NTC/TTORA Mini Takeover - Rausch Creek Trip report

[RTrac1]

Awesome wheeling this weekend at Rausch Creek with my club NTC along with the PA and MD chapters of TTORA.

I lead the intermediate group Friday and Saturday on mostly blue level trails with a few blacks mixed in My favorite section was "Yellow Jacket Ridge" (black) which we ran down Friday, and up Saturday.
Lots of carnage for the club this weekend, including myself with..

-smashed tail light (3 point turn, hit a tree)
-bent exhaust (backing off a rock to reposition myself)
-bent rear lower links (smashed on a rock)
-bent all pro bumper (smashed on a rock)
-bent bandi antenna mount (same tree that got the taillight)
-and to top it all off, I found out my transfer case was stuck in 4LO when we went to leave the park Saturday night

300 miles from home, and stuck in low range meant I was stranded and got my dad to come down with the tundra and a uhaul trailer to tow me home. Truck is at the dealer now waiting for the verdict, but Ive read a few other people on the FJ forums that had the same issue.


ANYWAY-- heres some pics
http://www.leded.com/Takeover07/

and more here...
videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwa-lKVBqdI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2AZlW6rZZo

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6970590439771551004

picture albums:

http://s111.photobucket.com/albums/n123/sneakyjoe9988/wheeling trips/rausch creek 7-27-07/

http://s41.photobucket.com/albums/e288/intrepidyota/Takeover 07 Rausch Creek/?start=0

http://www.atarmor.com/wheeling_trips/takeover2007/

http://community.webshots.com/album/560087610geikwW?start=0

http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l286/gus310/rausch creek 2007/

 

[jonheld]

Cool. Looks like you guys had a great time. Sorry I missed it.

 

[cruiserhead]

Don`t show those pics to the dealer.I`m sure your warrenty is void anyway.
David

 

[RTrac1]

theyre getting me a new tcase since they cant figure out whats wrong. they tried to say it was because of my bent rear lower links and that they jammed my driveshaft into my tcase but I went down there and proved them wrong since the shaft still had about 4" to telescope before bottoming out, and the output on the tcase would be leaking. let alone the fact the case is making no noise whatsoever.

to void the warranty, they have to prove that I damaged the part. Ive researched the FJ forums and found that theres a bunch of other people with the same problem, and when the dealer calls the factory help line, they tell them to replace it under warranty and send the tcase back to the factory. Apparantly, the shift rails can get misaligned and jam. I just hope they have the issue sorted out, so I dont have to worry about it happening again