P500 What did you do to/with your Pioneer 500 today?

[lee]

I took my winch apart to clean it.
Guy on YouTube made it look easy…

Supposed to leave for Royal Blue in 5 days but there has been lots of stuff needed done.
As soon as I have the winch off and disassembled moms clothes dryer dies, the daughters car has a mystery warning light come on, the mower absolutely will not start.
Plan A - throw all the gears and springs and clips in the garage and bolt the case back on.
As long as I don’t get stuck nobody will know.
Plan B - stuff all the gears back inside and see what happens.

The case had a lot of mud in it. Some of the plates had rust but the gears did not.
I assume the gears are powered metal, they should be a little more rust resistant than the stamped plates.

Front end looks sad like this.
I did clean up some rust on the bottom of the bumper while it was off.

Ready to ride, now to do some work on the trailer…

I did cut the winch bracket above the spool.
The bracket made it really tough to switch from the rope to the plow strap.
I just could not get my fingers in there.
I get the impression some honda engineer from Kalifornia needed a little more experience plowing to figure this out.

 

[KyGal83]

Went out for a ride yesterday with another P5 friend. I am blessed to call this beautiful area home and be able to enjoy the peace it brings on a moments notice.

ALSO : If anyone knows what these pink flowers are that would be very helpful!

 

[Smitty335]

Good Morning Guys/Gals! Same ole, same ole, going from Winter to Summer Saturday. Beginning of the week we had 32* mornings, Saturday we're going to be in the 80s.

 

[Todd627]

Good Morning Guys/Gals! Same ole, same ole, going from Winter to Summer Saturday. Beginning of the week we had 32* mornings, Saturday we're going to be in the 80s.

 

[silvertrd09]

Went out for a ride yesterday with another P5 friend. I am blessed to call this beautiful area home and be able to enjoy the peace it brings on a moments notice.

ALSO : If anyone knows what these pink flowers are that would be very helpful!

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I am guessing KY is Kentucky in your username, so you're riding in Appalachia. Those flowers most likely are Rhododendron. Beautiful pics.

 

[Mbradley42]

Went out for a ride yesterday with another P5 friend. I am blessed to call this beautiful area home and be able to enjoy the peace it brings on a moments notice.

ALSO : If anyone knows what these pink flowers are that would be very helpful!

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That mountain Laurel or rhododendron

 

[silvertrd09]

That mountain Laurel or rhododendron

After looking at some pictures, I think it mountain laurel.

 

[KyGal83]

That mountain Laurel or rhododendron

After looking at some pictures, I think it mountain laurel.

Most of the Mountain Laurel is usually very white, but this is very pink. I think is mostly just a very pinked up version of ML.

 

[The Green Goat]

So no Mad Honey to be made off this particular flower?

damn

 

[futzin]

Hit 2K miles on the clock.
More like 2300 actual with the 27s...

 

[lee]

Can someone remind me, why do we wash these things after riding in the mud only to ride in the mud again?

Cleaned up after riding at the coke oven cabins (back side of Royal Blue) last weekend.

 

[Red500]

Can someone remind me, why do we wash these things after riding in the mud only to ride in the mud again?

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Cleaned up after riding at the coke oven cabins (back side of Royal Blue) last weekend.

That's what I did today. Didn't take any pictures though.

 

[MI-Trailblazer]

Over the week-end the P5 finished up yard clean-up duties with hauling off the last few piles of brush and debris from the ice storm we had back in Feb. Weather was finally agreeable here in Michigan for the last 2 weekends to get something accomplished. Since I had all the tools out for tree cutting/trimming- I took the P5 around the trial at the outer edge of the hayfield and cut back the over-growth from the last couple of years.

I did the trail maintenance because the P5 is about to start getting used for something new: Rehab therapy. My wife had a stroke back in September, survived it and has been recovering very well since. She started at a new occupational therapy place 2 weeks ago that actually does driver training to try and get her back behind the wheel. The therapist suggested that she drive a golf cart or something similar, off the road, to get back to practice with coordination of a steering wheel, gas pedal and brake pedal. Now, I just hope she keeps it out of the trees so I don't have collision damage to deal with on the P5!

 

[NTCPrezJB]

Over the week-end the P5 finished up yard clean-up duties with hauling off the last few piles of brush and debris from the ice storm we had back in Feb. Weather was finally agreeable here in Michigan for the last 2 weekends to get something accomplished. Since I had all the tools out for tree cutting/trimming- I took the P5 around the trial at the outer edge of the hayfield and cut back the over-growth from the last couple of years.

I did the trail maintenance because the P5 is about to start getting used for something new: Rehab therapy. My wife had a stroke back in September, survived it and has been recovering very well since. She started at a new occupational therapy place 2 weeks ago that actually does driver training to try and get her back behind the wheel. The therapist suggested that she drive a golf cart or something similar, off the road, to get back to practice with coordination of a steering wheel, gas pedal and brake pedal. Now, I just hope she keeps it out of the trees so I don't have collision damage to deal with on the P5!

🙏🏻it all goes well for the Mrs

 

[Mudder]

Over the week-end the P5 finished up yard clean-up duties with hauling off the last few piles of brush and debris from the ice storm we had back in Feb. Weather was finally agreeable here in Michigan for the last 2 weekends to get something accomplished. Since I had all the tools out for tree cutting/trimming- I took the P5 around the trial at the outer edge of the hayfield and cut back the over-growth from the last couple of years.

I did the trail maintenance because the P5 is about to start getting used for something new: Rehab therapy. My wife had a stroke back in September, survived it and has been recovering very well since. She started at a new occupational therapy place 2 weeks ago that actually does driver training to try and get her back behind the wheel. The therapist suggested that she drive a golf cart or something similar, off the road, to get back to practice with coordination of a steering wheel, gas pedal and brake pedal. Now, I just hope she keeps it out of the trees so I don't have collision damage to deal with on the P5!

Sounds like a good and smart plan. 🙏 for recovery.

 

[trigger]

Over the week-end the P5 finished up yard clean-up duties with hauling off the last few piles of brush and debris from the ice storm we had back in Feb. Weather was finally agreeable here in Michigan for the last 2 weekends to get something accomplished. Since I had all the tools out for tree cutting/trimming- I took the P5 around the trial at the outer edge of the hayfield and cut back the over-growth from the last couple of years.

I did the trail maintenance because the P5 is about to start getting used for something new: Rehab therapy. My wife had a stroke back in September, survived it and has been recovering very well since. She started at a new occupational therapy place 2 weeks ago that actually does driver training to try and get her back behind the wheel. The therapist suggested that she drive a golf cart or something similar, off the road, to get back to practice with coordination of a steering wheel, gas pedal and brake pedal. Now, I just hope she keeps it out of the trees so I don't have collision damage to deal with on the P5!

Sorry to hear about the wife MTB. 🙏

 

[Todd627]

Over the week-end the P5 finished up yard clean-up duties with hauling off the last few piles of brush and debris from the ice storm we had back in Feb. Weather was finally agreeable here in Michigan for the last 2 weekends to get something accomplished. Since I had all the tools out for tree cutting/trimming- I took the P5 around the trial at the outer edge of the hayfield and cut back the over-growth from the last couple of years.

I did the trail maintenance because the P5 is about to start getting used for something new: Rehab therapy. My wife had a stroke back in September, survived it and has been recovering very well since. She started at a new occupational therapy place 2 weeks ago that actually does driver training to try and get her back behind the wheel. The therapist suggested that she drive a golf cart or something similar, off the road, to get back to practice with coordination of a steering wheel, gas pedal and brake pedal. Now, I just hope she keeps it out of the trees so I don't have collision damage to deal with on the P5!

Hopefully your P500 is good therapy for your wife’s recovery 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

 

[Rdrcr]

Finally had time to finish up mounting the rear WE shock reservoirs;

I think I'm ready for riding season!

Mike

 

[MI-Trailblazer]

Thanks for the well wishes folks. But I really did not want to post that and get a bunch of responses, since the stroke happened back in September and she has been recovering beyond expected in a short amount of time. She is fully functional, just she is missing those few little last pieces to get back to pre-stroke "normal" life. Getting therapy for driving training is where we are at now. Need to work on reaction timing and quick thinking/multi-tasking.

My next step is to see if I can locate a source for the signs they use on the trails for turns and stops to go post those around the hay field trail for her, then move them periodically.

 

[Kilroy]

I finally had to replace the original battery the other day. I definitely won't complain since I got 8 years out of the original battery. The only thing I have added is a winch.