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Shakedown Run @ Rausch Creek!

5/8/2022

 
We made it back alive!  It started raining sometime Thursday night, and didnt stop until very early this morning.  It turned yesterday's Rausch Creek trip into the wettest muddiest trip ive ever been on there!
We were joined by Ox in the mogster, and Joe with his beast of a 7.3 PSD powered bronco, both on 43s:
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Despite the abysmal weather and it raining non-stop the whole day, we ran a pretty decent amount of miles, close to 10 if im not mistaken.  Honestly did not get a ton of pics as it was pouring all day long, and we really didnt stop very much at all.
We took the typical pathway into the East side, taking B to C to O.  We detoured and ran CV trail while we were there
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I absolutely walloped the driver rock rail!  It took quite a hit, but it did its job well, the rocker & door remain unscathed
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From there we went down and ran Topless for Tatas, and then made our way via B/E over to the west side, where we went down J, across 11 and then into Rock Creek we went!
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Here we stopped for a soggy lunch break
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...and then further into the creek we went
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Finally at the other end we decided to keep going and run Death Trap, which was completely under water
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Out the other end we picked up 19 and took it up to 11.  At this point Joe's transmission was overheating so we escorted him back out 11 to H and up to Tower Road, were the front pump seal gave out and he started puking (extremely burnt) ATF.  so his copilot stayed behind with the truck, and we brought him back to the parking lot to get his truck & trailer since it was clear the bronco wasnt going to make it back on its own at this point.
After all that me & Ox went back out into the park and went down into the South side to run Cemetary, Boot Hill & Tomb Stone
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From ther we went further in yet and ran down S1-4 over to Snake Bite and Camel Back, which is probably the tightest trail you could run a full bodied rig down!  That one was a snug fit for my wide rig, but we made it thru w/o and body damage thankfully.  However, we did manage to get a log up underneath the body, where it smashed my gas filler neck!
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crumpled the steel neck, tore the rubber hose and popped it off the gas tank entirely, so im pretty sure my tank is full of water & mud now.  From here we headed back to the parking lot and called it a day!

So, first impressions are that the bronco did really good on its shakedown run.  I have some minor issues with the engine tune that i have to correct before the next trail ride, and of course im going to have to drop my gas tank to clean it, and replace that filler neck! 
The trepadors appeared to work very well; it was a rainy slippery muddy mess and they seemed to hook well, and the tread pattern stayed nice and clean despite how muddy the trails were.  Sidewalls are stiffer than the iroks and the tires seem to work better on a heavy rig as a result.  Very curious to see how well they hook on dry rock!


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