12/9 Rausch

Was fun today ice made it very interesting. Thanx out to Nick, Nester Matt and fella in Rubicon we had fun. Cant wait till next time... fun trip home was no fun fog and icey road

Yeah it was a good day of wheeling for me. It was good to get out and the group we had was completely kick ass. Nick to bad you busted the U-joint the first one I have ever seen you break. We ended the day on a flat tire and the fog and ice where getting bad but it made for a good day of wheeling. We ran most of yellow jacket, stout (I kicked its ass) and and couple of other blue trails. The snow and ice that was left was a fun addition to the trails. It was nice to street drive the rig and know that she still does well on the highway with no issues. See you guys next time.

Yah nester...for some reason I decided to not listen to everything I normally go by. I know better but, whatever, you'll have this. It just goes to show the good people you get to know wheeling. I can't think of any other places/sports/hobbies where somebody would hop under a rig in snow and ice and rain and sleet and whatever the hell else was going on out there today and fix somebody's junk. I appreciate it big time guys and next time I'll be comfortable enough to fix it myself. Again, a big thanks to you guys for the tools, patience, wrenching, and comradery. Chris with the S10 MONSTER jumped under my rig and started wrenching before I even knew what happened, thank you! He even managed to teach Nester a new trick and that's impressive! I've been crossing my fingers on that front end for a while and I knew a ujoint was a matter of time...2 years no carnage - no complaints! Anyway...until next time guys!

http://picasaweb.google.com/njf128/RauschCreek_12_9_07

There's the few pics I took...notice - no pictures of my carnage on the trail hahaha. If you look at the last few you can see what the staging area looked like. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared at the thought of towing home, or at least getting off that mountain with all that ice. I was also thinking of the $200,000 insurance claim that would be needed for any given tow rig there dragging an H1.

Locked_N_Loaded wrote:

I was also thinking of the $200,000 insurance claim that would be needed for any given tow rig there dragging an H1.

I will say I wana try that axle eating trail next time we go hopefully things go little better for me You said it Nick this sport is loaded with awesome people

That was Yellow jacket right ? It should be fun once the snow comes or the ice goes away. That ice makes muddy and wet trails seem nice. The ice was challenging hard to work with when one spot was fine then the next was a sheet of ice.

yeah it was yellow jacket ridge. It's normally not that hard. The ice did make things more interesting. Mike was the guy in the black rubicon, I hope we didn't scare him to much.

I remember running yellow jacket last winter when rich had lil red yet and it was like a green. I'll be back for yellow jacket ridge as soon as the front axle is back together with some more driving intelligence this time

Nick just Listen to your inner self and it be fine

yellow jacket is fun stuff when its snowy this is broken in his B2, his entire passenger side front tire came off after this, spindel and all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxLDYAIMD6A


and here is me making it look easy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F20VBXQ1L8

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Nick just Listen to your inner self and it be fine

Funny, because I thought I learned that a long time ago. Who can I blame? Not my fault! Well then again maybe it is because I've been burning inside to order the chromos for the 44 and breakage is sweet because it forces you to get better parts

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Who can I blame?

Nester was spotting

another thing I learned from the weekend was "The Rock Pinch." I will have have to use that, since it worked so well.

Nick you can always blame it on the passenger I always do..... works for me.