Rubicon Run 2014

[Silverscout]

Officially on the road.

 

[Michael Dimock]

Stuff is packed. Should be leaving at 6:30 which would put me at loon around 8:45. See ya'll tomorrow.

 

[Craig]

Couple pics.

 

[Jesse B.]

I'll post up a quick rundown of how everything went for those unable to go. We ended up meeting with michael shortly after 9am at loon and hit the trail shortly after that. The trip to buck went fine with no carnage to speak of. We ended up camping at a couple of great spots right on buck island lake.



The weather held out for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, being about 80-85 each day. A couple of us spent Saturday fishing in buck (michael caught a nice 15" rainbow), paddling around the lake (michael and I both brought inflatable rafts), or watching other people try various obstacles on the trail. After a while, Craig, andy, michael and I went further up the trail to big sluice, and Craig unfortunately came down on his front driveshaft.



He was able to get it back to camp and swap out his banana of a driveshaft for his spare.

We packed up on Sunday morning and left just after 10am. We posed for some pics at the lake. (Craig has a better picture above of all four rigs.)



Sean's son ben had a good time too.



We weren't so luck on the way out of buck. I ended up coming down on a rock and bending my rear leaf spring, sorry, forgot to take a photo of that. By the end of the trail, the spring was bent in a "s" shape and I had a bad lean on the passenger side. (I was able to drive it home though.) we all stopped and watched Craig weld a leaf shackle anchor back onto a cj5. (Craig complained that the weld wasn't that good because they refused to remove the shackle anchor so he could weld both sides, but based upon what I saw, it was probably the best weld on the entire Jeep.) once we got into the bowl, we hear a loud "crack" and by the time we reached the top of the bowl, Craig's axle on the driver's side had move back several inches. He sheared his alignment pin, so he took it apart, installed a new pin, and we finally reached loon at about 5pm. We gassed up at fresh pond, and then had pizza in pollack pines. My wife and I pulled into my driveway at 8:20pm.

Altogether it was a great time. Andy got some great video that I'm sure he will post up once he gets it uploaded. Maybe we'll see you next year?

 

[Scouty]

Sounds and looks like a great trip. Did the new pulleys make a noticeable difference.

 

[Jesse B.]

I'm biased, but I'm very happy with mine (15%). It was 80-85* outside and my fan ran less this year than last year when it was in the 70s iirc. This year it only turned on half a dozen times. Last year it ran about the entire trip. I'll post up in the cooling sub-forum as well.

 

[Scouty]

sounds and looks like a great trip. Did the new pulleys make a noticeable difference.

I'm biased, but I'm very happy with mine (15%). It was 80-85* outside and my fan ran less this year than last year when it was in the 70s iirc. This year it only turned on half a dozen times. Last year it ran about the entire trip. I'll post up in the cooling sub-forum as well.

I like the sound of that. Let me know how much they are, need 2. Neither of my scouts have a smog pump pulley if that matters. My electric fan on the hood sure moves a lot of air out of the engine compartment, but the ability to move more coolant through the motor sounds like a much better option.

 

[Jesse B.]

I like the sound of that. Let me know how much they are, need 2. Neither of my scouts have a smog pump pulley if that matters. My electric fan on the hood sure moves a lot of air out of the engine compartment, but the ability to move more coolant through the motor sounds like a much better option.

I'll call you later.

 

[Craig]

Some more pictures.

Micheal's creative built from scratch wind defector so he could eat.

Jesse trying to get on the 2015 calendar.

Some of us were trying to get some rest for work on Monday.

 

[Silverscout]

Great trip. From the trail to the company to the food, couldn't have asked for a better time. Three of my tires were suffering from bead leaks, thankfully, every one carried some form of air. Other than that, we had an awesome time.

Here are some pics:

 

[Silverscout]

Did I mention the food? Michael's fresh caught fish in his sustainable kitchen:

 

[Scout-It-Out]

Well, I went on the rubicon for the first time!! Not in my Scout unfortunately, but as a passenger with Craig. It was quite a trip! It is really pretty country up there! I wasn’t expecting so much dust on the trail! I really enjoyed seeing the scouts and some other rigs going through the trail!

A special thanks to Craig for letting me tag along!

Also thank you michael dimock for your help fixing the spring center pin when it broke! I was impressed with all the tools you had with you! And of couse your ability to use them

as Jesse said, I do have some video of our trip. I will get it uploaded soon.

A few pre-trip checks at loon lake.

Lunch break Friday afternoon.

At our camp site. L-r teddy (dog), Craig, benny (sean's son) & sean.

 

[Scout-It-Out]

http://youtu.be/txsi5px1rba?list=pl8jvlrsr2dogct1rjeomlrzo_ziqzcqrm

Video added, link updated.

Thank you!

 

[Silverscout]

Sweet andy!

 

[Jesse B.]

Thanks andy!

 

[Rob Gojkovich]

Andy, nice video. You're a must have on the trips.