OFFICIAL Rubithon Picture Thread

[wngrog]

OK guys,

Let's start a thread that focuses on the positives of the Rubithon.

I can't believe that the only thing that happened was some dude that did not register rolled off Cadillac Hill.

I for one would love to see a new thread started with all the positives of this great event and not just a bunch of posts about a rollover.

Tony and crew did a hell of a job getting this event up and going, let's not make the only thread on Pirate about a negative.

Now, let's roll some pics!!! I stole these from the other thread.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e89/sine80/Rubithon/IMG_1075.jpg

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[orangefj45]

just got home an hour ago. fj40 charles, now renamed "chop stick charlie" has a bunch of great shots. he's on his way back to dallas but won't get there till sometime wednesday. i'm sure he'll post up then. great event once again.

[greenfox]

I have a few pics and a whole lot of tech. Give me some time to get some things worked out at home first.

[mr_manny]

Good to see you guys got back safe...enjoy:

1st album
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/t230club@sbcglobal.net/album?.dir=/2f0f&.src=ph&.tok=phwLxFFBpCCTBwDY

2nd album
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/t230club@sbcglobal.net/album?.dir=/9386&.src=ph&.tok=ph.wxFFBuaGk4fTf

Uncle Mike, Dale and Greg,
Thank you for making this Rubithon one to remember :D

manny

[wngrog]

That Sears carbox on the top of Dahondagods rig is just about as gay as it comes.

:flipoff2:

[orangefj45]

yup, almost as gay as the flat fender style spare tire carrier location!:flipoff2:


chris should be home in a couple of hours as well, he was part of our group as is evident by ryan's pic.

today's loon exit group:
greenfox
chop stick charlie
chorebox
dahondagod
myself

[911SMIL]

That Sears carbox on the top of Dahondagods rig is just about as gay as it comes.

:flipoff2:

Nope.... Las Vegas yard sale $20 & about as WT & :rainbow: as it comes :flipoff2:

[TRT2]

What an awesome time we had!

Our trail committee teams worked their butts off ensuring everyone made it into the springs, our camp committee had the springs and facilities in great shape, the MOG crew transported a ton of stuff, mainly thanks to the efforts of Dave Thomas in securing raffle prizes, our EMT team simply shined although I wish they did not have to, and registration went smooth despite a few Tony type errors.

It was great to see so many friends returning, and so many new faces.

The weather was simply incredible, despite a thunder storm during Sat Night meal prep which certainly kept the dust down.

The retro shirt logos turned out very well and the orange committee shirts only made a few bellies turn. :)

I dropped the ball on a couple of tasks... but as with all TLCA events, folks are there for fun and friendship, not despairing over a missed activity.

Todd Kaderabek made it thanks to Mark Hawley, and both Erik Christianson and Steve Fox made it in thanks to trail volunteers who offered seats and accomodations.

Tom Ferrin, simply looking for a ride, ended up with Ross Woody on Mudraks run and I have to believe he got more Rubithon than he ever envisioned.

Award winners included Ryan Ramsey, Geoff McGuire, new member and 1st Rubithoner Zach Southworth, and the Iron Butt award went to our Canadian friends who returned due to last years weather. :)

and the 2006 Chairmans Award went to Gary 'Mudrak' Kardum... and I don't believe I have to offer explanation for it is self explanatory.

Terri Henli cranked out the meals! Over 250 breakfasts, nearly 250 beef meals and 80 chicken meals. Kudos to the entire Kitchen crew who never cease to amaze me. They were cooking in a thunder shower and smiling the entire time.

Past TLCA Presidents included Mike Bennett and Ron Patston.

The Nor Cal Marauders were in fine fashion and put on one heck of a party on Friday night.

Mark Algazy played guitar Saturday evening around the campfire and I believe this was very successful and will grow in success each year. I even sang one song despite having nearly no voice after Marauder Bar.

Thanks to Mudrak, Big Jim Adams, the Knorr Bros, and PMK for working the exit strategy on Sunday. We had everyone out so fast, we simply backed up on the forest service road. You simply cannot get folks out any faster. Kudos to everyone who supported this effort by not trying to circumnavigate it.

and the best part for me... my wife Cindy was able to attend. I love her dearly and am so very fortunate to have her support in my volunteer efforts.

Thanks to all!!

[JeepinDoug]

Nice pics so far, keep them posting.
Good to see you guys had nice weather. Seems to be a few hoods up in the pics, what's the carnage report, (not including the obvious one)?

[Gunmetalcruz]

Here's my take on the week. Jack came down early monday we had breakfast at Rosies then i went to work while he wheeled in towing Jason Berger's trailer. Thanks jason the trailer kicks ass. When i got done work I was packed and cold ones on ice since saturday rolled in monday night solo. Stopped 3 times to tighten ratchet straps and rolled into the springs in a mellow time of 46 minutes. Jack had camp set up and we cruised over to say hi to Bk and Mudrack and crew at the rope swing. Next day we wheeled to buck and had a great time on big sluice. Cruised back to the springs relaxed till 5:00 pm when several other friends were coming in. They hadn't showed yet so jack and i decided to drive my rig up caddy to go meet them on the way in. Jack drove my junk up caddy as i co piloted. Jack had a nice run up the hill. We switch spots at the over look and i figured we would drive out to the staging area and make a cell call to see what the status was. Towner,Jeff and Greg were 10 minutes out from the trail head so we all went back in together. Next day we thought a trip to little sluice was in order so we went up the sluices and had one bit og carnage with Towner snapping a rear shaft. So we parked his rig and went to the box. Greg had a sick run through the box with his cj7 on 35's. Been a long time since I've seen a rig go thru on 35's. I was having fun and ran it downhill to start then front dug it around and ran it the other way. Figure each pass was 20 seconds. Went back to the springs and got to hang out with a lot of great people. I definetly enjoyed hanging out with Preston and Chris(Dhondagod). Greg ended up cracking his bellhousing in half so we yanked his tranny tcase and drivelines out and I towed him out on friday night. Lel was out of town and got home thursday. So we got to spend the evening at home and repack to go back in. Rolled in saturday afternoon in time to make dinner at the springs. The raffle was killer Jim job won one of the tfab polycarb hoods and i won the best price Bkcruiser's custom wilson leather sport jacket. Swede leather with all the trimmings. All in all i put 88.6 miles all trail on the cruiser. It worked flawless the only thing i did was drive over a rock in the middle of the trail hit my rear yoke and break a ujoint cap ear off. Quick tack and was back in buisness. I didn't take much for pictures so.....

[Gunmetalcruz]

junk parked in camp

[Gunmetalcruz]

Better half sporting the colors

[mean man michael]

heres a few more

slabs @ the springs

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e89/sine80/Rubithon/IMG_1119.jpg

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Jeep missing a tranny. didnt really get the whole story, someone might be able to chime in.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e89/sine80/Rubithon/IMG_1117.jpg

sammys 80

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e89/sine80/Rubithon/IMG_1112.jpg

FJC coming down million dollar hill

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e89/sine80/Rubithon/IMG_1105.jpg

[wngrog]

Better half sporting the colors

Julie says your "Better Half" has "great arms"

We should get them together :laughing: :laughing:

[ryanxj]

Julie says your "Better Half" has "great arms"

We should get them together :laughing: :laughing:



You would definantly need to start a new pic thread for that scene:D

[ryanxj]

Heres a few pics of what happened to Sammys 80 on the way home :eek: :eek: :eek:


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The story: I was riding shotgun with Dan aka 'docroh' on westbound 50. A few miles before Placerville the 2 80's passed us moving quick, 75ish. We saw them shortly after that as traffic came to a hault just before the first stop light in Pville. We saw them pull of to the side of road and followed them to see what was going on. By the look of Sammys buddy looking at the front wheel as he rolled forward we knew something was wrong. After snugging up the remaining 2 lugs we followed them into town to an empty gas station parking lot and proceeded on to repairs. Luckily he had enough spare studs to get him back on the road. A few more miles on the road and things could have gotten VERY ugly. On a more positive note, very nice cruiser! Hope you made it home safe.

[jnau99]

Looks like fun..

I'm finaly going to make it to the trail here this next weekend. Anyone else going to be there?

I guess were running fordyce first then rubicon.

[ROCK HUGGER]

I wonder why this (http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=485840) is posted in general chit chat:confused:

[Beat95YJ]

I wonder why this (http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=485840) is posted in general chit chat:confused:

Because Rubithon is open to all Toy's and not just Cruisers...Duh!

[orangefj45]

what's the carnage report, (not including the obvious one)?


the outlaw run:

chris alger: swamped the soa 60 right before the springs in the muddy pond, then hydrolocked the engine crossing the creek into dirty dozen. also busted a rear arb (stripped spiders). chris was able to get the engine running and the diff replaced at camp with some supervision, but doing 90% of the work himself. good job on the repairs chris!

jer: alternator went south, replaced on the trail at buck within a few minutes. also had some carb linkage issues but he was very well prepared and was able to fix everything himself.

marcus: the rookie went completely unscathed, but every body panel on the 55 got tagged, along with a couple of windows. awesome job driving bro!

charlesfj40 aka chop stick charlie: badly bent hydro mount. had to move the ram and weld up what was left of the mount. fixed on trail at buck also. besides that, flawless performance!

dustin aka choreboy: almost perfect until we found out he had a bent rear axle shaft on the way home. nice driving as well! bummer about the leaky air ,atress.

docroh aka dan: also flawless except for some slight overheating issues on the way in.

bioniccruiser aka sean: great driving, even with the trailer in tow. ended up with vapor lock issues that left him stranded on hwy 50. greenfox to the rescue.

dahondagod: almost flawless also except for a nice gash in a swamper sidewall. installed spare on the trail within a few minutes.

greenfox: joined us at ellis the last night and then wheeled out with us. flopped the rig on its side a couple of times to test our new cage with no damage at all. those lockers are making some pretty scary noises though!:barf: ryan definetly deserved the "trail hero" award and even proved this when the event was officially over.

myself: broken toe and a punctured arb line for the front locker. both still busted.:shaking: my air matress took a dive on sunday night at ellis creek as well.

on the way out a few guys from our group went up cadillac hill and some of us went back out thru loon. we also picked up dahondagod, choreboy and matt (not sure of his username on here) in our group.
matt sheared a sector shaft along buck and we had no spares, so we pulled the rig off the trail and he hiked out to get a new steering box.
at the top of the slabs we had to run a small rescue effort to retrieve a dead 55 from the bottom of lost trail. he had no working alternator, the battery was dead and the double steering arm had been "welded" back together by a sammy guy just previous to him getting lost. either way, we were able to get him back up to the trail which cost us roughly 3 hours. then his steering arm busted again at the base of 1000 dollar hill. luckily jimjob had caught up to us by then and he was able to weld the arm up properly. we decided to stay one more night since it was getting late so we camped at ellis creek.

great trip, can't wait for chop stick charlie to post the pics!:D thanks for joining our group guys and for listening to your spotter(s). nice teamwork and fun times at the camp fire!

[orangefj45]

Looks like fun..

I'm finaly going to make it to the trail here this next weekend. Anyone else going to be there?

I guess were running fordyce first then rubicon.


there were a bunch of jeepers going in today and the chopper made at least 10 flights delivering stuff to the springs so you might want to avoid the trail this coming weekend.

[ForestHill_Crusier]

I somehow missed this thread and started a Rubithin Pics thread...Special thanks to Bill Jackson, Thurs morning Breakfeast run and everyone else who made this great event happen....the link to the thread I started is...
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=485840

[JeepinDoug]

Georg, who ran over your toe?

[ryanxj]

Wow Georg, sounds like you guys had along trip trying to get out to Loon; Dan will be very glad that we went on through to Tahoe. For those of us that continued on up cadillac from the springs, we had a pretty easy trip with no major problems. Chris managed to loose a bead on a rear tire and Dan sprung a leak on an oba hose under the hood.


Heres a few pics for now...I've got a lot more to post up but its gonna have to wait until I resize em even smaller or post them up via photobucket....damn pbb image size restrictions:mad3:
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[ryanxj]

Georg, who ran over your toe?


We found a new obstacle on the trail: Toe Rock :laughing:



Georg, did you actually break that thing?

[Toploader]

Top of the bowl:
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Heading up Walker Hill.
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Whazzz uuuup!
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[Toploader]

Some more...

No comment:
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Jer heading up Walker:
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/8632/imgp10047ha.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I wheeled ahead and took a couple shots while waiting for the group. Real nice of Dave to lend us the rig. Cant thank him enough.
http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/6909/imgp10074js.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Nother:
http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/3205/imgp10084hu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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Charles at Buck Island.
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Another shot of Buck...
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Charles with a busted ram mount right after Buck Island.

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/8922/imgp10176pw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Toploader]

Had a blast as usual. Great to see everyone again, and put a few new faces with names.

See you all next year.

[wngrog]

I somehow missed this thread and started a Rubithin Pics thread...Special thanks to Bill Jackson, Thurs morning Breakfeast run and everyone else who made this great event happen....the link to the thread I started is...
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=485840

Wow, great pics in your thread. You will find that only about 1% of the Cruiser forlks go to Shit-Chat.

What is the story of the bear :eek:

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=251671&d=1151377564

[MossMan]

I can't wait to get out there sometime. That's a great shot of the bear too.

[Petescoffee]

Still trying to get the photots organized but here are a few.
Thanks to Tony for organizing the event.
Wooody What did you marinate that Tri Tip in, it was outrageous. You need post up the recipe.
Thanks to the LA Trail Crew for leading the way and for Mark Algazy for tweaking my carb and getting me to idle. What a difference not stalling out makes when you are going over a rock.

Dave Thomas
Walnut Creek

[orangefj45]

yeah, toe rock kicked my ass!:laughing:

docroh looked at it and was'nt sure if it was broke or not, but it don't look like it did before. purple and swollen. was i still talking about my toe?!:flipoff2:

there are plenty of bears in that area, but most of them hang out at tahoe since they have a lot more food available to them up there. at night you can sit on your front porch and watch them come walking down the street looking for dinner.

[Kaderabek]

Best event ever for me. Thanks to Tony and Cindy, PMC and Ryan Ramsey for taking such fine care of us. One good thing is that we were moving so "methodically" that unless you were with us for the first 5 minutes, my Trails photos should be unique. :D

The Rubicon Trail is addictive. I'll be back (like it or not).

TJK

[Kaderabek]

Oh, and a huge thanks to Mark Hawley for dragging my sorry ass all over the state of California. Much appreciated!

TJK

(And here's a photo so Nolen doesn't start whining... :shaking: )

[TRT2]

Todd, it was an honor and a privilage to have our Managing Editor present for Rubithon. I only wish Alan had been able to attend.

and yes, thanks to Mark Hawley, Ryan Ramsey, Pismo Jim and Kevin Colton (I believe ??) for escorting our fly in board members. Erik got to drive my truck up Cadillac hill with Cindy... he was smiling.

We will be shipping all your raffle winnings very soon.

A most excellent time.

I look forward to reading more in Trails.

[woooody]

Wooody What did you marinate that Tri Tip in, it was outrageous. You need post up the recipe.
Dave Thomas
Walnut Creek

Actually, Teri Henli and Jim Job did all of the meat purchasing (Costco -- Best you'll find for a large group. USDA Choice). They also marinaded it in.... Yoshidas! I usually use Kinder's Meat Marinade (Blue labe), but the Yoshidas was good as well.

Another "secret" is pulling them from the flames, and then letting them "rest" for 45 - 60 minutes in the ice chests. Stays moist, and yet gets cooked enough.

[TRT2]

thanks Ross for grilling... You simply are amazing at cranking out the BBQ be it at raider games, club events or Rubithon. I think the one extra tri tip tossed in the raffle was one of the most coveted prizes... next to the Inchworm dual case and the Marlin Toy Box grand prizes. :)

[Kaderabek]

You're not shipping me a tri-tip are you, Tony...? :eek:

TJK

[woooody]

You're not shipping me a tri-tip are you, Tony...? :eek:

TJK
You do know you won some huge prize, don't you? Make sure Erik delivers. ;)

[Kaderabek]

I'm not being provided with details. Guess I should have been there.... :shaking:

TJK

(Huge tri-tip.... :p )

[Rockzar]

That was an awesome trip! Good times and we even made it home with some raffle prizes. Thanks again to everyone who made it happen. It is my favorite tripe of the year, and the Rubicon is one of the most beautiful places to camp. The cruiser did awesome. Great location, fun and people.

We drove to Tahoe Monday night and got to homewood around 3:30am. Met up with 55guy, Splitpea, Greg (I forget his username) and MrManny (Mike, Dale, Greg, and Manny) at the staging area on Tahoe side and headed down to the springs. Made good time and didnt run into any traffic except on Cadillac with a bronco coming up on V Rock. He was with a jeep that ran out of fuel. Bronco had a can but no funnel, so we passed him a funnel and were back on our way. We all made a beach front camp down on the slabs next to Mudraks camp.

Mike, Dale, Greg, and Manny left Wednesday to Loon for the Thursday breakfast run. Becky and I hung at the springs for some relaxing and taking in the springs without anyone around. We did some hiking and chatting with the owners and new care taker. Good people. I hope Steve writes a book on the history of the springs. Its got some very interresting history.

Thursday, we met up with the Mog crew to drive into Buck. Fun ride over there. We watched one of the runs head down the sluice. They had one of the FJ's and it was fun watching them get that and the 80 before them through. Saw another rig flop a trailer and rearend the rig infront of him. Good times.

After they got through, we were on our way. At the top we stoped to help Kent (Rat70fj) and John Pardi build a new drive line for Kents son's mini truck. He had twisted the driveline pretty good, and John actually had extra driveline tube with him to make a new line from. It turned out awesome. After that, we parted ways and headed to buck and they headed to the springs.

We got to Buck campground right when Thurs brekfast run did. Perfect timing. We camped with them again and met a bunch of new people. We helped two guys with some badly broken knuckle studs in a stretched 40. We had alot of trouble getting a couple of the studs off, and had to leave them the next am and tried to get a knuckle once in the springs. They were running 76 knuckles though, so it was difficult to locate. Marlin came through and fixed them up though.

Friday, Glenn (Rockthedog) noticed a broken motor mount before leaving Buck and 55guy welded it back together. After Glenn was fixed we headed to the springs and made good time without many people infront of us. That evening we hit Maurader bar and bon fire.

Saturday we relaxed around camp with our chairs in the water. Our camp ended up being the relay/ repeater point for the happenings on Cadillac. That was a bummer, but sounds like things will be okay. Sat night we did dinner and raffle. My wife won twice, with the big one being a 15lb Quickair tank with ALL the bells and wistles. We are stoked! Many thanks to the Quickair guys for donating it.

Sunday we headed out to Loon with George, Mark, Chris, Craig, and Matt. Matt broke a sector shaft on his rig between Buck and the sluice. Bummer. He hoofed it to Loon and we met up wtih him later. We winched out his friend who had taken a wrong turn on the slabs and went waaaaay down the trail. Then later broke his steering arm on his way up 1000 dollar hill. Bummer. We also helped a jeep crew get a frozen hub bolt loose. We camped at Ellis that night since it was getting late. Later that eventing, what do you know? Ryan came crawling in looking for us. That was a fun night of BS'ing. Mark (toploader) is one funny man.

Monday we made good time heading to the Bowl until I made a wrong turn toward Wentworth. It didnt look familiar out there on the slabs and I couldnt figure out why. We tried making our way toward the dam, but no luck. We turned around and headed back toward the turn. George met up with us and we headed out after changing a flat on Chris's rig. After that, it was easy going and we made it to the dam. It was my first time seeing Gatekeeper since it was blown up. The area is still rocky, but an easy drive through. Lots of damage to the trees, but they will survive.

We all headed out to 50 together after getting ice cream at Ice House store. Craig pulled me over since it looked like my rear drivers rim was bent, so we swaped out for the spare. My rig seemed fine except durring hard braking, when my whole rig would shake. I thought it was my steering until George and Mark said they noticed a bent rear drivers axle. Oh well. We drove home on it and it was fine the whole hot 5 hours home.

I'll get pics up tomorrow.

cheers!
Dustin

[Kaderabek]

I believe you all know this guy....

TJK

(Thus dispelling the notion that Trails is a photo hog! :D )

[Rock Toy]

Did I call a broker sector shaft or did I call a broker sector shaft? I'm not sure whether or not it was his rig but I called it :flipoff2:. Remember that conversation Toploader?

[cruzila]

Good times. Good to put faces to names. I still did not realize Dustin was right there with us on Sunday. Hmmm, next time. Alvaro came up to me and I did not recognize him for a moment. What a dope:rolleyes:
pics:
Steve Grover MTA stuck on a rock
Cluster at the top of Big Sluice
Cruzila stuck on a rock the same time as Grover
Near Little Sluice on sunday

[Toploader]

Did I call a broker sector shaft or did I call a broker sector shaft? I'm not sure whether or not it was his rig but I called it :flipoff2:. Remember that conversation Toploader?


Yep you called it. Wrong rig though, he was the yellow 40 with linked rear, not the yellow one from the Trent Fab camp. He was up on the slabs somewhere. Major Bummer...thats a hike out of there.

[doughnut]

Thanks Georg! I think the "little supervision" was the key part of getting Team Alger through the trail and repaired. Thanks to everyone who spotted, stacked, jacked, winched, lent tools and parts, and generally assisted us! In general, I think that if my seat was higher, I could actually see the rocks and steer around instead of over....

[orangefj45]

maybe fc and i can fab up a lift kit for your seat chris!:flipoff2:

[smurfblue40]

Found T-shirt

While doing a final check around camp before heading up cadillac on sunday,
I found a "Cruise Moab" shirt near where Pygpen's tent was in Mudrak's camp
(already checked with Pat, not his). :confused:

[Medusa]

I caught the hardest of the hardcore sneaking out when noone was looking to wash his junk in the creek:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

[orangefj45]

tom was probably trying to polish up that rusty u-joint i gave him!:laughing:

[peesalot]

Pics soon. That was a lot of seat time. dropped rig at tahoe on wed. night and drove around to loon. Crashed at damn. Went in with Gunner. 7 am to 7 pm . 12 hrs on trail . Chilled for about 5 hrs Thurs. night then on Fri. the event happened and on Sat. we towed the roller out. I went home cause my diaper was wet and my steering box went thru 3 quarts of fluid going up caddy. See ya next year.,

[peesalot]

Hey , has anyone been able to get the photo link for the FJ Trailteams to work ?
I got my badge with the link and password but it no worky. They were taking photos very quietly of reg. attendees ( not the FJ's) and posting on the link. Cool I thought.

[Rat70FJ]

Hey , has anyone been able to get the photo link for the FJ Trailteams to work ?

Mine didn't either, John.


I got my badge with the link and password but it no worky. They were taking photos very quietly of reg. attendees ( not the FJ's) and posting on the link. Cool I thought.

Where are those pictures on the site??



Kent

[Flatty]

OK, I was jealous that I was unable to go, but all that passed.. NOW I am SUPER JEALOUS!!!!!! Oh well, next year, I am driving my rig in there.

Dima

[teapot]

Great photos, I'll be there next year.

[65SWB45]

Full report coming soon. FWIW, I talked to Gordon Wood yesterday [my buddy who's son filleted his finger on the Friday run and had to leave as soon as he got into the Springs Friday evening]

Anyhow, he got into Tahoe about 4 am Saturday and the ER had him in surgery for two hours repairing the muscle, nerve and bone damage along with the infection. They said if he had waited until Saturday to make the drive out, he would probably have lost the finger.

Super kudos to Bad Coco and the other medics that took care of Pat in camp. Super kudos to dhondagod for looking at Gordon's truck and helping get the steering more workable. And SUPER KUDOS to cruzila for escorting Gordon and Pat up Cadillac Hill in the dark. You guys ROCK!

[Petescoffee]

A couple more pictures
Pismo Jim (It came out a little dark as the sun was almost down)
Wooody
Trail repair on Walker
My junk waiting on Cadilac

[chartdog]

Full report coming soon. FWIW, I talked to Gordon Wood yesterday [my buddy who's son filleted his finger on the Friday run and had to leave as soon as he got into the Springs Friday evening]

Anyhow, he got into Tahoe about 4 am Saturday and the ER had him in surgery for two hours repairing the muscle, nerve and bone damage along with the infection. They said if he had waited until Saturday to make the drive out, he would probably have lost the finger.

Super kudos to Bad Coco and the other medics that took care of Pat in camp. Super kudos to dhondagod for looking at Gordon's truck and helping get the steering more workable. And SUPER KUDOS to cruzila for escorting Gordon and Pat up Cadillac Hill in the dark. You guys ROCK!

We were with Pat and Gordon on that run and that finger was in a bad way. There was more info in another thread "Rubithon Report" but that thread seems to have disappeared ????????????

Glad Patrick is OK.

[TRT2]

Here is a link yp MUD featuring the FJ Cruisers and a bunch of pix.

http://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=99217

sweet shot of Frydaddy in there as a bonus.

[Rockzar]

ok, got my pics up on the i n t e r n e t... heres a few

getting an FJ Cruiser through Big Sluice:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=251938&stc=1&d=1151512330

Mog crew guy gitt'n it:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=251939&stc=1&d=1151512330

Dale, Mike, manny, Greg, Becky, and I at Observation Point coming into the Springs Tuesday:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=251940&stc=1&d=1151512330

Glenn and I heading out of Buck:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=251941&stc=1&d=1151512330

heading from Buck to Spider above the slabs:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=251942&stc=1&d=1151512331

more at http://www.finespline.com/trips/Rubithon_06/

-Dustin

[woooody]

The Yellow FJ didn't go through Old Sluice. They tool the bypass.

[Rockzar]

doh - down big Sluice... they deff did not make it through old sluice!. :)
-Dustin

[DHONDAGOD]

awsome pics dustin!! thanks for sharing... ill get mine hopefully before i leave for Dallas tomorrow... did you need an axle shaft? i have spares and can bring them to PMC..... (no charge of course) let me know...


chris:cool2:

[Elsie]

This was my first time driving the rubicon. I rode along last year and I've done parts of fordyce and I've done barrets lake and a few others that were tough, but this was just plain fun. I had a great time and it was a wonderful event. The only thing I really had to complain about was that the FJ team left trash at there campsite which I thought was totally unexpected. They really were the only ones, we walked through all the camps Monday. Other then that one little thing, I was actully very impressed with the FJs. I pretty much hated the things coming into the event, now I stil think they are ugly, but it's not like cruisers have ever been the prettest things on the road. All in all, it was a really fun event. I'll be back again next year for sure.

[Kaderabek]

The only thing I really had to complain about was that the FJ team left trash at there campsite which I thought was totally unexpected. They really were the only ones, we walked through all the camps Monday.

Which campsite?

TJK

[Elsie]

Which campsite?

TJK

up on top of the hill across the road from the Mog camp. there was a garbage bag full of trash and a bag full disposible toliet bags. Kinda was wierd, seeing how they were repersenting there company and not just themselves. I was pretty disapointed that anyone would leave stuff behind, but I didn't expect it from them.

[Kaderabek]

How do you know it belonged to them?

TJK

[peesalot]

You ask alot of question Todd.
It was nice meeting you fri. night. That was a good weekend.
There is always trash left behind , I have seen people purposely drop bags at other empty camp sites just to dump it. Usually the last person seen there gets the blame. Just pick it up and move on.
Elsie , glad to hear your rig made the event , we were begining to wonder if the clutch would work.

[PKP80]

Heres a few pics of what happened to Sammys 80 on the way home :eek: :eek: :eek:


251687

251689


The story: I was riding shotgun with Dan aka 'docroh' on westbound 50. A few miles before Placerville the 2 80's passed us moving quick, 75ish. We saw them shortly after that as traffic came to a hault just before the first stop light in Pville. We saw them pull of to the side of road and followed them to see what was going on. By the look of Sammys buddy looking at the front wheel as he rolled forward we knew something was wrong. After snugging up the remaining 2 lugs we followed them into town to an empty gas station parking lot and proceeded on to repairs. Luckily he had enough spare studs to get him back on the road. A few more miles on the road and things could have gotten VERY ugly. On a more positive note, very nice cruiser! Hope you made it home safe.


MUCH THANKS to Dan, Ryan, Mark, and Jon for help with the wheel stud issue. I did make it home safe an sound many hours after the ordeal. Things definitely could have gotten ugly, but knowing how your truck should sound and having the guys to be your eyes when you can't made all the difference.


On a side note and in looking at the other post pics, there were a lot of rigs and people I did not get to meet unfortunately. Hopefully next year. Make it a point to where a shirt with my online name on it or something.

Sam

[TRT2]

Sam, I know Rubithon will be etched in your mind (and brow) for years. Nice truck and you wheel it well.

(stuff about rattle snake and lazlo removed to protect the innocent.. poor dawg)

[smurfblue40]

Sam, I know Rubithon will be etched in your mind (and brow) for years. Nice truck and you wheel it well.

(stuff about rattle snake and lazlo removed to protect the innocent.. poor dawg)
:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
What happens at Rubithon, stays at Rubithon ???

[orangefj45]

Make it a point to where a shirt with my online name on it or something.

Sam


hey sammy.
hope that eye heals up ok.

did you mean a shirt like this?!

[TRT2]

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
What happens at Rubithon, stays at Rubithon ???


Good one Rick... you are absolutely correct.

[PKP80]

hey sammy.
hope that eye heals up ok.

did you mean a shirt like this?!


Just like that. It should be manditory.

The eye is doing well, looks worse than it actually is. All the guys at work now fear me and the women give me love and sympathy. I guess that is what happens when Tequila is in the mix. Good times, do it again next year hopefully.

Sam

[SPEEDCRAVIN]

Nolan I dont come over to the Cruiser side very often because it makes me miss my 78 FJ40 so damn bad. That looks like a great trip!!!

JOSH

[mean man michael]

Just like that. It should be manditory.

The eye is doing well, looks worse than it actually is. All the guys at work now fear me and the women give me love and sympathy. I guess that is what happens when Tequila is in the mix. Good times, do it again next year hopefully.

Sam

Sammy, glad to hear you made it home ok after the stud breakage, that looked pretty scary. :eek:

Mike

[texican]

The only thing I really had to complain about was that the FJ team left trash at there campsite which I thought was totally unexpected.

I was not there, but did hang with the FJ Trail team at the Razorback Ramble, and I would be very shocked if they were the ones that left the trash....they are too trained, polished and professional to do anything to tarnish the image Toyota is paying them to put forth...........I 'll bet someone else tossed it at the site.
Butch

[Elsie]

I was not there, but did hang with the FJ Trail team at the Razorback Ramble, and I would be very shocked if they were the ones that left the trash....they are too trained, polished and professional to do anything to tarnish the image Toyota is paying them to put forth...........I 'll bet someone else tossed it at the site.
Butch

very possible. I didn't have the chance to talk to the personally, but from what I saw they did seem like a good group of guys, which is why I was so shocked to find trash at there camp...it's very possible someone else tossed it there.

[vonzipper]

Just got back into town from Hawaii and I need my fix for pictures. SO POST UP! :flipoff2: Looks like a great time :beer:

[woooody]

RE: Trash

It's also possible that it fell off the back of a rig on the way out of camp. Despite my best efforts, I've lost a bag before. Fortunately, I've always had someone behind me to let me know.

[ryanxj]

....they are too trained, polished and professional to do anything to tarnish the image Toyota is paying them to put forth..........



Trash maybe, but Im pretty sure most would agree that they are severly lacking training on trail etiquette......

[65SWB45]

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
What happens at Rubithon, stays at Rubithon ???

Maybe one day the story will become a legend?

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

[fj40charles]

Trash maybe, but Im pretty sure most would agree that they are severly lacking training on trail etiquette......

We were behind them most of the day going into the springs. We finally went around them when some Jeep and Sammi guys came up and wanted to know what the hold up was. The funny part is... Marcus in a stock 55 went up stuff these FJ Cruisers got stuck in.

I'll post some pics tomorrow. Too tired right now.

[smurfblue40]

Maybe one day the story will become a legend?

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
"There I was... on the Rubicon... miles from civilization when all of a sudden..."
:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

[vonzipper]

Maybe one day the story will become a legend?

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:


Honest..... She told me she was 18 :flipoff2:

[Kaderabek]

You ask alot of question Todd.

Agreed. :D


[/QUOTE]It was nice meeting you fri. night. That was a good weekend. [/QUOTE]

Agreed! :D :D

TJK

[Kaderabek]

We were behind them most of the day going into the springs. We finally went around them when some Jeep and Sammi guys came up and wanted to know what the hold up was. The funny part is... Marcus in a stock 55 went up stuff these FJ Cruisers got stuck in.

I'll post some pics tomorrow. Too tired right now.

Opinions will vary on this, no doubt. I was with them the WHOLE time. Moving very "methodically." But they pulled over every chance they got. And for what it's worth, Charles, by the time you passed us (nice to see you, by the way), the Jeeps and Sammis had already been let by at least once before. When you drink as much alcohol as those guys, you have to stop to pee a lot and you get passed as a result.

Our camp near Mud Lake was clean when we pulled out. Trust me, we had pleny of time to clean it up....:D

TJK

[cruzila]

Trash maybe, but Im pretty sure most would agree that they are severly lacking training on trail etiquette......

There is something to be said for a little humility.

[fj40charles]

I had a great time. Camping was great and you could not have asked for better weather and better group to hang out with. Trip to the Rubicon is a MUST do. Much different than any other off roading trip I have done.

Our trip was led by orange45 and toploader. Got to meet/camp/hang out with docroh, ryanxj, bionic cruiser and family, Gerald Josephs, Dr. Dave Tay, Team Alger, Marcus and his g/f, Greenfox, choreboy2, mr. manny, and dhondagod. I hope I didn't leave anyone out.

We had so much food in our camp ground. I think we actually gained weight on this trip. Everyone was so nice. Spending 3 days togther allowed us to have a really tight group and we got to really know each other.

I learned alot on this trip. You don't want pack too much stuff because there is a good chance someone else will have what you need. On-board showers are not needed since you have clear running water nearby. Mosquitos are real hungry.

There was one really scary moment at Buck Lake. We were eating lunch and we heard a weird sound coming from the sky. Next thing we saw was a HUGE splash when something hit the water. I think it might have been a meteor. Good thing I had my new digital SLR camera ready to shoot.

[orangefj45]

i was trying to keep my mouth shut about this but now i'm gonna have to chime in. we were stuck behind the FJCs for 4 hours. at one point we did pass them cause the blkue one was stuck pretty good. i had no intention of splitting up the breakfast run and getting between the main group and the straggelers. so we went ahead a short distance in order to find a place that offered enough room for our group of 7 rigs to pull over in the shade and eat lunch. we did not want to block the trail.
we were there for about an hour. after lunch we pulled back on the trail and caught up to the FJCs right away, within less than 1/4 mile. the blue FJC seemed to have the most trouble navigating the trail. i attempted to help with the spotting but would'nt be heard. then i kindly asked if it would be possible for him to let us by since by then they were so far behind their breakfast run that there was no chance for them to catch up again and we had firm plans to make it to buck. the reply i got was starteling to say the least so i turned around and walked away. this did'nt need this situation to escalate.
soon after the spotter was convinced to pull over by a group of sammi/jeep guys and we were able to make it past as well. the same guys asked us nicely to let them thru and we did.
we got to camp at buck at dark and had no hold ups of our own, so we should have been there hours before. i do want to mention that the guys in the factory supported yellow FJC and the ARB guys in the silver runner were friendly, professional and courteous. the same can't be said for everybody in their group.
part of my "trail etiquette" is to greet everybody on the trail, help people on the trail, pull over if i'm holding somebody up, pick up trash even if it's not my own and so on. i would expect the same from anybody else sharing the trail with me, especially somebody representing one of the largest automotive manufacturers in the world. enough said.

[orangefj45]

There was one really scary moment at Buck Lake. We were eating lunch and we heard a weird sound coming from the sky. Next thing we saw was a HUGE splash when this meteor hit the water.


yeah, that was a trip!:smokin:

can you post the pic of it before it hit the water?

[Kaderabek]

That's interesting, Georg. You passed us with the same group that Charles was in? What was said?

TJK

[TRT2]

Charles...

Two things... I am so glad you took us up on our offer and drove out from Texas to attend. I knew this would be like nothing you (might) have done before and I am happy you enjoyed it. I must admit to the rest of the Texas crowd, relatively bummed you did not journey out.

Second, I am very appreciative to Georg for taking the lead to provide a fun and safe group, all be it rebels, and bring your group in. Great folks for sure.

I believe Rubithon will be evolving over the next couple years due to changing trail conditions and there may come a time when we look back at Rubithon 2006 and say 'Now that was a fun event'.

I hope whenever you look at your Iron Butt Award with your name on it, you'll remember the great time and great friends you have in CA.

Many thanks!

[orangefj45]

That's interesting, Georg. You passed us with the same group that Charles was in? What was said?

TJK


in the interest of keeping everybody happy i will pm you since i do not want to start anything on the net.....

[Kaderabek]

in the interest of keeping everybody happy i will pm you since i do not want to start anything on the net.....

Understood. And a good idea.

TJK

[65SWB45]

Obviously I cannot speak to what I did not see, but FWIW, the FJC team in OUR Wednesday run was VERY professionally handled by Ron Q and Robbie Antonsen. Both these guys are already TLCA members with LOTS of trail time, and they knew that WE KNEW that any deficiencies in performance were due to the vehicle, not the drivers. That gave them the ability to be a LOT more circumspect about dealing with the other drivers on the trail.

I hope the Trail Team will not be deterred from future participation in TLCA events by anything said on the trail or this bulletin board.

:)

[woooody]

I think there is a huge difference between team #1 (Yellow) and team #2 (Blue).

It's unfortunate, but the guidance the Toyota Corp gave to the trail teams was "no paint scratch, no dent". Having your employer give you that directive TOTALLY changes how you run this trail. If minor carnage was acceptable, they would have been much faster.

Having said that, I ultimately was happy that they made the trip in. I wish it would have went faster for them, but they took care in spots that I would have said "F... it". Of course, that's why my rig looks the way it does.

The reality is there will be more and more FJC on Rubithons. I may be driving one. I hope that by that time there are better options for bumpers, sliders and exo-cages.

There is a whole running thread about exclusivity, and public access on the Rubicon. We need to work together to make the trail accessable and passible by properly modified rigs. Fixing some of the bad spots will reduce erosion and trail damage, but proper mods will also allow faster access for all.

my 2 cents

[orangefj45]

very well put ross!!!!!!!!!!

please do not get me wrong. i am stoked to see the FJCs up there and would love to see more. but, they, just like anybody else going on the trail, should be properly prepared, be it driver or vehicle. and it would certainly help to have some wheeling experience before tackling a trail like the rubicon.

[BionicCruiser]

WHEW! we are finally home from Rubithon. got in late last night. what a FUN time! we finally made it through the whole trail. Georg's run was a blast and i really enjoyed hanging with that crowd of rebels. Charles, it was great getting to see that rig work. and Chris(team Algier), i got a great pic of your rig swimming. i'll post it up later. it was great meeting dhondagod, choreboy, toploader, greenfox (didn't get any video of your rig on it's side, sorry), TRT2, and many more plus seeing some old friends as well.

I got through to the exit of the trail with only a slightly malfuntioning winch, broken POS (by PO) tub mounts on the 40 trailer, and 1 scratch/dent on the trailer's tub. my 40 was undamaged and i took most every hard line i could find, and used the front locker only 3 times... then only to break down with engine troubles on the highway 10 mins after airing up.:mad3:

HUGE THANKS to Greenfox and the guys in the white 60 that helped shuttle me and my wife and kids!!! Cruiser people rock!:smokin: who was it in the 60? i want to thank you by name (i only know the names Eric, Lorne, and John, but not the driver). of course when i got back with the tow rig, the 40 starts right up and drives onto the trailer like nothing happened. i'll post what it was when i get time to look at it.
i didn't get many pics, i was too busy having fun. i got about 30 mins of video, mostly of me and team Algier, a little bit of Georg in the buggy, Dan in big sluice, and Gerl on cadillac. let me know if anyone wants a copy.

Shawn

[orangefj45]

righton shawn!
i'd love to see the vid if you could get me a copy. was good to wheel with you and your family again. jill is a trooper, as are the kids!
georg

[BionicCruiser]

you got it. i'll include last years vid. the boys have been wheeling since they were months old, so they are seasoned veterans. Jill went on a snow run with me the day before Kian was due to be born. that's a trooper. she's funny, she gets bored even on a hard trail like Rubicon now.

[fj40charles]

yeah, that was a trip!:smokin:

can you post the pic of it before it hit the water?

Here are some pics. I didn't know dhondagod was a flying squirrel.... :D

[PKP80]

Honest..... She told me she was 18 :flipoff2:


And the truth comes out, :smokin: ......lol.

Mark thank you for the pic.

[71fj55]

Had a great time on Rubithon! Definitely an experience to remember, and one that all TLCA members should experience first hand.

A huge thanks to our groups fearless, or senseless (depending on how you look at it), leaders. Georg and Mark truly set the pace, and attitude, for our group and did a remarkable job of getting us through the trail with a minimum of hang-ups.

We had an excellent, and eclectic, group that only helped to make the experience that much more enjoyable. I'd have to say that it was probably the most fun I have ever had in a four wheeled vehicle, at least with my pants on:D. It was great meeting and wheeling with you all, and I hope that we have the opportunity to do it again soon, only a year till Rubithon '07!

And a big thanks to Tony, and all those who worked very hard to make this event what it is.

[fj40charles]

Here is the pic of the stuck blue FJC when we came up upon it. It was turtled badly. The yellow FJC did much better with the mods.

[Kaderabek]

I'll see what I can do behind the scenes to keep us as one happy family in the future.... :D

TJK

[Rat70FJ]

Here are some pics. I didn't know dhondagod was a flying squirrel.... :DThat was some chilly water in buck, wasn't it boys??:eek:

[cruzila]

[snip] i attempted to help with the spotting but would'nt be heard. [snip]

the reply i got was starteling to say the least so i turned around and walked away

part of my "trail etiquette" is to greet everybody on the trail, help people on the trail, pull over if i'm holding somebody up, pick up trash even if it's not my own and so on.


1. About the same response I got after waiting a half hour at the top of Big Sluice.

2. same here

3. my trail etiquette too.

4. My hope is they read this and realize how much they are putting people off that are more qualified than they are to be doing their job. I have run the Rubicon countless times in 14 years, including 13 trips last year with Chrysler corporate. It took me about 15 seconds to see they had no clue.

5. If they were to get no scratches someones in trouble cuz both rear bumper corners were ripped off the blue one. Funnay:laughing: I call bs on that one. They can afford to replace any rig that does not look the part if needed. Heck J**p throws 20-30 rigs at the trail every year. That's only about a million bucks.

[cruzila]

That was some chilly water in buck, wasn't it boys??:eek:


It was very nipply. I did my best jesus imitation. Next time I might levitate:p brr

[peesalot]

Meteor Mark strikes again.

Ross , you did your best to raz the side of the yellow one on the test drive , why was it leaning driver so hard ????:D

[BionicCruiser]

ok, i'm gonna swipe team Alger's pics for display here.:flipoff2:
couple good ones of my trailer.
http://www.birfield.com/albums/album30/P1000829.jpg
http://www.birfield.com/albums/album30/P1000824.jpg

Chris waiting for rescue and FJ40Charles in the background.
http://www.birfield.com/albums/album30/P1000785.jpg

tonight i hope to get my pick of Chris' second dunk in the drink up.

Shawn

[BionicCruiser]

ok, i'm gonna swipe team Alger's pics for display here.:flipoff2:
couple good ones of my trailer.
http://www.birfield.com/albums/album30/P1000829.jpg
http://www.birfield.com/albums/album30/P1000824.jpg

Chris waiting for rescue and FJ40Charles in the background.
http://www.birfield.com/albums/album30/P1000785.jpg

tonight i hope to get my pick of Chris' second dunk in the drink up.

Shawn

[woooody]

5. If they were to get no scratches someones in trouble cuz both rear bumper corners were ripped off the blue one. Funnay:laughing: I call bs on that one. They can afford to replace any rig that does not look the part if needed. Heck J**p throws 20-30 rigs at the trail every year. That's only about a million bucks.

In talking with the "Yellow" team, the goal was no scratches to "painted" surfaces. Bumpers, end caps, and skid plates were fair game. Heck, any plastic was fair game.

[woooody]

Meteor Mark strikes again.

Ross , you did your best to raz the side of the yellow one on the test drive , why was it leaning driver so hard ????:D

Ummmm... Cuz Roger doesn't weigh enough to counter balance me? I know Gustov was sweating that last rock. Thought I had it though.

[BionicCruiser]

ok, i'm gonna swipe team Alger's pics for display here.:flipoff2:
couple good ones of my trailer.
http://www.birfield.com/albums/album30/P1000829.jpg
http://www.birfield.com/albums/album30/P1000824.jpg

Chris waiting for rescue and FJ40Charles in the background.
http://www.birfield.com/albums/album30/P1000785.jpg

tonight i hope to get my pick of Chris' second dunk in the drink up.

Shawn

[BionicCruiser]

why does my post keep posting? every time i pull up the thread it reposts it.:confused:

[greenfox]

What are you people talking about? I had a great time on the trail trying to explain that I had two fjc in front of me and all I got back from people is:flipoff: Every time I turned around to pull my rig up someone else was driving it

[fj40charles]

you got it. i'll include last years vid. the boys have been wheeling since they were months old, so they are seasoned veterans. Jill went on a snow run with me the day before Kian was due to be born. that's a trooper. she's funny, she gets bored even on a hard trail like Rubicon now.

Pics of Bionic Cruiser's family.

[docroh]

Marcus 55 is SOA with 35s. Not stock. Come on Chopsticks, just becuase he could still drive his rig under yours doesn't mean it was stock :)


BTW: I WANT TOPLOADERS AIR RAID AS MY AVATAR!!!!

[Toploader]

Charles you
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1171/pandaexpresscharles4cf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Bastard.:D

[woooody]

More pics -- Big Sluice
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=252256&d=1151642776

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=252257&stc=1&d=1151642911

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=252258&stc=1&d=1151642911

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=252259&stc=1&d=1151642911

[woooody]

Caddy -- High line... Mudrak and Tony keeping me from going over (sort of).

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=252261&stc=1&d=1151643276

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=252263&stc=1&d=1151643276

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=252264&stc=1&d=1151643276

[65SWB45]

DAMN woooody, your high line looks a LOT sketchier than my high line! :eek: :eek:

Great pics tho.:cheers:

[pismojim]

Quoting Mudrak: "don't turn right, the front will slide down..."

... evenually, it did.

Pic doesn't do it justice,
stuffed the 36" Irok pretty good as the other side lifts off...
http://static.flickr.com/49/176166309_3ba2704c5a.jpg

[BionicCruiser]

here it is!

[BionicCruiser]

here's his lights a day later...

[Rock Toy]

Now come awn Chunky, you feeling no love for me? Guess if I don't bring a rig, nobody remembers me :flipoff2:

Anyhow, I'm glad to have been invited and had a great time. The group was good and aside from the total obsession with Cruisers, where fun to hang with as well......so fun that I have decided to have another front clip made for my buggy. A cruiser one for cruiser runs :)

BTW, I didn't see any stock Jeep Rubicons holding up the trail :flipoff2:

[Flatty]

Now come awn Chunky, you feeling no love for me? Guess if I don't bring a rig, nobody remembers me :flipoff2:

Anyhow, I'm glad to have been invited and had a great time. The group was good and aside from the total obsession with Cruisers, where fun to hang with as well......so fun that I have decided to have another front clip made for my buggy. A cruiser one for cruiser runs :)

BTW, I didn't see any stock Jeep Rubicons holding up the trail :flipoff2:


Sergei, you are in enemy territory here... As for Jeeps, they don't hold up the trail because they don't get onto the trail. They are too busy going to the mall...

Dima

[TRT2]

Jim, your truck spanked that line! Was also glad you put those extra lbs in the tires, the passenger rear had a lot of weight on it when it came over that rock. You still had more to go...

Woooody on the other hand, don't know why your truck just want to be on its side. :shaking:

The exit strategy worked so well, we found out you can only empty so many trucks, so fast, out the Tahoe side. We had everyone up Caddy so fast, we were simply one long line of trucks on the forest service road. this is great.
Thanks to Mudrak, Big Jim, PMK and Knorr bros (55guy and splitpea) for again taking on the extra credit trail duty. Next year we will have a specific trail comm group with PMK taking the lead.

Shawn... nice shots, glad you had a good time!

Ryan... ya, you're the hero of cruiser day.

Chris... hmmm, I'll bet Kathleen was none too happy you sank her truck.
We'll have to discuss the Bonehead ramifications at the next PMC mtg.

71fj55... thank you.

everyone noting some displeasure with the trail pace... blame me. I OK'ed their minimum rqmt deviation and felt that having the FJ Cruisers in attendance at our TLCA event far out weighed the inconvenience of carefully spotting a new truck through the Rubicon in June (at its most toughest).

'This ain't no jamboree!'



Quoting Mudrak: "don't turn right, the front will slide down..."

... evenually, it did.

Pic doesn't do it justice,
stuffed the 36" Irok pretty good as the other side lifts off...
http://static.flickr.com/49/176166309_3ba2704c5a.jpg

[tornadoalleycruiser]

Tony, Thanks for letting me wheel your junk up Cadillac! It is a climbin fool! Voodoo did his magic on that ride ..

[Flatty]

Tony,. I think people are more upset about the fact that the guy driving the blue FJC was a prick. The slow pace can be dealt with if they get ou tof the way when they can. We all know the con has ample room to let others by... If Iw as behind them and offered my help only to get shot down, I would tell them to go shove their FJC up their ass, and leave (I have done so in the past when offering my help, and getting put down for it)

DIma

Jim, your truck spanked that line! Was also glad you put those extra lbs in the tires, the passenger rear had a lot of weight on it when it came over that rock. You still had more to go...

Woooody on the other hand, don't know why your truck just want to be on its side. :shaking:

The exit strategy worked so well, we found out you can only empty so many trucks, so fast, out the Tahoe side. We had everyone up Caddy so fast, we were simply one long line of trucks on the forest service road. this is great.
Thanks to Mudrak, Big Jim, PMK and Knorr bros (55guy and splitpea) for again taking on the extra credit trail duty. Next year we will have a specific trail comm group with PMK taking the lead.

Shawn... nice shots, glad you had a good time!

Ryan... ya, you're the hero of cruiser day.

Chris... hmmm, I'll bet Kathleen was none too happy you sank her truck.
We'll have to discuss the Bonehead ramifications at the next PMC mtg.

71fj55... thank you.

everyone noting some displeasure with the trail pace... blame me. I OK'ed their minimum rqmt deviation and felt that having the FJ Cruisers in attendance at our TLCA event far out weighed the inconvenience of carefully spotting a new truck through the Rubicon in June (at its most toughest).

'This ain't no jamboree!'

[orangefj45]

i think dima nailed it. well, kinda. the fact that a rig is making slow progress on the trail does'nt offend me. why should it?! but to cop a tude and not get out of the way pisses me off.:evil:

[orangefj45]

so can we please let that part of the event die now? R.I.P.

i think the event was an absolute success. we had a great time, the weather was awesome for the most part (except during dinner and the 55 extraction from lost trail of course). there was more than enough room to camp, got to see lots of familiar faces and put some names with new faces. the food was off the hook. friday night we had briskett and prime rib. how can you beat that?????:grinpimp:

anyways, i had a blast and hope everybody else did as well.:D

[dieselcruiserhead]

too cool looks like a good time. Some day :(

[surfpig]

OK, next year I'll be there. Riding or driving, whatever.

(I can cook a mean breakfast...)


:goofball:

[ForestHill_Crusier]

Pics of Bionic Cruiser's family.

I just put a name with the face...I gave your boy a ride across the river thursday I think...You were camped in the same campsight that we were, I offered your wife a ride but she walked it...your boy is a trooper to say the least, from the time he sat in my seat to the time I got him across the river, I couldnt get a word in...he couldnt stop talkin about the trail..he sounded like a true veteran...way too cool..whatever your doing, its workin..I had to make it a point at the campfire that night that I met a kid that probrably would out wheel me, if his feet could reach the pedals...gotta love it

[Rat70FJ]

You're thinking of Shawn, aka Bionic Cruiser. Charles is the oriental guy with the big ass red 40.

But you're right about Shawn's kids though. They're gonna cost him a fortune by the time they reach driving age:laughing:

[peesalot]

Big ass red 40 .


Best description yet of the whole trip. That is exactly what I was thinking.

[BionicCruiser]

I just put a name with the face...I gave your boy a ride across the river thursday I think...

yep, that was my older boy Brock. he told me all about getting to ride in another cruiser when i made it to camp. thanks for helping out.

a kid that probrably would out wheel me, if his feet could reach the pedals...

you should have heard him all day from the jump seat, "Dad follow the line that guy took 'cause he made it just fine", "Dad, be sure to turn really hard right after the tree so you don't hit that rock", "Dad go that way, it looks like a better line"...

little back seat driver. :flipoff2:

[BionicCruiser]

But you're right about Shawn's kids though. They're gonna cost him a fortune by the time they reach driving age:laughing:

Kian, the 4 year old has already proclaimed that when he is old enough, he will have a yellow FJ40 with a yellow truck and trailer to tow it with.

i'm gonna have to send them into child labor soon to cover the builds of their cruisers.:laughing:

[ryanxj]

OK, finally my turn to post up pics, sorry it took soo long.:rolleyes:

I rode shot gun all week with Dan aka 'docroh' Did get a few ride alongs in the buggy and was in awe of its point and shoot capabilities:smokin: It was my first time to the Rubithon event and I had a great time. Looking forward to the next one!


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[Ten cup]

Posted Rubithon pictures at http://fototime.com/inv/372B90F3410DD5B

A group of 8 trucks from L.A.Trailcrew went down Cadillac on Sunday night, camped at Buck Monday, drove out to Loon and then to Icehouse on Tuesday to join the Wednesday Breakfast Run. The photo's cover Sunday thru Sunday.

[orangefj45]

great pics john. i'm glad to see you finally posting something on here, after being a member for a year! too bad i did'nt get a chance to introduce myself, i've heard a lot about you. :)

[doughnut]

Shawn, that is a great picture of the sinking 60. We are changing our license plate to "GLUB GLUB"

pulled the last of the carpet padding out over the weekend and laid in several layers of non-absorbant insulation and rubber mats. with a snorkel and parascope, we are ready for next year!

Chris

[peesalot]

Did you drain the Hella's yet ? was all the gear in back wet too ?

[doughnut]

Kathleen and DTay broke down the headlights and Hellas while we were in camp. Our gear were in plastic buckets, and most of it didn't get too wet; it was so hot that the sun dried anything set out. The biggest bummer was my new digital SLR got damp, not soaked, just moist enough to be a problem.

DTay or Kathleen took a great closeup of the hellas; you can even see the gravel in the bottom. look at the Birfield.com gallery.

Chris

PS, Ryan, those are great pics!

[TRT2]

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A most excellent shot... who said Rubithon was nothing but rock crawling. It's the Sierra Nevada baby!

Edit, Oops, quote apparently does not show the photo again?? Ths one with Charles cruising through the pond. 3rd one down, sorta.

[orangefj45]

we were just tryin to make charles in the panda express feel more like home by taking him thru there.:laughing:

[snowchucker]

so a dude in our group run wants to take his lifted FJC on the con this weekend... Has a winch, heavy duty skid plate, aftermarket front/rear bumpers, rear locker only.
How hard of a time did those FJC's have going thru the trail? we're they out there paving the trail just to get thru?? How long did it take their crew to run to the springs?? we've tried to talk the guy out of bringing it, but we may just leave him by himself to suffer (he has warning).

[Toploader]

Chuck,
I think it was mostly driver error on the one we were stuck behind. I saw him backing down Walker with a white knuckle grip on the wheel in a very easy spot. He was definitly scared.
With a more set-up rig and good driver it would of went alot faster I think.
The guy was just a fuckin panzie IMO.
Warning are good too though:D

[woooody]

so a dude in our group run wants to take his lifted FJC on the con this weekend... Has a winch, heavy duty skid plate, aftermarket front/rear bumpers, rear locker only.
How hard of a time did those FJC's have going thru the trail? we're they out there paving the trail just to get thru?? How long did it take their crew to run to the springs?? we've tried to talk the guy out of bringing it, but we may just leave him by himself to suffer (he has warning).

In some places, the stacking got a little excessive. But how much damage is he willing to take? THat's really the difference.

It took them ~20 hours to get to the Springs. Many delays due to others, some due to themselves.

[orangefj45]

and experienced driver/spotter team should be able to handle it no problem. there a few spots where they will have to stack/winch but it'll be worth the effort.

[Rat70FJ]

so a dude in our group run wants to take his lifted FJC on the con this weekend... Has a winch, heavy duty skid plate, aftermarket front/rear bumpers, rear locker only.
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We'll be expecting pictures next week:D

[Ten cup]

great pics john. i'm glad to see you finally posting something on here, after being a member for a year! too bad i did'nt get a chance to introduce myself, i've heard a lot about you. :)
Thanks for the nice words George. I would enjoy meeting you.

[fj40charles]

we were just tryin to make charles in the panda express feel more like home by taking him thru there.:laughing:

Georg, very funny... The water was fun. I need to drain my diffs to see if I have any water.

I will be mailing out a cdrom with pics to the guys/gals that were on Georg's "outlaw run."

Charles

[Petescoffee]

Ross-
Great Pictures. Thanks again for leading the Wed. Breakfast run. Kudos to you and your team for taking on such a diverse group of rigs and seeing them into camp.
Looking forward to next year.
Dave Thomas

Posted Rubithon pictures at http://fototime.com/inv/372B90F3410DD5B

A group of 8 trucks from L.A.Trailcrew went down Cadillac on Sunday night, camped at Buck Monday, drove out to Loon and then to Icehouse on Tuesday to join the Wednesday Breakfast Run. The photo's cover Sunday thru Sunday.

[orangefj45]

Thanks for the nice words George. I would enjoy meeting you.


hey john.
maybe at surf-n-turf this year?! so far i've met a couple of cruisers you've owned/built so now it's time to meet you as well.
good pic of you and ross on top of the slabs:

[TRT2]

Now there is a couple of the nicest guys you will ever meet.

WAIT!!!!!!

I thought that photo was of John Kuzma and ME! :)

[peesalot]

One of the nicest guys ever.

Josh Gieger everyone....
Holding the CCOT calender and wishing he knew the chick on the cover...

[Tomsryd]

Heard he got ta go home today :bounce2: