Would you like to be able to legally drive your non-streetlegal 4x4 or buggy to the trailhead? Moab Friends-For-Wheelin’ is trying tomake that possible!
Because of Utah’s restrictive safety inspection law, many ofour modified trail rigs are unable to be licensed for street use. This meansthat we must trailer our rigs from our homes or motel to the trailhead, and itmakes it very difficult to run loop trails that start and finish in differentlocations. Trailheads are often plugged up with tow rigs and trailers, and ifwe do venture out on the highway, we are subject to tickets and fines. Severalyears ago, a law was passed that allows owners of ATV’s and UTV’s to streetlicense their vehicles. Although there are limits and restrictions to where andhow they can be driven, it nonetheless allows riders a way to legally drive onsome roads. We are attempting to obtain the same privileges as those users.
To this end, we have retained the services of Mike Swenson(Swenson Strategies and USA-All). Mike was instrumental in the passage of theoriginal ATV/UTV bill, and we are hoping that he will be able to do the samefor full-sized users. We are currently in the early stages, but so far ourmeetings have been positive. We haven’t worked out all of the details yet, butwe do anticipate some sort of inspection provision, and the vehicles will needto be equipped with standard safety features such as lights, turn signals, etc.We are hoping to eliminate the requirement of fender flares, and allowing beadlock wheels. Other details are still being negotiated.
Moab Friends-For-Wheelin’ is fronting a very sizeable amountof money to see this through. If this is something you support, we would be veryappreciative of any donation you could provide. We are setting up a PayPalaccount for this purpose, and I will post details as soon as it is up andworking.
If you have any questions or comments, please let me know.
Jeff Stevens
President, Moab Friends-For-Wheelin’
Update: Our PayPal account is now up and running. If anyone would like to help out, you can use your personal PayPal account. The email address to use is buggyfund@gmail.com.
Because of Utah’s restrictive safety inspection law, many ofour modified trail rigs are unable to be licensed for street use. This meansthat we must trailer our rigs from our homes or motel to the trailhead, and itmakes it very difficult to run loop trails that start and finish in differentlocations. Trailheads are often plugged up with tow rigs and trailers, and ifwe do venture out on the highway, we are subject to tickets and fines. Severalyears ago, a law was passed that allows owners of ATV’s and UTV’s to streetlicense their vehicles. Although there are limits and restrictions to where andhow they can be driven, it nonetheless allows riders a way to legally drive onsome roads. We are attempting to obtain the same privileges as those users.
To this end, we have retained the services of Mike Swenson(Swenson Strategies and USA-All). Mike was instrumental in the passage of theoriginal ATV/UTV bill, and we are hoping that he will be able to do the samefor full-sized users. We are currently in the early stages, but so far ourmeetings have been positive. We haven’t worked out all of the details yet, butwe do anticipate some sort of inspection provision, and the vehicles will needto be equipped with standard safety features such as lights, turn signals, etc.We are hoping to eliminate the requirement of fender flares, and allowing beadlock wheels. Other details are still being negotiated.
Moab Friends-For-Wheelin’ is fronting a very sizeable amountof money to see this through. If this is something you support, we would be veryappreciative of any donation you could provide. We are setting up a PayPalaccount for this purpose, and I will post details as soon as it is up andworking.
If you have any questions or comments, please let me know.
Jeff Stevens
President, Moab Friends-For-Wheelin’
Update: Our PayPal account is now up and running. If anyone would like to help out, you can use your personal PayPal account. The email address to use is buggyfund@gmail.com.
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The way Moab is laid out, seems you'd want to be able to travel 191 since it's the major line to most trails.
