Posts by Slowpoke

  • ***TRAIL RIDE*** June 6 or 12, 2021 at Rausch Creek

    The calendar says it's a Sunday ride on June 5, but that's a Saturday, and it's Krawlin for Kops day, so it will be mobbed. We can do Sunday the 6th or Saturday the 12th. It will be at Rausch Creek Off-Road Park rc4x4.org. The usual parameters: meet about 8:30 in the parking lot, sign in and hit the trails about 9:00. Members and non-members welcome, even non-Jeeps! Sign up now if you'll be there, specify what level trails (Green-Blue-Black-Red) and whether you have a strong preference for Sunday 6/6 or Saturday 6/12. For more info, park rules, costs, etc., go to Rausch Creek Off-Road Park. Rule No. 1: keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times. Rule No. 2: pack your lunch!



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  • **2021 Free Member Appreciation Ride May 8th @ AOAA**

    Looks like I'm out unless somebody nearby has a set of carrier bearing shims to fit an Eaton E-Locker in a Dana 30. They're about 1.9" ID--bigger than a stock Dana 30. I'm told that CJ or TJ non-Rubicon Dana 44 shims (Crown J8129222) will work. I pulled the axle apart three weeks ago and I've been through the mill trying to get the right parts. Motive Gear SK47 is too big. So is Richmond Gear 3800061.

  • New to DE

    Welcome! Looks like your Jeep is ready for some east coast trail riding! Come on out for the annual free member ride this Saturday at AOAA!

  • **TRAIL RIDE** Blue-Black March 20, 2021 at Rausch Creek

    **TRAIL REPORT**
    Another great day at Rausch Creek http://rc4x4.org! A chilly morning, but it warmed up into the mid-50s, a very nice day for wheeling. We hit the trails about 9:30 with nine (9!) Jeeps. I didn't take a roll call, but we had @Stafford in his long-arm TJ, @meeper in his TJ, @daddanelena in his TJ, @Down Hill Roller in his JK 2-door with @Buster Stewart riding shotgun, @YJDave in his YJ, Wayne's cuz in his JKU, "a guy Wayne picked up in the parking lot" in a JKU, @jrostocki (?), and me.


    We started out on the East end down by the old office doing 3B (Blue), where it didn't take long for a certain YJ to flop over on its side. We winched it back on its wheels and took one of the Black climbs up to 3C, then 6 (Black), which ends up in back of the comp course. Then some of us went out K, across A to the C cut-across, turned left at the top and took the short-cut to Pole Line, crossed Pole Line and did 5 (Black) all the way over to 4, which leads to Yellow Jacket, by which time the rest of the group had caught up with us. I made it up Yellow Jacket this time on the second try thanks to some expert spotting from Meeper. We finished up 4 and found our way over to Tatas, where some of us did the first Black loop, but everybody bailed on to S at the far end of Tatas, and a bunch of the newer guys headed back to the parking lot. Wayne got his shifter stuck in first gear so he had to head back to the trailer too.


    By then it was about 2:00. The rest of us headed down to the far South end and did all three parts of Snakebite (Black and Purple). At one point I got my right rear up on a stump I didn't see and got it right up to the tipping point. I kind of squeaked out "help" and, fortunately, Meeper and his shotgun rider were right behind me. They jumped out and hung on my right side 'til I could steer driver and roll forward off the stump!


    We then did Camel Back, which is always a lot of fun, and went down into the Quarry, where there was still some snow on the ground. By then it was 4:00, but we decided to do that "one last trail"--which is sometimes fatal, but worked out real well this time. We did Boot Hill, or part of it, where we climbed around on some big rocks for a while--Meeper went up and down two or three times on the Red-ist parts--before heading back to the parking lot.


    It was already 5:30 by the time we left the park. I think I was the only one who skipped the wings at O'Neal's in Pine Grove (they do have the best wings I ever tasted), so you'll have to get the culinary report from someone else. At least I got the old CJ home by dark (thank you daylight savings time). Very little trail damage: I smacked a front hub somewhere on Snakebite and Stafford put a heinous scratch on one of the tailgate hinges on Meeper's otherwise pristine white TJ.


    Overall, a great day with good weather, lots of challenging trails, and a good group of friends and Jeep people. I think the new guys enjoyed it and maybe some of them got the bug and will be out there again. Thanks go out to our president, @Stafford, and especially to @meeper for getting me up Yellow Jacket and keeping me upright on Snakebite.



    Hope to see everyone next time--I'm looking at April 24....

  • Slow Leak

    Anybody know of a tire shop in North Wilmington/Chadds Ford area that can fix a slow leak in a 35" tire? I'd plug it myself, but I can't find it. I'm being told that the tire has to be removed from the rim, patched from the inside, re-mounted, and re-balanced.