Hatfields & Mccoys Trails July 4 to July 7 2013

[Shawn H]

Once we're there you will not have to load to get to the trails, check out there videos, right from the campgrounds. Also you are permitted on the roads. And all the towns on the trails, for gas, food and so on.

[locolouie]

the campground is right across the rd from the trailhead or i believe you can go under the road also up through a creek , the only thing i can remember is it noisey there as train tracks run right behind the campground and its down hill so the train is braking lots of screeching

[lewis]

I keep seeing seat belts and rop. My machine comes with neither. When you install rop you install seat belts. Just curious about those rules and how they apply to us.

[Shawn H]

Jeffery knows about our units and we fall under not atv or utv that's why we we're not permitted in the past, and why he is giving us this special permit for our event.

[rjmorgan]

Hatfield McCoy trails update from conversation with Jeff Lusk.

Just had a great talk with Jeff about the 4th of July run on the Little Coal River trails. He is absolutely looking forward to us being there and he suggested a couple of things that would help our cause. First and foremost we need to be there in force. A good group showing he said would go a long way in their boards decision on allowing these machines permanent access to all trails in the future. He will be there over the weekend to meet and greet you guys and have their staff around to observe us in action for several reasons. One is to see how much of an economic impact we have, secondly to observe safety and operations of vehicles, and third to observe the vehicle abilities to handle the trails. Jeffs own neighbor has an aatv themselves so I suspect he has heard this argument for a while now.

As some has posted we actually get a great deal for a 4 day pass for 15 bucks which is way cheaper than the out of state fee of around 50 bucks. I see this as a great opportunity to get a real foothold to run these trails as equals to other vehicles. Other types of atvs like side by sides, Honda odysee's, and now full size vehicles like hummers and jeeps can now run the trails. I think if we do this right our time will be next.

A quick synapsis of why we can not currently run the trails is that the manufactures can bypass motor vehicle regulations with our types of vehicles mainly because they list them for flat land riding and utility use. He said that argos, max's, and others even though very capable for off road riding are actually not sanctioned for that type of terrain use. Anyone who have seen their promotional videos know that they show them in every type of terrain, especially the argo comparison video with the mule and atv. Now the ball is in our court to produce a great first impression and the July 4th weekend would be a great time to work with other 6x6 and 8x8 groups because this effects them also. If there is anything I can do because I live close to the main HMTS offices please let me and know and count me in for that weekend.

[Shawn H]

Well put! Lets make this a great trip there's more then what meets the eye on this one.

[rjmorgan]

Thanks for putting my post in this one. I debated where to put the feed back from Jeff. He's a pretty cool guy and really works hard for the trail systems. I am heading out from southern WV to Kansas city Mo. (1400 miles round trip) to pick up my first Max IV. It's the one Verne was selling so posting ads on here really works. Hopefully I can get my driving skills up enough to keep up with you guys in the INAGURAL HATFIELDS AND MCCOY TRAILS AATV RIDE. It just hit me that you guys will be the first in the country to put 6 and 8 wheelers on these trails. Pretty exciting isn't it?!

[Shawn H]

Looking for update in who's going to make this 1st trip to:
Hatfields & McCoys
July 4 to July 7 2013.

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1. Shawn H
2. Amphibious Drew

[lewis]

Shawn i have to look at my vacation on this one. If i can get loose I'm in. Thanks for all the work. Hope to see you there.

[ssbplumber]

If i'm not oncall that week then i'd like to go for sure. I'll have to see what the upcoming oncall schedule is going to be and i'll reply for sure if i'm in.

[hydromike]

We're going to have to miss Busco this Spring, but I'm really looking at getting down to West Virginia for this ride...


Hatfields & McCoys
July 4 to July 7 2013.

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1. Shawn H
2. Amphibious Drew
3. Hydromike & GeoJem

[Coyote]

Hatfields & McCoy trails are good but I ride the outlaw trails that run next to Hatfields & McCoy trails. No rules, just wide open fun. The folks I work for go twice a year. I went last Oct. and I am ready to go again. Maybe I will have my Max running by then.

[Shawn H]

We're going to have to miss Busco this Spring, but I'm really looking at getting down to West Virginia for this ride...


Hatfields & McCoys
July 4 to July 7 2013.

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1. Shawn H
2. Amphibious Drew
3. Hydromike & GeoJem

Great to hear, Mike

[rjmorgan]

Hatfields & McCoy trails are good but I ride the outlaw trails that run next to Hatfields & McCoy trails. No rules, just wide open fun. The folks I work for go twice a year. I went last Oct. and I am ready to go again. Maybe I will have my Max running by then.

The outlaw trails are a true blast for sure. I ride them more than the Hatfield trails. Look up Wagon Wheel and Stair Steps on youtube and watch some of that terrain. The best trails for max and argos has to be the Barkers creek trail thats an outlaw trail. I beleive there are 12 water crossings.

[hydromike]

I'd like to give this thread a bump to see if anyone else is planning on attending this ride. There are a few folks that worked pretty hard to get us access for the weekend at a great price. I'm still planning on making it down (not sure what days yet), so it would be great to see some folks from down south head up for a couple days of riding. It's nice that this one is a bit more central for folks up and down the east coast.