Has anybody run the Rubicon in their H2 yet? My buddy and I are going to run it mid Oct. If anyone would like to go post here.

Has anybody run the Rubicon in their H2 yet? My buddy and I are going to run it mid Oct. If anyone would like to go post here.

Dude....Norcal just ran it with his group!!!!

Let me see if I can get him to make some noise and post some pics for ya! They did extremely well from what I heard. Stand-by for posts...

Damn. Wish I would have been paying attention.
Oh well, still gonna go. Probably the weeend of the 17th. My buddy kent and his wife are going to go. He's got that Zuki that I posted a pic of and rave about.

Hmm, depending on my schedule I may be intersted. I'd like to see those pics though...

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'03 BMW M3 Convertible
'02 BMW M5

Steve ran the rubicon backwards. He is freakin amazing!

I went on the Norcal trip this weekend and ran the Rubicon with the group. This was my first offroad experience in my H2. I was extremely nervious about attacking the legendary Rubicon on my first trip, but the H2 did not let me down. The experience of the other drivers made a huge difference. There was a total of 7 Hummers (4 H2s & 3 H1s) on the trip, none of us had any problems making through the obstacles. We started on the Tahoe side of the trail and made it up to Observation Point http://www.californiajeeper.com/rubicon/rubicon.pdf before we had to turn around. It was getting late and did not want to be on the trail at night.

I have 37" MTRs on my H2 and to settle the argument once and for all, I did not rub my tires on the fender wells at all. In fact my H2 was the only one that did not hit the rocker bars on the rocks. The extra height made the difference in the rocks.

The Norcal group made this trip a pleasure to go on, and I thank all the members of the group for making my first experience a blast.

I will post a couple of pictures for everyone to see.

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Starting point

03 H2 Sunset Orange Polished Magna Charger w headers & cold air intake, 37" MTRs w Weld Mountain Crushers, GPS Nav. & 2 rear LCD TVs w DVD, Extreme Tube steps

Airing down

03 H2 Sunset Orange Polished Magna Charger w headers & cold air intake, 37" MTRs w Weld Mountain Crushers, GPS Nav. & 2 rear LCD TVs w DVD, Extreme Tube steps

Rocks

03 H2 Sunset Orange Polished Magna Charger w headers & cold air intake, 37" MTRs w Weld Mountain Crushers, GPS Nav. & 2 rear LCD TVs w DVD, Extreme Tube steps

Rock Garden 1

03 H2 Sunset Orange Polished Magna Charger w headers & cold air intake, 37" MTRs w Weld Mountain Crushers, GPS Nav. & 2 rear LCD TVs w DVD, Extreme Tube steps

Rock Garden 2

03 H2 Sunset Orange Polished Magna Charger w headers & cold air intake, 37" MTRs w Weld Mountain Crushers, GPS Nav. & 2 rear LCD TVs w DVD, Extreme Tube steps

Rock Garden 3

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Observation Point

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Taking a Bath

[ photo removed - please contact me with any questions - jrosoff@h2source.com ]

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[This message was edited by Jason on 10-01-03 at 05:56 PM.]

DRTYFN,

As Kirk said, we had a blast running a third of the tail of the Rubicon (sort of a backwards route). We entered on the McKinney/Rubicon road side (West Shore just outside Tahoma).

We have a boat load of pix and a movie to make yet, but it is a trip you won't forget. The H2's did excellent.

In fact we met a Jeep Rubicon coming up this fine little rocky single track and he was perplexed to see us and asked "did you guys bring the H2's down the rock garden?" We said "Yup".

I will warn you though: you need to have an experienced spotter to go along. Without our spotters our casualties would have been much worse. Most of us just banged up our skids, rocker bars and nipped a few wheels.

If you are interested in seeing more pix or being included on our Northern California Hummer Group event list, email me at H2Norcal@sbcglobal.net. I am the group coordinator and I can give you more details if you need them.

We have a lot of events on the table (some foul weather runs) and some 'very Northern' events slated for the Mendocino forest.

Shoot me an email or keep an eye out for our website (www.norcalhummergroup.org). It is not quite ready but will be up soon.

[quote]Originally posted by kdio:
Taking a Bath

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[This message was edited by Jason on 10-01-03 at 05:55 PM.]

Oh man.....I am sooo jealous!!!!

I'm gonna have to get me one of those mythical monsters for our next event. How does Brian do it?????

Just so everyone knows...Brian is putting together a Northern California Hummer group. I'd call it a "Hummer Club"...but that title seems to be associated with another club of sorts. Anyone in Norhtern California of related areas should give Brian a holler and get put on their club email list!

Here's Brian and son at our Pismo event.

Oh man.....I'm soooo jealous!!!!

I've got to get a legendary mythical monster at one of my runs...how does Brian do it?????

I'm very proud of Brian. I met him at our Pismo event and he's gone back north and undertaken the task of launching his own club too. Just so everyone know...Brian is putting together a Northern California Hummer group. I'd call it a Hummer "club"...but that naming denotes another club of sorts.

Anyone living in Northern Calif. or related areas should contact Brian and get on his club email list.....or did ya just buy that beast to look pretty in your driveway????

Here's the man himself at our Pismo event

To answer your question about H2s doing the Rubicon. YES! and not just once but approx. five times and only damage was caused by operator error. It was also featured in several offroad mags, approx. nov 2002.

Mav,
You did the whole thing? Did you have to use any bypasses? What did you break/damage? Any suggestions for parts/tools/supplies to bring?
Advice would be greatly appreciated.
Do you happen to remember which mags had the articles?

Make sure you start with fresh (unworn) idler and pitman arms. also have spare inner tierods which you should be able to get from your dealer seperately. 3/4ton pickup is the same. I also suggest you go in at Wentworth Springs instead of Loon Lake Hell's gate is just that. Bypass Little Sluice and be very careful at the beginning of drop into Big Sluice. Most important thing to take is a GOOD spotter and a lot of patience. The camp at Buck isle lake is a really good half way point and the scenery is unbeatable. If your going in October be sure check the weather forcast. Any other questions I will do my best to help you out.

This was a good time. I was the only moderate trauma with a dinged up driveline. Not sure when it happened but was able to avoid heavy harmonics until about 65 mph. So, I limped home, dropped the driveline and just took it to Sacramento to be repaired. It'll be running again tomorrow evening.

Brings up a good point: We need driveline protection and probably 3rd member shields. Ideas for you design guys.

My 4 boys and I had a terrific time and I'm looking to go back up there the 25th of October. Any takers?

Vince

We're going the weekend of the 17th. Would enjoy having lots of company.

DRTYFN, you'll have a blast. As H2 Maverick said, have some good spotters and your damage will be greatly reduced. You need to expect some wheel scrapes, some rocker bar and skid plate dents from the tall rocks. But finally, no more pinstriping.

Have a safe trip.

Brian.

Hey Steve,

Thanks for the unbecoming picture post. You caught me and my son in our dirt bike gear at Pismo. I have some compromising ones of you ya know......

As for the "club", we really aren't much of one but we are doing a bunch of cool stuff with these things.....

H2Norcal,

Thanks for organizing this past weekend. Also a special thanx to Chris and Dax for spotting us.

To those of you that weren't there an idea of what it was like for another virgin of off road, I wouldn't have done it without experienced spotters. I watched Tanvir go down a heavily rocked area and scrape the entire section with his undercarriage. Pretty scary for me as I don't want to depreciate my H2 all in one weekend!

By the time the spotters got us down the hill I was taking the path less traveled and taking more risk than was necessary due to new found confidence. Dax swore that we did nearly a 50% sidehill grade! He said it exceeded factory specs but that our H2's handled it ... very, very slowly.

We took our H2's one at a time, stopped then watched the next H2 come down. This took a long time in some sections. Going back out the same way we came in required no real spotting as we all were able to pick our own lines and drove caravan style through the rock gardens.

I know I'm bastardizing the event but it was such a blur of adrenaline. Now I know why people off road. You get the rush of drag racing or road racing on the street but without breaking any laws...just drivelines.

Thanks again Brian.

V

DRTYFN,

I might join you the 17th. I'll check my calendar and see.

It might be worth it to have Chris (don't know last name) join with his H1 and guide. He did an excellent job and lives in the area.

V

Like I said, the more the merrier
Would love to have ya.

Please keep me in the loop for this trip too ... I may be able to go. I like the idea of an experienced spotter, too ...

Thanks,

Michael
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Pewter Hummer H2
Northern California

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FYI to those of you contemplating the Oct 17th Run, two of the techs from Hannah Hummer will be making the trip.

Can't make the 17th, have a prior engagement I was reminded about.

Have a great time.

I think I'll try to attend as well. I live extremely close to the Rubicon anyway, can't think of a better way to spend muh birfday!

Do any of you that have run the Rubi have any advice or tips?
Also, anyone know when the trail gets closed down for the winter?
I've got one of Rick Russell's Off-road tapes on the Rubi and am watching some of the obstacles. Anyone take an H2 through the Little Sluice, and if so, how was it?

DRTY, Looks like I am now free that weekend. Sounds very tempting, especially with techs around if anything breaks as I am extremely incompetent with a wrench... email me with the details @ argonaut3@comcast.net

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'03 BMW M3 Convertible
'02 BMW M5

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by kdio:
...none of us had any problems making through the obstacles. We started on the Tahoe side of the trail and made it up to Observation Point...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Has anyone pointed out that this section is basically a dirt access road?

I guess we're planning on starting out at Loon Lake and running the whole trail.

There is a Hummer Happening on Oct. 18th and 19th at Hollister Off Road Park ... isn't this the same weekend you are considering for the Rubicon .... there is a group of H1 owners who are considering going in early Nov.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Sounds like we're gearing up for the first weekend of November for a Rubicon
run. Sounds like there as 1-3 jeeps and at least yours and my hummers. Eric and
another H1 contacted me wanting to do the run too, but I'm thinking we should
try and limit the convoy to 5 trucks (2-3 jeeps, 2-3 hummers).

Let me know if Nov. 1-2 works for you. If so, we can start planning... we'll
need to, the section of the Rubicon we ran a couple of weeks ago was CAKE
compared to the rest of the run!

Chris
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Michael
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Pewter Hummer H2
Northern California

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by kdio:
Taking a Bath

03 H2 Sunset Orange Polished Magna Charger w headers & cold air intake, 37" MTRs w Weld Mountain Crushers, GPS Nav. & 2 rear LCD TVs w DVD, Extreme Tube steps<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Why are you driving your greasy rig into a pristine Miller Lake?

Nice way to show you know how to tread lighlty!

YIKES