December 5, 201312 yr Any Texans or Oklahomans on this forum ever been? http://www.cityofbridgeport.net/index.aspx?nid=322 Trail map: http://www.cityofbridgeport.net/DocumentCenter/Home/View/629 I've been out there a couple of times with a couple of Subarus and others.
December 5, 201312 yr No, but I have been looking into new places to go... All the spots my family has been going to have been developed, or are being developed. I think you can still get into the ones in The Colony, but it is what it is. These "parks" take a lot of the fun out of what we called off-roading when I was a kid.
December 5, 201312 yr Author I'll let you know the next time we go out there. I would love to wheel with an old school Subi. There used to be some trails in Arlington but they've made it illegal to off road there.
December 6, 201312 yr No, but I have been looking into new places to go... All the spots my family has been going to have been developed, or are being developed. I think you can still get into the ones in The Colony, but it is what it is. These "parks" take a lot of the fun out of what we called off-roading when I was a kid. Those parks are the ONLY thing keeping offroading alive! Please don't go into what you did as a kid. It was most likely illegal to be where you were, and it gives bad press for the liberals to use. I grew up in Texas, and did a lot of offroading myself there. But we had public land to do it on. cheers
December 6, 201312 yr Those parks are the ONLY thing keeping offroading alive! Please don't go into what you did as a kid. It was most likely illegal to be where you were, and it gives bad press for the liberals to use. I grew up in Texas, and did a lot of offroading myself there. But we had public land to do it on. cheers I understand, and completely agree. It sucks living in the city sometimes. There was a public place in Ferris we used to go when everyone was rolling Sammys. I haven't seen trails in over year... I'm itching to get out again. Neither Brat is off-road ready, yet. And no license
January 12, 201412 yr Author Went on a level 3 trail with the Fozzie today. It did OK I guess, wish I had more ground clearance.
January 12, 201412 yr I never thought I would see the day when a subaru did poorly offroad.That newer forester need some better tires than the slicks it came with,the jeep and your subaru by comparison had no issues what so ever.
January 12, 201412 yr Author The blue Forester was on Cooper AT3s. We got a lot of rain the day before, the rocks were a slick mess! The camera vehicle is a Dakota. I was in the Forester, I just took some poor lines. Driver error.
January 12, 201412 yr noted:the dakota and the jeep did well.Get some different tires I have more aggressive tread on my tow rig and it stays on pavement for 97% of its life.
January 13, 201412 yr Author I moved this video to the next page to correspond with my post. Edited February 4, 201412 yr by machine1
January 13, 201412 yr How are the trails rated out there?For instance what is a level 2 vs a level 3?
January 13, 201412 yr Author Level 2 involves mostly smooth hill climbs and rutted out trails, the last video was all level 1 and 2. Level 3 has sharp rocks and boulders, moving rocks that slide out from underneath, and rocky hill climbs. In the level 3 video I stopped right after going up the hill in the end because my rocker was resting on a large boulder. I had to back up and place another rock under my left rear tire in order to climb over that boulder. Those rock crawlers were doing a level 4 climb that looks like a rock staircase.
January 24, 201412 yr Author We are going back out to the OHV park on March 8th if anyone is interested in joining our group that day.
January 24, 201412 yr I want to see some Level 4 action this time, even if you don't take the Forester on it. Just want to see how it compares to what we have here.
January 24, 201412 yr I want to see some Level 4 action this time, even if you don't take the Forester on it. Just want to see how it compares to what we have here. I would say upper 311 at EC would probally be 4.5 or 5 on that scale. a level 2 down there I would no problems driving a 2wd car over it. Edited January 24, 201412 yr by Uberoo
January 25, 201412 yr Author We are having a gathering Spring Break, come join us if you are local... https://www.facebook.com/events/722998691052450/
January 25, 201412 yr Author Here's a closer view of my attempt at a Level 3 climb. I did it in one try, the Liberty and Dakota took multiple attempts.
February 2, 201412 yr Author So far we have 15 vehicles going on our March trip, four of them Foresters. My Forester is the trail lead because I'm hosting the group. It'll be funny seeing a bunch of Jeeps and 4x4 trucks being led into a trail by a Subaru.
February 4, 201412 yr Author pics? Sorry, I didn't take that many this time around. Since there were only three of us we were constantly on the move. These were from our trip last Fall...
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