Well my brother, father, and I went for a weekend trip to Rausch Creek Offroad Park in PA this weekend. Overall it was a ton of fun, but took a lot of hard work, money, and time to get there. Anyone here ever been there?

The trip was about 660 miles round trip.
Here are some of the pics!!!

 

I guess you can run a full size truck there!!! very cool!

 

steering stabilizer took a beating i take it ?

 

I've been wanting to get up there. I'm like an hour or so away. Now I just may have to after seeing your pics!

 

very cool.

 

I used to go to Paragon Adventure Park before they closed it down to build the airport. The Club that I used to wheel with goes to Rausch, but I've never been. Cool pics.

 

I was about to say it looked like the truck was going to take a beating on the tow, but dang, the weight loading looked great on the ticker. Did it pull ok, or did the trailer feel kinda heavy on the butt end?

 

Nice pics you've got some sweet toys. That V10 was awesome.

 

Thanks guys! It was awesome, I'm so glad we went. The toys are a collaboration of my father, my brother, and myself. I wish they were all mine :] But I drive everything but the jeep on pretty much a daily basis.

Yeah, I am usually one of the few guys who does when we go places. I've seen like rock crawler truggies, but not usually other 3/4 tons. There were some pretty tight trails though. Its like fitting a camel through the eye of a needle. lol.

eh... yeah about that. Ha ha well I managed to find a particularly large rock. But unfortunately I was a little wider than I though and my wheel slipped off the side.. but hey, what is wheelin without a little carnage? Wish I had a little more money to fix things up better though..

The towing was the biggest risk of the trip. When we originally did the numbers, I assumed we would be over loaded.. but not that much. I also knew that our trailer fits both vehicles with about 8 inches of play room. So our loading had to be dead on and that motor would need to do work. But in the end it worked out. I'm telling you what, I've never been so proud of that 6.0 PSD. Going through the hills/mountains of Pennsylvania is a challenge for any haul, but that truck did it with class!! There was one particular 2.5 mile 8% grade that had us worried since it was in construction, and at the top the truck was running warm, but felt solid as a rock. I was truly impressed with the way that truck handled the haul, from off the line, to going up the hills, to braking that beast of a load. I'm not going to sit here and pretend like it felt as if there was no trailer back there; you for sure knew it was back there; but I never once was worried the whole time in any situation. I've never driven a tractor trailer, but if you ask me, it seemed similar. When I got that weigh slip, I had the biggest smile on my face you ever saw!! Be sure that I am going over the entire truck this week and making sure everything is in good order

 

I like the pic of the SD and Jeep on the trailer. The Jeep looks like a little toy next to the SD!

 

Sweet pics!

 

I really like Jeeps, and seeing a SD on those same trails was pretty cool.

 

Thanks so much for all the compliments. I feel like this trip more or less reaffirmed my infinite love for Ford trucks!!

Ha ha yeah, that is one thing I love about my truck. I always hold it over my brother about the size of his jeep compared to me SD. Although, in his defense, he usually fits through more trails. He can't bog though

It is exciting to take my truck to some of these places. Like I said, the trails can become tight at times, but the truck really handles just about everything the jeep does just fine; and I usually have much more ground clearance than anyone else.

 

Those are some great pics!,,That is one sweet trailer also !!,,Glad to here the Six-O shined and pulled it Great too,,,,,My 06' F-350,,Six-O has been a great truck,,all stock 51k + now,,and pull's like a 20 legged mule !

 

Great pics and looks like it was a great trip overall.
Also, I'm diggin' the lights on the A-pillar.