November 17th--Comment & Pic thread......

WA-Wheeler · Nov 18, 2012

Awesome day, good wheeling (yeah, the driveway was fun) and a lot of people turned out which was cool. I liked the trail, it needs some tweaking i think but overall it was really fun. The way I see it was i saw some body damage, some broken parts, and a lot of gravel moved. DEFINITELY has the potential to be great, no doubt.

I got a few pictures. Some of the illusive Mike "Crash" Kash :fawkdancesmiley:

And a few of some guy beating on his wifes BRAND new JK....:haha: wonder who that could be....hmmmm

codymans offroad · Nov 18, 2012

The driveway is :awesomework: THANKS to everyone that made it happen. My family and I had a great time. I think this first trail is a good sign for the trails to come:awesomework:

japerry · Nov 18, 2012

And the guy at the dealership was going off about how we needed to get the paint coverage... MUAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

She was much happier after I said that I'd pay the difference on whatever the rims come out to be. I guess they aren't 'new' anymore. I'll call them "Demo rims on the driveway" :redneck:

Funny thing is, Charlie said don't run it because of the rock rails. Rock rails weren't the problem! :kiss:

KarlVP · Nov 18, 2012

storminator said:
One issue I had that didn't have anything to do with the trail itself was that the paved road to get to the trail is not truck and trailer friendly... Some spots there is no way that you could pass another truck and trailer coming the opposite way.

Other then that i had a great time :redneck:

My rebuttal on that is that it certainly is. With little to no use of Reiter road these days, the leaves have fallen and made the road LOOK narrower. If you take your time, go slow, and anticipate the big corners you can make it through on Reiter road with a truck and trailer.

I've been driving that road for years and have yet to see a problem. There are a few tight spots, but if everyone prepares for them, there are very few, if any issues.

It's paved and signed. There are plenty more roads we wheelers drive on with our trucks and trailers that are not signed, not paved and more dangerous.

While I do respect your forbearance for safety, it's a forest road that was not designed for heavy hauling. Respect it and it will respect you. :awesomework:

KarlVP · Nov 18, 2012

I didn't get any pics today but I would like to say thanks to all that made this happen.

It's a new reiter and moving forward in a new direction. It sure as **** ain't Tahuya. Make the trail miles difficult, make the obstacles many, and the masses will come. A SUSTAINABLE place is what we need.

My only complaint is if every trail is going to take this much work, the cost could be mitigated by surveying areas that are naturally sustainable and letting them do their natural thing.

I'm sure it's been discussed before, but if an area is deemed "naturally sustainable" and then it starts getting dug out. Nip it in the bud by placing rock or material there before it becomes an 8 foot trench.

All in all though guys bravo. I'm capable of more the extreme 4x4 side of the spectrum, but today was a lot of fun. Kudos. :awesomework:

et1 · Nov 18, 2012

Ist Trail

Thanks to all who came out and enjoyed Reiter today, it was great to see all the different rigs. Big thanks to those of you never gave up and are now seeing the start of something good. Looking forward to what we can get built next!

crash2 · Nov 18, 2012

I am just glad ya all enjoyed yourself because at the end of the day that is what its all about...

Never stop fighting---NEVER GIVE UP and thats been my moto since this all started and I am ecstatic to see something.......

Hopefully if anything it will bring more of you folks into the picture because some of us are just getting wore down,lol....

Little Red Zuk · Nov 18, 2012

The JK stump struck again. And not me!:fawkdancesmiley:

Lyle · Nov 18, 2012

I had a great time out there today. It was good to see everybody that came out to show support. Hopefully those that ran the trail all filled out the DNR questionnaire. :awesomework:

nowires · Nov 18, 2012

storminator said:
One issue I had that didn't have anything to do with the trail itself was that the paved road to get to the trail is not truck and trailer friendly... Some spots there is no way that you could pass another truck and trailer coming the opposite way.

Other then that i had a great time :redneck:

Each lane is 10 to 12 feet wide of pavment. That is how the yellow line got painted in the road. If they couldn't hold 10 ft, then the yellow line isn't on the road, the county couldn't hold lane widths

Trust the yellow line, you will fit:hi:

Little Red Zuk said:
The JK stump struck again. And not me!:fawkdancesmiley:

and the cute little rick piles in the passing areas

Lyle said:
Hopefully those that ran the trail all filled out the DNR questionnaire. :awesomework:

49 got filled out. If you were there and didn't get the chance or forgot, I will post one up and you can get it to them

et1 · Nov 18, 2012

Trail Opening

Hey all,
I've sent a pm to Junk, I think that he may not have realized all of the folks, club/group members, individuals who worked very hard to get us to where we are today. I think that alot of people just don't realize how much time and effort has gone into Reiter since the day it closed. It certainly could not have been done by one group. Thanks again to everyone who has participated in this project!

junk1 · Nov 18, 2012

yea did not realize what was said on that page was just posting a link to a video sorry if i offended anyone thanks to all that made it happen

WSUXJer · Nov 18, 2012

I had a good time. I have not been up to Reiter since probably 2004-2005. It's nice to see a government agency working with OHV users to make trails, not just giving excuses to close them down. :awesomework:

That trail was decent the first time through (I think I was the only ZJ up there) but the second time, it seemed to have gotten more difficult already. I think it's a great start.

BTW, if anyone happened to find a pink plastic case with some Nintendo DS games in it, that was my daughters. She lost it while playing in the woods. If anybody found it, please let me know.

storminator · Nov 18, 2012

heres a video of crash trying to roll over :redneck:
http://s372.beta.photobucket.com/user/storminator123/media/WP_20121117_200457Z.mp4.html

Birdbrain · Nov 18, 2012

Soo i guess this means i need to get my **** wheelable again for the future? haha

boxboy · Nov 18, 2012

WSUXJer said:
BTW, if anyone happened to find a pink plastic case with some Nintendo DS games in it, that was my daughters. She lost it while playing in the woods. If anybody found it, please let me know.

I will keep an eye out when I am there next I seem to be out there a lot... That is if someone didn't pick it up.

War-Jeeper · Nov 18, 2012

japerry said:
And the guy at the dealership was going off about how we needed to get the paint coverage... MUAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

She was much happier after I said that I'd pay the difference on whatever the rims come out to be. I guess they aren't 'new' anymore. I'll call them "Demo rims on the driveway" :redneck:

Funny thing is, Charlie said don't run it because of the rock rails. Rock rails weren't the problem! :kiss:

Did the wheels get all scratched up on the rocks or something?

WA-Wheeler · Nov 19, 2012

War-Jeeper said:
Did the wheels get all scratched up on the rocks or something?

Just the rears and only a little...:haha:

That was almost the highlight of the day....that or nowires trying to kill crash's ram on the rock pile

Sandtrap1986 · Nov 19, 2012

WA-Wheeler said:
Just the rears and only a little...:haha:

That was almost the highlight of the day....that or nowires trying to kill crash's ram on the rock pile

I thought for sure he was going to rip that ram off haha