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Disclaimer: If I didn't get your name/vehicle info correct, please email me at jdbronco@hotmail.com When it was decided that the anniversary of MyBigBronco.com would be held at Hollister Hills SVRA, one of the favorite haunts of the WT 4 Wheel Drive club, we began getting as many members as possible to attend at least one of the three days of 'wheeling. We took Bryan 'BigB' Kale on one of our trail rides in January of 2001 and have been supportive of his club when it was but a shadow of what it has grown to be today. Since I know the trails of Hollister better than many of the towns I drive through, I figured it would be great to 'host' the event since many of the MyBigBronco people are based in Southern California. In anticipation for the amount of people showing up, Bill and I drove down to Hollister and arrived a few minutes before noon. Once we had established camp, the two of us went out to explore some of the more obscure and unmarked trails of the park. Since there were only two trucks, we covered a lot of trails and scouted some good sections to take vehicles through in the following days.
The flange on the radius arm that bolts to the I-Beam broke, and that caused the differential to pitch up and break the pinion gear. We get the Bronco on semi-level ground and Hi-Lifted the tire off the ground. The I-Beam was pulled back into place with a come-along and secured with a winch strap. After making sure the straps and come along were securing the axle, we slowly headed down the haul road to camp via Prospect Road. On our way, I heard Chris on the radio and saw him a moment later on the small rise next to the lake. He followed us back to camp while where we admired his newly lifted Bronco, shod with Super Swampers. Anthony and his girlfriend, Lisa were the next to show up with their clean Explorer lifted 5.5" on 33's. Light was fading fast and Bill, Chris and I walked down to the school house while Anthony set up camp. I thought I remembered the gate combination so I wrote down '1515' on the paper I taped to the school's porch. When Dave came walking into the campsite he told me it was wrong and I remembered the combination was '1551'.... oh well. Travis and Mitch showed up shortly thereafter, and Ryan pulled his tow rig and trailer into camp within a few minutes. Friday night was pretty low key besides a 300 lb boar knocking over my propane tree and breaking my lantern. Bill and I ran him out of camp a few times before we fell asleep.
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