got the tracker fixed amjblazer saved the day! so ill be bringing the tracker. 

got the tracker fixed amjblazer saved the day! so ill be bringing the tracker. 

Good to hear man!

UPDATE

We will meet in Whitehall, MI (20 mi. N. of Muskegon) at 8:00 AM on Saturday April 1, 2006. Grab bagels & coffee. Plumb's Deli (before Taco Bell) on main street (Colby Rd.) just off US. 31. Get organized and be ready to roll by 9:00 AM.

Section One

A forest two track along a creek valley with some technical climbs, descents and a couple mud holes. Should take about an hour to compleat this section. Stock rigs can bypass or park and ride/watch the bad spots.

Optional idea. Demonstrate recovery from mud hole with a HiLift jack.

Section Two

A forest two track along a river. Some steep tight climbs. One very difficult climb (lockers, big tires, lift). Some mud and ruts. 2 miles of paved roads then back on two tracks for another 8 miles.  Should take about an hour to compleat this section. Stock rigs can bypass or park and ride/watch the bad spots.

Section Three

A short forest trail through an open ORV area the DNR propose to close in the future. Some short sandy hills to climb. Some rutted mud holes to cross (spring rains will help). Should take less than an hour to compleat this section. Stock rigs can bypass or park and ride/watch the bad spots.

Section Four

Two track and powerline. Some steep sandy hills along the way. Tight, winding two track that leads to a tall steep hill with several trails up and down it. Good place to sit and watch each other attempt the climb. Several stub trails around the hill with different levels of difficulty. Should take about an hour or so to compleat this section. Stock rigs can be assisted or bypass   first sandy hills and park and ride/watch the big hill.

Lunch at Zeek Lake roadside park on M-20 (restrooms). Bring your own food.   

Section Five Continue on a hilly twisting snowmobile trail (Private but we have permission) a few miles. All rigs should be able to handel this section. Cool trails though. Then take a back road for several miles.

Section Six The climax. Take a long muddy two track across a swampy area and across a stream and then come to a big steep hill (Crystal Lookout). Some steep technical climbs for the hard core wheelers. Should be fun to watch each other attempt different runs.

Note: Overall these trails are not extreme so save your rock buggy for the Cliffs or Badlands and drive a street legal Zuk. Several miles are on paved backroads. An ORV sticker is a good idea to keep the DNR happy. Since most the trails are on public land we will try to tread lightly by running in 4wd on any soft areas, etc.

what r most people using grms radios or cb. i have neither but was gonna buy a grms radio but not if noone else is using them.

I should have my CB installed by tomorrow but I also will bring a couple GMRS/FRS radios. PurpleTracker also has some 2 way radios. Not sure about everybody else.

i got 3 that i'll bring..

im bringing 2 grms radios. 

 my brother is already there   Im loaded & ready to go  called me at 3 today  to say he was a little early

my brother is already there   Im loaded & ready to go  called me at 3 today  to say he was a little early

The early bird gets the worm or something like that. Anyway I am planning on being there at 8:00 AM. See you there.

Shredder,

Great job!!  Hat's off to you.

We had a blast,  sorry about the mud-maybe next time .

I enjoyed meeting/wheeling with this group,  till next time .

(Oh and let's see some pics!)

Thanks Twins. I hope everyone had fun. I'm downloading the pictures into my computer now. Will try to have some online by tomorrow.

BTW- I spent almost $10 at the car wash just to get most the mud off. 

got the tracker home at about 2:oo am. should have it welded up and ready to drive tomorrow.   

The wibornz team was back by 1100.  Son looked at his swamped muddy smashed in Tracker and just shook his head.  I just told him "son its a zuki thing you wouldn't understand."

I will post some pictures on Monday.  We should start another thread to post all the pictures.

It was a long day but I think it well. We headed out with with about 15 rigs (6 TracKicks, 4 Samis,  3 Toyotas, 1 Cherokee, and a Sami/Buick/Spitfire hybred). Hope I didn't forget someone. Some could only do a partial day and 1 was a DNF but the majority stuck it out for the day. Even had 2 stocker TracKicks go the duration. There were some stucks, one swamped, a couple breakdowns, and some carnage so it was interesting.

Thank you to everyone for showing up and wheeling with us. Hope it was a good time. A special thanks to SpitfireRick for being the caboose and making sure we all made it back. And thanks to Wibornz (Ted) for entertaining us with a dip in the waterhole. Brrrrrrrr.

I'm working on my pictures now. E-mail some to me and I will get them on a webpage for everyong to see. Thanks.

hey everybody, we had a great time, I'll post my pics when i get back to CMU. Nice meeting all you guys.