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Club Meetings:  1st Wed of every month.  7:30  Roundtable Pizza.  10633 NE 68th, Kirkland  exit 17 (70th Place Exit)  West about 4 blocks by the D.O.L.  1-425-827-7292

for a map to meeting location (two maps)

This is the bunch of IHC addicts I hang around with. These guys have more IHC trucks than our governemnt has problems. At our last meeting, we went around and did introductions inlcuding what type of vehicle(s) you owned. No one admitted owning anything other than IHC trucks of course. Some of these guys had 4 or 5 trucks each. They part em out, fix em up, break em, then start it all over again. Seems like they all know what is going on. We take road trips about once a month to different places in the area. Sometimes they get as far adrift as Colorado and California. What a bunch of addicts. Anyway, they are mostly family types with wives and families willing to forgive their habit. They are a good bunch of guys.

Meetings start around 7:30 and are an hour or an hour and a half, depending if Dale, the club president, starts rambling about his latest IHC acquisition. He has so many trucks, he has to put a trailer in front of his house so he can stack them two high. (Sorry Dale.  Had to put that in.)  Anyway, we are affiliated with Pacific Northwest 4x4 also, and have reps attending those meetings once a month to keep us up on the latest happenings.

1999 Northwest Roundup

1999 Northwest Roundup is quickly upon us.  Last year was a great show with over 60 IHC vehicles on show.  We had SSII's, Travelers, Travelalls, Scout II's, Scout 80's, Terra's and many other models.  The judges were pretty tricky on the slow course, trying to trip us up, but I promised not to reveal their secrets.  It was a tough course.  

I was a novice at shows, kind of driving my truck in circles trying to figure out where to go.  I almost drove right off the travel ramp.  Only thing I did well on was the bulls eye.  Took first place on that.  But then, visibility is one serious advantage the SSII has over any other IHC vehicle.  Still, the veterans did their best to make me feel at home and welcome.  They also kept me out of trouble.  This show really embodies the spirit of IHC owners.

This year, the NWBinders Roundup will not be held in conjunction with the tractor show.  We will be at a different location - Harvey Field in Snohomish about 15 minutes West of last years location.  Harvey Field is a couple of miles south of Snohomish right along Highway 9.

Here is an excerpt from the writeup I did on the last trail run.  

"I put my truck in 4 low and crawled to the bottom with Roy standing on the crest and Kurt acting as spotter. Looking up the face from down below, I realized my first impression was incorrect. Everest would have been easier to climb.

The first three quarters of the climb were not difficult, but deep holes near the top stopped me cold. I backed off a little and tried again, but my front tires spun and would not climb out. I backed to the bottom again and took a slightly different line with the same results. Finally, I had Kurt step back and I tried to bounce over the top, but still no go.

Unfortunately, this last attempt put me on a bad line and when I backed to the bottom, I ended up dangling over the canyon with a yawning hole just behind my rear tire and my front end pointed toward nowhere."

Kurt managed to pull me to safety.

1999 Northwest Roundup

 Event Dates: Aug 13th,14th and 15th. Trail run Monday the 16th.  

 Location: Harvey Field 9900 Airport Way Snohomish, WA 98296

 Vehicle display/non-judged: $10.00

Pre-registered competitions and judged show and shine ( deadline Aug 4, 1999 ): $20.00

 Non pre-registered competitions and judged show and shine: $25.00 at the gate

Non-sponsor vendor space $50.00

 Free camping, no hook-ups

	Sponsor fee	is $100.00 ( deadline June 1st, 1999 )
		We request 1 page of copyable ad pictures or text. We will make copies for event packets.
		Any additional advertisement you want to be included, we request a quantity of 90 to be included in each event packet

	Address for Round-up related mail: Sherry Matthees NW BindersTreasurer / Secretary 22211 276th Ave. SE
	Maple Valley, WA 98038

Contacts:	Clint Morris (425) 432-0212
	Rob Marks (425) 338-5678
	Club President: Dale Arnett drscout@gte.net or www.nwbinders.net

Events:	Blind Driver Course
	Slow Obstacle Course
	Bull's Eye
	Travel Ramp
	Show and Shine Judging

For more information and some great pictures on previous events, click on the image below to link to our club homepage.

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