I need to move where there's wheeling within 12 hours drive.
some place where you can leave fri night and wheel sat morning.
which state's the best?

darn it.. I meant COLORADO

I say arizona They have a ton of trails there around pheonix. Depending on where you live you could get to most of the major trails in cali in 12 hours as well as probably moab farmington and south west colorado. I think flagstaff would be cool to live in. Also in AZ you dont get all the :rainbow: laws they have in cali

Southwest Colorado.. about 4 hours from Moab, 2 hours to Farmington, Montrose is right there.. 8 hours to Independence..

All times are estimates!:beer:

Best wheelin, best weather, prettiest ladies and the best:smokin:
gata be California

definitely AZ, although i'd rather live in CA.

-Steve

What about oklahoma??? We have a little of it all. Not the best of course but definitely worth consideration.

CANADA!!!

Greenies??? Who are they? (they tend to freeze to death in their hemp shirts and sandles :D )

Well, not including the Federal Republik of BC that is :flipoff2:

AZ by far. But we're full, so don't think of moving here. :flipoff2:

AZ of course, maybe not as hot elswhere but you said wheelin.
all the AZrock trails are within an hour of phx.
pretty much all the poular trails are under 12 hrs. Cali, moab ect.,ect.,

Colorado sucks so don't move here!!:flipoff2:

My vote is for TENNESSEE, not as much traction as out west but we've got some awsome trails all over the state.

In the words of Jerry Garcia "Tennessee, Tennessee, ain't no place I'd rather be"

Justin Ray;)

another vote for TENNESSEE.we got tellico a few hours away, antica IN about 5 hours or so away etc.. and a local spot called monteagle

Yea, Colorado sucks! Way too cold, no sunshine, can't wheel in the winter because of the snow. And you have to learn to speak Spanish to communicate. No really good trails. Have to keep your top on 11 months of the year.

Colorado!!! I love the snow. Easy trails can be made difficult with the addition of snow in the winter time. Great trails around for summer wheelin' (Holy Cross, Mt. Blanca, Indy, etc, etc). Plus, Spidertrax is up in Longmont!!! :D ~Steve

Originally posted by malkintent
I need to move where there's wheeling within 12 hours drive.
some place where you can leave fri night and wheel sat morning.
which state's the best?

You ever even heard of Oregon??? Cracks me up it isn't even on the list...............more sand than you can imagine (Florence sand dunes, Sand Lake, BEACHES)...............more snow than you can imagine (11,000 ft. mountains tend to have snow)................mud? hahahahha, don't have that reputation for rain for nothing................trails? All this within 2 hours of Portland.

Almost forgot, forests that you can actually use.....................but know what, you don't want to come here.............it rains ALL the time. At least that's what we tell the Californications so we keep our state uncrowded.

NEver mind...............Oregon sucks. :flipoff2:

Looks like the write in votes for Tennessee are piling up ;)

But if I had to pick from the ones listd - and having never actually been to any of those states - my innitial vote goes to AZ.

Originally posted by BlazzinOR


You ever even heard of Oregon??? Cracks me up it isn't even on the list...............more sand than you can imagine (Florence sand dunes, Sand Lake, BEACHES)...............more snow than you can imagine (11,000 ft. mountains tend to have snow)................mud? hahahahha, don't have that reputation for rain for nothing................trails? All this within 2 hours of Portland. ...... NEver mind...............Oregon sucks. :flipoff2: Thats right !!! You dont want to come here, just leave the tillamook forrest and all the above mentioned places to us poor oregonians. You do not want to come up here ever . Us degenerates dont deserve any of that good wheelin' that you guys in the sunny states have so you guys just stay there and we'll stay here in all this misery. hehehe DENNIS:beer:

We lived in Utah, Calif., & now we're back in Oregon. Utah was beautiful & had some awesome wheelin. The fun part was how the weather would change so quickly. We met some really cool people in Utah. There was always some where to go & have fun. The job market isn't too bad there but the pay didn't seem that good. Also you have to pick the right place to live & that's not West Valley! ;)

Calif. is where I was born & raised! Its beautiful there also & has some very cool wheelin. We met some very cool people there & always had something to do.

If I had to choose between the two then we would move back to Utah. Of course we just moved back to Oregon & I reaaaallllly miss the sun!:crybaby2: :crybaby2: Fun mud wheelin though!

TJ Chick

Timely for me....
I find out at about 6 tonight where the government will be sending me for the next four years. My soon to be wife has a job in NY she can't leave, so my top 5 choices or so are NY, NJ, CT, etc., but I figured is I can't live real close I'd rather be wheelin a
lot, so my next 10 or so are all southwest and California.
The assignments average about choice 6 to choice 8 for prior groups........

Originally posted by TNScrambler
My vote is for TENNESSEE, not as much traction as out west but we've got some awsome trails all over the state.

In the words of Jerry Garcia "Tennessee, Tennessee, ain't no place I'd rather be"

Justin Ray;)

Word up my man :D

Since OK is not on the list, I tied it up for AZ.....
OK is great, a lot of variety on the Eastern side. But, after my trip to AZ, I saw some GREAT stuff! And, you can wheel year round (if you don't mind a little sweat!) :)...

Colorado sucks. The state borders have been closed to all U-Hauls and Ryder trucks. You can come and wheel but you must leave when finished.

This message brought to you by the Colorado Coalition of Citizens Against People Moving Here.

Originally posted by bulldozer
Colorado sucks. The state borders have been closed to all U-Hauls and Ryder trucks. You can come and wheel but you must leave when finished.

This message brought to you by the Colorado Coalition of Citizens Against People Moving Here.

Hey, i think i'm on that coalition too!!

-Steve

I picked UT cuz it's in the middle of em all. I'd rather be in the middle than really close to just one area. Sucks wheelin' the same places all the time.

Easy

hey-

Arizona's got it all for wheelin'

from sand to snow- from 1200' deserts to the 10000' high pines in 4 hours or less.

you can be at 80 deg's in PHX in January to 20 at the SnowBowl snow boarding in Flagstalf-
and the opposite is true too, from 110 deg's in Phx to the mid 70's in Flag during the summer.

but yeah, it's full :flipoff2:

Originally posted by malkintent
I need to move where there's wheeling within 12 hours drive.
some place where you can leave fri night and wheel sat morning.
which state's the best?

Ever heard of the black hills?:flipoff2: If you are in the metro area you can make that in under 12.

AZ or CO.


Cali ya get a 300sqft house for $300,000 :D

Problem with CO is lots of it is flooded with tourists.

Problem with AZ is all the Q-tips from the midwest are flooding the state.

Anyway, any of the the states, mentioned, will be better than MN for rocks.

We are talking about moving west as well :D Utah and Colorado have our votes so far. I just can't see being able to make a decent living in UT, since the only decent sized city is SLC, and that to far from Moab :crybaby2: :crybaby2:

Grand Junction is real high on my list, or somewhere there abouts anyway.

I'll vote for CO...tough choice, but the other places aren't ANY farther than it takes me to get to Moab (19 hours straight)

Originally posted by TJ Chick - Trailhawg
...Also you have to pick the right place to live & that's not West Valley! ;)

Calif. is where I was born & raised! Its beautiful there also & has some very cool wheelin. We met some very cool people there & always had something to do.

TJ Chick

Hey West Valley is not that bad! I was born and raised in Cali as well and we're actually thinking of going back. I need a job and the pay in Ut is not all that great.:mad:

Originally posted by Bones
We are talking about moving west as well :D Utah and Colorado have our votes so far. I just can't see being able to make a decent living in UT, since the only decent sized city is SLC, and that to far from Moab :crybaby2: :crybaby2:

Grand Junction is real high on my list, or somewhere there abouts anyway.

I'll vote for CO...tough choice, but the other places aren't ANY farther than it takes me to get to Moab (19 hours straight)

I urge you to look more strongly at Utah. Colorado is a waste of your money. Besides, if you live in Utah, Colorado is still close enough to wheel.

Arizona for sure. We have millions and millions of acres of open public land, and haven't even begun to scratch the surface as far as potential trails. It seem like a new, more extreme trail is being
opened every week. We wheel all year round, most every weekend. But sorry, this state is full, youll have to move on to California.

Originally posted by bulldozer


I urge you to look more strongly at Utah. Colorado is a waste of your money. Besides, if you live in Utah, Colorado is still close enough to wheel.
Man you REALLY don't want anyone to move to CO do ya? ;)

Thanks, Any cities other decent place in UT besides SLC that would have good jobs for an Engineer and a Reg. Nurse?

Life sucks being stuck in NY :mad3:

Won't get to live somewhere near good wheeling till I retire. :(

Sunshine, what the hell is that?

Nevada really sucks. Don't move here. Stay in Kalifornia, I hear it's awesome there.

I can't imagine anyone wanting to live in a State that doesn't have state tax, no fender or mudflap laws and huge amounts of open public lands. Real close to the good stuff, Rubicon, Fordyce not to mention a few local areas that can become real interesting real fast. And 12 hours to Moab. Nope NEVADA SUCKS!

Oh yeah and we don't have mud often or for long. Nevada is a hot dry miserable place. Go to Kalifornia.

Originally posted by Bones

Man you REALLY don't want anyone to move to CO do ya? ;)

Thanks, Any cities other decent place in UT besides SLC that would have good jobs for an Engineer and a Reg. Nurse?

Provo???

Hey bellydragger, VERY well said. Living in the general vicinity of Reno really sucks for all those reasons so please don't move here;)

wow not one mention of washington....i think some of the best/closest wheeling is here. we got it all (mud, rocks, snow, sand, and something you others have not had real close experiance with...trees and rootballs) just an hour away from the city. but of those on the limited list i voted for utah.

Las Cruces, NM. Just drive off the highway and go play on old telephone/powerline roads, rocky washouts etc. It is close to Colorado, Arizona and Utah.

Sunshine, what the hell is that?

Apparently it's some lame, over-rated thing they have "down south". I hear it's for pansies anyway. :p

Freezing rain, smog, and salted roads...that's where it's at baby!

Can't say much for wheeling outside of Colo/Utah. But some of the best wheelin I done in Utah was @ Vernal. (Moab will be next)
My vote went to Utah due to its openness of terain, variety of rock, sand, some mud, especially in the Uinta Mtns. Would like to try Az. But for now, I live no more than 90 miles from 34 designated trails ranging from O.K. to HANG ON TIGHT! :smokin:


Would some day like to try all western states:flipoff2:

ANYWHERE but Memfrica, TN
(unless you enjoy mud):barf:

What a dumbass question---TENNESSEE! oh, wait- dont move here. i dont want all the land bought up before im old enough and rich enough to buy it myself!:flipoff2: - but definitely TN



- jake

Those that dont say Utah, have not been wheeling in Utah. Utah is the only state in the union you can wheel for weeks on end without seeing another person. The Canyon country exists nowhere else in the world. At @ 44,000 miles of trails, Utah has more then the rest of the US combined, and of course AZ, NM, CO and even CA are very close. This is NOT a fair comparison, other states cant compete. A vote for the second best place would be more realistic. Second place I would choose Colorado, but California is right there.

Originally posted by offroadr35


Hey, i think i'm on that coalition too!!

-Steve

I dont think you can live in Boulder, unless your a student, and not be part of that coalition.

Tennessee! Hell YA:beer: :beer:
We are right in the middle on great wheeling- Tellico, Monteagle, Kentucky has some great stuff, as does GA. Man we are close to all the best East Coast action and we don't have to deal with the BML bullshit has much either! OHV for Tennessee. My next vote is for CO. I love snow wheeling!:flipoff2:

OK tenn b's-n-g's if it wasn't for the fact that i want to be near a desert nashville would be my next choice for the usa!
not only wheeling but kick a$$ music & barbque.

and they dont salt the roads in washington.

probubly because we are used to the snow.

it is hard to beat the fact that you can
play in the snow in the morning mud in the
after noon rocks in the evening then go have
a beer on the beach at night and not drive over
50 miles doing it.
washington is great!!!

not to mention we have the best and largest
4x4 swap meet in the world,,,

AZ is pullin away:D

You can have the 115 degree bullshit,aint fit for humans when it's that hot.

It's nice in winter though.

I say the four corners region is best:D

Originally posted by Dr. Lame



Problem with CO is lots of it is flooded with tourists.

Problem with AZ is all the Q-tips from the midwest are flooding the state.



Problem with AZ is all the Californians coming down with suitcases full of $$$ after selling their $300,000 300sq ft house. They see our housing prices and buy two... one in the city and one in the mountains. Then they decide they need to make us just like the place they left:flipoff2:

I voted for CA because it sucks here in NV. I hate driving for 5 minutes and being in a rock canyon worse than little sluice and a few miles long. I'd just stay where you are. :flipoff2:

Actually, if you live anywhere in the four corners areas of the 4 states you are only minutes from awesome wheeling. I live in the 4 corners part of NM, moved here from AZ. AZ doesn't even compare to the wheeling we have in this area.:D

Originally posted by Belly Dragger
Nevada really sucks. Don't move here. Stay in Kalifornia, I hear it's awesome there.

I can't imagine anyone wanting to live in a State that doesn't have state tax, no fender or mudflap laws and huge amounts of open public lands. Real close to the good stuff, Rubicon, Fordyce not to mention a few local areas that can become real interesting real fast. And 12 hours to Moab. Nope NEVADA SUCKS!

Oh yeah and we don't have mud often or for long. Nevada is a hot dry miserable place. Go to Kalifornia.

Besides, it's getting too crowded in NV - We only got about 60,000 square miles of open country left.

AZ. If you ever can't find a trail hard enough, go to the next wash over. Hundreds of thousands of rock waterfalls for the hard core guys to play on. Sure, it's ass hot in the summer in Phoenix, but go north and it's really nice (Flagstaff) or even south of Tucson and there's some good stuff there. Only gets up to about 80-90 on the mountain wash trails.

Everyone QUICK move to the bay area of Ca :rolleyes: the weathers great and the wheelin is super and there is no traffic now that the dot commers have left. The house prices arent as high as everyone says and everyone is just nice and speaks english very well..................

what was the question again?