Rausch Creek Trip Feb 20-22

[carchameleon]

i think i\'m not going to make it

[CoraC143]

have fun guys! I want to go so bad! I\'ll be up for a few trips in march to shake out the bugs before Moab : )

[smichaelR22]

titan eric- still up for it?  when can you leave friday night?

[etk300ex]

yeah, i will probably get out of work like 3 or 4

[smichaelR22]

sweet, planing to meet up at Ryans, load up and leave around 8 if Ryan is leaving Friday night.  If he leaves saturday morning, we will go earlier like usual.

Mike you decided if your taking the dak down?


any body else going?

[MrMindless]

yes I\'m taking the Dakota.  that way I have something to do while not rolling Ryan on a stupid line :)

wait. no tube yet.  CRAP!

[Ryan_25]

What tube?

[MrMindless]

your planned exo/inzo.  I wouldn\'t want to have you clearance the body before caging it, much less clearance your head with an inadequate cage.  Or are you getting materials and pulling a couple late nights?

[Ryan_25]

No cage yet. We will just try not to break any glass before the exo gets put on. We can flop it. Not a problem.

[MrMindless]

I would rather keep it upright until there\'s protection.

I think an inclinometer might be a good thing.  tip it gently once each way, and all things being equal you know what it takes.

[smichaelR22]

PLaning on meeting up with some Region D guys:

Right now I have myself (Ted), Mark, in a white YJ on 35s with dual lockers/winch towed by a white Tahoe, and John, who wheels two different rigs depending on if if wife, kids, and dog are there.  His more hard core rig is a red YJ on 35s, and he usually tows with I think a Chevy pickup with a large camper top.  The family wheeler is an XJ set up pretty well.

[smichaelR22]

well im half packed.

[MrMindless]

no sammi and I hate driving my pile in gusty crosswinds.  going to try and check out my pinion preload in back tonight before we go.  hopefully I can fix that relatively quickly.  I need to repack the back of the cab too, it\'s a MESS and I want to push my seat back to where it belongs and something landed there while I was throwing crap in it this morning.

I almost forgot my cold weather back and right now I have PB&J, hot dog buns. mustard, coffee, very little hot chocolate and Dr. Pepper.  With no cooler.  I need to fix that too.

[smichaelR22]

i have tons of food, and lots of cookings for a pretty kickin breakfast.  need to stop at wegos for a tin to grill eggs on.  

didnt get a chance to cut / wrap the steaks, so thats getting done camp side.

my truck is full front and back with crap.

[MrMindless]

cool cool.  I thought about getting a griddle but didn\'t.  the new grille/burner combo unit is nice though.  Looking forward to hot water and coffee/tea/chocolate/etc