Thought I would share with ya's some videos of a few rides we have done this summer so far. 1st video is a best of video from SSRT (Snow Shoe Rails to Trails) in Clarence PA. Fun place to ride with tons of trails and terrain types. The 2nd vid from there is just some raw footage of my favorite little sections of trails there. If your ever up that way you should definitely check it out. Over the next few months they will be opening a connector trail to another area called Bloody Skillet. Between the 2 systems there is plenty of riding for at least 4 days. What's even better is it costs $15 a year for a trail pass to ride there.
The next video is from a trip to Rock Run Recreation in Patton PA. I love riding at this place. They have not only atv trails but trails for offroad vehicles all marked as Jeep trails. The black atv trails are a lot of fun without being too gnarly but the Black Jeep trails get pretty crazy if your trying to ride them on a quad. We did a lot of green and blue but also a few black jeep trails on this trip as well as all the atv black trails. We checked a few other Jeep black trails but due to the severity of difficulty we decided to try them another day when we head back with at least 6 riders all with skids and winches. Their were only 3 of us and 1 rider was on a brand new 2012 Brute Force 750 without skids. The tougher black trails will definitely require the use of a winch and riders staged at certain points to help assist maneuvering up and over the obstacles. Unfortunately at the end I lost my line on a hill climb due to the dusty conditions and by the time I realized I was too far right, it was too late to correct it and I rolled my 450. All damage to the quad is mostly cosmetic but I wound up cracking and bruising some ribs and tore up some back muscles also. Rock Run is a great place to ride but if you head there and ride only for the atv trails you will be missing out on the trails that are the most fun, the jeep trails.
Hope you guys enjoy the videos and definitely check both these places out if your ever looking to ride in PA. I should have my 450 ready to ride in 2 weeks and will be heading back to SSRT in late August and then down to WV in late October so I'll post up some videos after those trips for ya's.
Mud-and-Guts Admin
Posts : 5943 Join date : 2009-07-15 Age : 44 Location : Celina, Tennessee
Subject: Re: PA Summer Ride Videos Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:51 pm
Thanks Neil. Figured you would enjoy those trails.
Hotrod Beginner
Posts : 16 Join date : 2011-11-17 Age : 51 Location : Richmond Tx
Subject: Re: PA Summer Ride Videos Fri Nov 18, 2011 2:49 pm
Awesome vids! What kinda movie maker do you use? I bet yall go thru a lot of ball joints and tie rod ends, lol
roadiestar Lite Mudder
Posts : 105 Join date : 2010-12-27 Age : 103 Location : Obamma Villige USSR
Subject: Re: PA Summer Ride Videos Fri Nov 18, 2011 3:17 pm
Great job on vids
butch450 Lite Mudder
Posts : 39 Join date : 2011-07-03 Location : NJ
Subject: Re: PA Summer Ride Videos Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:30 pm
Hotrod wrote:
Awesome vids! What kinda movie maker do you use? I bet yall go thru a lot of ball joints and tie rod ends, lol
Adobe premiere pro CS5 for the vids. I just changed out my first ball joint a few weeks ago. I have asr pro x tie rods with teflon self lubrication heim joint ends on it. They are beefy as hell. I still however managed to bend one after a rollover last year in WV. They have a lifetime warranty so free of charge to replace!