Club trail ride

[shmukster]

Had a very small club turnout for yesterday's ride at Rausch Creek. Two vehicles- Matt Reed and I in the piggy and JT and Andy in Andy's Tacoma. We got out of the staging area about 9:30, still beat most everyone else onto the trails. With two vehicles we made great time and went everywhere we wanted to. Weather was great, lots of water and mud especially down in 9 and 12. The are around pizza rock has been totally changed- completely logged and traisl just about unbrecognizable. Pizza rock couldn't be driven over because of branches and stuff laying all over the former approach to it. They're tkaing a lot of tress out os Raysch, in the four weeks since the April 19 trail ride the park changed quite a bit. It's still a great place to wheel, just wish we would have had more club members wheleing on such a fine day. There were tons of jeeps as usual, a group of Nissan Xterras, and a few other capable Toyota trucks. All in all a good day with no breakag. Andy's taco is a capable vehicle- he uses his underarmor and does a great job behind the wheel. Anybody gonna wheel sometime in June before the big event- the CMCC? Gary S

 

[Wayneraintree]

Gary,

Thanks for the write up! We've had some really good turnouts so far this year. Sat wasn't one of them but like you said, it is great for a small group to cover lots of ground! the aesthetics of Rausch are in decline... not sure what to make of it other than, it is what it is...

Third Sat in June (June 21st) will be our June trail ride unless someone suggests another day. I am going to break myself trying get my minitruck ready... all's it needs are the tubework done, driveline mounted, driveshafts, engine tuned, and some odds and ends....

 

[jtaco1]

Had a great time out in the park on Saturday, covered a lot of great trails and saw some new areas of the park. Really want to try Snake Bite next time with the 4 Runner.

As for the next trail ride, it just so happens to fall the weekend of the East Coast 4 Runner Jamboree. Here's some more info.

The 8th annual East Coast 4Runner Jamboree (EC4RJ) will be held at Rausch Creek Off Road Park (Rausch Creek Off Road Park) in Joliett, PA. Base camp will be at Echo Valley Campground (Echo Valley Campground) in Tremont, PA. The Jamboree will be held on Friday, June 20-Sunday, June 22, 2008. For those of you that wish to camp for free, camping at the park is available as well. The EC4RJ is an event which caters to all levels of rock crawling and trail riding. First time wheelers as well as competition buggy drivers will feel at home at Rausch Creek Off Road Park. This event is open to all Toyota 4WD vehicles

The East Coast 4Runner Jamboree first began in 2001 as a small get together for fellow Toyota off road enthusiasts that met online. Since then, it has grown into an annual east coast run in which some have traveled almost 1000 miles to attend. The EC4RJ has received coverage from Toyota 4WD owners magazine and 4Wheeler magazine. We plan to have 1 or 2 more photographers/editors this year.

We are anticipating the largest turnout for the 2008 EC4RJ. I would say anticipating 75-100 rigs and 150+ people for this event is a pretty safe assumption. We are putting forth a much larger effort this year in terms of sponsorship and advertising for the event. There will be no "formal registration fees" for this event. The only fees incurred will be the park fees at Rausch and the campground fees at Echo Valley. T-shirts will be printed with the EC4RJ logo as well as all the sponsors who choose to donate items for the event. If anyone wishes to purchase a shirt they will be on sale for what we paid for them. We are not making any profit on this event. The Toyota Trail Team will be at the event helping out first timers and showing them “the ropes” in terms of rock crawling and trail riding. There will also be several guided trail rides to accommodate all skill levels. We have reserved 2 large pavilions at Echo Valley Campground where we plan to hold the raffle and possibly dinner Saturday night.

I am currentlly working with Allen Dickenson, Matt Rasnake and Todd Bishop. Matt and Todd are working on sponsors for the FJ crowd. Allen and I are working on the rest of the sponsors. Our preliminary sponsor list contains 35+ companies that manufacture Toyota specific parts, camping gear and provide Toyota Services. I know it is still early in the game. I will keep everyone notified as we receive sponsor approval.

Mark your calendars folks. This one is gonna be a doozie! Post up if you're attending.

Jay Kopycinski will be attending to photograph and write up an article for 4WD and Sport Utility Magazine

 

[Wayneraintree]

Wow, sounds like a really cool time.... and no fee other than Rausch fees! Novel idea!

 

[macneill]

Where the pix at?

 

[jtaco1]

I dumped the pictures to my parents computer, I'll get them loaded this week.

 

[zucruisers]

me and dom wheeled with the fat4x4 guys, didnt really do a poker run, just wheeled, and had a raffle at the end of the day, i ended up breaking a rear 4.88 pinion down in the quarry, bent the driveshaft slip yoke again, and broke the antiwrap bar again(stupid fawkin welder!)...oh and the driveshaft dented the gas tank, its still usable, but i need to find a replacement

it was a good day though

 

[jamarquardt22]

damn boy take it easy!

I had a good time but it could of been better (note to self: hangover=bad)

Gary thanks for the props. I hope I wasent holding you back from doing anything you wanted to. I had fun schooling that guy in the Rubicon on the powerline
I hope to get the crawler in soon maybe on the 31st,1st before I get out again. then Ill really start playing

Sorry no pics from me. I had enough to do keeping up with Gary!