March 14-16 - Trail Cutting/ clearing @ Rush Offroad

[WrenchMonkey]

Originally Posted by Runoveru2

Have a safe trip there you all... Jim Busch & I will be there Saturday morning hopefully around 9am.... everyone try not to break their junk before we get there....

I did. :p

[Runoveru2]

Well I'm gonna start out with a few pictures so everyone can get a idea of how the day went at Rush Off Road park. Will give the story and more pics as soon as I can

[mastiff]

So I'm guessing things got interesting after I left.

[beer_goggles_009]

[beer_goggles_009]

The Trail system at the park is coming together very nicely. Thanks again to Mark for setting up the trail clearing weekend and showing us around the park. With no greenery you can see rock everywhere!! With enough riding this place will be an amazing spot to ride. I highly recommend everyone try to get down there and see what it is about.


Trail cutting report:

The trail we cut, was partially opened by our group last fall. It comes off the main trail where you drop into a creek with a really cool smooth rock bottom, then you turn out of the creek up a tight ravine with some rocks and holes. It will flex out your suspension and get you far off camber. This will only get better as more people run it. It then flattens out into a little rock lined creek with some small climbs over tree stumps and roots. The creek then narrows so that you have to lay your rig over almost on its side (see Jimmy C in pictures above) to get to the exits. (we also cut in a bypass for this section if you have pretty body panels). Just before the exit there is a 5 ft rock pile in the creek to climb. The exit is a tall rocky climb that requires some momentum and some serious tires. There is 4 ft hole infront of a rock face 3/4 way up the exit (picture of Kevin rig above) Kevin gave all of us a show coming up this hill, getting both drivers side tires up in the air. The drivers front was at least 4 ft off the ground.


There are 2 other ravines that need to be opened to give optionally harder lines for the exit. Both are rock lined and look like they will be really fun once a few trees are removed.

to the left of nearly the whole trail is huge (1/4 mil long) rock shelf sticking out the side of the hill. There is potential to have lots of trails going up or down it ranging from mild to wild.



Ok, so we need to come up with a name for this trial. what are peoples Ideas.


I suggest Hard-Core





jim

[WrenchMonkey]

Had a blast! Great time and plenty of carnage. The place is enormous, and the potential is amazing. Jim was great at spotting future trails and climbs, everywhere we stopped.

As for the trail we cut, I was just thinking CORE Creek, but HardCORE is cooler.

I do think CORE should be all caps, to reflect the club's acronym.

Looking forward to going back!

Robert

[monkeystrong]

We loved it! The place was huge. We saw a small portion of this place and I can only imagine how much better it will become with more use.

I do think that we should think about working on a bypass for the last hill climb out of the creek trail we did. We ( the weak and timid who couldn't make it) wound up doubling back on the trail to get back out. In order to stick with the group and moving forward we should think about a bypass next time we are there.

I have some decent videos to post up too.

Thank you to Mark and Rush for letting us come out and check the place out. We will certainly be coming back.

[monkeystrong]

How about Hard-CORE creek.

[93 Krawler]

It looks like I'm getting new tires sooner than I thought.

Had a blast. There are so many places to open up and make serious trails.

I like Hard-CORE. Short and sweet.

[krawlin85toy]

Originally Posted by 93 Krawler

It looks like I'm getting new tires sooner than I thought.

Had a blast. There are so many places to open up and make serious trails.

I like Hard-CORE. Short and sweet.

sounds like a good name, tires I though you were done with the truck and getting a sxs?

[uglyoffroad]

It was good to few faces to the screen names. We will definitely be going back. I am working on uploading my pics and videos. Here are a few of the better ones including a few of the CORE group. I will post links to the videos after i get them downloaded.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...4/IMAG0089.jpg
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[Runoveru2]

Had a great time with everyone this weekend, I was way overdue for a outing with the group. I thought the teamwork was awesome on the trail clearing that we had on Saturday, it seemed every which way I looked I seen someone working hard doing their part. Special thanks to Jeff & Jim Smith for working hard with us clearing the trail for us, thanks also to Chris hodgie s buddy in the land cruiser Dustin I think ? for helping us also. The day went way to quick it seemed but we got a lot accomplished and had a awesome time, it was great to meet a few people from Ugly offoroad... John and Heather in 1 Rig and Sherman and Mindy in the other..... I'm hoping I got your names right, you all we awesome people with great rigs and really look forward to getting together and wheeling with you in the future... So who gets the pink hook for this outing ?? I'm thinking this is a no brainer what do you all think ?

[93 Krawler]

Originally Posted by Runoveru2

So who gets the pink hook for this outing ?? I'm thinking this is a no brainer what do you all think ?

[93 Krawler]

Anybody got a patch?


I like my new adjustable wheelbase.

[93 Krawler]

Originally Posted by krawlin85toy

sounds like a good name, tires I thought you were done with the truck and getting a sxs?

Decided to keep it and get a SXS too.

Already found some tires. What ya think.

[mastiff]

Looks like things got interesting after I left. Did you guys run much on the 3 pole side?

[Runoveru2]

No good on the tires kevin... we went to see at least 42's. How about the name of the trail (Core twister)

[93 Krawler]

Originally Posted by mastiff

Looks like things got interesting after I left. Did you guys run much on the 3 pole side?

No, Jim's PS pump started spraying everywhere, so we took him back to camp and decided to run the one that ate my tire.

[gothodgie]

Originally Posted by Runoveru2

thanks also to Chris hodgie s buddy in the land cruiser Dustin I think ? for helping us also.

Travis...

[93 Krawler]

Originally Posted by gothodgie

Travis...

Well that was close.

[beer_goggles_009]

5 guys took out Kevin's tire. That trail has changed a-lot since we ran it last fall. It's a legit difficult trail now.

What was the main trail used to access the creek with the smooth rock bottom where you drop into the trail we cut? was that trail 2.



Jim

[mastiff]

The new trail starts on 2 in the ravine and ends on 2 on the ridge. Friday I took Andy over to 5 guys to show it to him and ended up laying the rzr on its side.

[Runoveru2]

Here is a few more pics, I usually take alot of pics buy I got a new phone the day before we left and didn't have time to get a case for it so I figured I would break it if I took it on the trails with me so I left it up to my kid & his friend to take pics & video & neither 1 of them had the sense to charge their battery's for the trip. I also have some videos I will post up soon.

[gothodgie]

yea i dropped the ball with pictures too since i forgot to even bring my camera... I took a few with my phone, but i didn't want to end up breaking my phone either so it stayed in the truck most of the time...

[WrenchMonkey]

Originally Posted by monkeystrong

I do think that we should think about working on a bypass for the last hill climb out of the creek trail we did. We ( the weak and timid who couldn't make it) wound up doubling back on the trail to get back out. In order to stick with the group and moving forward we should think about a bypass next time we are there...

Exactly this. I feel great about the amount of work we got done, but I think it's a long way from calling it finished. If we've got an open invite to improve the trail we started, I'd really like to:

- Add a bypass exit up to the top of the hill, to meet up with the other side of the Trail #2 loop

- Clear the next two ravines that Jim Busch was talking about, and

- Eventually open up more of the smooth-bottom creek, where Hodgie was cutting up that enormous fallen tree that blocked the way. Maybe create a SoftCORE alternative to the branch we were in.

All in due time!

For the record, I think the final carnage tally was:
Andy M: Busted trailer ramp
Me: Ripped out the rear brake line
Jeff S: Broke a heim and (I thought) suffered some sort of electrical fire
Jim S: Stripped a 35 spline hub
Hodgie: Turned each of his quarter-panel guards inside-out
Jim B: Blew his steering pump
Kevin: Broke a main leaf and destroyed his left rear swamper
Jim C: Wrapped his cab corner around a tree

I guess that Travis kid was the only one to escape unscathed!

(And yes, Andy, the trailer ramp counts!)

Robert