Camping???
Mar 25, 2003 | 08:45 AM
#13
Trailblazer
Joined: Feb 2001
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Camping???
Muddog007,
Since you indicated you are a young rider (14) I thought it might be important to mention one other thing.
Driving a fully loaded quad is a lot different than driving an empty one. You need to be very careful in loading your quad with your gear. Make sure you balance your load equally front to back and left to right. If you know the area you are riding, try to think out your trail and load your quad accordingly. If it's mostly uphill going in, load the front slightly heavier. It it's mostly downhill going in, the back slightly heavier. A loaded quad becomes top heavy and can be tipped very easily if your not careful. If you have any tricky spots on the trail that makes you traverse across the side of hill, it would be a good idea to have one of the other riders "spot " you as navigate this area. I've gotten into some pretty hairy situations hauling materils to building tree stands, hauling out deer, etc.
Just use some common sense, and have fun camping with your dad.
Since you indicated you are a young rider (14) I thought it might be important to mention one other thing.
Driving a fully loaded quad is a lot different than driving an empty one. You need to be very careful in loading your quad with your gear. Make sure you balance your load equally front to back and left to right. If you know the area you are riding, try to think out your trail and load your quad accordingly. If it's mostly uphill going in, load the front slightly heavier. It it's mostly downhill going in, the back slightly heavier. A loaded quad becomes top heavy and can be tipped very easily if your not careful. If you have any tricky spots on the trail that makes you traverse across the side of hill, it would be a good idea to have one of the other riders "spot " you as navigate this area. I've gotten into some pretty hairy situations hauling materils to building tree stands, hauling out deer, etc.
Just use some common sense, and have fun camping with your dad.
Mar 30, 2003 | 03:17 PM
#17
Extreme Pro Rider
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The small ax is for beating #8. Anaconda is a Colt 44. Just in case a rattler or copperhead tries to join the fun. I always give the snakes a 5 minute head start to get out of camp. Really for snakes I would use 38 scatter in my King Cobra. (Colt 357)
Apr 1, 2003 | 11:08 AM
#18
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From: Central Pennsylvania
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You don't have to worry about pots and pans and cook stoves. Just get some heavy duty Alumium foil and that will work for every thing. You can even make the food up before you go We always called them foil packs in the scouts. It is almost like stew. you take browned hamburg vegies and any thing else you want in it put it in the foil freeze it and take it with you. Then all you have to do is through it in the hot coals and pull it out no dishes or any thing to wory about just bring utensils.
Apr 4, 2003 | 11:14 PM
#20
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got you coyote chaser
i now know what you mean, I take 12 ga pump with slugs and # 3 buckshot , Have had a few bear problems and with the proper medicine, they are no problem.Never liked being to close to grizzlies.