Alright. I’m not much at writing trip reports but here it goes.
Tj, my buddy Will, his girlfriend, my wife, youngest kid, one of our dogs and I headed west from Denver to Lake Tahoe. Tj was the only one man enough to drive his 83 mini truck from Denver to the Rubicon and back.
we left on Saturday 7/17 and arrived in S Tahoe Sunday. Monday morning we meet w/ Brian Flynn and than proceeded up Ice House road to the world famous Rubicon Trail.
we aired down and started on our way.
Not even an hour in Brian’s rear passenger wheel studs decided to sheer off and wheel fell off. Once we figured out the spacer was still attached to the wheel the game plan was to rob the studs from the spacer and install into axle. An hour or so later we are back at it.
we ran from Loon lake to Buck Island lake the first day (very very long day). Than from Buck to Rubicon Springs (about 4 hours). Than from the Springs out (4ish more hours).
Nobody after that had any major issues after that other than me. I lost a passenger side caliper bolt (found it 2’ or so behind my truck). I lost a rear passenger flair, and I think I twisted the splines on the rear (locker wouldn’t engage after the first day). So I finished the trail w/ a front locker only.
Oh and bears. We had some bears in camp both nights. Nothing else other than one food box got messed w/.
on to pictures!
Tj, my buddy Will, his girlfriend, my wife, youngest kid, one of our dogs and I headed west from Denver to Lake Tahoe. Tj was the only one man enough to drive his 83 mini truck from Denver to the Rubicon and back.
we left on Saturday 7/17 and arrived in S Tahoe Sunday. Monday morning we meet w/ Brian Flynn and than proceeded up Ice House road to the world famous Rubicon Trail.
we aired down and started on our way.
Not even an hour in Brian’s rear passenger wheel studs decided to sheer off and wheel fell off. Once we figured out the spacer was still attached to the wheel the game plan was to rob the studs from the spacer and install into axle. An hour or so later we are back at it.
we ran from Loon lake to Buck Island lake the first day (very very long day). Than from Buck to Rubicon Springs (about 4 hours). Than from the Springs out (4ish more hours).
Nobody after that had any major issues after that other than me. I lost a passenger side caliper bolt (found it 2’ or so behind my truck). I lost a rear passenger flair, and I think I twisted the splines on the rear (locker wouldn’t engage after the first day). So I finished the trail w/ a front locker only.
Oh and bears. We had some bears in camp both nights. Nothing else other than one food box got messed w/.
on to pictures!