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<blockquote data-quote="Ricky 79cj-7" data-source="post: 486798" data-attributes="member: 4237"><p>In our club we get a lot of people that join that have never been off road before. They really like the fact that we do monthly trail rides and help spot people through parts of the trail that they don't feel comfortable with. These rides give them a chance to see how capable jeeps are, even if they are completely stock. After a couple rides many of them either start making a list of upgrades they want to do to make, or they decide offloading isn't for them. My Jeep started out with all stock running gear and 32" tires. Now it's on Dana 44's, twin sticked Dana 300 with a T-18 tranny and 37" stickies. I know it doesn't compare to the level of builds of many of the Jeeps on this forum, but it does pretty good for what it is.</p><p></p><p>Of course it gets aggravating at times when I end up in a group of mostly stock Jeeps that have never been off road, but I just try to be patient and help them to learn what this sport is all about. I had a good group of guys in the club that helped me when I first joined so I try to do the same for others. I even volunteered as "trail ride director" a few years back. During that year I decided to start taking groups to "Hard Rock", the closest thing we have to mountains here in Florida, so that more and more people would be exposed to rocks instead of just the normal forest trails and mud bogs. Now many of the members ride there every few months and are getting very valuable "seat time" for when they make it up to one of the off road parks that most of you wheel everyone weekend.</p><p></p><p>When I joined in 2003 I had never driven on mountains trails as I have lived in Florida for my entire life. After my first trip to River Rock in 2005, we made half a dozen trips back to River Rock and Morris Mountain within a year and a half. A typical trip to any park in the Southeast is 400+ miles and cost me over $500 just in fuel, so I don't get to ride as often as I would like to out of state. We've got a small group of us in the club that wheel together quite a bit and hit most of the trails wherever we go. We don't beat the crap out of our Jeeps, but aren't afraid to get a few dents and scratches either. Last year we followed a group of buggies up trail 43 at AOP. Obviously they had a little different driving style with their 40"+ tires, 1 ton axles and lack of body panels, but the fact that we did all the "black" trails there should give you an idea of the Jeeps that I wheel with. I got hung up and had to winch in two spots, but my buddy in a TJ on 35's only winched once. I think its funny how some of the guys with their fully built rigs and buggies with big motors look at us when they see us pull up on the trails in our Jeeps. It's also funny to see their faces when we follow them just about every where they go. I remember one time at Morris Mountain when a bunch of guys were sitting around because Randall had broken a knuckle off his Jeep on Hammer Down. A few others guys were beating on their rigs trying to get up and we basically idled up and went right around them in our little Jeeps.</p><p></p><p>Like others have already stated, we may not all agree on the whole "club" thing, but we have to all be unified and support this sport if we want to continue having places to ride.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricky 79cj-7, post: 486798, member: 4237"] In our club we get a lot of people that join that have never been off road before. They really like the fact that we do monthly trail rides and help spot people through parts of the trail that they don't feel comfortable with. These rides give them a chance to see how capable jeeps are, even if they are completely stock. After a couple rides many of them either start making a list of upgrades they want to do to make, or they decide offloading isn't for them. My Jeep started out with all stock running gear and 32" tires. Now it's on Dana 44's, twin sticked Dana 300 with a T-18 tranny and 37" stickies. I know it doesn't compare to the level of builds of many of the Jeeps on this forum, but it does pretty good for what it is. Of course it gets aggravating at times when I end up in a group of mostly stock Jeeps that have never been off road, but I just try to be patient and help them to learn what this sport is all about. I had a good group of guys in the club that helped me when I first joined so I try to do the same for others. I even volunteered as "trail ride director" a few years back. During that year I decided to start taking groups to "Hard Rock", the closest thing we have to mountains here in Florida, so that more and more people would be exposed to rocks instead of just the normal forest trails and mud bogs. Now many of the members ride there every few months and are getting very valuable "seat time" for when they make it up to one of the off road parks that most of you wheel everyone weekend. When I joined in 2003 I had never driven on mountains trails as I have lived in Florida for my entire life. After my first trip to River Rock in 2005, we made half a dozen trips back to River Rock and Morris Mountain within a year and a half. A typical trip to any park in the Southeast is 400+ miles and cost me over $500 just in fuel, so I don't get to ride as often as I would like to out of state. We've got a small group of us in the club that wheel together quite a bit and hit most of the trails wherever we go. We don't beat the crap out of our Jeeps, but aren't afraid to get a few dents and scratches either. Last year we followed a group of buggies up trail 43 at AOP. Obviously they had a little different driving style with their 40"+ tires, 1 ton axles and lack of body panels, but the fact that we did all the "black" trails there should give you an idea of the Jeeps that I wheel with. I got hung up and had to winch in two spots, but my buddy in a TJ on 35's only winched once. I think its funny how some of the guys with their fully built rigs and buggies with big motors look at us when they see us pull up on the trails in our Jeeps. It's also funny to see their faces when we follow them just about every where they go. I remember one time at Morris Mountain when a bunch of guys were sitting around because Randall had broken a knuckle off his Jeep on Hammer Down. A few others guys were beating on their rigs trying to get up and we basically idled up and went right around them in our little Jeeps. Like others have already stated, we may not all agree on the whole "club" thing, but we have to all be unified and support this sport if we want to continue having places to ride. [/QUOTE]
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