: New Hampshire?


blkbandit11
01-31-2009, 03:17 AM
hey new here anybody from New hampshire?

supazuk94
01-31-2009, 08:56 AM
From hampstead here

Grendel
01-31-2009, 09:52 AM
I live here.

2D EDGE
01-31-2009, 11:42 AM
Here also

blkbandit11
01-31-2009, 02:54 PM
im in rochester any good clubs im looking to join one but my truck is a trailer queen.

Mud Soup
01-31-2009, 05:32 PM
Also in NH

gttowhlr
01-31-2009, 07:53 PM
here also

supazuk94
02-02-2009, 01:50 PM
im in rochester any good clubs im looking to join one but my truck is a trailer queen.

I'm in deep woods extreme
http://www.deepwoodsextreme.com/
and here is a list of some prominent New England clubs
http://www.nea4wd.org/clubs/index.cfm?fact=list_uv&topic_id=40

Dwheelz4
02-02-2009, 02:01 PM
concord, nh

blkbandit11
02-03-2009, 03:23 AM
supazuk94 how does deep woods work? Are you allowed to trailer the rigs to go trailing or do they have to be inspected for the road, only reason im asking because im running full width ford d60 on my 83 yoda and its far from being able to be inspected. I'm looking to be able to trailer my truck and go for a day on trails.
thanks

Hvy_Chevy
02-03-2009, 05:39 AM
DeepWoods probably has more tailered rigs/buggies than DD's

riddarunner
02-03-2009, 12:30 PM
Im new to pirate. I live in newport, nh and spend the weekends in portsmouth, nh. Southern maine is full of spots for a full day of wheelin, send a message if any of you want to go wheelin sometime in southern ME/NH. If anyone is going out wheelin in central NH let me know im new to the area.

Hvy_Chevy
02-03-2009, 01:18 PM
southern maine sux for anything more than a stocker.

supazuk94
02-03-2009, 04:03 PM
supazuk94 how does deep woods work? Are you allowed to trailer the rigs to go trailing or do they have to be inspected for the road, only reason im asking because im running full width ford d60 on my 83 yoda and its far from being able to be inspected. I'm looking to be able to trailer my truck and go for a day on trails.
thanks

inspected :laughing: .. as heavy said most are trailered.. however there is a small group that drive theirs and duck the cops:D

blkbandit11
02-03-2009, 09:46 PM
no theres no ducking for me my tires and the stacks would get me for sure.

ole' manche'
02-04-2009, 03:17 AM
im the sexetary for deepwoods extreme. i live near concord NH

our next mtg is the first wednesday of march at domenics auto and jeep in hampstead nh.

i would say 70% of our club members trailer their rigs directly to where we are wheeling so there is no road driving.

we have access to some killer spots. we always encourage new faces to show up at mtgs and runs to wheel with us.

check out our forum for new and updates. excuse the appearance, the site is being rebuilt after a crash.

http://www.deepwoodsextreme.com/forums/index.php?act=idx

frosty

riddarunner
02-04-2009, 05:44 AM
southern maine sux for anything more than a stocker.

i guess you just dont know whats down there, but thats fine more trails for me:flipoff2:

Hvy_Chevy
02-04-2009, 05:55 AM
i guess you just dont know whats down there, but thats fine more trails for me:flipoff2:

I grew up in Buxton and know what NH has to offer.
There is very little I've found that would start to test a buggy.

CrunchyTJ
02-04-2009, 06:00 AM
Zuoooook! :mr-t:

riddarunner
02-04-2009, 09:01 AM
I grew up in Buxton and know what NH has to offer.
There is very little I've found that would start to test a buggy.

Well then check out York, wells and the Berwicks plenty of places to wheel Some mud but mostly rocks and good trails. I grew up in portsmouth, i know whats there you just have to look for it.

Hvy_Chevy
02-04-2009, 12:04 PM
Well then check out York, wells and the Berwicks plenty of places to wheel Some mud but mostly rocks and good trails. I grew up in portsmouth, i know whats there you just have to look for it.

www.sundaywheeling.com

Find some of that in southern maine.

riddarunner
02-04-2009, 12:55 PM
www.sundaywheeling.com

Find some of that in southern maine.

like i said wells york and the berwicks Taylor rd Witchtrot rd and Riddlin rd. Check it out sometime. You could even just roll into town and ask some locals.

Hvy_Chevy
02-04-2009, 03:22 PM
a lot of this down there?
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f14/MaineZuke/DWE/HPIM0839_resize.jpg

riddarunner
02-04-2009, 05:45 PM
a lot of this down there?
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f14/MaineZuke/DWE/HPIM0839_resize.jpg

Hey man im not going to hunt down rocks and take pictures for you! You are just going to have to check it out for your self.

TimR
02-05-2009, 02:09 PM
I'm in Hooksett

JesseA
02-05-2009, 04:05 PM
a lot of this down there?
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f14/MaineZuke/DWE/HPIM0839_resize.jpg

I know that place. Marcus wiped out an air fitting on his bumper just to the right of that picture.

supazuk94
02-06-2009, 09:00 AM
Zuoooook! :mr-t:
sup fool

cj5.5
02-06-2009, 11:54 AM
Born and bred.
What do I win?

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff153/nhfxrs/DSCN8106.jpg

nhjeepmud
02-08-2009, 10:22 AM
all my life,trails, some rocks, and lots of mud.

1tunk5
02-10-2009, 06:42 PM
im in hillsboro

wheelnrock
02-14-2009, 04:32 PM
Im in Chesta!:D

wheelnrock
02-14-2009, 04:40 PM
like i said wells york and the berwicks Taylor rd Witchtrot rd and Riddlin rd. Check it out sometime. You could even just roll into town and ask some locals.
Grew up on seacoast not alot of legal wheeling there! Theres alot of mud on pirvate property!Just ask the locals who usually wreck it for us club members!:flipoff2:

gonejpn1
02-16-2009, 06:15 AM
That spot looks familar was Scotty leading that ride?

Grendel
02-16-2009, 07:53 AM
Im in Chesta!:D

Where in Chestah?

(I live there)

cj5.5
02-16-2009, 10:10 AM
That spot looks familar was Scotty leading that ride?

Buzzard.
Other side of Sandwich Notch.

ZJcasey
02-17-2009, 10:25 AM
I'm in Milford, over in Brookline theres 2 real good trails, not sure if anyone on here has been out that way but theres some real bare granite waterfalls to check out. Its right off a class 6 rd, not sure if its private land or not, probably is :(

dt5150
02-17-2009, 02:47 PM
the thriving metropolis of laconia.

wheelnrock
02-17-2009, 06:02 PM
Where in Chestah?

(I live there)

Im on Lane rd. I saw you go through Derry on last Sunday afternoon.Your Jeep was on a trailer headed towards 93.I was at the light in the center of town.

PoorFarmPolaris
02-17-2009, 10:28 PM
I live in MA but on the NH border...i live in fitchburg.....shop is in townsend.....

My jeep is actually from Brookline i bought it a few months ago.....

Currently the jeeps under the knife in the garage.....wish i had it out for all this warm weather this past week!

This pic is actually from the troy/jaffrey area right after i got it running...(the green YJ on the right)
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1166/238/45/1235280008/n1235280008_30082444_4643.jpg

GiantTechGuy
02-20-2009, 09:31 AM
I am in Wentworth which is about 15 miles northwest of Plymonth on Mt. Moosilauke Hwy.

dirtyoffroad
02-23-2009, 06:21 AM
Merrimack,you may have heard of a little brewery here

KAZ
02-24-2009, 09:46 AM
Barrington NH checking in.

cj5.5
02-24-2009, 12:35 PM
Merrimack,you may have heard of a little brewery here

Yeah, some Belgian beer, right? :flipoff2:

foxtrot152
03-04-2009, 04:16 PM
I am from Farmington NH and i drive my rig on the road just go to know the right people.


Fox

supazuk94
03-07-2009, 11:15 PM
Merrimack,you may have heard of a little brewery here

and you have a TSC :smokin:

supazuk94
03-07-2009, 11:16 PM
Barrington NH checking in.

don't you have snow plowing videos to make :flipoff2:

ZJcasey
03-10-2009, 05:25 PM
and you have a TSC :smokin:

Theres one in Milford too, I work there. Its actually closer to MA than merrimack. By 2010 there'll be one in Plymouth, Derry, Chichester, Tilton, Claremont, Jaffery, and Keene. Place is alright for some stuff, but beware of the fact 90% of the store is overseas dime a dozen stuff.

PoorFarmPolaris
03-11-2009, 10:33 PM
Pulled my POS out of the garage for a little test drive after fixing a few things.....still trying to make a decision on what i want for a welder at the house so the fun stuff will begin after i get that....after this i hit up some trails on the nh/ma border

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2621/238/45/1235280008/n1235280008_30146800_7179182.jpg

Goat
03-13-2009, 03:36 PM
and you have a TSC :smokin:

Yes, yes we do.

sjsst41
03-14-2009, 11:30 PM
I'm in Amherst


I'm in Milford, over in Brookline theres 2 real good trails, not sure if anyone on here has been out that way but theres some real bare granite waterfalls to check out. Its right off a class 6 rd, not sure if its private land or not, probably is :(

If it's the old granite quarry you are referring too, then Yep - it is.

TEAMFX3
03-15-2009, 12:04 PM
Haha, what's up fuckers?!? :flipoff2:

EStenzJ4
03-17-2009, 09:14 AM
Right over the border next to Pelham in Dracut.

supazuk94
03-17-2009, 10:23 PM
Right over the border next to Pelham in Dracut.

fawk who let the border jumper in :flipoff2:

redneckboarder
03-18-2009, 03:40 PM
im in lincoln NH

Tall Grille
03-22-2009, 07:33 PM
Farmington NH Here.

supazuk94
03-28-2009, 02:23 AM
pirate NH group
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/group.php?groupid=27

NHscrambler
03-30-2009, 06:25 PM
Another Chestah guy here.

tommytwostroke
07-12-2009, 03:15 PM
i live in campton nh :flipoff2:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k11/tjanelle/003.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k11/tjanelle/100_1915.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k11/tjanelle/daddyscamera062.jpg

cj5.5
07-13-2009, 03:08 PM
i live in campton nh :flipoff2:

Hey, you still got those beat up 38.5 boggers? I need a couple spares, and Timmy keeps tellin' me he'll ask ya, but...nothing.

tommytwostroke
07-14-2009, 12:48 PM
Ive got one.im keeping the other one for a spare

cj5.5
07-15-2009, 10:50 AM
PM sent

powerline-k9
07-21-2009, 01:58 AM
troy nh checking in.
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/2/l_44b2986500874d73b374c7d75d140f8c.jpg

linville
08-12-2009, 07:08 AM
meredith implant what do i have to give

linville
08-12-2009, 07:12 AM
tom i need one of the boggers kendrick dosn,t

norm28
08-12-2009, 09:00 AM
here from wilton

tommytwostroke
09-08-2009, 03:20 PM
What the fuck lets see some pics :flipoff2:

cj5.5
09-17-2009, 09:29 AM
Like this? :flipoff2:

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff153/nhfxrs/DSCN7479.jpg

compas4x4
10-03-2009, 04:57 PM
Like this? :flipoff2:

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff153/nhfxrs/DSCN7479.jpg

beautiful pick!!!
i like!!

row684
10-05-2009, 03:28 PM
Hinsdale here

cj5.5
10-13-2009, 01:32 PM
beautiful pick!!!
i like!!

Thanks. Funny story there.

Two days before Christmas I had no presents to give. Driving to work I saw the Sunrise over Meredith bay, clicked a few pics, bought a few frames and my shopping was done.

Nevermind. Not that funny.

green w/ nv
02-26-2010, 08:12 PM
I'm in Milford, over in Brookline theres 2 real good trails, not sure if anyone on here has been out that way but theres some real bare granite waterfalls to check out. Its right off a class 6 rd, not sure if its private land or not, probably is :(

is there a little farm lookin place across the road? cause if so, thats a real good place to go

green w/ nv
02-26-2010, 08:14 PM
im from greenfield

Silver GT
02-27-2010, 11:46 PM
New guy checkin in from Loudon.

jeeping1974
02-28-2010, 11:33 AM
Manchester here.... would rather be in the country side though.

mudrunner2645
03-01-2010, 08:29 PM
New guy checkin in from Loudon.

i work in loudon. where you at?

98 k1500
03-01-2010, 08:36 PM
hampstead also

JM93LiftedYJ
03-04-2010, 07:44 AM
Wolfeboro here.

http://www.exploringnh.com/

Good group of folks there. Mostly casual wheelers that use their rigs as their daily drivers. There's a few hardcore guys too. We have a lot of get togethers and overnight camping we do with each other. I just moved here from Boston and could use a few folks to wrench with. =]

newjo
06-27-2010, 09:30 AM
Your new back yard has some of the best trail riding in New Hampshire. Grew up in Washington now live in Portsmouth.

The problem with most of the wheeling in your new area is it is getting bought up and shut down. some of the best wheeling ever remembered: Tipping Rock, Hedgehog Mountainand potato hill.

I would really suggest getting involved with a responisble club that has access to Legal trails and places you might not otherwise know existed.

Best of luck to you!

mcidiot
06-27-2010, 06:13 PM
Your new back yard has some of the best trail riding in New Hampshire. Grew up in Washington now live in Portsmouth.

The problem with most of the wheeling in your new area is it is getting bought up and shut down. some of the best wheeling ever remembered: Tipping Rock, Hedgehog Mountainand potato hill.

I would really suggest getting involved with a responisble club that has access to Legal trails and places you might not otherwise know existed.

Best of luck to you!

Not a thing wrong with ENH.If you have a mostly stock or mildly built rig the class 6 roads that are still open are just fine.
If you have a purpose built not street-legal rig then going to a private club with private land is just fine.
The NEA does seems to like class 6 roads also as they use them in their fund-raising events.That and some people just don't want or need to be in a club.Just my two-cents here...

Mach2_nh
07-05-2010, 07:16 PM
From Weare..

NHEric
08-08-2010, 12:49 AM
I'm ovah in Dovah.

NH Jarhead
08-08-2010, 09:19 AM
I'm new to this site and in Wakefield

JeepinJP
08-08-2010, 10:17 AM
BRC ACTION ALERT
America's Great Outdoors Initiative Additional "Listening Session" Announced for NH

Greetings BRC Action Alert Subscribers!

On April 16, 2010, President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum that will radically change the U.S. Government's conservation policy. The Memorandum created the America's Great Outdoors Initiative which, among other things, will take public input on how to conserve public and private lands and how to promote outdoor recreation among young Americans.

It is important that off-highway vehicle and mountain bike users participate. OHV, snowmobile and mountain bike recreation are family oriented activities that connect millions of Americans to the out-of-doors.

An additional "Listening Session" has just been announced for Concord, New Hampshire. (See schedule below) This event is free and open to the public.

Upcoming Listening Session (more to come)

When: Monday, August 9th, 12:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Where: Grappone Conference Center
70 Constitution Avenue
Concord, NH

For directions, go to: http://www.grapponeconferencecenter.com/contact_us.php.

Registration and other information
http://www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/Concord-Information-Session-information.cfm

RSVP: For planning purposes it would be helpful if you would pre-register by 5:00 p.m., August 6, 2010 by sending an email to Tiffany Benna attbenna@fs.fed.us with your name, the name of the organization with which you are affiliated, if any, and your telephone number. Include in your email your primary area of interest by noting your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice of the Concurrent Breakout Listening Sessions listed below. They will make every effort to accommodate everyone. Please also let them know if you have any special needs.

If you have questions, please contact Tiffany Benna at 603.536.6241, or tbenna@fs.fed.us.

Choice of Concurrent Breakout Listening Sessions:

1. Promoting markets and providing incentives for traditional wood products and new markets for working forests;
2. Providing incentives, investments and policies to support the strategic conservation of working forest landscapes;
3. Providing incentives, investments and policies to re-connect Americans, including outdoor recreation and educational experiences, to working forests;
4. Maintaining and managing working forests in the face of climate change; and
5. Engaging youth to be the future conservation leaders of working forests

Who: Senior Washington, D.C., and local leadership from USDA and CEQ will be present to hear your thoughts and to participate in a conversation with you about America's Great Outdoors.

There is also an online forum that allows folks to make suggestions and comment on ideas others have suggested. We encourage you attend the meetings and/or to log on and express your opinion. We've included a brief explanation that will help you understand what is happening and how to make your opinion known.

BRC and others are wondering aloud if this America's Great Outdoors Initiative is connected to the Treasured Landscape Initiative and the leaked memo outlining plans for 14 new or expanded national monument designations on 13 million acres of public and private land.

We'll have more on that later. For now, BRC is asking our members and supporters to respond to the Action Alert below. There is limited time to give input into this new Initiative. Please take action today.

Keep an eye on your inbox for additional information and analysis.

Thanks!
Brian Hawthorne
Public Lands Policy Director
BlueRibbon Coalition
208-237-1008 ext 102

PS: Don't miss what Governor Bill Richardson said about this new initiative. We pasted parts of his speech below. It's going to be a wild ride!

BRC Action Alert – America's Great Outdoors Initiative
What you need to know:
On April 16, 2010 President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum that will radically reshape the U.S. Government's conservation policy. The Memorandum created the America's Great Outdoors Initiative which directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Council for Environmental Quality (CEQ) to coordinate with the Interior and Agriculture Departments on a program to promote conservation and outdoor recreation.

According to Obama's Memorandum, the goals of the Initiative shall be to:

1. Reconnect Americans, especially children, to America's rivers and waterways, landscapes of national significance, ranches, farms and forests, great parks, and coasts and beaches by exploring a variety of efforts, including: promoting community-based recreation and conservation, including local parks, greenways, beaches, and waterways; advancing job and volunteer opportunities related to conservation and outdoor recreation; supporting existing programs and projects that educate and engage Americans in our history, culture, and natural bounty.

2. Build upon State, local, private, and tribal priorities for the conservation of land, water, wildlife, historic, and cultural resources, creating corridors and connectivity across these outdoor spaces, and for enhancing neighborhood parks; and determine how the Federal Government can best advance those priorities through public private partnerships and locally supported conservation strategies.

3. Use science-based management practices to restore and protect our lands and waters for future generations.

The Memorandum listed three “functions:” 1) outreach; 2) coordination; and 3) reports. The outreach function includes the listening session mentioned above and directs that special attention should be given to bringing young Americans into the conversation. The coordination function directs the EPA, CEQ, Dept. of Ag and Interior to work with various agencies of the federal government to “identify existing resources and align policies and programs to achieve its goals.” The Memorandum also requires the Chair of the CEQ to issue a report by November 15, 2010, and Annual reports by September 30, 2011, and 2012.

Why this matters to you:
There is a very real possibility this might just end up being a giant vehicle to hand the “conservation community” whatever is on its latest wish list.

But you don't need to take my word for it. Here are a few excerpts from a speech New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson made at the April 16 conference:

"We need new outdoor initiatives that retain the basics and core of conservation and I’m going to talk about them today. Expanding our wilderness systems and parks protecting our air, water and habitat the basics, the Mo Udall, the Stewart Udall, the Bruce Babbitt agendas that were so worthy of American support. And now with Ken Salazar emerging, somebody that is driving this excellent agency into another period of excellence."

"… We have to work together to develop landscape conservation legacies that include a new series of parks, new monument, new management strategies for public lands. This isn't a decades-long fight, it should happen now. What do we need first?"

"I would say an omnibus wilderness bill, wilderness legislation consolidated. The San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act in Colorado, Berryessa Snow-Mountain Conservation in California, the bills to provide Yute [Ute] Mountain and Rio Grande Del Norte as well as the Organ Mountains in New Mexico and other proposed landscape protections in Arizona, in Idaho, in Nevada and across the west."

"Secretary Salazar has wasted no time in protecting treasured landscapes working in partnerships with the states. I urge the Interior Department to move forward quickly on its expanded national monument plan and I commend Secretary Salazar for engaging the governors early on this initiatives."

What you need to do
First of all, don't panic. Governor Richardson's fondness for the “bad old days” of Clinton era land grabs notwithstanding, Secretary Salazar seems to be pushing back a bit from adopting the Wilderness Society's wish list, at least not all of it. As if to hint at this, Secretary Salazar made the following comment to Governor Richardson immediately after his speech: “Governor Richardson, thank you for your presentation and your great ideas. We agree with most of them. [Laughter] But you were never shy.”

One other reason not to panic: Recreational advocates are way more organized than in the past. Where protective area designation is inappropriate, recreation groups are successfully opposing their designation. Where recreation area designations can offer a benefit to the recreation community, we actively support the designation.

What recreationists need to do is to get involved now. Participation in the “outreach” portion of President Obama's Memorandum is MANDATORY.

BRC is encouraging our members to attend the meetings with as many friends and family that can show up. We have details on the July 8 Los Angeles, CA, meeting below but the RSVP deadline has passed. Still, organizers say they will endeaver to accommodate everyone, so if you can go please send an email to sun.nelly@epa.gov with your name, the name of the organization with which you are affiliated, if any, your telephone number and email address.

The meeting is at Thorne Hall on the Occidental College Campus in Los Angeles on July 8, 2010, from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm (1600 Campus Road). (See map at http://www.oxy.edu/x6307.xml)

Additional listening sessions are scheduled for Asheville, NC, Minneapolis, MN, Hudson River, NY, Maine/New Hampshire, Anchorage and Denver. More meetings will be announced soon. (Subscribe to BRC's Action Alert email list for regular updates and info.)

IMPORTANT: The DOI has an online “idea generator.” There are many good ideas that you can “vote” for and you might want to submit your own. http://ideas.usda.gov/ago/ideas.nsf/

We've posted a few ideas and talking points below. Feel free to use these if you wish.

The DOI also has a “tell your story” webpage. If you enjoy OHV and snowmobile riding with your family, please consider taking a minute to jot down a personal anecdote on this webpage. http://www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/Feedback.cfm

Finally, call your congressional representatives! With all that is going on in Washington these days, your Congressman and Senator may not even know about this initiative. Make sure he or she knows and remind them that it is their (Congress) responsibility for provide oversight and represent constituents' interests – especially when access to public lands is at issue. Easily find your Congressman's contact info via our Rapid Response webpage. http://www.sharetrails.org/rapid_response/

MORE ON THE WEB:
http://www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/
http://www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/Organizers-Toolkit.cfm
Remarks by The President at America's Great Outdoors Conference
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-americas-great-outdoors-conference

HOW TO COMMENT ON THE AMERICA'S GREAT OUTDOORS INITIATIVE:
You can email your information to: ago@ios.doi.gov or mail a hard copy to: Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, America’s Great Outdoors, 1849 C St NW, Washington, DC 20240.

The DOI has a online “idea generator.” There are many good ideas that you can “vote” for, and you might want to submit your own. http://ideas.usda.gov/ago/ideas.nsf/

We've posted a few ideas and talking points below. Feel free to use these if you wish.

The DOI also has a “tell your story” webpage. If you enjoy OHV and snowmobile riding with your family, please consider taking a minute to jot down a personal anecdote on this webpage. http://www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/Feedback.cfm

Ideas for America's Great Outdoors Initiative

This initiative is partly motivated by a need to enhance recreational opportunities on public lands. But increased recreation opportunities will not flow from a whisk of a pen in Washington D.C. Any successful recreation management policy must be accompanied by adequate budget, staffing, and above all, management’s priority to achieve critical on-the-ground goals.

Federal agencies' allocation of budget, staff, and management effort should reflect the developing reality that outdoor recreation provides a greater good for more Americans than any other aspect of its multiple-use mandate. The time has come to make managed recreation the BLM and Forest Service’s top priority.

Prioritize all efforts on clearing the repair/maintenance/improvement backlog in the National Park Service before designating any new National Parks or other similar protective area designations. (The National Park Service alone estimates that it would need an extra $9.5 billion to clear a backlog of repairs and improvements.)

All too often "conservation" means reducing public access and recreational uses. The AGO Initiative should explore ways to enhance a diverse range of recreational uses, including motorized and non-motorized recreational uses, across federal, state and private lands.

Federal land managers too often limit or restrict public recreation activities. Federal land managers should focus on recreation friendly management plans that are not restrictive and embrace a wide range of diverse recreational uses, including motorized and non-motorized recreation.

The administration has prided itself in being open and transparent, yet Representative Rob Bishop and Representative Doc Hastings have not yet received a response to their requests for documents. It will benefit the outreach function of this Initiative if the Department of the Interior would respond to H. Res. 1406.

The new National Park Service management policy emphasis is on preservation of our National Parks. This limits land managers' options insofar as what recreation opportunities a Park may provide. The initiative should study a supplement to National Park management guidelines to emphasize providing a wide range of recreational uses for the visiting public. Similar supplemental guidance may be appropriate for the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.

The initiative and the public will benefit from a full understanding of the various public and private conservation efforts currently underway. Accurate information is critical for good decision making. Statements that state large areas of our nation's natural landscape have been lost to population growth and development, or that a changing climate and new sources of pollution are affecting wildlife and watersheds, must be put into an accurate context. The initiative must disclose how much land is being conserved. The initiative should work with the over 1,600 privately run land trusts to find out how much land has been protected in recent years. The initiative should disclose how much land is conserved via federal conservation efforts, such as the Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Reserve Program. In addition, it would help to disclose how much federal dollars are being spent on the various conservation efforts. Finally, the initiative should disclose the conservation efforts underway via the Land and Resource Management Plans of units of the National Forest System, the Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service.

Millions of American families enjoy motorized recreation. It often forms a bond between parents and their children as they experience the great outdoors together.

The OHV community supports conservation efforts including support of the “travel limited to designated roads, trails and areas” paradigm as outlined in the Forest Service travel management regulations and BLM’s planning directives. The OHV community also supports conservation through environmental review and analysis in route designation processes, as well as ongoing monitoring and maintenance of the OHV infrastructure. The OHV community supports conservation efforts by contributing substantial funds to implement OHV management and volunteers tens of thousands of man hours in volunteer work projects. Much of this funding is made available to federal land managers via state OHV programs. These programs exist today because years ago motorized recreationists voluntarily “taxed ourselves” via state OHV registration programs. Some of these funds are used to supplement the agencies' law enforcement efforts.

ATV and off-highway motorcycle riding encourages and promotes physical fitness. OHVs provide access to the Great Outdoors for Americans of all ages, shapes, and sizes.

If you participate in the idea generator:

The agency is asking for comment on four “topics.”
Challenges - What obstacles exist to achieving your goals for conservation, recreation, or reconnecting people to the outdoors?

What Works - Please share your thoughts and ideas on effective strategies for conservation, recreation and reconnecting people to the outdoors.

Federal Government Role - How can the federal government be a more effective partner in helping to achieve conservation, recreation or reconnecting people to the outdoors?

Tools - What additional tools and resources would help your efforts be even more successful?

Here are some ideas for “Challenges”
The inefficiency of federal bureaucracy is a significant challenge. Disengaged or uninterested land management staff is also a challenge.

The problem known as “analysis paralysis” is a major concern. It should be a priority to review the reasons the U.S. Forest Service is having problems writing Forest Plans.

More and more land is being placed into protective designations. The increased focus on conservation in these areas lead to restrictive land use plans. In Wilderness for example, there are many restrictions including a group size limit. These group size limitations hurt scouting and other youth programs.

There are two key challenges related to funding federal outdoor programs. One problem is that much too much money is being spent on overhead and infrastructure and not on recreational infrastructure. The initiative should find ways to focus agency budget spending on recreational infrastructure, including roads, trails and winter sports areas (including ski areas).

The other problem is the lack of funding, especially appropriated funds. The initiative has ambitious goals but we must face the fact that federal budgets aren't going to be significantly increased, and may be decreased in coming years. The initiative must focus on locally based cooperative efforts to accomplish its goals.

An excellent example is leveraging the various State off-highway vehicle programs. Many states benefit from millions of dollars made available for OHV trails and snowmobile areas via these “user pay” programs. The initiative should enhance these programs where they exist and encourage their formation in states where they lack an off-highway vehicle program.

Here are ideas for “What Works”
Active management of recreational use works. With management (maps, kiosks, partnership agreements, adopt a trail, on the ground signing, etc) land managers increase capacity while decreasing impacts to natural resources.

Involvement of federal land managers with local communities works. Community based FACA committees formed from a broad base of stakeholders can well serve as advisory councils to assist the land manager in critical planning and decision-making efforts.

Here are ideas for “Federal Role”
The federal land managing agencies serve a critical role in supplying a diverse range of recreational opportunity to the American public. Recreation is a key multiple use value. The federal agencies should seek to enhance recreational opportunities on lands that they manage.

Training for local recreation program managers is essential, especially in the area of developing funding opportunities through private sector and federal grant programs such as the Yamaha OHV Access Initiative GRANT Program or the Recreational Trails Program at the federal/state level.

Here are ideas for “Tools”
Have units embrace substantive volunteer programs. Utilize proven management principles such as the Recreational Opportunity Spectrum and ensure that all aspects of ROS are served.

TiTRD
08-10-2010, 12:21 PM
Just moved to Belmont, NH from Lunenburg, MA. Rigless though. Built and used to own this:


http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs153.snc1/5700_222835645371_507375371_8202902_4444031_n.jpg

http://www.leded.com/Takeover09/images/Takeover09_04.jpg

I'll build something else soon. I'm getting the itch again.

FbOmRxD
08-11-2010, 07:22 PM
I'm getting the itch again.

oh yea? :dustin:

You have a designated seat in my truck whenever its done :laughing:

checkmatesd
08-18-2010, 10:54 PM
Manchester here!

toyotaman310
08-22-2010, 03:59 PM
from Keene here.

25%Jeep
08-29-2010, 06:50 AM
New guy from Manchester

yj cruiser
09-03-2010, 09:11 AM
I'm also 603. Barrington

weldrup
09-06-2010, 06:16 AM
Live in Wakefield. Shop is in Rochester!

TiTRD
09-07-2010, 08:37 AM
Live in Wakefield. Shop is in Rochester!

Drove by your shop a few weeks ago. Awesome looking rig.:smokin:

supazuk94
09-07-2010, 11:11 AM
now living in farmington NH

weldrup
09-13-2010, 05:44 AM
now living in farmington NH

You have a build thred? Id like to see more of your rig!

supazuk94
09-14-2010, 04:55 AM
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=681910

hydrogeo
09-21-2010, 07:30 PM
Do you tow with a small RV? I saw a rig on a trailer headed east on 393 last Sunday that looked alot like yours, although it was tough to get a good look.

supazuk94
10-02-2010, 05:59 AM
if you mean me .. I have a truck camper on my F250

robz95xj
10-03-2010, 10:51 PM
Keene

mud junky
10-04-2010, 10:18 PM
concord checking in.
my rig.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee227/philmperry/the%20right%20wing/1026572300_sBuHr-S.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee227/philmperry/the%20right%20wing/1025107835_r88cA-S.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee227/philmperry/the%20right%20wing/1025108651_XqCTG-S.jpg

Silver GT
01-10-2011, 04:06 PM
i work in loudon. where you at?

I know its a little late, but im next to JD repairs up on the hill down the road from the race track. Where do you work?

BigRedAvy
01-11-2011, 02:59 PM
New to the site, and kinda new to the area. Moved up from Louisiana about 2 years ago....now living in Hudson.

RenegadeSRT
01-13-2011, 07:02 PM
Grew up in Marlborough, now live outside DC. I keep my rig up north and fly up to wheel with friends. Tough to find anyone down here who will go out in the winter...bunch of pussies.

twistedsymphony
01-24-2011, 06:51 AM
Signed up here after I saw some guy with a pirate4x4 sticker on his truck eye-balling my rig the other day in Laconia.

I live in Tilton, NH

This is my 3rd yota and my 5th 4x4

http://solid-orange.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/yota_fuji_1.jpg

Bought it over the summer, previous owner was a body shop guy and built it as more of a mall crawler. It's clean as hell but it's got dozens of little electrical and mechanical issues that I've been chipping away at, once that's done I'll start looking at properly upgrading the suspension and axles.

...for now it's my winter beater.

Silver GT
01-24-2011, 05:03 PM
Hey man, I talked to you the other night at the tilton Irving. That thing is clean!!

1994raison
02-28-2011, 08:49 PM
I live in Rindge NH...:D

ole' manche'
03-01-2011, 05:01 AM
anyone looking for a good NH club our next meeting is march 9th. domenics auto and jeep hampstead NH. 7pm. everyone is welcome.

deepwoodsextreme.com

TiTRD
03-01-2011, 01:12 PM
Signed up here after I saw some guy with a pirate4x4 sticker on his truck eye-balling my rig the other day in Laconia.

I live in Tilton, NH

This is my 3rd yota and my 5th 4x4

http://solid-orange.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/yota_fuji_1.jpg

Bought it over the summer, previous owner was a body shop guy and built it as more of a mall crawler. It's clean as hell but it's got dozens of little electrical and mechanical issues that I've been chipping away at, once that's done I'll start looking at properly upgrading the suspension and axles.

...for now it's my winter beater.

Was it a white F-150? That was me if it was. :flipoff2:

mike_belben
03-02-2011, 02:56 PM
watch out, hes a meat gazer too.

mcidiot
03-05-2011, 09:42 AM
Anyone looking for a good NH offroading site where everyone is welcome go to...

http://www.exploringnh.com/


Oh and its not :spam: nothing to buy just get out and wheel when the season starts up again.:D

hydrogeo
03-08-2011, 02:07 PM
anyone looking for a good NH club our next meeting is march 9th. domenics auto and jeep hampstead NH. 7pm. everyone is welcome.

deepwoodsextreme.com

I am going to try to get down to the meeting, been thinking of joining for awhile.

supazuk94
03-09-2011, 01:27 PM
I am going to try to get down to the meeting, been thinking of joining for awhile.

see ya there!

ScottCJ7
03-13-2011, 09:34 AM
Checking in from Hillsborough

For a listing of clubs with access to some of the greatest properties in NH:

http://nea4wd.org/index.php/membership/member-clubs

Anyone looking for a good NH offroading site where everyone is welcome go to...

http://www.exploringnh.com/


Oh and its not :spam: nothing to buy just get out and wheel when the season starts up again.:D

Not everyone....

91extsas
04-04-2011, 10:33 AM
im in tilton. grew up in salisbury
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb434/91chevysas/doajkgdo.jpg

91extsas
04-04-2011, 10:35 AM
silver gt when are you going to start a build thread for that 4runner of yours??

Silver GT
04-04-2011, 03:52 PM
Ive been tossing around the idea of starting one, been taking some pics along the way. We'll see, Im not sure if i want to take the time to keep up with it though.

Oh and im not sure that tranny i got from you is going to make it too far, the 2-4 band inside was falling apart when i touched it while swapping the output shafts. Time will tell.

Joey D
04-09-2011, 02:50 PM
Anyone want to run old florida road tomorrow? Going with a small club

weldrup
04-15-2011, 09:29 AM
Anyone looking for a good NH offroading site where everyone is welcome go to...

http://www.exploringnh.com/


Oh and its not :spam: nothing to buy just get out and wheel when the season starts up again.:D

Just dont talk about "M" word! Its forbidin on that site!

mcidiot
04-15-2011, 10:36 AM
Just dont talk about "M" word! Its forbidin on that site!

Mud,wet dirt...etc its ok.There is even a section for/promote sanctioned mud events and racing.:D

SBoxZuK
07-13-2011, 12:15 PM
Meredith here

chuckducker
07-14-2011, 10:35 AM
grew up in hancock. as of rite now im in afganistan deployed as a marine. when i return from to the states i will live in north carolina for the next 2 years! but family and friends r still in nh so i will be making plenty of visits!

nastyrider17
07-18-2011, 09:58 AM
Bedford here. Right now my jeep is sittin on 31s but thats gunna change soon. Just gotta finish up some other projects to clear up my garage first.

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx115/nastyrider17/00%20TJ/IMG_0455.jpg

smokinsilverrt
07-18-2011, 11:16 PM
im in lowell,ma im on the hudson,pelham border spend most of my time in nh chester,and strafford