TRS Event 2025 Carlisle Ford Nationals

[JohnnyO]

Speaking of, how is the camping area? Do ther require tents and nice campers/rvs, or can someone show up with a custom, DIY built camper?

The Fairgrounds camping area is two blocks away, basically a city block sized vacant lot, tents and RV’s are fine. No hookups but they have porta johns and there are showers inside the Fairgrounds next to the car wash areas. I tent it but I camp next to the same group of guys from south central PA and MD every year who have some high end cars and blow up an air mattress inside their car haulers.

 

[Rick W]

My tired old bones are still heading for the shower, but @JohnnyO just sent me the winners list:

Woo hoo!

I’ll be over there in an hour or so, and then the 12 hours back to Atlanta. Hopefully uneventful.

 

[SenorNoob]

Congrats on the win!

 

[Sharky]

thanks for the pictures ! congratulations to those that got an award

 

[JohnnyO]

 

[sgtsandman]

Congrats on the wins guys. I'm sure there was plenty of competition. So, wining third isn't a bad thing.

 

[Rick W]

Lincoln and I left Carlisle at 9:30 this morning. Excuse me, yesterday morning. We pulled in the driveway at 1:35 Monday morning, it’s 2:07 now, already in my birthday suit, took my pill and hitting the sack.

I gotta tell you guys, that’s an awful lot of driving just to see @JohnnyO for a few hours!

I’ll send some more updates tomorrow.

I’m sorry about the birthday suit visual, but I’ve been driving all day…

 

[JohnnyO]

I gotta tell you guys, that’s an awful lot of driving just to see @JohnnyO for a few hours!

Yeah but you got a 3rd Place award too.
Good to see you again.

 

[Rick W]

I’m very happy to report that I pretty much drove up and drove back this year. You always expect little stuff after 320,000 miles, but fortunately no fixing the truck on the side of the road this time.

The big one was I ran over a tire tread on the road. It made a racket, but the truck rolled over it just fine. It flipped up behind the truck and caught the storage box under the trailer bed solid right in the front. Part of my own brain fart when I installed it, but the bolts holding it to the bottom of the deck we just bolted through the Aluminum, without any backing plate. I’ve got a lot of weight in it. The shock ripped them out, and also dented my fender a little bit. It won’t be a big deal to repair.

With a couple of the bolts still hanging, I tied it up pretty well with some ratchet straps and made it home without further issue.

I’m not sure if it’s from the tire tread or not, but another driver reached out on the CB and told me my trailer had no lights. When I stopped and checked it out, the electrical coupler was out. I put it back in and everything worked. But then it came out a second time, I don’t know why. So I rigged it with a bungee just to hold it in. No other issues on the trip. I’ll give it a little more permanent attention.

I don’t want to fault any one state, because I realize it’s a weather issue, but after you go over the mountains coming from Atlanta, some of the highways really suck. The far left stop/brake 4” LED light on the trailer crapped out, two weak LEDS instead of the 16 or 20, and I’m sure it’s from the vibration. A couple of times it was like riding down a railroad track on the ties without the rails.

I’m assuming also from the vibration, the removable cover plate for my wiring Grand Central on the trailer is on the highway somewhere between Carlisle and Atlanta. I hope it’s next to the one that I lost last year so at least it has company. I’m going to have to re-figure out how to latch that one down.

And if anybody is traveling up 85, 77, or 81, please keep your eyes open for the bottom of the leg of my barstool. It vibrated off somewhere heading up there.

But it was all worth it, the people and the cars and the trucks were great, and I thanked my team for helping me win the award with some fresh kibbles when we got home

 

[ryan]

TBH, third place is robbing you

 

[Rick W]

TBH, third place is robbing you

Thank you. Honestly, I feel guilty, mine is rough around the edges. I look at the level of details some of these folks put into their toys, and I’m just jealous as the day as long.

 

[SenorNoob]

If I left that many parts on the road, I'd have a littering charge. LOL

 

[Jim Oaks]

Where's all the flashy minitruckin Ford Ranger show trucks??

 

[Jim Oaks]

Does anyone have any more photos from the event to share? Or a flickr account you've posted the photos to?

 

[JohnnyO]

Does anyone have any more photos from the event to share? Or a flickr account you've posted the photos to?

I think I sent you all the pics I took.