Clayton, Oklahoma.

[scooter141]

Has anyone here wheeled at Clayton Oklahoma?

If so, where to go, and not to go??

THANKS, Todd S.

[jpmonkey]

Just got back from Clayton great place to wheel. I go about 6 or 7 times a year. Plus My club puts on two events each year in clayton. Memorial Day High Country Trail Ride and Oktoberfest. Places to wheel are Green Acres just north west of town, you drive through town to get there. There is also the south side about 5 miles south of town 2 miles east to the horse/camping grounds. And also Frielings land north east about 15 miles.

[scooter141]

I may P.M you later for more details., , but thats alot more than I had. THANKS, Todd S.

[jpmonkey]

I can also get you GPS way points of most all the trails. Also where to stay where to eat and not.

[donniepatt]

www.cowtown4x4.com has link for Clayton hotels, there is only 3 in clayton, Sardis-ok, A&A- cleaned up most rooms redone, and Clayton Country inn, real nice, log cabins,
oh and the state park has cabins and RV elec hook ups, tent sites with showers available
ALSO if nothing else is going, Minnetonka Christian camp,
A&a 918 569-4101
Sardis 918 569-4665
Clayt Co Inn 918 569-4165
Minnetonka 918 569-7856

there is several cabins around the Sardis lake, check www.COWTOWN4X4.COM

[donniepatt]

also scooter
your pic link is set to PRIVATE
can't see em

[scooter141]

also scooter
your pic link is set to PRIVATE
can't see em


OH YEA, I forgot..... I was fighting with photobuckets search. So I tried to set it to private, and then back to public. But I forgot the second half.

Try it now.

THANKS AGAIN, Todd S.

[bigsilly]

Based on your rig specs you would have a good time at Southside as well as Green Acres. Most any weekend up there is not crowded, except at Memorial Day. The folks at the A & A have always treated us well. Also make a stop in and see the folks at the video/pizza joint, good eating. And of course you have to go by and meet Slim and dig around and see what interesting parts he happens to have laying around.

[donniepatt]

who is 'BIGSILLY'
I also have a YJ , one tons, and 44's
and a soon to installed LT1
I go to clayton a lot
my jeep is 'CRAWLDAWG'

[jpmonkey]

Hey donnie

that's it you gonna make new years?

[donniepatt]

for sure

hope to see all there

[jpmonkey]

I'll be there the afternoon of the 26 or at slim's..

[rbaer]

I'll be there the afternoon of the 26 or at slim's..

Your home-away-from-home? New Years' gonna be ugly this year.

[jeepjbb]

Some member of our club in northwest Arkansas and myself went to green acres park it was awesome. We are already planning another trip for a week around spring break. We took quite a few pics they are posted at www.rockcrawlers4x4.com. Green momba, slims slope and black sheep blvd. are awesome.

[rbaer]

Truly. We did KT's Climb last week, first time I'd done it. Very nice.

[jeepjbb]

Kt's climb was the first thing we did that day it was pretty cool. Did you guys run down to black sheep bounty it looks wicked at the end were the actual bounty trail is, when we were there the bounty was about 4500 dollars if you could make it.

[donniepatt]

KT's looks cool
I saw 2 starts
one was off camber and the other was more straight but maybe steaper and rougher
I hope to do it in 2 weeks

[rbaer]

We ran about 100 yds into GM Extension and then out, had a couple of full-bodied rigs that were less than enthusiastic about the bounty trail. Just getting TO the actual Bounty Trail is an ordeal.
Donnie, the "left" way in is good, not really off-camber.

[BamaSahara]

clayton rocks, Green acres will keep you busy for a weekend easy. The A&A is great and it is close to the trails. Leave your money in the drop box and have fun riding!

[rbaer]

clayton rocks, Green acres will keep you busy for a weekend easy. The A&A is great and it is close to the trails. Leave your money in the drop box and have fun riding!

Don't forget the trails south of town and Freiling's place as well. I believe it would be possible to spend a week in Clayton and not cover everything.

[wngrog]

I will still pay $500 to anyone that can go RIGHT out of Green Momba extention and exit the TOP of the mountain unassisted.

JimA and I are gonna get the BTG guys to join us and break that trail once and for all one day.

[rbaer]

I will still pay $500 to anyone that can go RIGHT out of Green Momba extention and exit the TOP of the mountain unassisted.

JimA and I are gonna get the BTG guys to join us and break that trail once and for all one day.

"Right" from how far in? There's one easy out, about a third of the way in......guess that's not what you mean?

[wngrog]

No, I meant right once you went left out of the creek. Sorry.

Basically you go to nearly the end of the creek. Where we are going out to the right and looping back out, you take a left out of the creek. The place the buggies were beating themselves silly on the last Got Bent DVD.

From there you go up to the first ledge (about 100 yrds) and then you traverse the mountain back toward Walk in the Park (Wench Required :shaking: )

Just before you get there, you turn RIGHT up the mountain. From there, you are 3 major ledges from being at the top and collecting the STILL STANDING Blacksheep Bounty for making it up unassisted.

I have tried it 2 times and broken a Tcase once and a driveshaft the last time.

I will try again and do wish others would too. The more it is run the better chance we will have for another extreme trail in Clayton.

[Killerpee]

Grogan...by the time I make it that far down the creek everything is way too blurry to keep up with!! Can you guys put out some cones??? You know I drive by brail by the end of the day.
Russ..great trip....we need to do it again soon. And damn, can you ever drive that Jeep:D

[hazyredeyes]

Go through Green Mamba and the extention. At the end of the trail you can go three ways; right takes you back to the trail head, left takes you up to the mountain climb(ive never went but is is NASTY!), and strait takes you here:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j233/hazyredeyes/Clayton%20April%202007/HPIM0766.jpg
Also Blacksheep BLVD is decieving(thats me sitting o the rock ledge):
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j233/hazyredeyes/Clayton%20April%202007/Picture048.jpg

[DavidW]

You look kinda gay just sittin there!

[AggieLR]

I don't think we've ever made it to the end of the extension trail. We usually run all the trails up to it and by the time we get about 1/2 through, we take one of the exits off to the right. Next time up there, we might have to just skip straight to the extension and run it to the end.

Also Blacksheep BLVD is decieving(thats me sitting o the rock ledge):


That is where I broke the front ring and pinion that weekend too.

[donniepatt]

here is a YOUTUBE link of my wife climbing the first water fall on Blacksheep Blvd

and yes my YJ is still being pushed by a 4 banger for the past 3 years, but there is a LT1 in the barn to be installed real soon!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5nMc4JI2_o

[Rock Taxi]

Kt's climb was the first thing we did that day it was pretty cool. Did you guys run down to black sheep bounty it looks wicked at the end were the actual bounty trail is, when we were there the bounty was about 4500 dollars if you could make it.

You are a bit less than 4k high on the bounty. :D

It still has not been done without taking a winch.

I am tired of trying too. I can routinely make it through the extension portion up to the hill climb to the left where the Bounty itself starts, but after that, it just keeps getting uglier and uglier.

Noone has done it as far as I know - I think only billyji and I have made it to the top on the end of winch cables much of the way.

Ed

[donniepatt]

just got back from Clayton, KT's climb was awesome,
it does not look as difficult as it was,JOJO started and made the first part without a winching then I made it, the part where the off camber meets the straight climb, there was a large rock in the center, I went to the right of that then Lance M., followed to the right coming up the straight climb, then Clint also made it without winching startinag at the off camber side. A couple more trails then near the end of Cakewalks first section,Lance blew up his transfer case,

after towing Lance in, we made a night run, Wet-n-Wild, Jeffs Ledges, Waterfall, GreenMomba, then finished on three Trail, whoa, has Three Trail gotten more challenging or what

had a great time
and yes NO PICS
had to much fun wheeling

oh yea, the next morning I noticed broken D60 nuckle
I don't know how I got back, split in half

[jeepjbb]

I am probably wrong on the bounty. It was a I heard from somebody, who heard from somebody deal. Did you go up the hill to the left and out the top? when we were there we couldn't tell where the trail was after you turned left and went up the first hill. It was our first trip there, we will be back with about 10 to 15 rigs in March again for a week. I am already getting excited.

[wngrog]

I am probably wrong on the bounty. It was a I heard from somebody, who heard from somebody deal. Did you go up the hill to the left and out the top? when we were there we couldn't tell where the trail was after you turned left and went up the first hill. It was our first trip there, we will be back with about 10 to 15 rigs in March again for a week. I am already getting excited.

You go up the ledge from the creek, it doglegs left a little and goes up until you cannot go up anymore. Then it traverses the hill to the left (back the way you came) until you almost get back to Walk in the Park trail. That part is all easy (relative to your rig) and has been driven without a winch by lots of folks. Just before you get back to Walk in the Park the trail (if you can call it that) turns uphill. From there on out it is a winchfest.

[jeepjbb]

I know what you are talking about now there were a few ribbons on trees through there after you dogleg left. Thanks for the clarification hope that some of you guys can come in March when we are down there.

[Rock Taxi]

The Bounty Trail entrance up the hill to the left is easy to find if you take a compass on the trail with you. The compass needle points right to it due to the density of broken ujoints, tcase adapters, links, driveshafts, etc... Just keep and eye out for the EPA dudes in HazMat suits there looking at all the tranny and diff fluid spills. LOL!

:)

I hate that trail now.

Ed

[rbaer]

Grogan...by the time I make it that far down the creek everything is way too blurry to keep up with!! Can you guys put out some cones??? You know I drive by brail by the end of the day.
Russ..great trip....we need to do it again soon. And damn, can you ever drive that Jeep:D

Too much fun......anybody get any recovery pics from getting Cal back in? Did it again in Disney about 3 weeks ago, got a police escort back to Hogan's.....

[youngman]

OK, how were the trails this year? How many made it and who is going to start posting pics? There must have been some good runs, cause there was a
shit load of rigs thru slims shop!

[rbaer]

Trails were great, pics are incriminating. The city cops were cool, too.

[youngman]

They must have, Judging from some of the carnage I saw come thru slims s
shop. We ran the trails with 2 feet of water in them last new years.
http://http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t65/youngman_03/?action=view&current=Clayton1106.jpg

[rbaer]

They must have, Judging from some of the carnage I saw come thru slims s
shop. We ran the trails with 2 feet of water in them last new years.
http://http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t65/youngman_03/?action=view&current=Clayton1106.jpg

That was fun.....I've got a pic of the jeep at the end of Wet 'n Wild with water coming in the floor....not common. This year was considerably drier, and warmer.

[donniepatt]

had to much fun to take pics
plus I usually forget our camera
so i don't have to post
as rbaer said
not as much water this year , but colder
Sunday and Monday was great
the group we ran with, ran Blacksheep, the first climb all the way through the trail that ends up at the start of Cake Walk, then we ran Cake walk
Monday it was like a ghost town, not many wheelers left
we ran upper Slim's Slope, it is rated only a 'X', we went and looked at lower Slim's Slope, it is rated a 'XXX', not do able without a lot of wenching, then we ran Walk-n-the- Park, man this trail has went from challenging to 'BAD ASS', the end of it is nasty, the Jojo crawled the last bad section, AWESOME Joe
oh, Patty drove the entire trail, even the bad section, also awesome Patty, my wife

[bayouhazard]

Here's a few leading up to the bounty trail. Took a look at it and decided a winch and cage are a must. Took the exit out to the right.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g145/springcreekoffroad/toyotapics397.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g145/springcreekoffroad/toyotapics399.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g145/springcreekoffroad/toyotapics396.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g145/springcreekoffroad/toyota/toyotapics405.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g145/springcreekoffroad/toyota/toyotapics402.jpg

[youngman]

Donnie
I heard ya had A hell of a time on the trails, Slim said ya slowd down enough mon. I think it was to stop in see him. I was there wed. thu. sat. sun.
in slims working on my new buggy. It would be nice if they would let us in at the very bottom of lower slims slopes theres a section down there.
PS. Slim said your camera shy for a reason.:smokin:

[youngman]

Here's a few leading up to the bounty trail. Took a look at it and decided a winch and cage are a must. Took the exit out to the right.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g145/springcreekoffroad/toyotapics397.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g145/springcreekoffroad/toyotapics399.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g145/springcreekoffroad/toyotapics396.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g145/springcreekoffroad/toyota/toyotapics405.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g145/springcreekoffroad/toyota/toyotapics402.jpg

I would have enjoyed the hell out of this ride if you made it to bounty on 36s
without a winch !!!!
Need a lot more to satisfy these withdrawls so POST EM!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

[GONOVRIT]

How much wheelin is down there? Could you do the place in a day or more like a wknd? Is it only open on certain wknds? Thanks:beer:

[youngman]

How much wheelin is down there? Could you do the place in a day or more like a wknd? Is it only open on certain wknds? Thanks:beer:

theres three main places in Clayton,OK. old clayton (Three Stage), Frielings, & Green Acres. All is on private land and all three places are open 7 DAW.
It would be tough to cover all three in 3 days!!!

[donniepatt]

You can do Freilings in a day with good rigs and a good leader, the south side on has a couple trails with a few hard spots, over all the south side has longer runs than all the others,

then there is Green Acreas, aka 'Rudy's Place'
this place can be done in 2 days if no breakage and a good trail leader
Green acreas has a lot of 5 plus trails and a few 'X' rated
we have rated the trails 3 to 5, then X
Green Acreas 4 ,would be most places extreme
and the X rated are the most challenging
what gets you at green acreas is the rocks do not stop
you clear one rock to find another, another,another,.....
the creek run is the most popular
Wet-n-Wild, Jeffs Ledges, Green Momba, Green Momba extension
the first two are rated 4, green momba is a 5+,
and the extension is harder yet

its a great place to wheel

the local law lets you wheel to and from the 2 hotels in town to Green Acreas, you do need lights working-about the only requirement, and no speeding or running stop signs, there is no traffic lights in this town
if you want a list of hotels go to
www.cowntown4x4.com
there is a link for all lodging in area

[GONOVRIT]

Thanks that is what I was looking for. I'm really going to try to get down there in the fall.

[donniepatt]

email me when ready and if I can not be there to help guide I know a few others that can

Donnie

donniepatt@yahoo.com

[Wheelsupjeeper]

My family also enjoyed clayton, oklahoma over new years. We have a run there every Newyears weekend. We ran all over Green acres both days. It is a really nice area and good access and parking at the trail entrance.

[scooter141]

Wow, I had no idea that our great state of Oklahoma had such bad assed trails...

Is there some trails for beginners to Novice experence, with lockers front and rear, and "small" 35-38 in tires??

I just got to really test my Bronco II this weekend for the first time. I am ready to try a little more diffucult trails.

I am going to have to run some sort of CV on my front driveshaft. My shaft angle is 18° at normal ride height. If I get on a very steep hill, it binds up badddd.. I need to get that figured out before I get much more extreme.

THanks, Todd S.

[youngman]

Scooter,
Hey dude theres trails in Clayton Ok. ranging from novice to X-Rated!!!
U get ready let me know. As for your binding you might try massaging your
yokes for a little relief.

[Wheelsupjeeper]

Scooter,
what part of oklahoma are you from? We have pretty good wheelin all over the state. if you ever want truck rock crawling you need to go to Grand lake in NW oklahoma. It is in Disney oklahoma. There are a few trails there but mainly rock crawling.

[scooter141]

Scooter,
Hey dude theres trails in Clayton Ok. ranging from novice to X-Rated!!!
U get ready let me know. As for your binding you might try massaging your
yokes for a little relief.
Thats what I was hopeing, I am trying to get a couple of other guys from here together to head up there this spring.

As for my drive shaft.
Yea, I ground what I thought was ALOT off the yolks, but it still binds... I'll figure it out eventually, I hope.

Scooter,
what part of oklahoma are you from? We have pretty good wheelin all over the state. if you ever want truck rock crawling you need to go to Grand lake in NW oklahoma. It is in Disney oklahoma. There are a few trails there but mainly rock crawling.

I live in Woodward. Grand is in NE Oklahoma.

I live in NW OK, and there aint shit here.:mad3: I just want to learn a little about my rig, and try some new stuff. I dont necessarily want to get in over my head, just try some stuff I cant do around here.


This is about all we have right now. Its pretty lame, but that all we got.

http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/scooter141/1-12-08/?start=all

THANKS AGAIN, Todd S.

[youngman]

[QUOTE=scooter141;7740139][Thats what I was hopeing, I am trying to get a couple of other guys from here together to head up there this spring.]

Make sure you bring Joel, He aint seen what that YJ can do yet!! :D

[Wheelsupjeeper]

It looks like your rig is good enough to have some fun in. Grand lake is a really good place to go for you then. Its more of an open, where all the rock climbs are is a few areas then a few other trails. There are decent roads going close to most the places if something breaks and there are mild places to climb or extreme. Russ Hogan runs a camp ground there and he has a work shop thats pretty much open to the people that camp on his place. It has a welders and other handy tools there to get you back on the trail if needed.

[Wheelsupjeeper]

The Big Meat Run for 2008 is coming up March 16-17 in Disney, Ok (Grand Lake). You can expect to see 200 plus rigs bangin on the rock and takin there shots at the most un forgiving rock climb in Oklahoma; Viagra Hill. My family attends this this run every year - there is always pleny of action going on.