The Latest Round of Wheeling Photos & Video's at Rausch - A Month Late

[PAFirefighter11]

Better late than never, right

My girlfriend, my friends, and myself all decided to do another Rausch Creek Off-road Park trip. We headed out after the Valley Forge Gun Show on Saturday (June 12th) afternoon (I picked up a nice 12 gauge Remington Wingmaster 870, a compact soft case, and a thigh holster for my Glock). Towed the Wrangler up there with my Silverado (I love my tow bar setup!). We got there around 2030 and met up with my friends who were already there. We set up my Truck Tent and mattress, hung out around the fire, then passed out around 0030.

By 0900 on June 13th, we aired down (I ran 11 psi, my buddy was at 16), disconnected sway bars, packed the Jeep's, checked in, and off we went. My buddy Harrison was wheeling his XJ on 35's (locked front/rear), while I was wheeling my TJ on 33's (open w/ 3.07's).

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We headed to several trails, including Trail 1, a blue trail where I shot this on-board video:

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We meandered on some green and blue trails and eventually made it to Big Rocks. This is one of Harrison's favorite trails as there are several large rocks, as well as a lot of thick mud which makes for some fun times on the rocks:

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We moved on to some more trails and then to Rock Creek, with the occasional poser shots along the way:


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Next in line was a pretty difficult climb.

Black/red trail:

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Then it was my turn:

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[PAFirefighter11]

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Here's the video of that:

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And the end to a great day - RC Competition Course & Overlook:

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There are SEVERAL more photos but these should suffice.

Here are 2 other vids, though:

Yellow Jacket Ridge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xBanInctBc

Some rocks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG4o2Fzfev8

[JAFO]

Nice. Wish I had a trail worthy rig. LOL!!!

[PB2]

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Let this be a lesson to all you other Goobers. It doesn't hurt to take pictures of girls. Articulation is nice but hardly compares.

[JAFO]

Let this be a lesson to all you other Goobers. It doesn't hurt to take pictures of girls. Articulation is nice but hardly compares.

LMAO... I refrained from posting anything about the hottie in the pics. ;)

[BONESVT]

SO PA Does going up that trail make you want to get locked?? At least in the rear? I welded mine (aussie next time) and love it should have done it sooner

[PAFirefighter11]

Nice. Wish I had a trail worthy rig. LOL!!!

I wish I had a daily driver worthy vehicle! So it's okay, I feel your pain lol.



Let this be a lesson to all you other Goobers. It doesn't hurt to take pictures of girls. Articulation is nice but hardly compares.

Hah, I was trying to get her in as many shots as I could. She's in several of them. She is getting used to me taking photos of her now, so more to come I'm sure. I COULD post the shots of our Vermont excursion. Maybe I will this week sometime.



LMAO... I refrained from posting anything about the hottie in the pics. ;)

I appreciate you holding back. She is understanding "this jeep thing" as she calls it. She loves when we go hiking, wheeling, camping, fishing, cruising on the bike, shooting guns, etc. She is a keeper and I hope this one is something more .... :-X



SO PA Does going up that trail make you want to get locked?? At least in the rear? I welded mine (aussie next time) and love it should have done it sooner

I WISH I had money for gears and lockers. It'd make things SO MUCH easier. But I am still having fun and still really loving to wheel. So that's enough for me at the moment. :-D

[JAFO]

I appreciate you holding back. She is understanding "this jeep thing" as she calls it. She loves when we go hiking, wheeling, camping, fishing, cruising on the bike, shooting guns, etc. She is a keeper and I hope this one is something more .... :-X


Nice bro. Good luck to you. Funny, since there's no "facial" pic, the rest of her looks very similar to the girl I'm currently dating. And she LOVES my Daily Driver. ;) Keeper? I'm not yet sure. LOL!!!

[PAFirefighter11]

Nice bro. Good luck to you. Funny, since there's no "facial" pic, the rest of her looks very similar to the girl I'm currently dating. And she LOVES my Daily Driver. ;) Keeper? I'm not yet sure. LOL!!!

Thanks man! Damn, if she can tolerate hanging around you, and LOVES a Ford, I think you better keep her. Not sure you can do much better ;-) hahah (I kid I kid).

[JAFO]

Thanks man! Damn, if she can tolerate hanging around you, and LOVES a Ford, I think you better keep her. Not sure you can do much better ;-) hahah (I kid I kid).

HAHAHAHA!!! I'm in no hurry to find another keeper... Since I still feel like an 18 year old with absolutely NOTHING in life (just make MUCH better $$$ then when I was 18), I'm not willing to give up half of nothing again. In my case, I gave up everything in lieu of child support though. :eek:

[PB2]

I WISH I had money for gears and lockers. It'd make things SO MUCH easier. But I am still having fun and still really loving to wheel. So that's enough for me at the moment. :-D

When JAFO and I first started out we had a great time in basically stock Jeeps. The more we built them the more difficult the obstacles had to get in order to be challenging. Didn't take long before difficult turned into dangerous, or at least risking serious damage to our, by that time, expensive rigs. There is a lot to be said for keeping Jeeps closer to stock.

[JAFO]

When JAFO and I first started out we had a great time in basically stock Jeeps. The more we built them the more difficult the obstacles had to get in order to be challenging. Didn't take long before difficult turned into dangerous, or at least risking serious damage to our, by that time, expensive rigs. There is a lot to be said for keeping Jeeps closer to stock.

I agree 100%

4" lift, 33" tars... plenty of recovery gear. :D

[PAFirefighter11]

I remember back in the day wheeling my stocker. Matter of fact, I might have photos of it.. I'll have to look another time for 'em.

[PAFirefighter11]

I don't mean to bring up old threads but I was just looking back over this and MAN do I really miss wheeling! :(