will be held in Longmont, CO on Sept 10-12th. Hope to see you there!!
2026 Rocky Mtn. Cubfest
- Thread starter Bob McCarty
- Start date
Dale Finch
501 Club
Bob, it's on my calendar now... so maybe 2026 will be the year again!!
Your cubfest is always fun and I hope to be able to share the camaraderie with you again.
Your cubfest is always fun and I hope to be able to share the camaraderie with you again.
coppersmythe
501 Club
Dale , you will not be disappointed !! Its one of the highlights of the year ....................coppersmythe.................Bob, it's on my calendar now... so maybe 2026 will be the year again!!
Your cubfest is always fun and I hope to be able to share the camaraderie with you again.
coppersmythe
501 Club
Sunset in Longmont !
Dale Finch
501 Club
We had Bob & William busy with some carb rebuilds...of course being supervised by the requisit peanut gallery!!
Dale Finch
501 Club
And a slightly larger project installing a rear-mounted Levelling and Grader Blade:
Still needs a bit of fabrication for the lift link..."piece of cake" for Bob!!
Still needs a bit of fabrication for the lift link..."piece of cake" for Bob!!
Don McCombs
501 Club
More photos! We need more photos!
Don McCombs
501 Club
That’s the weirdest looking carb I’ve ever seen.
William was disassembling a side dresser to make it easier to transport.
Dale Finch
501 Club
I failed to look more closely at those photos! William was SUPPOSED to be rebuilding the Zeniths carbs!!
Don McCombs
501 Club
You can never tell what William is likely to do.
Dale Finch
501 Club
Some more photos, and because my thumbnails are so small I can't tell for sure what's going on, so use your own imagination!
I'm pretty sure Bob was soda blasting carburetors and his hood emblems.
The hood was getting some "bondo" work done on it where it had damage from (I think) a shed collapse, and I was doing a touch control rebuild for Bob.
William finally got back to work on the Zenith carbs!
I'm pretty sure Bob was soda blasting carburetors and his hood emblems.
The hood was getting some "bondo" work done on it where it had damage from (I think) a shed collapse, and I was doing a touch control rebuild for Bob.
William finally got back to work on the Zenith carbs!
Dale Finch
501 Club
Dale Finch
501 Club
There was an incident that happened while working on one project that I would like to share after getting permission from the "victim" in the hopes that others can learn from this.
I, personally, have never used a manual hand lift, which incorporates a helper spring, similar to a fast hitch helper spring.
We were installing the belly-mounted grader blade that I had pictured earlier, but it was not yet attached to the rockshaft/hand lift assembly. While trying to adjust the lever assembly, the rod that's actuated by the thumb button at the top of the lever had apparently not completely seated into the notch. There was so much spring tension without the counterweight of the blade being attached, that suddenly the lever slammed forward hitting Frank in the head.
He was extremely lucky that the injury was not worse, but did end up having to go to the hospital for some stitches and had a rather large bump on his head.
(Guess it's a good thing Frank is so hard-headed!)
It really pointed out how careful we have to be around these fun beasts, but beasts they can be! Never having used one, I benefited from this lesson, as I hope you all will.
Originally, he only had a bruise where the cut near his eyebrow was, but today he sent me a photo of a rather impressive shiner.
So PLEASE be careful out there, everyone!
I, personally, have never used a manual hand lift, which incorporates a helper spring, similar to a fast hitch helper spring.
We were installing the belly-mounted grader blade that I had pictured earlier, but it was not yet attached to the rockshaft/hand lift assembly. While trying to adjust the lever assembly, the rod that's actuated by the thumb button at the top of the lever had apparently not completely seated into the notch. There was so much spring tension without the counterweight of the blade being attached, that suddenly the lever slammed forward hitting Frank in the head.
He was extremely lucky that the injury was not worse, but did end up having to go to the hospital for some stitches and had a rather large bump on his head.
(Guess it's a good thing Frank is so hard-headed!)
It really pointed out how careful we have to be around these fun beasts, but beasts they can be! Never having used one, I benefited from this lesson, as I hope you all will.
Originally, he only had a bruise where the cut near his eyebrow was, but today he sent me a photo of a rather impressive shiner.
So PLEASE be careful out there, everyone!
Peter Person
501 Club
OUCH!!!
Don McCombs
501 Club
Yikes!!! That could certainly have been much worse. Hope you’re feeling better, Frank.
Sue and I would like to thank everyone who came this year. We sure had a good time and I think everyone else did too. Thanks to the ladies for all the help they gave Sue. Hoping you'll all come back next year.