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OPEN RIDES & EVENTS => Trail Rides & Open Events (Everyone's invited) => Topic started by: urdaddyjeep on January 03, 2012, 03:58:50 PM
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I am working on a St Pattys day poker run now, would like to know if there are any vendors that would like to set up and maybe donate some things for the poker run. There will be a $10 fee and pay out to 1st and 2nd and prizes give out to other people. Bonus cards will be there for those that complete different runs through the O Course and Bolder Ridge and else where plus the ring toss and Rifle shoot. Just for those that have never did the poker run at Durhamtown before its a .22 at a ballon at 50 yards for Men, 25 yrds for Women and 10 yards for kids under 10.
Right now I am still working on the flyer and other details and if you have any ideas or if you know of a vendor please shoot me a message.
THanks
Mike D
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Sounds good Mike. Keep us posted!
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also looking for ideas.... here... trying like a one legged man in a ass kicking contest here to try and keep the 4x4 parks open and be able to do mods to the trails... cant do that if people dont come out... this is the make or break yr for the 4x4 parks... i gotta have 2 large events this yr plus have different clubs come out each month... pressure i tell ya.. oh and Durhamtown has 4x4 memberships as well... $225 for a yr, not only get express check in but access to the ranges for free... sorry best i could get... trying for more but dont want to push my luck to far with Jeep Beach coming up and all...
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$225 include camping? That would be a good deal for most of us. Free night riding included with the $225?
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Night rides
camping
trail riding
That would be a good deal! </ROCKIN/>
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Sounding better all the time.
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Mike, get on this...
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short answer NO... if the bikes and atv guys are paying more then you and still having to pay for tent camping and night rides.. then you can bet you will have to pay for it too...
we did have at one time where the jeep guys were able to drive over the whole park after 630pm on their own, then a couple of people thought that it was a good idea to go out there and dump trash all over the trails and drive through food plots. so I think that came to an end, I will talk to Mike this weekend when i get there... but as far as free night rides i think that time has come and gone.. might be able to swing the jeep parks only but it will be hard to say who is there that has signed a waiver and who hasnt.. so again i think the answer will be NO... nice try though...
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>:( He should be giving the 4x4 guys more than the atv, cycles. They have 90% of the park and it is geared directly towards them, not wheelers. I understand the issues though. He just needs to sweeten the deal for us to commit to that deal. It is alot to pay if all I get is to ride. Express check in does nothing for me, that's not an issue or a selling point. He has to bring something to the table for us. Mike, I am all about making DT better and it has gotten better over the last few years. It still has a ton of potential and profitability. But as we all know, you can cover that place in a day and the majority of guys want rock. You will only get smaller guys in there without it. The course is great and a good first step to getting them in. Night riding is also a big selling point as we all like to do it. Maybe that can be figured out. Like you said, it only takes a couple of douches to ruin a good thing for us all! Keep working on it and let us know if he can throw anything else in there {salute}
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all i can do is ask.... and i will ask him... but its hard to sweeten the deal when you have people say if you do this it will bring the people in.. and you dump 15k into a project and another 10k into the O Course and you dont get the riders that people have promised you.. it kinda leaves you thinking ..... I know there is alot more that we can do.. but I cant break the place on a hope and a prayer.. LOL.. ya know.. but I will see what I can do.. but if there is a different price like 300 for a year that covers riding and tent camping dont say i didnt say so
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Ask and you shall recieve! You do a great job down there Mike and we appreciate all of it. It will always be tought to get the guys there without dumping $ into the 4x4 section though. Now find us some more freakin slippery nipple trails!!! ;D
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I agree, he's gotta make it a better deal. We can ride the trails in 1 day.
Put more rocks on the trails and more rigs will be on the trails. If you build it, they will come!
Everyone is looking for trails in GA. you guys already have a head start on the other parks, but it's gotta be a sweeter deal or more hardcore trails! {cheers2}
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Thanks for trying Mike. I understand the investment, but I wish Big Mike would have spent it differently than he did.
I still believe that the number 1 thing he can do is put rocks in the ravines and hill climbs, simulating natural creek beds.
Different sizes in different ravines for different rigs, or if there are tun outs, the further you go, the bigger and harder it gets. Steve at River Rock did an excellent job with this. On slopes, you need rocks big enough that they don't move easily. I don't think anyone likes crawlin on pipes much.
Nothing would make us happier than for Durhamtown to be THE SPOT! We would not be looking to drive so far to these other places, we would all have passes, and be there frequently. it's only a few hours away form us on the NE side of town. We can use Durhamtown as a riding and camping spot, but if there isn't something there that challenges us and gets us excited, we will go other places, and that thing would be rocks in ravines.
Harlan has it like this along a road and it doesn't have to be this wide or have this much rock:
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg46/reynoldsdb/2008%20Rubicon/Harlan%20KY%202009%2009%2011/20090911HarlanKY063.jpg)
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Guess you guys all suggested the ravine thing while I was huntin the photo lol.
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and like I have said in the past... the ground around durhamtown is different then RR or Harlan... there is alot of rock there but it is covered by tons of dirt.. moving the dirt can be done but when do we say yep we have spent enough.. 50k? 100k? just how long would it take for DP to recover that much money, at 20$ a driver... that comes out to alot of drivers... right now at 25k in it will take a long time to recoup it.. as far as the building of the O-Course that was done cause we had to do a made man trail.. and to bring in rock like the one you show in your pic would cost 80k$ a truck load, and that looks to be about 10-15 truck loads right there.. rock isnt cheap and truck drivers arent either...
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I just keep imagining cougar canyon ending up like lower 2at tellico, if anyone remembers that.
People drove from all over the east coast to hit it.
Either way, we are riding here next month, so let's try and get as many rigs a possible to support these guys!
TAPATALK
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This guy is $800 a load, or $50 a ton. We just need to go and play on this guys pile..
Now just need to find some a little closer...
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/mat/2766285433.html
(http://images.craigslist.org/5L25I25Kd3K93G93L1bcm8f5a9ad960c51064.jpg)
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Another thing to consider here is the cost to ride. I think $20 is alot for DT. Just my 2 cents here but I have paid less for more. I am not bashing anything at DT but for $20 a day, there needs to be something worth the trip. Slippery nipple is awesome but not enough to keep us all coming back. It is getting better and if we need to come down and scout some areas and help, we would surely do it. I still need to get down and map the new park out on gps. But I would love to be able to just ride around and scout some good areas. Last time I was there, I saw an old water run off that was in the new section that had a ton of potential to be a ravine climb. It would take a few small trees being cut but would offer a good flexy ravine trail. Over time, the rock would come thru as well. Let us know if we could do a "work weekend" sometime. I think we could get quite a few guys there to help out. Free camping for the weekend or something for helping? </BEER/>
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I'm in </ROCKIN/>
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Ben i know where you are talking and that is the trail that I will be cutting this weekend... i will look into the CL and see if this guy is legit and how much it will cost to have him bring it all the way to Union Point.. that is where most of the cost comes in.. the rock isnt the problem get a driver that will do it on the cheap... I have looked at other park prices and some are more then us most are the same unless owned by the Goverment.. but most of the private parks charge the same...
Rant ON:
trying to please everyone is something very hard to do... someone could go broke doing that.. while some hate DP cause we dont have rocks and some hate us cause we are trying to get more rocks, i have tried to take all your ideas and put them in place without breakin the bank.. it has to be a give and take and not a take take take... over the past 3 years DP has came a long ways .. is there room for more...YES... but as with the bike and atv side it wasnt all built in a day... if the 4x4 side would have half the users the bike and atv side has this 4x4 park would be the only park you would want to go to.. with that being said... everyone here knows people with a jeep or truck some mod some stock.. tell them about us tell them it would be a great place to start at.. and you would be amazed how fast the park would grow..
bolder ridge is going to be burnt sometime.. if mother nature would stop raining on us.. LOL... but over time it will get better... just do me a favor... and when someone ask about DP dont tell them its a waste of time.. cause it might be to you but to them it might be a time of their life.. it has happened on this site before.. so i am asking that you dont do that... if someone asked me about Allsouth or anywhere else I would be more then happy to recommend them to a fellow GATR.. I guess that is what I am asking from you.
Done with my rant
Rant OFF
Mike
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Absolutly. I send folks that way all the time.
We support DT.
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Mike, we all support DT. I have told guys it offers alot for everyone. It has gotten a ton better over the years, you guys have done well. If you can talk to Mike about a work detail weekend, please do. Would love to help out and make DT a "GATR" sponsored park. With enough guys on the ground and ideas for trails, we could accomplish alot. I have a chainsaw ready //CHAINSAW//
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I don't know of anyone who has said anything bad about D-town, I actually had a blast last time we were out there!!
We are only giving ideas to make it better. We are also more than willing to put in the man time to accomplish this.
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since this thread has been hijacked... LOL...
i was talking about the old thread on here and some of the older guys here know what one i was talking about.. i think when i was a semi-mod i deleted it or moved it to mod only cant remember..
thanks for sending people our way.. and yes i will talk to mike about a work weekend.. all i can do is ask right..
now about the St Pattys Poker Run whos coming..?? {btt}
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Now that I no longer have my worthwhile tether..(rest my mothers soul)..I may be able to make that one.
Having my rear locker installed soon. {letseat}
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Damn I think I'll schedule off from work for this! I'll see if the new half wants to come which I doubt she wouldn't, lmao.
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St Pattys Day Poker run is $10 bucks to enter and 100% pay pack to the top 3 hands, other prizes will be given out.
We are trying to see about getting some green beer for the Red Rooster Bar, and trying to line up a band, the only people doing the Poker Run will be 4x4 trucks. No ATV/BIKEs/RZRs or side by sides of any kind...
Bonus cards will be out there for those that think they can shoot, and ring toss plus a few other places...
Also Ben this might get you to come back... on March 3rd there is a 5k Zombie run... I wont be there i will be in the field running from real Zombies.. LOL... check out the website and facebook for more info.
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Be a nice way to celebrate my birthday...been a long time since I've even driven my YJ!