Rubicon trip recap

johnnyc · Jun 22, 2009

Just got back from our trip to the Rubicon Trail. We had seven Jeeps in our group, six from SoCal and EricsXJ from Reno.

The weather was beautiful, but it did get pretty darn cold at night. We had some issues the first day. So we decided to camp for two nights at Buck Island Lake.

Friday was just a lazy day spent doing whatever. Some people went hiking. Some of us stayed in camp to help Rollins fix a busted power steering pressure hose.

On Thursday, Gary (lamula) had a rear drum brake failure. He had to run the rest of the trail with front brakes only.

We finished the trail on Saturday and got to NAPA right before they closed. We then had a wrenchfest in the Motel 6 parking lot. Afterwards, we went to Harrah's for a buffet dinner.

We took the scenic route home down highway 395, stopping for lunch in Mammoth. Slowrider Curt had a wiring problem that shut his Jeep down completely while driving. But Dr. Rollins fixed the problem and we continued with no further problems.

danwho · Jun 22, 2009

Great pics, Johnny. Looks like fun, want to talk to you more about it.....

boostamante · Jun 22, 2009

Awesome pics johnny. i hope to someday make it out there. what are the minimum requirements to run those trails? What was the problem with the one jeep that shut down while driving?

johnnyc · Jun 22, 2009

I would say at least 33 inch tires, two lockers, and rock rails.

Curt blew a fusible link, which shut everything down. Mike looked for the culprit, but could not find it. He reconnected the wire and it started up and ran. :dunno:

Should've been there Danwho!

djblade311 · Jun 22, 2009

It was my first time on this trail and man, its awesome! I got hung up on one obstacle that required a tug which is the one that Johnny posted a pic of previously. I did score a little dent due taking a slippery line on Big Sluice and having some stranger spot me. It could have been avoided but oh well. I took on a little water in the cab because I thought that my intake took some too on one spot and shut it down just in case but it was fine. Now my cab smells like dirty socks or wet dog.

Mike likes to flex:

Eric tries Soup Bowl:

JR was there at Little Sluice:

Gary's carnage:

3 green Landcruisers flopped at Buck Island that day:

Nice shot of Buck island:

Johnny at his favorite spot:

danny at Big Sluice:

The group:

All the pics are here:
http://nicandjosh.com/modules/gallery/v/Travel/Rubicon09/

karstic · Jun 22, 2009

Dammit I knew I shouldv'e ridden as someones Beotch.

LostSoul · Jun 22, 2009

Nice pics

slowrider · Jun 22, 2009

Fun trip! We had some issues but beat them all and had a great time doing so. Even the bugs weren't as big a problem as last time. 1st shot of John working through the rocks, second shot is Danny dropping into Big Sluice.

Jump This · Jun 22, 2009

Someday I'll convince the wife to head up there.
BTW wasn't there some big 4X event in Reno this weekend?

Clean Racing · Jun 22, 2009

Nice pics guys... looks like Danny needs a new fender..:gee:

BMXxXJ · Jun 22, 2009

that's it! i'm moving out of new jersey

boostamante · Jun 22, 2009

BMXxXJ said:
that's it! i'm moving out of new jersey

you shouldnt have to, just make a day trip of it

man, now i really want to build up my heep so i can run this trail. looks like ill be dumping some money into it sooner than i anticipated.

4xSanta · Jun 22, 2009

Nice!.....SANTA

johnnyc · Jun 22, 2009

And yes Santa, we did see some beavers. One of the critters walked right up to our camp. Hopefully, somebody got a picture. I wasn't quick enough.

SanDiegoXJ · Jun 22, 2009

Looks like a ton o' fun! Glad you guys got all your issues resolved and made it home safe.

4xSanta · Jun 22, 2009

johnnyc said:
And yes Santa, we did see some beavers. One of the critters walked right up to our camp. Hopefully, somebody got a picture. I wasn't quick enough.[/quote

When you refer to those Beavers make sure you are clear that they are "Canadian Beavers" and not just run of the mill type,missed being there.....SANTA

s7tech · Jun 22, 2009

It was a great time. I gotta wash my jeep to see how much I rubbed stuff. I know I hit my decklid once and my right rear quarter touched in some tight spots. I did get some fender clearancing done. My rock rails got a work out. I will post some pictures when I get off work today.

johnnyc · Jun 22, 2009

This is what we saw. Looks like a beaver without the paddle tail. And they are found in Canada too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-bellied_Marmot

4xSanta · Jun 22, 2009

johnnyc said:
This is what we saw. Looks like a beaver without the paddle tail. And they are found in Canada too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-bellied_Marmot

If you recall MJR was the first guy last year to call us on the radio and report to us he saw a Beaver on top of the hill he was on and we were a long ways from any water......SANTA

MJR · Jun 22, 2009

4xSanta said:
If you recall MJR was the first guy last year to call us on the radio and report to us he saw a Beaver on top of the hill he was on and we were a long ways from any water......SANTA

I suggested we rename it to the Beaver Run.

It looked just like that damn beaver from the movie with Bill Murray, Groundhog Day.

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