"HUMMERgeddon" Rausch Creek Run: December 8, 2012

[AbsntMnded]

Great run everyone! We had a good turnout from multiple forums (10 trucks). It was great meeting everyone and I appreciate the spotting, rock moving, and cooperation on everyone's part when I got in a little over my head during my 25 minute recovery delay. THANK YOU!:cheers:

Post 'em up! Here's a few (some courtesy of my passenger, John). If anyone wants full size images, feel free to PM me.

 

[06 H3]

wow great pics! Hows maroon 2 is that? It looks sweet. All the rigs look badass.

 

[alrock]

Nice pics, looks like some good wheeling

 

[j3jackson]

Great shots, looks like fun.

 

[4speedfunk]

What a sloppy mess! Mud + off-camber + trees = body damage.

 

[kflips]

Posting up my pics from yesterday. I rode blues & purples with rodzilla and Justin94tt. If you have undercarriage protection, rock sliders and don't mind the sound of metal on rock these H3's can go places

Rodzilla height challenged

The Thinker

Art and Stogies poser shot

Rodzilla poser shot

Rodzilla and Justin on the upper pole line

Justin getting onto the pole line

Justin a some purple trail

Justin a bit stuck (Rodzilla was the only one to make it over this obstacle without some winching)

Rodzilla at the drop that only he got past.....

More on second post

 

[kflips]

Big thanks to Supersapper for getting this run started. Special thanks to Rodzilla and Bunger for coordinating and leading the groups.

Rod (I like a challenge & don't like stopping unless I am stuck) zilla and Justin94tt were a great team to run with, we pretty much were able to know when to hit 4h to 4l on the trails (thinking the same thing at the same time) which made the run a lot easier as we transitioned trails.

Last set of pics --

kflips on a purple trail -- the wheel base created some challenges but with the ridge demon rock bashers we made our way

Some more relaxing parts of the run

More pics from the start of the day

Attendees (no particular order) were:

absntmnded
kflips
rodzilla
bunger
justin94tt
hirola
arthummer
fancypants
guruerror
stogies16

jrkilburn attended with a buddy & ran rode shotgun in a dodge with another group

 

[telemike]

I might have to come up and run the Green trails with y'all sometime.

 

[Rodzlla]

Kevin, thanks for posting up some pix. You can certainly drive that beast. I will cruise trails with you anytime.

Justin, locker or not, you just don't turn back. You ain't skeeeered.

Bunger, I have been to events with you for a couple years. Everytime, you are a 'go to' as a trail leader or tail gunner. Those in your group always talk about the great time they had. Thank you.

If any of you guys out there get a chance to cruise with these guys, DO IT!

 

[Rodzlla]

I might have to come up and run the Green trails with y'all sometime.

Don't limit yourself. If you drive that far, make it worth your drive. With a little spotting, any Hummer can spend all day on blue trails. Let me know when you are coming up...

 

[telemike]

I need to get shocks and ucp on after Christmas. I'm more into fun trails and nature than conquering hard challenges Though with hummer spotters I may do some blues

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[alrock]

Looks like a great turnout

 

[Jrkilburn]

This is how our day ended on crawl daddy. Rear shaft just couldn't take it. Mostly our fault for running a red trail in the sloppy wet. Oh, it was a Toyota truggy, not a dodge, lol.

Had a great time and with the rails on my hummer will be there in the spring.

 

[ArtHummer]

WOW!!! That was my first time wheeling and I had ALLOT of blast riding with you guys. Me and my family had allot of fun and definitely will have to do it again.
First thing I wand to apologize for all the stops that we did to switch drivers or take some shots. Second, ALLOT thanks to Bunger for being an awesome trail leader. It wasn't bone crashing but at the same time it was very challenging and exciting. The rig made through with ease, surprising me and give me wanders how much more can it take. I got through everything with no problem and no damage, except for that little, that I thought of the "over pass", that ended up as the hard way out. Those rocks where huge, and thanks to stogies16 spotting, I was able to get out just fine :thumbs:
BTW. The puddles in the and of the day was "FREAKING AWESOME!!!". That was a great trail to finish the day with.

Unfortunately i gave the camera to my 14 year old and he did not turned it of, so the battery ran out on the first hour. The other footage is really choppy and allover the place. I will have to do some cutting to get some good part out. To bad I could not film the second part of the day... Well, next time I will be more prepared.
Here are the few pics that I had on my phone. I will post the rest of it later.



P.S. I give brass balls award to absntmnded for taking on the rock quarry pass. Even do you got stock on that rock, it was a blast watching you tackling it.:horns:

 

[3Hummers]

Sounds like a great day for everyone. Always good to get together with your Hummer buds.

 

[AbsntMnded]

P.S. I give brass balls award to absntmnded for taking on the rock quarry pass. Even do you got stock on that rock, it was a blast watching you tackling it.:horns:

I was hoping to see someone with a slightly more capable rig try it first. I'm sure someone with lockers and/or better tires could have cruised up it without a problem. This was my first run at RC with the sliders, so I figured it was time to try something a little harder. Nice meeting you and your family, Art.

 

[4speedfunk]

Wish I could've made it...looks like fun. So...did Kflips ever find out what the binding was?

 

[ArtHummer]

I was hoping to see someone with a slightly more capable rig try it first. I'm sure someone with lockers and/or better tires could have cruised up it without a problem. This was my first run at RC with the sliders, so I figured it was time to try something a little harder. Nice meeting you and your family, Art.

It was nice to meet and ride with you also. Driving behind you without UCP and Sliders but having a slightly larger tires gave me allot of confidence to go over obstacles. Just following your line probably saved me from allot of trouble that i could've get in to... BTW, we got taped your attempt in rock quarry almost all the way until it was decided to winch you out. (we didn't get that part). By looking on the video you can see that it wasn't that easy even for someone with larger tires. It was a tight squeeze between the tree and the rock. There was a root from the tree sticking out and every time you would try to go over it you were sleeping down on the rock. If not for that root, I think you could've made it. I will post the video later.

 

[CNY750Rider]

It was nice meeting/wheeling with you guys. It was great seeing the smile you had Art, reminded me of my first time at RC. Once you get some UCP, you will feel ALOT better!

 

[kflips]

Wish I could've made it...looks like fun. So...did Kflips ever find out what the binding was?

CJ, have not had the issue since the below freezing morning. No idea what it was. Not too much of an issue when I am high centered on rocks :thumbs: Thanks for asking

 

[gfbh3t]

CJ, have not had the issue since the below freezing morning. No idea what it was. Not too much of an issue when I am high centered on rocks :thumbs: Thanks for asking

kflips Go Rancho

 

[4speedfunk]

Geno's right. The T's suffer from BDS...(Belly Drag Syndrome). Really noticeable on small steep whoops. The UCP is like a road grater...it planes the peaks off all the hills. -LOL.

 

[guruerror]

What a sloppy mess! Mud + off-camber + trees = body damage.

LOL! trail-related body damage = war paint and battle scars in my book. If it doesn't rattle and I can still open the doors, then it stays.

 

[cbetts]

LOL! trail-related body damage = war paint and battle scars in my book. If it doesn't rattle and I can still open the doors, then it stays.

A man after my own heart!

 

[cgalpha08]

Geno's right. The T's suffer from BDS...(Belly Drag Syndrome). Really noticeable on small steep whoops. The UCP is like a road grater...it planes the peaks off all the hills. -LOL.

The T's and me.....remember the dunes at the badlands? Lol

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