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Gold Hills Posse 4×4 Club · Folsom, CA

Rubicon Day Trip. 9/18

  1. BKGM Jeepers President Joined: June 2003
    #129 Aug 2018, 3:33 PM

    Tuesday, September 18.

    This is a day run across the Rubicon.  We have done several of these before.

    Goal:  Burger Lounge in south shore for food!

    Meeting at the spillway between 830 and 9am. We will get on the trail before 9.  I will go up through Georgetown so if you want to meet at the market there, let me know.  I’ll gas up and get breakfast there.

    Based on past experience, the following requirements are necessary to go:

    Recovery and safety requirements listed on the club site will be enforced so be sure to do a check up with your vehicle.

    35s and 2 lockers, or larger tires and 1 locker.

    Ability to air yourself both down and up.  You must air down for this run!

    Post here if your planning to go so I know to look for you!

    Kathleen and Brad
  2. Nubby Webmaster K6NUB Joined: February 2018
    #230 Aug 2018, 2:23 AM

    I am in, will meet you in Georgetown just let me know what time, not sure how long it takes to get to the spillway since it's my first time 😀

    Jamie & Damaris
  3. BKGM Jeepers started this President Joined: June 2003
    #330 Aug 2018, 3:37 PM

    Let’s shoot for 8 at the Georgetown market.  Get there a little early if you want to get lunch, and a yummy breakfast sandwich.

    Kathleen and Brad
  4. Josh Subscriber
    #431 Aug 2018, 1:49 AM

    I’m in. I will meet you in Georgetown!

    Semper Fi
  5. k-jeep Member Joined: May 2009
    #531 Aug 2018, 1:23 PM

    I’m in.

  6. Jeff_R Member Joined: October 2016
    #631 Aug 2018, 1:34 PM

    My production manager is out that week so if I go it will be a very last minute decision based on my work situation. If I do go I will be making a left at Lake Tahoe to go home via I-80 so no burger for me.😭

    Jeff and Kathy Root
  7. BKGM Jeepers started this President Joined: June 2003
    #711 Sep 2018, 6:12 AM

    Just bumping this up one time ahead of next week’s run.

    Looks like around 4 rigs.

    Check out the thread for details.

    Kathleen and Brad
  8. Shredder Subscriber
    #814 Sep 2018, 5:24 AM

    I'll be there...8 am in G-Town. My son (14) will come along. It was good to see familiar faces and meet new people last night at the meeting. Thanks for being so welcoming to a guy who went MIA.

    FNG
  9. BKGM Jeepers started this President Joined: June 2003
    #914 Sep 2018, 8:17 AM

    Great!

    Kathleen and Brad
  10. Josh Subscriber
    #1017 Sep 2018, 3:34 PM

    Gear loaded. Ready to hit the trail. Yahoo!

    Semper Fi
  11. Gilbert & Betty Member Joined: September 2014
    #1118 Sep 2018, 12:43 AM

    Have fun guys

  12. Josh Subscriber
    #1218 Sep 2018, 1:18 AM

    At the meeting spot. Ready to go! Yahoo!

    Semper Fi
  13. Josh Subscriber
    #1318 Sep 2018, 10:48 AM

    Great run! Everyone is off the trail safely.

    Thanks for setting this up Brad. It was a great day! With great people.

    A day in the Jeep. On a trail. Priceless!

    Semper Fi
  14. Shredder Subscriber
    #1418 Sep 2018, 1:31 PM

    Finally home, safe and sound. I noticed my "frame" is cracking on both sides above the rear axle, I bent my rim at the end of the run enough that it was that it was leaking air at the bead (nothing a FBH couldn't fix), and got a bit of new rock rash a bunch of new squeaks I have to track down! But it was a GREAT way to spend aTuesday! 

    FNG
  15. Jeff_R Member Joined: October 2016
    #1518 Sep 2018, 2:27 PM
    Josh said Great run! Everyone is off the trail safely.

    Thanks for setting this up Brad. It was a great day! With great people.

    A day in the Jeep. On a trail. Priceless!  

    Glad you had a great time and made it back without incident. Most importantly, did Brad get this burger?🙂

    Jeff and Kathy Root
  16. Josh Subscriber
    #1618 Sep 2018, 3:38 PM
    Jeff_R said

    Glad you had a great time and made it back without incident. Most importantly, did Brad get this burger?🙂  

    We did not make it to the burger place today. We have a goal to make it the next time we do a day run! 👏

    Semper Fi
  17. k-jeep Member Joined: May 2009
    #1719 Sep 2018, 1:20 AM

    Awesome day out there!

  18. BKGM Jeepers started this President Joined: June 2003
    #1819 Sep 2018, 2:54 PM

    Thank you everyone for attending the run.  Great day, perfect weather and no traffic.

    ‘I drove past Burger Lounge at 555 pm.  I didn’t stop because I was trying to make it home before dark for safety reasons.

    We learned that Range Rover does not equal trail rated!  We saw several of them making extremely slow progress or parked because they had already broke down

    failed air bags, broken drivelines and transmission issues were some of the problems the owners told me about.

    Saw a Toyota 4 runner. It was also broke down. He destroyed his 3rd member. And was running front wheel drive.

    For the day:

    I arrived late to Georgetown and Justin had already called asking where I was. I told them to head up and I’d catch up. So we met at the spillway and got on the trail at 1040 am.

    We hit spider lake in almost exactly 1 hour.  But it took us almost 2 hours to get to buck island, where we stopped and ate. We made it to the springs in just under one hour.

    On the entire trail we were not held up by any rigs.  We crossed paths with multiple range rovers, a pair of jeeps, a UTV and an XJ.

    We were off the trail by about 415.

    In addition to everyone else’s updates, I broke a rear lower control arm/shock bracket.  I’m unsure where/when it broke, and I could have run most or all of the trail with it hanging off.  To get home I was able to strap the bracket back up and drive home slowly. That’s why I didn’t want to drive home after dark in case things went bad and I was stranded.

    ‘So I’m now needing to get that fixed plus some other related stuff.

    Still a great day overall.

    Kathleen and Brad
  19. kris_olof Trailmaster Joined: October 2015
    #1921 Sep 2018, 8:54 PM
    Shredder said Finally home, safe and sound. I noticed my "frame" is cracking on both sides above the rear axle

    Had that happen to one of my roommate's XJs in college. Back then we had to DIY it. Now there are off the shelf solutions: https://www.ironrockoffroad.com/product/xj-unibody-frame-stiffeners-rear-section.html

    Also recommend stiffening the front and middle unibody sections, beefing up shackle and spring hangars, and if it wont impact the usability of the rig consider a roll cage.  All will stiffen the structure and eliminate many of the squeaks, rattles, and groans of the unibody.  Is flexing of the unibody is enough to crack the windshield?

  20. Shredder Subscriber
    #2021 Sep 2018, 11:04 PM

    I ordered a rear set from JcrOffroad. Will be here next week. I went with them as the whole set is 3/16 steel vs most others that are a combination of 3/16 and 10 gauge. I'll eventually do the whole thing, I imagine, but I'm always thinking about how much I want to shine this turd. Right now, I'm more likely to fix what breaks vs. building it up as a preventative measure anymore. The parts are not too bad, but I'll pay a bit for welding. A roll cage? I thought that's what the roof is for! As far as the windshield: I'd say anything is possible. Plus, I kind of beat it up on this run. The corners of this rig are starting to get rounded. My eye is on my next rig-one that has a frame and was intended for this kind of abuse. BTW, I finally saw the PM, Kris.

    FNG
  21. Nubby Webmaster K6NUB Joined: February 2018
    #211 Oct 2018, 7:31 AM

    Just uploaded some pictures to the gallery that my passenger took, he got some good video and I need to check if I got anything good on the go pro and I will splice together a video later. It was a great run, can't wait to do it again!

    Jamie & Damaris
  22. Josh Subscriber
    #221 Oct 2018, 2:27 PM

    Great pictures Jamie. Thanks for sharing / posting them.

    Semper Fi

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