Rausch Creek: July 19-20

[V8BoatBuilder]

The Plan:
Wheeling at Rausch Creek on July 19-20, with camping on the night of the 19th.

Meeting Spot:
9:00am (with a roll-out at 9:30) at the main staging area, where we can get memberships, day passes, etc.

Who's In: (As of 7/18/08)
1) V8BoatBuilder: 33" Tires
2) Paraphoe: 33" Tires
3) joshuaj0214: 33" Tires
4) 924dr4x4: 31" Tires
5) Fire Zapper: 37" Tires

 

[V8BoatBuilder]

Bump... Hard to believe there hasn't been any response to this yet!

 

[Lefy]

i thought I said I was in. anyway I'm in

 

[Paraphoe]

Potentially in.

 

[V8BoatBuilder]

I'd like to make this a two-day trip, with camping on Saturday night if it's not raining. Thoughts?

So far the three of us all have 33" tires, what trails do you want to run?

 

[95exploderboy]

Not gonna make this one. The Ex is down untill I get the BL out.

 

[Paraphoe]

Honestly, I'd stay mostly on green. The last time I was out there the blue's were a bit rough. We can hit some, but I don't want to get into any of the blue's that require you to hit red or black on the way out. Some of the green tails have little off-shoots with more difficult hill-climbs to try and whatnot, so those aren't bad.

 

[97ford50x]

Im a maybe I have to get my intake finished

 

[Lefy]

what do the ratings mean
blues and reds greens?
i'm guessing
greens easy fire roads, and blues are more difficult, and reds are the worst.

I can't find the ratings breakdown on creek's website

I personally get bored with easy trails, and would love to try some more difficult trails
I have a rear locker and it helps my rig get through some stuff alright

 

[V8BoatBuilder]

I personally get bored with easy trails, and would love to try some more difficult trails
I have a rear locker and it helps my rig get through some stuff alright

I don't have a locker, but ditto. As long as I can drive home, let's bring it awn!

 

[Paul N.]

I'd like to make this a two-day trip, with camping on Saturday night if it's not raining. Thoughts?

I'm travelling the week prior, but would like to try to make this trip. I bought this Ex a couple of months ago and need to get it on the trails!

This would be my first trip to Rausch Creek - are you camping in the park or nearby?

 

[Paraphoe]

I'm definitely down with camping as well. Last time I did that and we just found a spot in the park and slept in our rigs.

Lefy - green easy, blue intermediate, black and red difficult. I have the trails maps around the house somewhere, I'll dig 'em up later, and if they don't have anything on the website, I can take pics and post them up.

 

[V8BoatBuilder]

Trail Maps, Ratings and Descriptions:

http://www.rauschcreekoffroadpark.org/sis/maps.php

Although Jason, please feel free to let us know what's preferred.

We could do some "Warm-up" easy trails on Saturday, and a harder one on Sunday.

 

[joshuaj0214]

I'm gonna try like hell to scrape up some extra money to make this trip. I am also down to camp and pull off the two day run. Can you tent camp on the trails, or only in the designated sites? I too am down to try a few difficult trails, but shes my daily driver and I cant afford to be towin or fixin her! I was "needin a fix" after seein the pics from the last run, so I went to a local spot and played in the mud and on the hills! This thing still suprises me offroad! I love the V8 on the steeper hills!

Arron, I cant imagine yours with the 4:56's and the 4406!

 

[Paraphoe]

Not sure what the official rules are, but we just pulled off into a little wooded side trail where there were other groups camping, parked in the trees and made a campfire in an already set up rock pile/fire ring. And Josh, I'm with you - can't be doing anything crazy as it's my DD and I need to be able to get to and from work now with a 40 mile a day commute. I would consider possibly running greens and some blues on day one and then riding along for harder trails day two.

 

[MustangAndy]

So far the three of us all have 33" tires, what trails do you want to run?

Ha! I now ruin that comment.

I'll see how much I get done before then, so maybe. I REALLY need skid plates and to finish my snorkel. From what I've heard even the "easy" trails are rough. The camping thing sounds cool though I've got a tent and nets.

-Andy
D.J.O.R. Netzhauptmann

 

[V8BoatBuilder]

Looks like this is shaping up to be a fun group of people for this run.

 

[924dr4x4]

if i get another explorer before this run ill make it,i got a bog ass tent too,it sleeps like 6-7 people,its a 2 room tent

 

[joshuaj0214]

And Josh, I'm with you - can't be doing anything crazy as it's my DD and I need to be able to get to and from work now with a 40 mile a day commute. I would consider possibly running greens and some blues on day one and then riding along for harder trails day two.

I too drive about 35 miles to work daily. I'm with Jay on the harder trails.


Can anyone tell me if a few, some, or the majority of mounties come with a limited slip? I'm gonna check the parts truck!

 

[V8BoatBuilder]

Can anyone tell me if a few, some, or the majority of mounties come with a limited slip? I'm gonna check the parts truck!

Most (if not all) V8 Mounties came with 3.73 gears with Limited slips.

/Shameless Plug/
I just so happen to have a complete axle, with LSD for sale cheap. I also have a Trak-Lok rebuild kit, brand new for it if you're interested...