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Last year I think we had about 95 vehicles.
-mike
The main roads were open so I checked out the campgrounds and hiked a few of the closed ORV trails. Road crews were grading and adding gravel to the main drives. There was a small group camping with horses. Remembering my 4X4 etiquette, I turned off my motor to let them pass. They were waiting for another rider and waived me forward. Other than this group, the forest was empty. It looks like an excellent place to off-road.
A question for Mike and others familiar with this area. In Georgia most trails are ATV, mountain bike, or truck specific. I noticed that these trails are multi-use. Does this cause a problem on crowded weekends? How do you handle the sections of the trail that intersect horse paths?
Hopefully I will make it this April. Do you guys usually stay at arrowhead campground? It looks like it would fill up quickly. When would I need to reserve a spot? Has anyone considered requesting one of the group sites for that weekend?
Hope to see you there.
Lee
On the weekends the ATVs and Motorbikes compete with us, but it's usually not too bad. They usually like us cause we aren't typical red-necks like the Big-3 4x4ers are.
We'll be staying down at Arrowhead, and already I'm making friday-night dinner, and I know of at least 2 or 3people making Sat night dinner. We usually do a huge cooking thing with tents and more food than you can imagine!
Hope to see you down there.
-mike
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Is there a breakdown of each day's events like time of day on a certain trail?
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If we arrived middle of saturday afternoon and stayed till lunch on Sunday would that fit in?
As for kids: You'd probably want them to stay inside the vehicle while offroading, being out and about could be potentially dangerous if a vehicle slides or goes out of control. Near the campsite however there is a lake and picnic grounds, playground etc. No real "attractions" other than the Uwharrie National Forest.
Scheduel: Usually we wake up, make breakfast and then hit a "morning" trail and return around 1pm for lunch either at the outpost of the sites (we usually break up some going to the outpost some to the site) then they have an afternoon run that lasts til 5pmish. Then we have dinner and there is sometimes a "night" run as well. I usually skip the afternoon run and help prepare the food for dinner
-mike
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Today in NC it is sunshine and 82degF.
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Today in NC it is sunshine and 82degF.
A group of trucks from NY/NJ will be caravanning down on Friday night. We plan to wheel saturday and maybe sunday morning. Post up for more details.
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Upon arrival, I asked for directions to a fun not too dangerous trail that we could do before dark. In a half hour I had 6 other rigs and me headed toward "SlagPile" I think that it the name. The track was muddy, but the rain had stopped early that morning. I was very impressed with the number and height of the burms to go over. There were several places where the group stopped a while: A big rock photo op, a foot deep mud wallow with a 45 degree rise coming out, a deep pit in the center with steep sloped sides and trees very close, and a few steep spots with boulders in the middle.
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My bone stock 5-spd 2001 Trooper-S with Bridgestone AT-REVOs 255/16 size did pretty well. I never spun the tires since I never lost traction too badly, I did slide sideways in a few places thankfully the slides were predictable so I was ready for them.
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I wished for my OME springs and extra 1.5 inches of clearance under the middle. I also could have made good use of a larger size tire.
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There was a Jeep CJ with MS stree tires that the group was very concerned about getting stuck so they put him between two of the bigger better equipped trucks to be able to pull him through. There was noone concerned about my Trooper making it through, except my wife and kids that is.
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Uwharie was a lot of fun and only 2 hrs away. For the kids to get to bed we headed home at 8:30 right when we emerged from the trail. Including a stop at Golden Corral in Asheboro we made it home by 11:30pm.
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Was anyone else on this discussion there this weekend?
Slag Pile is cool!
Too bad you guys couldn't stay for dinner. I heard the pig roast was oustanding!
-mike
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I usually check the Trooper discussion daily, now its gone.
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My daughter's tribe and I will be building a boat this spring. We will make a kit ahead of time then asemble it on a Friday night and race it with 9 dads and 10 daughters aboard under paddle power Saturday morning. The boat is modelled after this boat plan:
http://www.jwboatdesigns.co.nz/plans/clarenceriverdory/index.htm
Still have my '99 Trooper, but TOD is shot, I get 4wd hi and low though...and about 9 mpg even when 4wd is off.
I am trying to decide if it is worth the $$ to fix it. It is just a station car and I use it in the snow. I don't have confidence to take it more than an hour away right now. I figure if I am going to get 9 MPG I might as well get a Titan or F250. Right now I am not doing much with it.
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Should I get 275/70R16 tires for staying on top of the sand better?
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Should I first pick a date and place before asking if anyone is interested?
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At Uwharrie, all that is needed is to drive through the camps once and you can arrange a group trip to one of the 4X4 trails there and the other drivers will go to great effort to help you. I wonder if that same friendly hospitality exists at the beach?
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Thank You
BoxTrooper
I'd be up for some beach driving in NC, as a passenger since I don't have a suitable off-road SUV anymore.
-mike