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:
Adding Some Body Damage to my 5.9L Jeep Grand Cherokee ZJ - YouTube


Exterior:
Jeep ZJ 5.9, XJ, TJ Rubicon Trail 1 at Rausch Creek - YouTube


After that was winch hill with the Exo-Caged MJ and the XJ:
Big Lifted Exo-Caged MJ and Nice XJ In Deep Water & Mud! - YouTube


We then headed back out on the same trail as before. It's a fun trail in either direction:
Off-Camber Rock and Trail Climbing in PA - 5.9L Jeep Grand Cherokee ZJ - YouTube


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:
Insane Jeep Wrangler JK Climbing Rocks Like They Are Pebbles - YouTube


The XJ:
Jeep Cherokee XJ Rock Climbing a Red & Black Trail - YouTube


Exo-Caged MJ:
Exo Caged Jeep MJ Rock Climbing - YouTube


Chevy Blazer almost flipping:
Chevy Blazer Almost Flipping on Rock Climb! - YouTube




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


TJ & XJ:
Rausch Creek Trail 5. TJ Rubicon and Cherokee on 35s - YouTube


Hardcore rocks in the XJ:
Boulder Crawling with Drew and his XJ - YouTube


Another buddy in another XJ who joined us on Sunday:
Eric's Cherokee on 35's at Rausch Creek - YouTube


Exo-Caged MJ on Yellow Jacket Ridge:
Jeep Comanche w Exocage on Yellow Jacket Ridge, Rausch Creek Offroad - YouTube




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:
Jeep XJ Rock Climbing Gets Up on 3 Tires - YouTube


He broke the ears off his rear driveshaft:
XJ Breaking Rear Driveshaft on Rock Climb - YouTube


Then had to use his FWD to try and get down to a recovery position:
FWD XJ Hung Up on Two Boulders - YouTube




Some photos from the Quarry:

























Hill climbs out of the Quarry:






The Rubicon showing you why lockers are awesome:
Jeep Wrangler TJ Rubicon Rock Climbing in Quarry - YouTube




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:
Rick Rotondo - YouTube


& here:
hairyharry155 - YouTube




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

[Mac98TJ]

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

Looked like a great trip out.

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[BethJKU10]

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

[COLOR=#ADD8E6][SIZE=3][FONT=arial narrow]I will slowly take time to watch all your videos, but I did want to mention that the Northeast crew from Forbidden tries to do Meet & Greets at Rausch. If you'd like to see some of the write-ups I've done... just search Northeast Meet & Greet... We've had 6 so far. I really like the park, but have only done "blues" once. Sometimes we have new people with stock jeeps so we stick to mostly "greens". We did have a large group one time of 20 rigs and split up into 3 different groups. Looking forward to watching your videos [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[jeepin_idaho]

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

Looks like a great time! I've been trying to get to RC for a very long time but it just hasn't worked with my schedule.

Dan
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