Rausch Creek June 26, 2010
 

Rausch Creek is an Offroad Park...pay-to-ride...kinda place in Pennsylvania. Set on top of a mountain with trails of multiple skill levels.

Despite what anyone may think, we (me and Joe) did have a good time. It was nice meeting a few fellow YOTATECHers, especially wanted to meet LUMPY and shake the hand of one of the guys who helped me the most, and of course XXXTREME22R was there too.

This is gonna be a short intro, because,really, who the hell cares what I say, it's the pics everyone wants to see.

OVERVIEW:

nice approx 90 minute ride from my house, Joe and I set out about 6am-ish, made a few stops and arrived at LUMPY's "cabin" right about 8am. He cooked us some breakfast (delicious) and then we were ouside changing my tires. Very nice to meet you and your other half, and Tim.

went to the park, met up with XXXTREME and the rest of the gang. I'll let everyone sign in and post up so I don't forget anyone.

wheeled some of the hardest my truck has EVER been beaten, definitely (and only proven by the ride home last night) capable and formidable it proved to be. Although when I was able to, I would take the "bypass" around bad stuff, but still, it was some pretty rough terrain. About 4 hours into it, and using lunch-time and the opportunity to go back to the camping area as an excuse, I bailed. didn't want to do any more damage, and of our group , i was the only one that did that. four hours of beating my truck was more than plenty.

met some nice guys from all over the states and even one guy from about 8 miles away from where i live.

DAMAGE REPORT.....still to be determined.

It drove straight on the way home, so I was thankful for that.

broke a weld on the exhaust pipe.....but hysterical as it is, it did not come apart until after my truck had cooled.

some scratches....but nothing exciting or major.

PICS are downloading.

My experience,

Got off work around 7am and got up to Rausch Creek at about 9. The first trail we wheeled on, i got my front crossmember hung up on a rock and almost rolled over. lol Then about ten minutes later my brakes decided to allow water to seep inside them causing them to fail. I was the only stock truck there and couldn't have done nearly the stuff the other trucks could have. After driving back to the parking lot, i hitched a ride back into the trails and thoroughly enjoyed the rest of my trip.

Ok...only a handful of pics are available right now, so here they area. movies are taking forever to download to photobucket

breakfast as made by LUMPY for me and Joe when we arrived at his "cabin"....i'll let him explain the "cabin"

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this is when we all met at Rausch

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cool pic (i took the bypass)...this was within the 1st hundred yards

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awesome Tacoma

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one of many scratches

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looking across the parking lot...it is on top of a mountain

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not sure what were doing here

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"RED JEEP"...was LUMPY's ride as he had blown a headgasket on the trip and crammed in with Tim and LUMPY's other half. Tim was a really cool guy.
and that's LUMPY spotting for Tim as he did for me several times too.

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i like this pic

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and This....one of 2 flips i know of. they have a rock crawler competition course and i guess if you feel you can do it, you can take your truck there too. Joe and i were watching a different guy at a different spot looking like he was gonna flip and heard "BOOM" and a guy yelling......seatbelt held him upside down, he got out, unhurt, JEEP was bad.

so i just say, DORK! he went end over end

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lots more pics to come and movies

these are SOME of the videos available so far.....just click each one

some crawlers going past us on a trail near us

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RED JEEP (LUMPY) coming down the 1st steep hill

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XXXTREME22R....navigating some of the one hundred zillion rocks....each one looking like a razor blade ready to slice ya......"don't go that way....."....hahahahahaha........his truck is quite capable.....maybe this is the last proof of a bumper where it's supposed to be

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sweet 4runner...nice lift....another one that navigated quite well.

the rhythmic banging you hear are my keys banging around.....wasn't even aware of it yesterday

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XXTREME navigating rocks
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lots more to come

about as fast as it can go on the ride down

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here's a LUMPY working on my exhaust at the end of the day

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LUMPY and Tim helping do a change form fancy sneakers to work boots on my truck

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one of my all-time favorite Toyotas, a diesel 4 door Hilux

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and this is member 1BADTOY

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Nice man looked like fun!!!!!!!!

more videos


so many damn rocks.....each one jagged

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some of me and YOTALUVER's awesome truck (at 1:30...."which way you taking?" and me pointing to the bypass)......let me tell you green trails**EASY?!?!** not GREEN at all and BYPASSES not much better!

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LUMPY says "i don't know if he's high enough"..talking about Tim in the RED JEEP
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2 more videos

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at almost the end, the bumper hits pretty hard.....

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looks like you guys had a great trip! Unfortunately, my stock clutch at 225k didn't get replaced in time for this trip, and I really didn't feel like toasting it there LOL. I really hope we can all get together sometime this summer and go to Rausch. I'd really love to meet up with all you guys! By then, my rig should be ready to roll again, new clutch is coming soon and hopefully I can afford some new tires too... Glad you guys had a blast!

And just curious, why couldn't you break 60ish, Jerry?

this was actually the 1st video.....just finished downloading

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actually with the adjustment for the larger tires I am doing over 65......tires are not the newest.....so it's like a speed control thing....but i can get it to about 70

Jerry, Jerry, Jerry, .....that boy of yours is a cool one! Good job, young man! I love how he kept saying, "OH CRAP", hahaha, now I know where you get your Avatar phrase! hahaha.

Honestly, I REALLY wish I could have been there. Very beautiful country, seemingly great-respectful people, ....Nice trails. Looks great! Love lumpy's look, btw, hahaha. Some people just wear that shine well! Any pictures of Swimmerboy? I read he got stuck up a lil then water in the brake lines? Sorry to hear!

GREAT TIME YOU GUYS MUSTA HAD! Awesome, Jerry, thanks for sharing!

more pics coming.....

thanks Chef.....i had a few hours to kill after i bailed(my tires were locked at LUMPY's "cabin") so Joe and i wandered around....it was nice

OK here are the bulk of the pics

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XXXTREME22R talking to LUMPY

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some of the line up

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the rest of the line up

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the "guide's" truck...kickass it was....and his kid stayed out all day with those guys......final tally should be right about 10 hours of wheeling.

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for my friends in Washington state

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a deep pit.....at least 75 feet down with an exposed coal vein

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trying to get XXXTREME's truck to idle better

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just a sweet , sweet truck

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SWIMMERBOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

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this guy is on YOTATECH....hiya

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this poor guy was a rollover from friday......beautiful 4runner, real bad damage....very nice guy, spoke with him for a while.

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LUMPY getting my exhaust back together....thanks BUD!!

and Tim.

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and Logan, this little guy and "the machine" would have had a blast together....this is the guides son, stayed out all day (10 hours)

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yeh...the bumper didn't do so well.

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fixed up and ready to roll home

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one last pic....it was starting to get dark

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There's Lumpy......in that last pic, working on something again! lol. Bunch of great guys, man! Brian SURE IS A BIG YOUNG MAN! lol. Looks like a really nice guy as well.

So, what tires on yer truck here in the last pic, Jerry? Are those 33's?

this is just a few pics, jon has most, i'll post um when i get um.

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Our guide
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Fixing the bumper... with straps
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Camp
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And a video
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I had so much fun, can't wait for next time!

Nice, Yotaluver! I especially like the shot of the Campfire....DANG i love that time when out there......MINUS THE SKEETERS, LOL.

Glad you had fun.

Looks like loads of fun Jerry!! Nice to see the kids on the trail runs!!!

Awesome pictures Jerry !


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