Good trails in the Raleigh, NC area?

What trails do you know of?

hi travis, im down in fayetteville and havent found much of anything locally other than the hmmwv proving grounds on ft. bragg (havent been since before 9/11 though). are you familiar with uwharrie?

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 21:17:33 GMT, "Nathan W. Collier" left Mt Vesuvius in a state of jealous awe as he began spewing from the mouth thusly:

Hey Nathan. I grew up in Fayetteville. Went to Westover High School and graduated in '86. I messed around some on my bicycle *blush* on some of the tank trails in the area off of Yadkin Road when I was a kid, but never really did any offroading while I was there. I've heard of Uwharrie and looked at their website some and would like to get out there sometime but I was hoping to find something a little more local for now. I'm hoping to be in the position financially before too many more months go by to buy a Jeep. For now I'm having a blast with my VW baja, but every time I get stuck I can't help thinking "If only I had a Jeep..." Plenty of pictures on my website (see signature) of my bug being stuck. Just ignore the background pictures on one of the "adventures" where it shows a Jeep with an X through it. ;-) One of these days... One of these days... Thanks for the response.

-- Travis '63 VW Camo Baja...

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 21:26:12 GMT, "Nathan W. Collier" left Mt Vesuvius in a state of jealous awe as he began spewing from the mouth thusly:

I'm not too picky, but want something a little older. I'll make it into what I want it to be once I get my greasy fingers on it. CJ-5, CJ-7, or a Scrambler, mid 70's or so. I'd like a V8 in it. A friend of mine years ago in college had an older Jeep with a 304 I believe it was, and a 3-speed manual tranny. Oh yeah, I also want a manual tranny. I'll learn a lot more about what would be a good choice when I get closer to being able to actually buy one. I've been looking at some on ebay and it looks like I could get something pretty capable for $5000-$6000 or so. I don't care about looks, just function. Right now it's "my wife's turn" so we're gonna dump some $$$ into a deck enclosure. Then it's "my turn" and for "my turn" I wanna get rid of my truck and get a Jeep. Wish me luck. :-)

-- Travis '63 VW Camo Baja...

Cool Bug, Travis!

I had a 69, 1500 with the 3 speed electric/hydraulic clutch, touch the shifter and it was a spring loaded switch to put it in neutral with a hydraulic clutch.

I went Mallory dual point distributor and coil and it just rocked!

Had G78 15's on it and if the front axle would clear, the rest was free and clean.

Rev it at a stop and let the hand off the shifter knob and the sucker would just smoke the back tires. Had to let off the gas to go anywhere...

It would hit 70 mph in second with the tires even putting the spedo off high. Man I won sooo many beer in the bar by betting people on that... I took a couple on a run and they came back and said pay up folks!, it would hit 72 to 75 depending on the day....

It was insane off road! Man the places I got into and better out of....

I have been bumper hooked coming down and going up steep inclines. Nothing like coming down a mean one and have the bumper stop you cold at the bottom....

I got stuck once 2 miles off shore on the Nova Scotia's Minas Basin's 3 mile wide at low tide mud flats once... (Highest tides in the world,

We took out the stereo and 'hoped' VW's floated like the adds said and hiked it to shore where we saw a couple guys shoveling gravel into a trailer behind their 'tractor'. Yes! We figure!

Nope, the two old duffers, one was 86, said, 'what? that little white dot way out there is your VW, LOL!, not a hope are we bringing the tractor out there, but you can borrow our shovels'...

So they hiked back out with us just to watch us stupid kids and we dug a circle trench around the VW with a drain trench and the mud went solid and out I drove.

The old duffer said, 'well I am 86 and I have never seen anything like that!'..

Made his day! And mine, the water was only 20 feet away and coming in at 5' per wave....

VW Bugs got me into off roading with a 'capable' vehicle back when I was

1. I drove Austin Minis otherwise. Did have a skid plate made for one of them, I off roaded those little suckers too. They ride the ridges and can zig zag the rocks. Always have friends with me but two of us can swing the rear end around in the snow easy. Man the looks I have gotten coming burning out of a trail that had a recent ice storm on top of snow by the 4x4 guys sitting talking about if they should try it or not... LOL!

I now have the ultimate off road vehicle for me, an 86 CJ7 with a 3" lift, fiberglass body I put on (no more rust!) and BFG33x9.5 muds!

Took her out on the Minas basin mud flats too! On a vacation trip, we just 'had' to run her out to low tide with my buddy that was there for the VW stuck and have a beer and smoke break as the water is coming in to cover the tires.

Parked at the waters edge and only had half a beer gone before the waves were hitting the floor....

Almost got cut off too coming back in....

Mike

travis wrote:

Good Luck!

Mike

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 18:25:24 -0400, Mike Romain left Mt Vesuvius in a state of jealous awe as he began spewing from the mouth thusly:

Thanks, Mike. I've surprised the hell out of a lot of people on the trails, including Jeep drivers, but the big limitation is still that it's only 2WD. I don't even pretend that it can keep up with a Jeep, but like I said it has surprised a few of them with just how capable it can be. From the A-pillars forward it's an all fiberglass body. It weighs probably 1,500 pounds or so. Only has a 1.2 liter 40 horsepower engine, but I can pull the engine and replace the clutch and have it back in using only basic tools and a floor jack in about an hour and a half, if I'm taking my time, so I can slip the clutch a lot to get the revs up for the tougher hills. :-D 31" truck tires on the rear that a Jeep-driving friend of mine gave me for free. Mine doesn't float since I drilled some big holes in the floorboards to help me drain out the mud and water after going offroading in it. It's great fun, but it's 40 years old and 2WD. I want a capable offroad machine and I don't know how much life this one has in it. I'd rather put the money into a 4WD vehicle and do it right, and hopefully will soon. I love hearing stories from other people about their own offroading stuff, so thanks for the response! Travis

-- Travis '63 VW Camo Baja...

I thought you moved up north? I noticed your pics of your receiver basket you made and your license plate (got a question for you about welding). What Email address can I reach you at privately off the board? snipped-for-privacy@7slotGrille.com? Thanks

Chad

i did, for about 12 hours. see

to email me just click this link.