Hi Guys and gals, my name is Dave Brill, I am the Land Use chair for several national and regional 4x4 organizations. Looks like a great group of "New Englanders" hanging out here. My first BIG suggestion... get intouch with a club. I would suggest our own,
www.eastern4wheelers.com but there are quite a few throughout New England. Main reason... illegal wheeling. Based on some of the posts I've seen on this and other boards, folks like you get together online and don't have any other connections to who, what or where to go in the "wheeling" community. So, you did what all of us (well most) did... go to the local muddy spots. 8) Unfortunately, it isn't so cool in today's times and circumstances. There are environmental groups everywhere looking for reasons to keep us off public lands (that includes old town roads) being somehwere that isn't "open" is a lot of ammunition for them, even if you don't get "caught", you are leaving evidence of you being there.... solution...? Join a club... for example, by joining any one of the East Coast 4WD Assn clubs here in New England, you immediately open yourself up to several clubs that wheel anywhere from NJ to NH and with the number of clubs we have, there is something going nearly every weekend. We have access to over 2000 acres on 6 different pieces of property, plus we have the knowledge of what is and isn't open to the public. There is an awful lot going on here in New England and we the organized 4 wheeling community would really like to you get off on the right track.
I am working closely with the person trying to develop the OHV park in CT. The initial property is only 240 acres... not 1000 (that would be fabulous but we're not that lucky...
) We are working with the state and federal grant funds to see what we can do. You will be kept posted of how we are making progress. His hopes are to be open within a year... lets keep our fingers crossed!!
If any of you have any questions, please, do not hesitate to ask.
I hope we can be of assistance. 8)
Talk soon,