Rausch Creek PA Wheeling With 5.9L ZJ, TJ Rubicon, Exo-Caged MJ, Lifted XJ

[PAFirefighter11]

My buddies and I went wheeling over the weekend up at Rausch Creek Off-road Park in Tremont, PA. It's only 1 hour 45 minutes from my house which is nice. This trip had been in the works for a few months. Most of my buddies were spending Friday thru Sunday there. I just went up for the day on Saturday.

Normally I focus on taking photos (Nikon D2x and fun glass), not video, but I wanted to test out my new Canon HD video camera. In this post you'll mostly see photos & videos from me, but some videos and photos are from my buddies who were there as well.

Rig lineup:
-Jeep Wrangler TJ: Rubicon, lockers/geared, 35's, Skyjacker long arm
-Jeep Comanche MJ: 35's, custom exo-cage, bumpers, etc.
-Jeep Cherokee XJ: 35's, front bumper, not a care in the world lol
-Jeep Grand Cherokee ZJ: 5.9L, 4.5/4.75" lift, 32" MTZ's, Tomken Rocker guards, FourXDoctor diff guard



I arrived around 9:30 to see a packed park. I've seen it crowded before, but the line to sign in was out the building, down the ramp, to the parking lot. AKA, insane.











The first trail we hit did some damage to my doors, even with the rocker guards.

On-board:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDk1nG_3LcY

Exterior:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGT5sM5X5cI

After that was winch hill with the Exo-Caged MJ and the XJ:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoH9PF2FULs

We then headed back out on the same trail as before. It's a fun trail in either direction:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWQAINPv7u0

Moving on to some other connector trails, mostly blues with some blacks and a black/red:














Once we got to the red/black hillclimb things got a bit more fun:







The climb videos...

Crazy nice JK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emPe3Ec_bNA

The XJ:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiiU04byJQo

Exo-Caged MJ:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrGJU40K_k8

Chevy Blazer almost flipping:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3u9CaERshg


After all that excitement we moved on to some more connector trails...

TJ & XJ:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ehRHbvZt6A

Hardcore rocks in the XJ:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZmDQ56fj8g

Another buddy in another XJ who joined us on Sunday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hixc7c8HXuo

Exo-Caged MJ on Yellow Jacket Ridge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUTlYMzX30Y


Then we got to the Quarry. It's nothing amazing unless you try "Shoot the Moon".. then it gets a bit serious...

The XJ up on 3 tires:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgZ-BEq2N9k

He broke the ears off his rear driveshaft:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIwlAtT_yoo

Then had to use his FWD to try and get down to a recovery position:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI2Qx11qoYU


Some photos from the Quarry:
















Hill climbs out of the Quarry:




The Rubicon showing you why lockers are awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EswNq5Rjq2o


Random other photos and videos from the trip:









Damage report:
-XJ: Broken rear driveshaft ears & broken passenger side axle shaft
-MJ: Nada
-TJ: Nada
-5.9L ZJ: Driver side LCA, tie rod, diff guard, doors:








More videos here:
http://www.youtube.com/BadAssXJ

& here:
http://www.youtube.com/hairyharry155


All in all, another great Rausch Creek trip. Looking forward to repairing the ZJ, adding some new skids/protection, and heading back out!

[grimm]

looks like it was a fun time, never made it out there when i had my TJ.

[Got Insulin?]

Was just out there two weeks ago, had a blast. GIGANTIC place.

[TNTramair]

i used to take my 05 4Runner there quite often....awsome place for offroading. my next daily will be a newer unlimited sahara...love those things.

[yellow2000S/R]

I stopped by on Saturday around 3:30ish I think on my way home from Harrys U-Pull in Hazelton just to see if any nice rigs were there and was suprised when I saw Steel Soldiers was their for their end of year meet/rally.

[TROLL]

Nice, hope to get to do some of this kind of wheeling eventually too. I had to miss out on Jeeptoberfest in Ocala, FL (about 2.5 hours from me) this past weekend which had a lot of courses set up that looked like a blast, but maybe next time.

[PAFirefighter11]

Originally Posted by TROLL

Nice, hope to get to do some of this kind of wheeling eventually too. I had to miss out on Jeeptoberfest in Ocala, FL (about 2.5 hours from me) this past weekend which had a lot of courses set up that looked like a blast, but maybe next time.

Sometime when you head back home to visit let me know ahead of time and I'll try to get a trip going. I guess you would probably fly, though, eh?

[SE-Rooney]

Nice pics looks like you guys ran blue/black ? . I love rausch creek but have you wheeled at AAOL over in shamokin pa ? They have a nice peice of property too.

We all need to set up a wheelin day as there is alot of guys on here who do alot of wheelin