Sporin
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I was thinking this was last weekend, not THIS weekend, I think I can make it!! Not sure if I'll wheel but I'll head over. Can you PM me the meeting spot address please? (are we meeting at that diner?)
Your 2011 Yankee Toys Schedule
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Dave my understanding is that it is two weekends away...July 30th
Sporin
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You are correct! thanks. 
I'm actually gone all that weekend camping in Maine. 
I'm actually gone all that weekend camping in Maine. 
So if no one else is going can I bring a buddy of mine?
SOOOOO.... Is this a go, nogo or what? Looks like Tom O, Scotty and I are the only definites. Is it the time of the year, primitive camping or the lack of details about the wheeling site? I can't see TO towing 4 hours to wheel with me and Scotty even if I bring the 40.
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As far as I know- Ernie
Scotty
Larry
Tom O
Scotty
Larry
Tom O
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Hey guys Brendan in the blue tintop sami and I want to go wheeling some time soon, but this seems like it may be a long drive for some kinda easy stuff in our trucks. Am I wrong? Will ernie take us down some trails that will require the helmet?
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I'm guessing there may be no need for a helmet....
Working on getting together some harder stuff.
Working on getting together some harder stuff.
I have heard Moose mtn. is difficult, what is it rated?
any pics of moose mtn i've seen have looked kinda tame for our rigs. Mostly just woodsy mud type stuff. not a ton of rock.
I was hoping we could get a group over to swanzey.
I was hoping we could get a group over to swanzey.
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The NEA's consensus on Moose has always been that it's not bad when it's dry, but when it's wet, it can be a winch-fest... very, very slick.
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Well we booked Moose because people wanted to check it out.
I would like to stick to that. I would rather not have two years of reserving a date with the NEA only to have it canceled later due to a lack of interest.
Thats just my point of view on the matter.
PS- On a side note I did the best with the schedule I could with not having alot of experience/knowledge with the NEA's available lands.
I went by what you (the club) asked for via Lane's poll https://forum.ih8mud.com/ma-nh-yankee-toys/434141-trails-2011-a.html.
We Gave you Gretchen's for the spring meeting and Carnage/Swanzey and you get it again for our Fall Gathering.
If at any point someone would like to step up and fill our open Trail Coordinator position I would applaud it.
I would like to stick to that. I would rather not have two years of reserving a date with the NEA only to have it canceled later due to a lack of interest.
Thats just my point of view on the matter.
PS- On a side note I did the best with the schedule I could with not having alot of experience/knowledge with the NEA's available lands.
I went by what you (the club) asked for via Lane's poll https://forum.ih8mud.com/ma-nh-yankee-toys/434141-trails-2011-a.html.
We Gave you Gretchen's for the spring meeting and Carnage/Swanzey and you get it again for our Fall Gathering.
If at any point someone would like to step up and fill our open Trail Coordinator position I would applaud it.
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hey Bob, I wasn't questioning your scheduling skills brother, sorry if it came across like that, I just don't see myself traveling 3 plus hours for a winch fest in the mud, I couldn't make the spring meeting due to a wedding, I really like the terrain at swanzey so when someone mentioned it I jumped.
Tom
Tom
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Honestly, no sweat bud.
I can see where your coming from.
There's a need for some tougher trails for a number of our members.
As I get a better grasp on what those numbers are in the club and what land is available I will be able to appease that group.
For now I can look into acquiring Carnage for a date in August if people would like me to.
I left August open because I was thinking of checking out Rocky Mountain Terrain Park or setting up a poll and letting the members pick a trail/area.
I can see where your coming from.
There's a need for some tougher trails for a number of our members.
As I get a better grasp on what those numbers are in the club and what land is available I will be able to appease that group.
For now I can look into acquiring Carnage for a date in August if people would like me to.
I left August open because I was thinking of checking out Rocky Mountain Terrain Park or setting up a poll and letting the members pick a trail/area.
Meeting time and place to be announced today.
I have only wheeled Moose Mtn once and I wouldn't describe it as a "mudfest." The weather was raining the last time I was there and this made a hill climb really slick. NO traction with lockers and super swampers, but not due to mud, but more like slipping on clay. Definitely not a hard core trail, but not easy either. I always look forward to wheeling unfamiliar territory and invite others to check it out.
I have only wheeled Moose Mtn once and I wouldn't describe it as a "mudfest." The weather was raining the last time I was there and this made a hill climb really slick. NO traction with lockers and super swampers, but not due to mud, but more like slipping on clay. Definitely not a hard core trail, but not easy either. I always look forward to wheeling unfamiliar territory and invite others to check it out.
Hello All,
Just want to throw my two cents into the pot. I've been to Moose Mtn. twice now and I enjoyed it both times. It is an interesting place to wheel, there's no big rock faces to climb or boulder fields to traverse but both times I've come out of there thinking " that was harder than it looks". The rocks tend to not stay clean and dry and therefor get slippery and give you a new line, think point and shoot. It is not a winch fest type of place, but there are spots where the lack of traction and a little hole will keep you in one spot until you pull cable. I've seen rigs with 33s, locked both ends, struggle all day. I've also seen a nearly stock Samurai with no lockers walk everything, well he did get close to the rev limiter a couple of times, but you get the point.
If it will help sweeten the pot, I live about 45 minutes from the meeting place, in Hillsboro, and have three Futons and one Queen bed that are available if you don't want to primitive camp. Also have two acres of lawn if you want to camp and be near some plumbing, with a fire pit.
Lets not keep reserving this and not using it. Let me know if there's any interest.
Jr.
Just want to throw my two cents into the pot. I've been to Moose Mtn. twice now and I enjoyed it both times. It is an interesting place to wheel, there's no big rock faces to climb or boulder fields to traverse but both times I've come out of there thinking " that was harder than it looks". The rocks tend to not stay clean and dry and therefor get slippery and give you a new line, think point and shoot. It is not a winch fest type of place, but there are spots where the lack of traction and a little hole will keep you in one spot until you pull cable. I've seen rigs with 33s, locked both ends, struggle all day. I've also seen a nearly stock Samurai with no lockers walk everything, well he did get close to the rev limiter a couple of times, but you get the point.
If it will help sweeten the pot, I live about 45 minutes from the meeting place, in Hillsboro, and have three Futons and one Queen bed that are available if you don't want to primitive camp. Also have two acres of lawn if you want to camp and be near some plumbing, with a fire pit.
Lets not keep reserving this and not using it. Let me know if there's any interest.
Jr.
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Thanks for your input and hospitality JR.
Junior, I'm not sleeping in that Queen (appropriately named by the way) bed one more time with you no matter how much you squeal 
ALL KIDDING ASIDE!, JR's offer to accommodate us at his place is extraordinary and I strongly applaud it. I don't want to be presumptious, but maybe some travelers from farther away can come up Friday and stay at Juniors before motoring up to Moose on Saturday morning.
AND, Junior's reasons for us to utilize this area after we reserved it make alot of sense. While most of us mamby pamby about the location and wheeling, he comes across clear with a recommendation for all of us to try the area.
Junior has given us more info about this area along with Ernie. Maybe you thought it was too hard, maybe you thought it was too easy. WTF, let's get together and go wheeling. Isn't that why we are here? Hard or easy it will be fun and everyone will get together and work together.
I live close enough that I might not camp up at Moose Mountain on Saturday night, but I plan on bringing the FJC up Saturday with my camping gear and an open attitude. If I need to, I can always go home and get the 40 for the more serious challenges.
There are also MANY class 6 runs within 1/2 an hour of that area that will challenge stockers. I know a couple that will require 33's and lockers, but we can strap and winch you along if you don't have those. If some of you are concerned that this might be too tough, I'd be willing to lead a group that wants to be part of the EVENT and do some less serious stuff.
Come on YT Members, let's go wheeling!
Larry
ALL KIDDING ASIDE!, JR's offer to accommodate us at his place is extraordinary and I strongly applaud it. I don't want to be presumptious, but maybe some travelers from farther away can come up Friday and stay at Juniors before motoring up to Moose on Saturday morning.
AND, Junior's reasons for us to utilize this area after we reserved it make alot of sense. While most of us mamby pamby about the location and wheeling, he comes across clear with a recommendation for all of us to try the area.
Junior has given us more info about this area along with Ernie. Maybe you thought it was too hard, maybe you thought it was too easy. WTF, let's get together and go wheeling. Isn't that why we are here? Hard or easy it will be fun and everyone will get together and work together.
I live close enough that I might not camp up at Moose Mountain on Saturday night, but I plan on bringing the FJC up Saturday with my camping gear and an open attitude. If I need to, I can always go home and get the 40 for the more serious challenges.
There are also MANY class 6 runs within 1/2 an hour of that area that will challenge stockers. I know a couple that will require 33's and lockers, but we can strap and winch you along if you don't have those. If some of you are concerned that this might be too tough, I'd be willing to lead a group that wants to be part of the EVENT and do some less serious stuff.
Come on YT Members, let's go wheeling!
Larry
When would this be????