Mud Bog Fort M May 11 02 WHITEKNIGHT.CA

"Fort Macleod Mud Bog- May 11 , 2002"

I would be safe in describing this bog as our bug out run because we certainly encountered quite a few bugs. Our adventure started with the trip down. We've been talking about weighing the Knight and saw the perfect opportunity as we were driving past a scale. Great we said. Pulled over, made sure the scale worked, unstrapped the knight and got in to start it. "Click" is about as much as we could get . Batteries were dead. Just great. Well so much for weighing her. Strapped the truck back up and continued driving to the bog. Once we got there, we needed a boost to get the Knight off the trailer. The pit was gooey and deep as usual for Fort Macleod. Not many trucks showed up but we still had a great day. The weather was beautiful and there were a good bunch of guys that brought their trucks. It seems a lot of the trucks were still being worked on and couldn't make it. Halladay's nitrous Ford had a blown engine. He had ran it 38 seconds on nitrous and blew it. Hope he gets back in it soon. Missed Al White with his S-10 on Nitrous. Hope to catch him next time. We were to have two runs a piece. I took the first stab at it and bogged at the end of the pit. There was a wall there just waiting for me. The Knight wasn't running well. Couldn't get it past 4000 rpm. Something was off. Robin was next and he said the same thing. The Mercedes did good. On our second shot Robin was to go first . He was gunning her at the deeper end when the front passenger tire stopped turning. Blew the hub and a stub shaft. Looked like he was trying to climb the pit wall. Hard to tell in the Knight as you cannot see a thing -always totally covered in mud. That sucked as I would have been the last one to go and would have had an excellent chance at BEATING him :). The Mercedes went after Rob and got a little further into the pit. I had to bow out of my run . The Mercedes won..... Will meet up with you at Crowsnest Bog though :) Also did in the windshield . Seems a rock was thrown at it when running the bog. Have four days to get the Knight ready for May Long. Had a great time. Most of the pics below were taken by my seven year old daughter Jennifer. Not a bad job at all Jen :)

Here's an MPEG of Rob's second run. If you notice towards the end you will see the passenger's front tire stop turning. That's when the hub went. Just click on the pic to watch.