Tri-state Mk's tailride 3/8/09 Badlands, IN

firemothjoe · Feb 12, 2009

Edit: The trailride is over! Go to page 5 to see the Pics! .... and page 6 for the Video!

Aww is it that time again!? Yep, I think so! It's time for another trail ride for the tri-state mks! Technicaly, any Jeep Patriot driver in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio is invited, but I think we'll be willing to accept any Jeep driver in any state, so long as you're willing to make the drive.

It's because we're nice guys. We also like to go offroad at the best known offroad park... Badlands, Indiana. This location can easily be found by doing a google search. I managed to get Sunday March 8th off, so I'm there, so help me, if it's the last thing I do. If you have a Partiot and want to see what it can do, then now is the time to try it out. You'll have excellent and expirenced guides, like myself and Will H.

Join us for a winter trial ride!

This thread will be for final planinng and logistics.

heckler · Feb 12, 2009

tail ride! :woot:

too far for me, but I'd be in otherwise.

Schoat333 · Feb 12, 2009

Its a 6 hour hike for me so I will probably just take monday off, and have a long weekend.

I will be definately be there!

Just a few questions that I, and others may have.

What time did you guys meet in the past?
Is there a fee to get in? If so how much?
What equipment is required by the park? Ex. toe straps, flag, tow hook, radio, etc.
What additional equipment would you recomend?

firemothjoe · Feb 12, 2009

Schoat333 said:
Its a 6 hour hike for me so I will probably just take monday off, and have a long weekend.

I will be definately be there!

Just a few questions that I, and others may have.

What time did you guys meet in the past?
Is there a fee to get in? If so how much?
What equipment is required by the park? Ex. toe straps, flag, tow hook, radio, etc.
What additional equipment would you recomend?

Very good questions Schoat! The fee is only $20 for the whole day. This is an excellent deal considering how vast and well-maintained the park is. 6 hrs? And I thought my 3.5 hrs drive was long! You may wanna camp. Their electric sites are cheap. I'd camp if it was a weekday. But I could only get Sunday off. Oh well. They also have a good hotel in Attica. Bring an extra few bucks for the gift shop. And I think we're planning on dinner afterwards at a local resturant. Also, there's a gas station in town but we never use much more than a quarter tank after a full day of riding.

Here's Badlands' website:
http://www.badlandsoffroad.com/

The only required equipment is the orange flag. You can get the kind on the long whip pole or the one that sticks in the window. For safety sake, the higher the better. It's been my experience that we often vanish behind dunes or hills and the flag gives us and the atv's an extra second to see what's coming over the hill and avoid collisions. It's also a good idea to have a tow strap, the kind with loops and not metal hooks. The longer the better. Something to attatch the strap to is also helpful.

Edit: Badlands sells orange flags, BTW.

On the past few rides, we found that radios are really helpful. We'll be on CB channel 19 or FMS (talkabout) channel 1.0 I got both and have two extra FMS radios to lend out. Base mounted CBs work good but handheld CB's signals are blocked by the jeep's interior and don't transmit very far. For that reason, I reccemend FMS, because they're cheaper and easier.

Additional equipment could be a fire extinguisher (god forbid) and be sure to dress for the weather. I once wore sandles to Badlands and will never do that again. They have soft drinks and snacks at the office.
We always try to meet up as early as possible. Around 10ish. That means I have to set out around 630a! Yikes. Gonna need coffee... no, Rockstar! The unforseen may happen and one of us may be late. My cell doesn't work once I hop off the freeway so we usually just randevous at the large parking lot down the hill from the park office. Start calling for us on one of the radio channels when you arrive. When the bulk of the group meets, we'll start offroading and then check the lot periodically for stragglers.

deres · Feb 13, 2009

Wish I could join you... I'm so jealous...

tiptronic · Feb 13, 2009

Sounds great----- Shame I have the Atlantic in the Way!!

Will H · Feb 13, 2009

I'll be there along with some of the other guys that went last time.

deres · Feb 14, 2009

A little contribution from me to your little club there.
Since I can't join you...it's the only thing I can do...
HAVE FUN for us too!!!

PS Joe loved it, I hope the rest of you like it as well.

wwworth · Feb 14, 2009

Deres
I do not know about the rest but I love it. Thank you very much.
I vote for you to be listed as an honorary Charter member of the club.
We have not become official but with a logo I think we should start the process.
Thanks again for your contribution.
WWW:smiley_thumbs_up::banana::smiley_thumbs_up:

firemothjoe · Feb 14, 2009

I really love that logo as well! Will be printing out a dozen copies soon, thanks Deres! That is one heck of a contribution indeed!

Will, that's great that your buddies are coming again! Only a few weeks away, I can't wait. Need to get away so very badly!

deres · Feb 14, 2009

firemothjoe said:
I really love that logo as well! Will be printing out a dozen copies soon, thanks Deres! That is one heck of a contribution indeed!

Will, that's great that your buddies are coming again! Only a few weeks away, I can't wait. Need to get away so very badly!

Glad you liked it, thanks for your good words.
Joe, if you want it in higher resolution or any editable format, PM me your mail.

Will H · Feb 15, 2009

Very cool deres:smiley_thumbs_up:. That would look great as a window decal. I second honorary charter member wwworth; and do you think you'll make this ride?

wwworth · Feb 15, 2009

I am working on it. I might loose my membership if I don't make it!! I may convoy with Joe if he will let me. How about it Joe can I follow you up Sunday? I could be in Warsaw that weekend for taxes if I am I will come from there.

firemothjoe · Feb 15, 2009

Wwworth, I was actually thinking a caravan was a great idea aswell! Since you gotta drive by my area to get to I70, and I practially got the route memorized! Last time, I drafted a semi all the way out at 65mph. Probably won't need to be so stingey with the gas this time.

Deres, higher resolution "probably" won't be necessary. I intend to make it into a bunch of little stickers. Perhaps combine those stickers with a Jeeppatriot.com flyer and hand it to the countless Patriot drivers that keep popping up in my area.

wwworth · Feb 15, 2009

Ok Joe we can work out the details closer to the time of the trip. Schoat333 any idea what route you will take?

Schoat333 · Feb 15, 2009

It looks like ill be coming down I71 and catching I70 in columbus.

wwworth · Feb 16, 2009

If it works out, looks like it could be a convoy of 3. My son was just hired at Kings Island for the summer so I won't have to worry about taking him to work in march, My chance of going on the ride is getting better.

firemothjoe · Feb 16, 2009

Sounds perfect! Perhaps we can all meet somewhere on I-70w. Like a burger king or something. Then I can get a quick breakfast to go with the 4 amps I'll be drinking.

wwworth · Feb 16, 2009

How about the one at Ohio 127 and I70 just west of Dayton?
Travel Centers of America (937) 456-5521 6762 Us Route 127 N, Eaton, OH

firemothjoe · Feb 16, 2009

wwworth said:
How about the one at Ohio 127 and I70 just west of Dayton?

I was litteraly thinking the same thing! Schoat, if you wanna caravan with us, PM me or Wwworth with a cell number.

For those of you just joining us, we are making final preperations to drive out to Badlands Offroad park in West Indiana for a trail ride on March 8th. Anyone one who is willing to make the drive and wants to do some real offroading is invited. Details are located on page one of this thread. There are other threads in this meet/greets forum on our last trailride at Badlands. It has pics and a youtube slideshow.

We need a videographer badly if anyone is willing!

Tri-state Mk's tailride 3/8/09 Badlands, IN

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