FJ Cruisers of Northern California

Dusy Ershim Trail on Sept. 9, 10, 11,12

I am starting to put together a group to do this trail on the second weekend of Sept. I found a good link that shows you the trail. It is a little early but it gets the seed planted and allows you to make arrangements with your work..... Ray
http://realcruiser.com/dusy04/index.html
http://www.californiajeeper.com/dusy_ershim/review.htm
http://www.stu-offroad.com/others/other49-1.htm
http://www.off-road.com/trucks4x4/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=186590
http://oramagazine.com/pastIssues/0504-issue/050408f-dusy-ershim.html
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8506279311696929717
http://www.4x4trails.net/db_view_trail.php?trailNum=291
http://jeep.off-road.com/jeep/trail/article/detail/340656
Who is in at this time:
Ray Gates
DocME
5and5torm

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Permalink Reply by Bz on April 29, 2009 at 11:17pm

where is that?

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Permalink Reply by potatomutato on April 29, 2009 at 11:22pm

Dusy's a doozy...that's fer sure! i know GRM is interested, but not sure he's free that weekend.

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Permalink Reply by opg4759 on April 30, 2009 at 7:27am

make sure you do some research about the trail. I know of a few people that have tried it in modified rigs and could only get so far in before breaking.

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Permalink Reply by GRM on April 30, 2009 at 12:13pm

I rate trails on a 1-10 scale. With 1 being a very smooth dirt road, and a 10 being Backdoor trail at the hammers.

Dusy is a good continuous 3-5 with an occasional 6-7 for 30 miles.

In comparison, I rate the rubicon a continuous 5-6 with an occasional 7-8 for 15 miles

The big difference is that Dusy is Narrower than Rubicon, vs rubicon has a need for more ground clearance.

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Permalink Reply by ray gates on April 30, 2009 at 8:34am

Check out the above links and see what they say. If we alllow plenty of time and take it easy we should do fine. I am doing the Rubicon for the third year in June and they say it is as tough or tougher... Some of the rigs don't look that beefed up. Also on youtube they have a video of a FJ with a trailer doing the trail.... Hey I didn't say it was going to be easy but we will have a good time - I hope (ha ha)

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Permalink Reply by GRM on April 30, 2009 at 12:19pm

Don't kid yourself. That FJ belongs to Frank Johnson of Johnson Motorsports, the Professional Rockcrawling team (see: http://www.johnson4x4.com)

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Permalink Reply by DocME on April 30, 2009 at 8:38am

I know an FJ that made it through with only a lift and sliders. It's supposed to be a difficult trail, but not impossible if you allow enough time and come prepared. Also breaking into smaller groups helps as well.

I'm way interested in going. I live just a little outside Fresno, so this right in my backyard.

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Permalink Reply by ray gates on April 30, 2009 at 8:58am

Alright lets start with the list of who is going.. All aboard the night train......

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Permalink Reply by 5AND5TORM on April 30, 2009 at 9:25am

Count me in, this will be awesome.
We need to keep it small, or have groups spread out.

"Callin' all aboard this train ride
Talkin' 'bout raw hardcore
Leavin' frauds on the outside"

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Permalink Reply by ray gates on April 30, 2009 at 11:11am

Alright I will put you down..... I don't think we need to worry about group size at this point....

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Permalink Reply by GRM on April 30, 2009 at 12:14pm

I'm noting this event on my calendar. I don't know if i can do 4 days, but I can do that trail in 2 days with a well built rig, vs. 4 in an FJ on 33's or in a group of 5 or more.

If I have time, I'll make the drive out and meet up with everyone.