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MEMBERS DISCUSSION AREA => General Discussion => Topic started by: DOUG on November 22, 2009, 05:55:20 PM
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I read today that Durhamtown 4X4 area is closed until Spring 2010.
Story is that the recent floods made a mess of the trails, and then the local buggy boys rutted them all out, so they are mostly unpassable.
Also heard they are considering making it hunting land again and dropping the 4X4 park part. Sad, cause it could be THE place to go in GA if he would bring in some rocks.
Anybody else hear anything? Might call Mike next week.
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There's plenty of natural granite around there if they could find it exposed. My roommates hunting land is right near there and they have tons. I could hear the trucks all weekend too. Might have something to do with it ::)
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called there today and it was open..
I have to call Mike Monday anyway.... will let you all know what I find out...
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Well, last time I went it was pretty pitiful anyways. However, it does suck that they might be considering closing it, 'cause we need all the local parks we can get. Shoot, we need ALL the parks we can get...
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I know one thing... I would hate to live near that place. That is a mad house!
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I know one thing... I would hate to live near that place. That is a mad house!
No kidding.
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I was planning on going to D town soon, that would suck if this is true.
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I didn't think the 4x4 section would last long. The only time I went down there it was pretty lame and I thought I seen a few mini vans on the trails. {hihi}
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I didn't think the 4x4 section would last long. The only time I went down there it was pretty lame and I thought I seen a few mini vans on the trails. {hihi}
You're not kidding. The 4x4 section was pretty lame. And judging by rumors of it being closed, apparently it hasn't gotten any better. I wouldn't have wanted to put time and effort into something only to close it down. I'm not sure whether it's voluntary or if they're being forced to close it down though.
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Guys you dont even know the story behind what is going on and here you are blasting Mike... WTF...
Come on that is just wrong...
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Anybody know what's really going on yet?
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SSG and HHI, lets just plan, task and set up contingencies. HHI was talking about URE and Gulches. If we can get guys on the ground to assess these places and build threads on them, I think the T/O's would be receptive. This would just add more variety to rides. As it stands, i will miss all rides with maybe the Moab being a possibility. Again, I can't see into the future that far in advance. If Tony is up for it, he can recon those parks and report back. Hate to sound like a team leader here but it seems that parks are stating show a trend ....shutting down! If I am out of line by this suggestion please jump in. Imagery on google earth is one thing, but on the ground scale pics would help as well. TJ/Seth hit me on Facebook and spoke highly of the last ride GATR did. The pics were great and everyone's input helps. Chime in!
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SSG and HHI, lets just plan, task and set up contingencies. HHI was talking about URE and Gulches. If we can get guys on the ground to assess these places and build threads on them, I think the T/O's would be receptive. This would just add more variety to rides. As it stands, i will miss all rides with maybe the Moab being a possibility. Again, I can't see into the future that far in advance. If Tony is up for it, he can recon those parks and report back. Hate to sound like a team leader here but it seems that parks are stating show a trend ....shutting down! If I am out of line by this suggestion please jump in. Imagery on google earth is one thing, but on the ground scale pics would help as well. TJ/Seth hit me on Facebook and spoke highly of the last ride GATR did. The pics were great and everyone's input helps. Chime in!
This thread definitely throws a wrench in our plans G but we can improvise, adapt and overcome! lol
We can make another thread about it but yes, I will recce URE or Gulches and maybe even both but I have heard great things first hand from reliable sources that have been to a lot of places. I haven't heard much about Gulches but the stuff I have heard has been good.
I would like to hear more about this D town topic and if it proves true, let's just call it out and move on.
For now, I will start a thread titled URE ( Uwharrie ) Vs Gulches with a poll and see which place wins the hearts and minds of the infidels. lol
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Guys you dont even know the story behind what is going on and here you are blasting Mike... WTF...
Come on that is just wrong...
I don't see anyone blasting Mike. He's a great guy. Their just saying what most have been saying about the 4X4 park since it opened. He has other priorities, but was was good enough to open an area for 4X4's, and a lot of stock guys love it. It could be awesome, but I don't think it's a priority for them, or ever going to be.
I wonder why someone doesn't open a park in the mountains of GA, like they have in AL and TN. Couldn't be that different.
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Roger that HHI!!!
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Roger that HHI!!!
Rrrrrrroger, standby for fire mission .......... lol
I'm curious to see if anyone here has even been to both of those places.... hmmm.
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Guys you dont even know the story behind what is going on and here you are blasting Mike... WTF...
Come on that is just wrong...
I don't see anyone blasting Mike. He's a great guy. Their just saying what most have been saying about the 4X4 park since it opened. He has other priorities, but was was good enough to open an area for 4X4's, and a lot of stock guys love it. It could be awesome, but I don't think it's a priority for them, or ever going to be.
I wonder why someone doesn't open a park in the mountains of GA, like they have in AL and TN. Couldn't be that different.
Doug, I have been thinking the same thing for a while now. But the problem,( at least where I live in the mtns), is that if someone actually owned enough land to build an orv park, then they wouldn,t get approval for it because everything is near a stream or river and we all know that there's alot of people who don't like the idea of runoff in them. Most landowners around here only have small tracts and all the big tracts are forest service, and we all know that they aren't gonna make us a orv trail. It is a great idea though and I will keep my hopes up.
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I am dropping out of this thread. My responses are flying off into limbo. Besides, unlit MikeD or someone calls D-Town and quotes the guy, we will just have to wait and see.
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just sent Mike at D-town a e-mail I will know in the am.... I sent him a link to this thread...
and yea going back and reading what some of you posted you did blast him.. TACT is something we all have to learn.. just cause it wasnt your cup of tea doesnt mean you can say what ever pops in that Walt Disney Imagination.. cause if I did that I would be asked to leave this club.. but I try and use TACT when talking on here..
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I wonder why someone doesn't open a park in the mountains of GA, like they have in AL and TN. Couldn't be that different.
I suppose Atlanta is the difference.
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I guess so Will. Surely wouldn't ever happen around Lake Burton, Lake Seed, etc.
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I wonder when beasley knob is going on the chopping block?
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I wonder when beasley knob is going on the chopping block?
Hey Rabunjeeper, have you ever checked out the forestry trails around Tiger? I was supposed to go last fall with some Land Rover buddies, but something came up. They wouldn't stop talking about those trails for awhile.
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yep, sure did, every weekend until trout unlimited stepped in, it was called stonewall falls. I live 2 miles from it. They had a quick hearing about it and said that the road served no public purpose and they closed it permanetly about 4 months ago. All over one creek crossing. And man it was an awesome trail, big ruts, undoable hillclimbs, and some nasty mudholes. Ga cruisers have afew videos on you tube of it.
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just sent Mike at D-town a e-mail I will know in the am.... I sent him a link to this thread...
and yea going back and reading what some of you posted you did blast him.. TACT is something we all have to learn.. just cause it wasnt your cup of tea doesnt mean you can say what ever pops in that Walt Disney Imagination.. cause if I did that I would be asked to leave this club.. but I try and use TACT when talking on here..
Are you the sergeant of the TACTical forum police? ;D
Sorry, couldn't resist such an oPUNing {cool}
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I personally don't remeber anyone blasting Mike. I've got nothing against the guy. It's just I know that the 4x4 section of Durhamtown wasn't too challenging lots of simple stuff. I'm sure for a stock or new guy it would be awesome. But you could definitely tell that priorities were aimed at the dirtbike/ATV side of the park. I would personally thank the guy for having an ORV park in the first place. If it's doing nothng but costing him
money, I don't really suppose I can blame him for wanting to close it, in these times especially if that's actually what's happening. If he's being forces to close it then there's not much he can do anyways.
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just sent Mike at D-town a e-mail I will know in the am.... I sent him a link to this thread...
and yea going back and reading what some of you posted you did blast him.. TACT is something we all have to learn.. just cause it wasnt your cup of tea doesnt mean you can say what ever pops in that Walt Disney Imagination.. cause if I did that I would be asked to leave this club.. but I try and use TACT when talking on here..
If some has been to a park, and has an honest opinion about it, I feel it should be shared. No one is taking your ability to go to that park away and check it out for your self. If you like then share your opinion why. I have read every post in this thread and not one single person has said anything about Mike.
Any good business owner would love to get feed back and learn where to improve. If you dont listen to the consumer your business is destined to fail.
BTW I dont see any parks endorsing this club, so why should we be mute when it comes to voicing an opinion about any of them. We try all parks in the area, if its an unsuccessful ride then it will probably not be on the calendar as much the next season. We do our best to listen to the members here to make sure each of our rides are a success.
ALSO NO MODERATORS HAVE BEEN DELETING ANY POST! SO MAKE SURE YOU HIT THE POST BUTTON AND IT SHOWS UP. IF YOU GET A RED SCRIPT AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, THAT MEANS SOMEONE HAS POSTED BEFORE YOU. YOU WILL HAVE TO RESUBMIT YOUR POST.
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ok you know what... whatever...
More bees come to honey then to shit...
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I'm Lost here... {popcorn}
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ok you know what... whatever...
More bees come to honey then to shit...
You summed my post up exactly. More bees come to honey than shit. We are making honey here and it looks like some of the guys are suggesting that D-town, start producing some honey (rocks) as well. ;)
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I'm Lost here... {popcorn}
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For me, Durhamtown didn't offer enough for me to go back. That's all I'm saying. If you don't wanna hear it sorry. I know other people have went and enjoyed the crap out of that place, which is awesome. I'm glad they did. But I'm not gonna lie and say I had the best time in my life there 'cause I didn't. Seems like everyone that was there when I went shared the same opinion.
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Chuck your in North Cuba, you have other things to worry about ;). As for the post deleting, a mod has already contacted me. I am pretty sure it was something on my end. Our internet signal isn't the best and I know others have had the same problem in the past. I am not the least upset or worried about the missing posts. Just wanted to clarify that! {btt}
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I just wanted to clarify. No one has been deleting anything since the last open discussion about it.
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I just wanted to clarify. No one has been deleting anything since the last open discussion about it.
- ha, i perfur licon locked discussions {hihi} {hihi} {peek}
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Chuck your in North Cuba, you have other things to worry about ;). As for the post deleting, a mod has already contacted me. I am pretty sure it was something on my end. Our internet signal isn't the best and I know others have had the same problem in the past. I am not the least upset or worried about the missing posts. Just wanted to clarify that! {btt}
{bruce}
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I just wanted to clarify. No one has been deleting anything since the last open discussion about it.
- ha, i perfur licon locked discussions {hihi} {hihi} {peek}
Its only 12:06 pm, slow down... {toast}
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{hardlaugh}
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dude -- cant make any promises -- but i can garentee that there will be NO rolling of the jeep today!-- {toast}
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The best part of this thread has been MikeD trying to be tactful lol {salute}
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dude -- cant make any promises -- but i can garentee that there will be NO rolling of the jeep today!-- {toast}
Ryan, you need to change your screen name to Roll Over!
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pee-pee spank, pee-pee spank!!!LOL!!! {hardlaugh}
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dude -- cant make any promises -- but i can garentee that there will be NO rolling of the jeep today!-- {toast}
Ryan, you need to change your screen name to Roll Over!
- ill give it carful concideraion!!! {toast}
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Well even if you don't, you've got "it's how I roll" in your sig. So that's pretty funny. :D
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The last time I went to D-town with a buch of rock crawlers guys we didnt find it to our liking.. We enjoy the crap out of rock crawling and didnt see where D-town offer us that much.. For the stock jeepers or the mudders out there I am sure that D-town would be great fun for them....
That is how to use TACT...
I went to D-town and had a great time... they even came out and got me unstuck and didnt charge me for the welder use either..
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I was waiting on you to respond this entire time and thats the best you got? I figured you had the owner on the phone and you were quoting him!!LOL!! Put that in your D-Town report!!LOL!!! We all get our Pee-pee spanked sometime!hahaha!!!
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my bad let me check my e-mail
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Because we are not all rock crawlers or stockers we have to make sure that the place we plan to attend for the monthly ride is going to have a good mixture for both crowds, thats all. When it comes to opinions around here TACT is used seldomly.
BTW I will help you out with welding anytime. You just have to make that 3 hour drive to see me {toast}
Is it just me or is Glen obessed with the peepee today? {hump}
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Did you talk to Mike yet? What's the current and future status of the 4X4 area?
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He hasnt replied yet.. when i called last night.. he was kinda busy and when i returned the call again he was gone out of the building.. but he replies back to me with in 24hrs most times...
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Here is his reply from my e-mail...
The county wants to raise our property taxes by $80,000 for advertising it
and promoting it for commercial purposes bull crap
We closed if for a few weeks of prime deer season we had several groups
over there hunting
We still allow riders to come in but I am not advertising it
They can not stop us from ridng just advertising it
We have riders this weekend in here
We took down the truck park signs at the entry to suit the county
We look forward to seeing you guys again
Thanks mike
Spread the word
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ANY QUESTIONS????
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{salute}
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Here is his reply from my e-mail...
The county wants to raise our property taxes by $80,000 for advertising it
and promoting it for commercial purposes bull crap
We closed if for a few weeks of prime deer season we had several groups
over there hunting
We still allow riders to come in but I am not advertising it
They can not stop us from ridng just advertising it
We have riders this weekend in here
We took down the truck park signs at the entry to suit the county
We look forward to seeing you guys again
Thanks mike
Spread the word
Thanks Mike for getting the official word.
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ANY QUESTIONS????
Why did you type that so big?
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hahahahahaha Dick i mean Richard
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I read today that Durhamtown 4X4 area is closed until Spring 2010.
Story is that the recent floods made a mess of the trails, and then the local buggy boys rutted them all out, so they are mostly unpassable.
Also heard they are considering making it hunting land again and dropping the 4X4 park part. Sad, cause it could be THE place to go in GA if he would bring in some rocks.
Anybody else hear anything? Might call Mike next week.
Would really like to know where you read that at!!!!!!
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Ouch! The hurt my pee-peee!!LOL!! Good job SSG! the online-schooling is paying off! So, now you can recon that place and Tony can do Gulches? Task, conditions and standards! Full pics and imagery! Balls in your mouth, i mean court! {toast}
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I have been there and had a great time... sorry no pics.. the rock garden wasnt MOAB but it was ok.. could it be more sure.. but I am driving my DD so it was just fine by me.. plus the cabin across the street is the bomb.. big fire in front and pony keg too... Mike stopped by to make sure we were good to go.. i say anyone that goes there needs to stay at that cabin... once the fire gets going and the beer starts flowin everyone stops by... {toast} {toast} {toast} {toast} {toast} {toast}
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Read it on jkf
A group was supposed to ride there last sunday