Ditchrat
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Hey noobs get involved in events.
Hello to all newly involved in crawling. In short, as I don’t want to make this about me, I started scale crawling Dec 25 2015 and attended my first Recon G6 in May of 2016. In the past I have been involved in slot car competitions and had expectation of the same self-righteous azzhats.
Well I was wrong.
I participated in the Recon G6 with my seven year old boy this weekend and It was one of the best experiences I have ever had in my 42 years living.
Don’t be intimidated, don’t feel uncomfortable, don’t worry about fitting in.
Let me give you some positives.
The staff was great, I lot of people say they treat you like family, these guys and gals really do. Everyone there treated my son like he was part of the event, vendors answered his questions and participant treated him as a full fledge G6er.
My son had some break downs on the trail. Since most where minor I fixed them on the trail and let me tell you every single person that past us asked if we needed help.Many of them offered up parts if we needed.
There was always a winch, tow strap or push available when needed. One of my biggest concerns with running the G6 with a kid was holding people up or causing delays.That concern turned out to be a non-issue.Turns out that one of the most fun parts of the event is recoveries.I had as much fun recovering fellow G6ers as I did going through gates.This goes for assisting each other through gates. Some of the gates where just about impossible without a winch, push or pull. Getting two or more rigs through was so much fun. Figuring out angles, anchor positions, entrance and exists was a blast. The whole time learning from each other by watching.
Major failures: Yep the Deadbolt didn’t finish. Just 15 gates shy of completion and with 45 mins left my son nuked his trans. But that wasn’t the end of it. People offered up parts, and offered to lend us a rig to finish.
My son made a new friend who lives not so far away in NJ. We ran the first day/night stage with him and his father, Jeff. It was great fun and we plan on getting the kids together at a later date. Jeff,if you’re reading this you have a great kid, and I appreciate all the help and guidance you offered up.
Giving was as much a part of the event as receiving help. The first night I was talking to a gentleman who broke his winch line. I had an extra to give him and get him 100% for the next day. One of the best things that could have happened to us. Midmorning of the second day at the start of stage 3 the same gentleman entered the starting gate just behind us. After winching, towing and spinning tires Paul and I made it up the hill climb. We quickly decided that my twosome was to become a threesome.
Two people was fun, three was even more so. We spent the rest of the day running together.
Last thing I will say is get involved, “Do the Work” as they say. If there are recommended but not mandatory events/items do them/it. It all adds to the fun. We brought a 2 rig barge to the Float your rig challenge. Not only did it make it, another G6er used their fanboat as a barge and pushed us across the pond. Then we offered up the barge to others and he ferried another 5 or six rigs across. Watching all this unfold was as much fun as actually doing the event. At one point it was starting to list hard, Kilt and all Parker was in the drink doing the HAND of POSEIDON.
We all like pictures, so when I get home tonight I'll get some up on this thread.
I can’t say it enough. Go do it. Don’t worry about anything and have a blast.
Hello to all newly involved in crawling. In short, as I don’t want to make this about me, I started scale crawling Dec 25 2015 and attended my first Recon G6 in May of 2016. In the past I have been involved in slot car competitions and had expectation of the same self-righteous azzhats.
Well I was wrong.
I participated in the Recon G6 with my seven year old boy this weekend and It was one of the best experiences I have ever had in my 42 years living.
Don’t be intimidated, don’t feel uncomfortable, don’t worry about fitting in.
Let me give you some positives.
The staff was great, I lot of people say they treat you like family, these guys and gals really do. Everyone there treated my son like he was part of the event, vendors answered his questions and participant treated him as a full fledge G6er.
My son had some break downs on the trail. Since most where minor I fixed them on the trail and let me tell you every single person that past us asked if we needed help.Many of them offered up parts if we needed.
There was always a winch, tow strap or push available when needed. One of my biggest concerns with running the G6 with a kid was holding people up or causing delays.That concern turned out to be a non-issue.Turns out that one of the most fun parts of the event is recoveries.I had as much fun recovering fellow G6ers as I did going through gates.This goes for assisting each other through gates. Some of the gates where just about impossible without a winch, push or pull. Getting two or more rigs through was so much fun. Figuring out angles, anchor positions, entrance and exists was a blast. The whole time learning from each other by watching.
Major failures: Yep the Deadbolt didn’t finish. Just 15 gates shy of completion and with 45 mins left my son nuked his trans. But that wasn’t the end of it. People offered up parts, and offered to lend us a rig to finish.
My son made a new friend who lives not so far away in NJ. We ran the first day/night stage with him and his father, Jeff. It was great fun and we plan on getting the kids together at a later date. Jeff,if you’re reading this you have a great kid, and I appreciate all the help and guidance you offered up.
Giving was as much a part of the event as receiving help. The first night I was talking to a gentleman who broke his winch line. I had an extra to give him and get him 100% for the next day. One of the best things that could have happened to us. Midmorning of the second day at the start of stage 3 the same gentleman entered the starting gate just behind us. After winching, towing and spinning tires Paul and I made it up the hill climb. We quickly decided that my twosome was to become a threesome.
Two people was fun, three was even more so. We spent the rest of the day running together.
Last thing I will say is get involved, “Do the Work” as they say. If there are recommended but not mandatory events/items do them/it. It all adds to the fun. We brought a 2 rig barge to the Float your rig challenge. Not only did it make it, another G6er used their fanboat as a barge and pushed us across the pond. Then we offered up the barge to others and he ferried another 5 or six rigs across. Watching all this unfold was as much fun as actually doing the event. At one point it was starting to list hard, Kilt and all Parker was in the drink doing the HAND of POSEIDON.
We all like pictures, so when I get home tonight I'll get some up on this thread.
I can’t say it enough. Go do it. Don’t worry about anything and have a blast.
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