 AM—2:30 PM. Meet at Circle K west of I-10 at the Marana Road exit. Run Leader: Tim Naylor (991-4155). Trail Rating 2.5. This is an easy run but difficult to navigate.

October 2015

TRAIL DUST DAYS Oct 9—11. See the club website for details.

DEER CREEK RANCH ADOPT-A-RANCH Oct 24 8:00 AM (with optional overnight). Meet at Houghton and I-10 on the SW corner. Run Leader: Rheal Tetreault (682-0273). Trail Rating: (not given). The group will travel to Willcox where we will stop for last-minute fuel or food. From there we will head to Bonita and then north to the Deer Creek turnoff.

Once we arrive at the primitive FS campground (no facilities) we will set up camp (for those staying overnight) and have lunch. The rancher will meet us and let us know what he needs us to work on.

We typically work for a couple of hours hauling rock into some road washouts. We use the club trailer to haul rock.

Bring some warm clothing and your camping gear if staying overnight. It can get chilly at the higher ele-vation. We will have a fire and enjoy the evening under the stars.

November 2015

ASA4WDC QUARTERLY Nov 7 See the ASA4WDC website calendar for details.

Upcoming events


RICE PEAK WORK RUN Nov 21 8:30 AM Meet at Basha’s in Catalina (Oracle and Golder Ranch). Run Leader: Rheal Tetreault (682-0273). Trail Rating: Not Given. Bring shovels, gloves, wire cutters and lunch. We do have some work to do. It should only take an hour or so; then we will enjoy the rest of the trail. The views from the peak are fantastic.

IRONWOOD NAT’L MONUMENT Nov 27 9 AM—2 PM. Run Leader: Bob Hval. Trail Rating: 2.5 Easy. The annual “After the Feast” Ironwood National Monument run. Meet at Starbucks on Ina Road, just west of I-10, south side of Ina. In years past we have been back on pavement by 2:00.

December 2015

CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY Dec 12 10 AM—1 PM. Date confirmed per club calendar; location to be determined.

CHAROULEAU GAP WORK RUN Dec 19 8:30 AM. Meet at Basha’s in Catalina (Oracle and Golder Ranch). Run Leader: Rheal Tetreault (682-0273) Trail Rating: Not Given. We will go in the Oracle side. I want to work on the hill that goes down to the creek. Near the top of the hill there is a water bar that di-verts water off the road. We have made some repairs before and the water has worked around the fenc-ing and is starting to eat at the road. We also need to protect the water bar. Bring your gloves, wire cut-ters, shovels and lunch.

Have an idea for a run? Do you have an idea but don’t want to lead a trip, or you don’t know the route? Don’t worry! Just contact a Board member with your ideas. Please remember these trips usually are day trips which means to bring plenty of water.

Upcoming events (Cont’d)


Meeting Minutes

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 7:06 PM and the Pledge of Allegiance was given. By a show of hands, the membership approved the June meeting minutes as pub-lished in the Rough Rider.

Land Use (Becky)

Lobbyist Funding. All clubs together posted $24k.

NAMRC meeting for state association.

Becky has been asked to serve as a board member for the Blue Ribbon Commission.

State Report (Rheal)

25 acres in Florence. Off of Florence-Kelvin Highway about 12 miles. Discussing what to do with it. North side is the right of way. South is private property. Looking to put up gates. Looking to develop some flat spots for camping. Looking at other possible develop-ment for safety training.

Adopt-A-Road (Rheal)

Future work runs are listed in the “Upcoming Events” section, above.

Membership (Tim)

New members voted in.

Tamal Bose. The gap was his favorite run so far.

John Rauch. Bullpen Garage. Grant and Stone.

Jill Ray

Barry Cummins

Ken and Donna Taylor.

Participation report.

Tim [Naylor] will provide.

37 official runs this year.

Paul [Siskind] has done 21 runs.

For participation to count, all runs must be an offi-cial run. Published 4 days in advance on the Cal-endar.

Participation Report (Tim for Miles)

See the “Participation Report” section, below.

Safety and Education (Leo)

New safety lead. WELCOME Leo Campo.

Figure 8 knot. Figure 8 knot with a bight. Cowboy knot. Tracing 8 knot can be used to tie ropes together. When tightened it gets tighter but it can be taken apart easily.

Do not use a serrated knife to cut rope.

Melt the end of a nylon rope to stop it from fraying.

Buy a good nylon rope. 77 nylon.

Nylon will dry out. Do not leave it in the sun.

Typically a winch rope if broken will go to the right. Stand on the left.

Most ropes have a 4 to 1 safe working load, if you take care of it.

President’s Report (Kevin)

Trail Dust Days. Oct 9-11. Deadline is sept 10th. Runs, dinner, continental breakfast and raffle.

Challenge is to bring someone.

Editor’s Report (Dave)

Please provide all run reports by Saturday.

Website (Tim)

New picture album. Putnam Canyon. Lots of water.

Old Business

There was no old business this month

New Business

Onion bags. $2.

May use on TDD for run leaders and tail gunners.

Guests

Guests *** Welcome*** ☺ My apologies up front for any misspelling.

16 guests.

Maggie and James "Kenyon" Hiser (Google)

Noah Vaughan (On line)

Allan and Luiza Wells

Tamal Bose

Son Raucot

Chris Dorn (4Wheel Parts)

Mike and Kelley Sloan

Barry and Cathy Cummins

Allen Bourgeois

Ken and Donna Taylor

Jim Molter

Sharen AkHarris

David Webley

Matt Gunn

Michael Dixon (4Wheel Parts)

Run Reports (For details, see elsewhere

in this issue)

Tar Wash. Putnam Canyon. 8 guests and 19 vehi-cles. Nice view point. Putnam Spring. Beehive well and windmill. Bent a tie-rod on a Cherokee. Grant


Meeting Minutes (Cont’d.)

Wash was really flowing. Check out the video.

Charouleau Gap. 20 vehicles. 8 guests. Got to winch up a Jeep. Popped the bead on one of Malcolm’s tires.

Broken Arrow Sedona 10 vehicles. Got to play tag with the Pink Jeeps. Lots of fun. Will do again next year.

Run Announcements

See “Upcoming Events” on Page 2. There is some-thing every month for the rest of the year, but there are still dates available for more runs.

Land use Donation / Raffle

$63 was collected.

50/50 $25 won $12.50.


2015 Year-To-Date Participation Points Summary– by Miles Weigold

Participation Report

2015 Tucson Rough Riders Participation Points Summary Revised: 8/24/2015

Lname Fname Meetings Runs Run Lead Rescues Total

Naylor Tim 7 18 7 0 32

Siskind Paul 7 23 1 0 31

Leslie Malcolm 6 20 4 0 30

Narcus Larry 7 20 1 0 28

David Phil 6 15 6 0 27

Sacio Andres 4 21 2 0 27

Collins Mike 7 15 1 0 23

Richardson Chris 7 11 0 2 20

Fetherman Stan 6 11 2 0 19

O'Campo Leo 3 16 0 0 19

Cristia Robert 7 11 0 0 18

Tetreault Rheal 7 6 4 0 17

Archer Steven 5 11 0 0 16

Greven Erwin 6 6 0 0 12

Hval Bob 6 5 1 0 12

Williams Mike 2 9 1 0 12

Nezelek Vaughn 5 6 0 0 11

Weigold Miles 5 6 0 0 11

Yovanov Michael 5 4 2 0 11

Harford Brad 3 7 0 0 10

Kennedy Kevin 7 3 0 0 10

Pitts Mike 2 8 0 0 10

Knuckles Ben 2 6 1 0 9

Peterson Dave 6 3 0 0 9

Stites James 5 4 0 0 9

Fitzgerald Kevin 3 5 0 0 8

King Loren 4 4 0 0 8

Levine Larry 4 4 0 0 8

Ambler Tom 5 2 0 0 7

Ratzlaff Bill 4 3 0 0 7

Rinehart Parks 0 3 3 1 7

Hogan Bart 1 5 0 0 6

Larabee Constance 3 3 0 0 6

Safarewitz Mike 3 3 0 0 6

Di Maria Mike 2 3 0 0 5

Hockwitt Mel 4 1 0 0 5

Ulrich Bill 1 4 0 0 5

Bunch David 0 4 0 0 4

Dean Mike 2 2 0 0 4

Drenten Lon 4 0 0 0 4


Participation Report (Cont’d.)

2015 Tucson Rough Riders Participation Points Summary Revised: 8/24/2015

Lname Fname Meetings Runs Run Lead Rescues Total

Eve Rick 2 2 0 0 4

Fabiano Gary 1 3 0 0 4

Long Bill 1 3 0 0 4

Raya Mike 2 2 0 0 4

Conrow Sherman 2 1 0 0 3

Di Maria Brandon 2 1 0 0 3

Farley Scott 0 3 0 0 3

Finstad Paul 3 0 0 0 3

Harrison Rick 2 1 0 0 3

Hill John 0 2 1 0 3

Nepsa Kimberly 0 3 0 0 3

Thacker Brian 1 2 0 0 3

Cameron Scotty 2 0 0 0 2

Cugini Greg 0 2 0 0 2

Nelson Dean 2 0 0 0 2

Seward Stanley 1 1 0 0 2

Thilges Nichole 0 2 0 0 2

Wall Bob 1 1 0 0 2

Whitlock Jim 2 0 0 0 2

Yazicioglu Tioga 1 1 0 0 2

Adams Brian 1 0 0 0 1

Barner Jeff 1 0 0 0 1

Fearnow John 1 0 0 0 1

Fitzgerald JD 1 0 0 0 1

Franzen Norman 0 1 0 0 1

Hommann Chris 1 0 0 0 1

Batorson Steve 0 0 0 0 0

Beyer Steve 0 0 0 0 0

Bockwaldt Walter 0 0 0 0 0

Bozarth Bob 0 0 0 0 0

Ford Jeremy 0 0 0 0 0

Frankenfeld Fred 0 0 0 0 0

Johnson Bob 0 0 0 0 0

Purscelley Howard 0 0 0 0 0

Stinson Bryan 0 0 0 0 0

Wells Charles 0 0 0 0 0

Zimmerman Scott 0 0 0 0 0


Charouleau Gap (8/15 - Paul Siskind) We had 20 trucks and about twenty five people show up for our Aug. 15th Charouleau Gap run. We met at Basha's in Catalina, signed in and left for the South to North trail beginning on Lago del Oro and ending in Oracle. Despite the large number of Jeeps

and many new members and guests our trip went smoothly and was uneventful until we stopped for lunch at the picnic table/waterfall obstacle. Tim Naylor made it over the far right side waterfall which is now challenging but doable. Mike Col-lins got bellied up in his JK and we had to winch him off. While winching attached to Mal-colm's Jeep the nylon winch cable snapped. After fixing it on the second attempt the side pressure of the winch slid Malcolm's Jeep sideways and popped the bead off the wheel. It was up against a big rock which made it hard

to re-seat but one of our members had one of the new inflatable jack bags and we were able to get the wheel up high enough to pop the bead back on and finish winching Mike off the rocks. Farther down the trail we came to the long uphill ob-stacle with the deep v-grooves and many Jeeps came up it with me rather than going up the bypass. One yellow Jeep (Noah?) got caught in the groove and went sideways trying to get out. He wound up vertical and aimed at a tree but we managed to winch him back and out before he rolled over. Everyone made it to the Oracle end without breakage and headed home by about 3:30 which was a good transit time considering the number of participants.

Run Report(s)


Sedona (Aug 7—Aug 9 - Phil David) [Editor’s Note: I didn’t get a write-up, so you’ll have to rely on Lon’s summary in the meeting minutes and the following pictures.]

Run Report(s)


Putnam Canyon (Aug 23 - Malcolm Leslie) [Editor’s Note: I didn’t get a write-up, so you’ll have to rely on Lon’s summary in the meeting minutes and the following pictures.]

Run Report(s)


Board of Directors

President

Kevin Kennedy [email protected]

Vice President

Chris Richardson [email protected]

Treasurer

Malcolm Leslie [email protected]

Secretary

Lon Drenten [email protected]

ASA4WD Delegate

Becky Antle [email protected]

ASA4WD Delegate

Rheal Tetreault [email protected]

Non-BoD Positions

Editor

Dave Peterson [email protected]

Historian

Tim Naylor [email protected]

Membership Tim Naylor

[email protected]

Editor’s Corner

*sigh* Last month, I ended my column with this: “Who knows? I might even get a “Members’ Anniversaries” list ready for next month, too!”

Alas, it didn’t happen—again. Tim sent me a list of the folks who’ve been voted in since Dec ‘13, and I have some older information (from, I think, ‘04), but there’s just too much missing. So today (8/30) I sent out an email to the Yahoo! list, asking for y’all to please give me whatever information you’re comfortable sharing in public. If you would please return that information to me, I’ll get the member recognition lists going. I promise!

Kevin was kind enough to recognize my work as Editor at the last meeting, but in reality the most important parts of this newsletter (IMO, anyway) are the run reports and ac-companying photos. I could put pages and pages of great pics in the Rough Rider every month, but then it would be horrendously big and would take forever to load on your computer. I hope that I’ve been picking good representatives from the shots you put up (or give to Tim for him to put up) on the website; sometimes it’s really hard to choose just 3 or 4 to keep the run write-ups to one page.

Speaking of write-ups, I hope you’ll work on getting those to me in a timely manner. We had three runs this month, and even though I sent out a reminder a couple of days ago (8/28, to be exact), two of the run leaders failed / declined to give me anything to publish. Sometimes I make things up, but other times (like this month) I simply record that fact and let the pictures speak for themselves.

For those of you who *do* provide write-ups, THANK YOU! For those of you who don’t, or haven’t, please take this as the requisite lash with a wet noodle. I expect better from you, at least most of the time.. (Hey, nobody’s perfect, even yer ol’ editor!)

But seriously, please make the write-up a part of the run, just like the roster and the announcements.

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The JeepMonster is still under construction. Robert and I finally came up with a way to move the Magic Box farther away from the rocks, and the back 2 axles are now at Tuc-son Differential for some rearranging and reassembly. Rob-ert has the CJ-6 tub and is working on the custom body. I’m busy trying to figure out how I’m going to pay for it all.

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The September NL will be late. I’ll be at the meeting, but have a weeklong trip to Utah scheduled for the following weekend. I’ll be totally out of touch for 5 days. YAY! I’ll put the NL together when I get back.

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