Northeast Toyota Crawlers @ Rausch Creek -- July 27 & 28

[Lee]

2 videos
i'm at the end of this one (great footage all around!)

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

this is my buddy scott and his crawler going through a part of the awesome rock creek they have. i'll be attempting that next year.

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

video of heath (intrepid) getting p0wned

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...90439771551004

picture albums:

http://s111.photobucket.com/albums/n...eek%207-27-07/
http://s41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...Creek/?start=0
http://www.atarmor.com/wheeling_trips/takeover2007/
http://community.webshots.com/album/...geikwW?start=0
http://www.leded.com/Takeover07/

carnage report:

Rich
blew a front diff
jammed his driver side door shut
had a screw in his tire on the ride home that had to be patched

Ben
blew a u joint and spindle and his tire and brake separated from his axle

Heath
Had trailer brakes sparking on the ride down
smashed a rear fender and front end and blew a u joint
on the way home had fender related issues that took multiple stops]

Chad
smashed / flattened a rocker

Rob
broke a tail light
cant shift out of low and needed to trailer home
bent both trailing arms
knocked exhaust pipe off the hanger
stuffed a tire enough to pop out plastic trim
bent front bumper

Flooks
dented a door leaning into a tree
bent an ebrake cable up resulting in lots of over clutch use
ripped his tailpipe off
bent the radiator and broke the seam across the bottom of it all the way across and had to replace it radiator before he could drive home
blew a bead on the way home and had to change the tire

Scott
blew a steering rack

Cody
bent a tierod pretty bad but got it fixed and burnt the clutch to the point it was smoking good and could be smelt aways away.

Lee
ripped his valve stem out on a rock face
leaking rear axle seal and a check engine light
entire bottle of diff fluid exploded in the rear hatch and soaked into the carpet

SteveO
On the way home had a tire pop off the bead (ruined the tire) and some driveshaft issues and may of blown his front diff.

Bob-O
broken shock mounts
cracked front diff
a broken SEATBELT

[Cebby]

That's a helluva carnage list...

Heath's video (I'm sure not at the time though) was kinda funny. He dropped into that hole and everyone on camera went "OOOOooooo"

Thanks for sharing Lee!

[Seanz0rz]

my god, that list is horrible. im never going with you guys unless its in someone elses vehicle.

wonderful vids though, thanks for sharing. that stuff was awesome!

[Marc P]

Looks like a great time. The terrain out there is so different than anything we have here in So Cal.

[Lee]

thanks guys

yup, lots of carnage, but we all got home safe. the person i felt worst for was the 07 fj owner who couldnt get out of low i hope the dealership will replace hte tcase under warranty or something

[Lee]

Looks like a great time. The terrain out there is so different than anything we have here in So Cal.

oh, im sure. thats rausch creek offroad park in PA, fyi.

[Intrepidyota]

That's a helluva carnage list...

Heath's video (I'm sure not at the time though) was kinda funny. He dropped into that hole and everyone on camera went "OOOOooooo"

Thanks for sharing Lee!

OWNED

I had spotted the guy who was spotting me just a minute before over the correct line, I assumed he knew where he was sending me since I couldn't see it, but he had just been on it and I told him where he needed to be...turns out he had me a foot or two over from the correct line...now I need to do some body work...I JUST replaced that fender too.

Sweet trip though, I did the entire 1/3 mile rock creek also, which was a blast. I did it a bit faster than I would have liked due to only having an 80:1 crawl, but it allowed me to not touch the clutch.

[Lee]

bump to let people know that the toy dealer (after playing a few games) ended up replacing the 07 fj's tcase for free under warranty

[Intrepidyota]

Additional pics:

http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...0creek%202007/

Additional vid of rock creek...done at a speed that makes the video more bearable to watch than Scott's vid above.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...86773396168777

[Rtrac]

bump to let people know that the toy dealer (after playing a few games) ended up replacing the 07 fj's tcase for free under warranty

yeah they are