20th Annual Northeast Toyota Takeover of Rausch Creek

Hey Dan, how the heck are ya? Looking forward to this trip. Going to be good to see all you guys again.

If I actually remember to grab it, you can have my old cable.

 

Silly second gens can’t even pop their cvs with two pry bars with their skids on…

 

Gtfo, last time I had to pop a cv on a trail was on a first gen. It required a lasso “slide hammer” and two pry bars.

 

It's a pita. Haha

 

thats what we in the biz call “user error”

 

I still laugh and remember the one year that @cynicalrider jumped in a guys truck and took off thinking it was his friend .
Guy ended up being cool and drinking under the circus tent with us. Was that @HolyHandGrenade or Stairgods big blue tarp tent?

 

HAHAHA! yeah. those were the days. I think he thought tat was Pats truck but it wasn't.

 

On the topic, I’ve never seen an outer joint fail this aggressively. The cage just exploded. Sounded like a gunshot when it let go.

 

That is an awesome looking truck!

 

@cynicalrider what trails are you planning on doing? I don't know what I want to try....I have never actually wheeled this rig, and I have some screaming issues that need addressed before I really try anything crazy. If I remember most of the trails have bypasses around the harder stuff correct? I may not have my Sliders on in time....I don't think I will have my Transfer case skid plate on unless I can find some bolts that will fit it. I have 31" tires on for now. Geared it for 35s or 37s. Once I get bigger tires I will have to redo my Front Shock hoops....I was going to weld the braces on the hoops but no use doing it if they are going to get cut off at some point. My front E-locker is not hooked up or wired. Hopefully wont need it. I want to get RCV axle Shafts for the front.... I am not sure the Rock Auto Shafts and Birfs will handle locking the front...I've got a huge List of stuff that needs change or done haha. I want to wheel it to get a feel for what I need to tweak but I also want to keep it semi "clean" for now. So no big Puddles/Mud.

 

Thanks! I appreciate that. I should be pulling in Friday afternoon so feel free to come and shoot the shit.

 

@HolyHandGrenade and I were just reminiscing over this the other day. I thought it was @sente3 who I was going to introduce him to his first Rausch trip with light hazing of grand theft auto. Turned out to be a total stranger and not even the right color first gen. Circus tent belonged to Stairgod lol.

Is that a first gen CV and a first gen manual hub cv next to it? The one that looks smaller?

My current list is beaver creek, 19 and doing crawl daddy uphill. Never ran any of them unfortunately yet. Based on its length and being a black I imagine beaver creek is going to be 13 on steroids and going to take a large chunk of time.

 

I believe they're both first gen CV's for non manual hubs. The exploded one is just closer to the camera causing a weird effect. Or the rusty one is smaller due to being another manufacturer, you can see subtle differences between the two.

 

You're coming up for RC takeover?

 

As of now, yeah. I’ll make a finalized decision on Wednesday.

 

Awesome, will be good to see you.

 

Bout time it rained when I'm here....
Everyone told me the couple years before I started going was a washout big-time.
Not a wash out but nice to get on wet trails here finally!

 

Looks like we'll get a little bit friday morning/early afternoon and then be smooth sailing the rest of the weekend. Should be pretty solid weather.

 

I'll be up Thursday late afternoon.
If no one shows up someone might have to find me in a ditch in the parking lot on account of to much alcohol and me getting board

 

As long as it's not like last week I'm happy!