im tryin to think where that is... google map?? but anywho.. wats the canal like?

 

give me alil bit...an ill have a new stuck post that happened today...vids are loading now lol....

you guys going to rausch?...
this still an accurate list?

Wolf17 (+2 friends def....1 more possible)
1muddytruck
Firezap
f150silver05
mikez (+1 friend)
dirtmerchant42
tdmopar59

 

I was just at Rausch today with Firezapper and the temps today made for some interesting, yet also sucky wheeling. We went down H right after 12 and didn't have any issues, but at 2:30 we tried to go up it and it was like a solid sheet of ice. The rig I was riding in slid about 50yds almost uncontrolled down the trail About 3/4 up H one group met another going the other way and a Wrangler lost traction and slid backwards into a Cherokee going the other way. This then backed up the trail because 2 other groups were on the way up. Pretty much imagine a traffic jam on an icy incline with a 100+ft drop off on one side of the trail for over an hour. We ended up having to back/slide all the way back down H and try to climb out on powerline. Add to that 2 trucks had the rear brakes freeze solid causing wheels to drag.


It sure as heck made the green trails more like Blues for the more stock rigs. Heck Zapper blew a drive slug through the side of the hub housing trying to come up the hill climb by the entrance of the trail to lake Christi. Normally that hill is nothing, then again H is usually a highway too. I wouldn't count on Zapper for this run after what happened today.

 

wow, lol..that doesnt sound all to fun! i cant picture what exactly H looks like off the top of my head...but the way ur describing it....i dun wanna lol
how bad was that damage to your rigs? im not very knowledgeable when it comes to as indepth as u described it...what exactly did he do to his?
hopefully its fixable in time tho! and maybe march will give us lil bit warmer weather!

i forget powerstroke...did u say u were going?...or did that weekend not work out for ya?...

 

Im still up for it!

 

I think I'm out for the Mar 1 run. I have 2 other club events later in Mar.

Yea not a hard fix but just need the time and weather.


Busted wheel hub and drive slug.

 

That was the only damage from yesterday. I've never seen a hub explode like that from a slug grenading. Usually they explode and eject the cap. It couldn't be from doing the hill climb in 2nd gear full throttle would it?


Wolf, thats actually a pretty simple fix. Just replace the hub. The problem is getting the time on a weekend to go to the junkyard to find a replacement hub. Ed, did you find out if a TTB D44 hub will work? The bearings are the same, it would just be the separation distance that would be different I'd think.



I won't be at Rausch in March. I'm leaving Wed for Grand Island, NE again and I'll only be home for 9 days between then and March 14th. The 9 days are during the 2nd week of Feb. No wheeling for me until maybe.........May?


The wheeling was fun up there, just the part on H sucked. After riding with Ed I need to get my **** done. Nothing like making a Black trail look like a Blue trail.

 

i'm still in for the trip, already took off work. My friend also is in.

 

as far as the trails go are there any low hanging branches or anything like that? Just curious because of my setup.



and by the way, I cant wait. Time is going by sooooooo slooooooow. Its really annoying. Me and my girl are really looking foward to it.

 

Yeah, its kind of in the woods. Its offroad, so body damage happens.

 

ahhh yeah...forgot u was goin there lol...well maybe next time youll be able to go!

time is goin by so slow that i decided to go play this past sunday...an got stuck on the windy 20 degree weather lol...
i wish march would hurry the hell up an get here!!!

after seein the pic, i can get a better idear of the issue lol, ty
hopefully weather permits you to get it takin care of for later march events!

 

Wolf17 (+2 friends def....1 more possible)
1muddytruck
f150silver05
mikez (+1 friend)
dirtmerchant42
tdmopar59

so this the accuract list?....dirt an mopar?....u guys still good?...or to many rocks for ya?

asfar as body damage....i got some new pin stripes last time...that was about it. no dents or anything, you should be good otherwise....just few scratches here n there

 

Unless you try and do something stupid like I usually do each time. Nothing like slamming the front axle dead into a rock and slamming you into the steering wheel. My transmission crossmember is also proof of this kind of thing too. It was only straight when it entered the park on the first run.


If you take it easy on greens you can avoid most damage. My problem is I like blues and blacks too much.

 

lol...well uve seen my c&d canal post right? lol...im with ya there on doin something stupid!!!!
an for rausch well be stickin to greens mostly...blues there are rocks im not to fond of lol (hates frog trail)....

 

I actually might be bringing my jeep instead of the f150. At least on the trails. Dont know if it will be ready by march 1st but im still going regaurdless. Ill take the f150 if I have too, just hoping the jeep will be somewhat capable by then.