First of all, sorry if this has been discussed, I have tried to search an haven't found anything, maybe I am using the wrong keywords. I am getting ready to take my blazer out for the first time, an I am dealing with trying to make it street legal or maybe just making it OHV. My question is, how many offroad areas have trails that end up far away from where you start? I know Moab has some, but what about sand hallow, 5 mile....sorry I don't know more names to trails, still new to Utah an offroad world.
how many trails "loop" back around?
- Thread starter blznnp
- Start date
TJDukit
I.Y.A.A.Y.A.S.
- Location
- Clearfield
Snakes(Rattlesnake and Constrictor) out at five mile you either have to drive out the end and back around or come back down the way you came for the most part. This means you either finish by driving up or winching up Eagles Nest and driving back to where you started or come back down until you can hit the fire roads to had back to the parking area
Any of the "trails" in AFC you drive up and have to drive back down as there are no outlets at the top.
Sand Hollow/St. George area is more of a play area where you can wheel all day on different trails and end up still on OHV roads to get back to where you started.
Any of the "trails" in AFC you drive up and have to drive back down as there are no outlets at the top.
Sand Hollow/St. George area is more of a play area where you can wheel all day on different trails and end up still on OHV roads to get back to where you started.
driver920
Active Member
- Location
- West Valley
it is probly about 15 miles round trip from parking area to the top of eaglesnest and back maybe a bit less
- Location
- Never Far From Nowhere
Hundreds.
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
If you tag that as OHV, you'll have to trailer it everywhere you would if it was an ATV. I'd spend some time fabbing some flares and mudflaps to keep/make it street legal. Unless you've got a full on "buggy", I don't think a trailer only rig is worth a damn.
I just made some removable mud flaps, and I used some 22 gauge or 20 gauge metal to screw to my fenders so I had some type of flare, but I am reworking it now to be easier to remove. I just wish I wouldn't have thrown out some things that I would have needed, but when I started this project we were living in WA, and I had no inspections there and where I lived had no emissions.
Do you ever find it a hassle to go back through the trail to get back to the trailer, I am not trying to say that its a hassle to do the trail since that is the fun part, but that maybe its really late and you just want to get back to the trailer and wish you could just get on the road and get back quicker. Or do you try to go so far and turn around so you can get back before it gets to late or get to far away from a trailer?
Kiel
Formerly WJ ZUK
I ran prichett up and back 3 or 4 times. It can be done pretty easily in 3-4 hours, but when its busy you get screwed going the reverse way due to the trafic jams. I would say if you were doing 37 inch tires and down, its a lot more easy to keep it street legalish. 40's make it difficult
In the 3(?) years since we finished our Jeep we have ran most of the medium to upper difficulty in:
- Moab
- St. George
- Wasatch Front
- Cedar City
- Delta
- Farmington, NM
One instance we were in Moab for a family reunion and we were not able to go because we are OHV (Elephant Hill), and only one time was it even a little bit of a hassle (Pritchett).
That said, Kiel is probably right... if you're going 37s or under, you may as well keep it street legal if nothing more than as a back up vehicle. For us, stickies and full hydro blew the street legal thing out the window. It's kind of like a dirt bike now, I don't even think of it as another mode of transportation, it's just a "toy."
Somewhat unrelated side note, the crawler hauler really makes this even less of an issue. I can swing into town with the rig loaded up and park next to the minivans at the grocery store.
zukijames
Well-Known Member
- Location
- not moab anymore
prichett sucks for that but other than that most are not bad.( but there is a dirt road from bfe to kens lake then take back roads from there and only hit main road for like 2 blocks never had an issue so far)
like mentioned above if only running a 37 keep it street legal
like mentioned above if only running a 37 keep it street legal
Thardy
"FARM TOY"
- Location
- Santaquin, Utah
In the 3(?) years since we finished our Jeep we have ran most of the medium to upper difficulty in:
- Moab
- St. George
- Wasatch Front
- Cedar City
- Delta
- Farmington, NM
One instance we were in Moab for a family reunion and we were not able to go because we are OHV (Elephant Hill), and only one time was it even a little bit of a hassle (Pritchett).
That said, Kiel is probably right... if you're going 37s or under, you may as well keep it street legal if nothing more than as a back up vehicle. For us, stickies and full hydro blew the street legal thing out the window. It's kind of like a dirt bike now, I don't even think of it as another mode of transportation, it's just a "toy."
Somewhat unrelated side note, the crawler hauler really makes this even less of an issue. I can swing into town with the rig loaded up and park next to the minivans at the grocery store.
Not to hijack the thread but how does this thing handle on the road? Say Spanish Fork Canyon?
Cascadia
Undecided
- Location
- Orem, Utah
It probably takes Ben less time to come back on the trail same trail than if he had to come back on a road. Takes his time on the way through the trail. But coming back he's got the pedal mashed. It makes for a fun ride. I tried keeping up but my stock sc Tacoma got scared of the dips and whoops while his tool it all like a champ.
That would make for a fun ride. Right I am on 37's but once I put in my Dana 60 up front I want to go up to a 39-42. With the price of tires though who knows how long that might be. I will just have to see how it sits once I get some bigger tires on it. Thanks for the input everyone. Now I just need to get it on the trails.