FRF's "Havoc in the Hills" Raptor Event - 9/26/13-9/29/13

[Kanakry]

for the Snoball, i didnt even secure my tire in the bed... course i had so much of Jasons shit in the back of my truck, nothing was moving!!!!

 

[Fred]

Why the heck am I getting a rack when I can just let it flop around in the bed...like a limp ****?

 

[Rookie]

Because no one likes a limp ****.

 

[JuggNuttz]

lol but i did!!!!!!


if i make this one, ill do it again tho. just sayin.

 

[BearClaw]

Promised Update from Rausch

JPO and I hit the trails at Rausch on Saturday along with JK Freaks (jeeps) who were having an event. Both Verizon and ATT had decent signal whenever the copilots checked during our run. Utilized the MoitonX HD to track our progress and it worked fine.

Spoke with Kyle and they have already started working on the trails for our Havoc event - meaning no Baja track until then.

Used a Ram Mount to secure my Pentax Optio WG2 to the rearview mirror and was extremely pleased with the stability and lack of shake even when bouncing over submerged rocks on the trails. After recent storms, a good 40% of trails were under water. YouTube links below. I was shocked to see the front of the truck bouncing up and down but camera seems not to move giving great perspective. Honestly that must be mostly due to Pentax anti-shake but I don't remember setting that.

IMGP2021 - YouTube

IMGP2014 - YouTube

 

[Fred]

Hey nice video...amazing how steady was...shit you could film some homemade **** with that...

All the rain we have been having I am surprised it was not more wet...impressive they are already greeting ready for HAVOC...should be nice...

Anything really jump out at you from the trip?

 

[BearClaw]

Hey nice video...amazing how steady was...shit you could film some homemade **** with that...

All the rain we have been having I am surprised it was not more wet...impressive they are already greeting ready for HAVOC...should be nice...

Anything really jump out at you from the trip?

Biggest come away was the trails there are extremely tight for Raptors. Kyle said with all of the rain the forest is really growing back into the trails. I had to have my co-pilot get out and hold back fallen saplings at some tight turns. The depth of water also made it tough to choose best track. Crushed one edge of an under carriage crossmember which is no big deal but it was right next to muffler pipe and could have cost me.

 

[Fred]

Looked grown up and some unknown depth water holes...soil looks sandy so should drain down pretty fast...

 

[blockdoc]

Looked more like jeep trails than Raptor trails.

 

[BearClaw]

Looked more like jeep trails than Raptor trails.

I was definitely thinking that especially when we hit a 4' berm that pointed me to the sky and almost hung me up with all 4 wheels dangling in the air. The long travel of the wheels saved me as I punched it before that happened and scraped over the top. Didn't have video running at that point cause card had just filled up.

For perspective of the Rock'n'Roll check out the handheld video from JPO's copilot.
CAM000021] - YouTube

For crazy rock crawler video:
CAM000081] - YouTube