First trip to rausch creek

[chaos254]

First trip to rausch creek with my friend and his lifted Tacoma. We had a blast, we stuck to green and blues since I did not have rock sliders. He did do a few blacks since he had them. They will be next up on my to do list.

I did have a few unnerving moments when a tire would come of the ground. I also did not like the large water forging areas. My buddy tried to bypass one but ended up getting stuck. I tried to get him and also got stuck. A land cruiser came along, saw us and immediately just backed up to help with out us even asking [emoji106] .

Only damage was to my front license plate and his Tacoma did hit a tree when he decided not listen to me when I was guiding him through snake bite. His passenger rear fender did get a nice dent but nothing major.

I did have a few questions on 4hi and 4low. I mainly stayed in 4/hi and trans in D. If we got to a rocky hill area or large rocks I went into 4low. Do you guys stay in D or shift down to a specific gear. Mud holes I stayed in 4 Hi and didn't have any issues. I tried to remember not to power through obstacles since that is how things break but sometimes it was hard not to. I'll get a video up later showing one of my wheelie moments [emoji33]

Here is a video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By2jydvyfIxDcGoyRGVNcWdOM1k/view?usp=docslist_api

 

[IISPEEDYII]

When fording mud or water i usually drop the trans into a lower gear like 2 and 4 hi, usually 2 to keep wheel speed up. On large hill decents, definitely drop it into a lower gear to help with speed control. Rocks and such, 4 low, and I never really played with 1,2, or 3 but im not the most experienced so let others chime in.

 

[3Hummers]

Supposed to be a really nice off-road park.

 

[cowboy_tech]

I usually stay in 4lo and manually shift the auto on the trail. Colorado trails are usually steep, rocky, and tight. The toughest trails I've been on with the 3 is Eagle Rock and Saran Wrap just west of Colorado Springs.

 

[alrock]

Usually in 4 low and use 1 or 2. Throttle control is easier. I shift out of 4 low for long flat stretches where we might to 25 mph or higher.

Glad you had a good day on the trails. And mud is evil - the pain of recovery, cleaning, etc. long outlasts the fun.

 

[Cowboy]

Your doing fine. Just keep practicing.


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