you might wanna get off at an earlier exit before the park for gas...i dont remember any gas stations all that close to it...i think exit7 by the best western is the nearest gas stations...unless someone whos been there more than once knows better
we look forward to seein ya there!...an its still only january..... /sigh

 

so, sofar...we have
Wolf17 (2 friends def....2 more possible)
1muddytruck
Firezap
f150silver05
powerstroke73 (maybe)


CRF250rider1000 you good?...or still not sure bout ur break?

josiah...we will pay the gas for you to drive out here!! lol

if you guys have friends who would loike to come along..they are also welcome

 

Yeah, you'll want to get off at the lower exit. There is a Mobil truck stop there and its the last place to fuel before the park.

 

I don't post much, but i'd love to go with you guys. I'm in chambersburg about an hour south of rausch. I won't take my 150 but my ranger on 35's does ok, also close friend has a samuri on 36's that wants to go. If its cool we will both go.

 

my friend and i next to philly are interested in going, how do you think his 03 ram 2500 with a leveling kit and 35s would do?

 

MikeZ - You and your friend are more than welcome to join us. I'm stoked already!

DirtMerchant - I'm sure the Dodge will do fine, as long as its owner is ok with potential trail damage - especially scratches. Long wheelbase trucks are unlikely to get out without some bumps, bruises, pinstriping, and almost certainly some running board damage...

Another Rausch Creek shot:

 

is rausch creek mostly rock trails and stuff or is there a good bit of mud too??

 

hey WOLF do i see pitbull maddogs? if so how are they holding up for you! i absolutely love the look of those tires!

 

The only time I was there, the majority of the trails we rode looked like this:



I do not by any means know the whole park, so there might be more mud than what I saw, but even if there is, there is a good chance it will be frozen when we go.

Personally, I really love frollicking in the mud, but the most mechanical damage occurs in mud and water, so I try to mix it in with a healthy diet of rocks.

 

You want mud. We have

Frog hole, Heard of people making it never seen it.

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Milkshake, seen video of people making it but never in person.





Smootie, seen the hole but haven't seen anyone in it.




The pole line pit.
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Plus a couple more holes. So bring your hip waders to hook your junk up to the strap.

 

4.2trimble your eyes tell no lies! they are holdin up very well dispite my driving lol, ive put nearly 10k on them an there still holdin up strong. theyve not let me down yet! although i didnt go through the above posted spots lol...
they did get me through lake christy!

as for the ram, he will do just fine indeed...but like me...black will show every signature rausch puts on there lol, itll be tricky gettin through some trees tho... i barely fir through some spots...an im sure as a 3500 hes a bit taller than me...

when i went, we found a good bit of mud, along with a fair share of rocks... but still enough mud to have fun in.


Wolf17 (+2 friends def....2 more possible)
1muddytruck
Firezap
f150silver05
powerstroke73 (maybe)
mikez (+1 friend)
dirtmerchant42 (+1 friend)

 

Whats up wolf17 im dirtmerchant's friend with the ram... i decided to join the forum to talk to ya'll dont worry i love fords ALMOST as much as i love dodges! but yea i have an 03 2500 with a leveling kit... and its got 35's I love playin in mud not neccessarily that frog hole thing im not that high... but rocks are not my forte... i know some battle scars my happen but such is life... so is there enough mud to make the trip??? i plan on going higher on my lift but unfortunately i prolly cant do that til summer... so wat do ya think?

 

The park is probably 80%+ rocks with some muddier trails. Mainly for mud its just the few mud pits. To get to most of these mud holes you will have to crawl through quite a few rock trails to get there. With that kind of truck you're going to want to stick mainly to green trails, as is most anyone with a full size. There are a few blues you can run, but obviously with the harder trails the chance for damage goes up.


You can take me off the list for going. I was hoping to have to only be in Grand Island, NE for 3 weeks starting the 21st of this month. Come to find out yesterday that they scheduled me for a 2nd 3 week trip to start end of Feb Sigh work sucks. Its kept me from wheeling for 6-7mo now.

 

well, i wish there was more mud there...but i found enough to entertain myself last time. an i plan on making an attempt at the milkshake.... but frog hole...no lol...

we did a couple blues last time and they are rather trickey to navigate with a full size....the frog hole trail took me about 30-40mins alone to get through. lotta rocks an tight turns that ended up bein like a 90 point turn lol...with the lockers off upfront it may have been easier tho...i didnt think to turn them off so it would be easier...
for a good muddy day, pray for rain most of the week before....but also remember...that makes the mud holes even deeper!

sorry to hear that powerstoke73 you can always just fly back sat morning an go back to ne sat night ya know!

 

Been there, done that, and it sucks! Unfortunetly while I'm out there I'll be working minimum 6 days a week. With the schedule that we're going to have it'll probably end up 7 days a week