Tough Trucks
Lebanon Fair – Friday, July 31
This is held at the same fairgrounds as TFC’s Truck Rally.
I just had to get a picture of this camel as we walked by the petting zoo and camel ride area.
We quickly located Abigail and Nathaniel (via cell phone) and settled in for the evening. This skid loader was preparing one of the ramps.
I had never seen a tough truck competition, and didn’t know what to expect. I soon learned that there was going to be an interesting course of ramps, water, tires, and barrels.
The guys (and a few gals) listen to instructions. Nathaniel is on the right (black shirt/yellow lettering). The only other competitor we knew was George, who is in front of Nathaniel (black shirt/green and white lettering).
Walking the course.
Nathaniel and George, are you not concerned because there are fire trucks, medics, and ambulances on standby? 
There were fifty-eight in the 2 WD competition and forty-five in the 4 WD competition (Nathaniel was in this one).
I took 294 pictures, but figured that you would not want to see each vehicle going over the ramp that was directly in front of us, so I deleted and deleted until I had twenty-one.
The large mud puddle made lots of splash during the early part of the evening. By the end of the competition it was mud, and at least one vehicle got stuck.
The most entertaining of the evening was this old motor home.
If you want to get a “feel” of this run, go to the “YouTube link” I entered at the end of this entry. It is so funny! The person who posted it on YouTube must have been sitting very close to us, as we had the same view of the vehicles.
It took a lot of help to clean the debris from the field.
Quite a few became damaged on the ramps and had to be towed from the field.
Here comes George! As you can see, it was difficult to get good photos after dark.
He capably maneuvered the entire course, but I didn’t hear his name announced, so expect he was not one of the winners.
This was the only time the medics and ambulance were needed. I understand something went wrong on the first or second ramp, after which he hit the wall and came to a stop.
I heard that he was complaining of back pain, but was talking and able to help the medics remove him from the van. If you know him, let us know how he is doing.
Thanks to http://loveobx.xanga.com/ for letting me know that he is okay, and was back at the fairgrounds that same evening.
Finally it was time for the four-wheel-drive vehicles. Nathaniel was early in that group, and did quite well: 111.3 seconds.
However, several others scored less time. We did not see a final listing, but expect he was seventh or eighth out of the forty-five other drivers.
Good job!
One of the lady drivers
This one had some serious wheel problems after the first few ramps!
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We had lots of fun, and if you want to get a feeling of the course and see the motor home, click on this link.
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