Recent content by samicrawler

I know, just giving my two cents of knowledge about Manke Lumber. I worked for them right out of high school but that was 16 years ago. Getting them to give anybody motorized access to their land is extremely unlikely. That being said, it's hard to fault a guy for trying.

If possible you probably want to talk to Matt Manke. He is the son of one of the two Manke's that founded the company. He is also into motorized recreation and has friends that are also. He's probably your best bet at making a case. He's about as far up in the company as you're gonna get without...

Hey Olywa, having a short wheelbase doesn't mean you have small tires. I am running 36's on my Sami with only about 3 inches more than stock wheelbase and thinking about going bigger. If you are in a full size then you are probably the one blocking the trails when your **** doesn't fit through...

I think that saying TSL's suck is a little extreme. You just have to use the right tool for the job. Stickies work awesome on the rocks, Swampers work good in the slop (its in the name). Like it or not, we here in western WA have a lot of slop and not much rock.

Nice pics Chop, kinda reminds me of the toy run my old club used to put on up there. The trails get pretty hectic with that many rigs on them.:D

I drilled out the stock arms on my toy front and run 3/4 inch heim joints with a homebrew tie rod. I am spring over though and I don't have any clearance issues.

I agree, Tahuya is a nice place to ride motorcycles just not that fun to wheel there. I still don't want it or any place to close though, even if I don't frequent them some people still enjoy these areas.

Elbe by far. Tahuya, other then the newer man made obstacles which are fun, is a joke. A few hours at Tahuya and you are bored but you can wheel all day at Elbe and have fun. If Tahuya is in your back yard then great but if you've got to trailer in like I do then go to Elbe or Evans Creek. Just...

If you are a Washington resident and you have Oregon ORV tabs on your bike then you can still be ticketed when in Washington. It is the same as registering your car in Oregon and living in Washington. I heard this at a fun run at Belfair from the LEOs that were there. They made this clear to...

It looks to me that they ruined a good hill. It used to deny 49s on high powered buggies and now a jeep with 35s cruises right up. It looks like a rock quarry puked down the hill, real bumpy but not that hard. It is a little scary if the powers that be think that is a severe trail. Just my .02.

Green Diamond is just Simpson Timbers new name for their forestry division. Its all the same people, just a new company name. :D I have ridden out by Mason Lake, but it has been quite a few years since I was out there. Lots of roads and very little trails.

You have a while to wait now but the puget sound enduro riders put on a two day poker run their over Memorial day weekend, quads are allowed on the short course. It is a good run with some nice trails, nothing real challenging, but some fun ones. They have special permission to hold it there...

I wish it was still like that Amen brother, I bet most on this board wish it was still like that, everywhere. And that was not a farm, it is the stables and riding arena for the county fair.

That is the county fair grounds in Shelton. It is on leased Port of Shelton property and Mason County didn't renew their lease and the Port shut it down. It was never an orv park or anything but the county just let it go, much like Reiter. The port isn't as nice I guess and they put up fences...

That is true I have done it that way many times but then I cut the 20 footers down to 10s and just used one on every corner.