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cheapthrills49
03-11-2010, 09:52 PM
anyone on this site ever venture over 2 offroadohio.com???????


they have discussion/post tryin to get some hardcore rigs together 2 rent THE ROCK for the day/weekend. i think this would be bad ass, even for 75-100 dollars. we would save double that in gas form a KY. trip and get 2 play on a ex-pro course.

just putin this info out there in case anybody else thinks the same....besides im not sure i'll ever get opportunity 2 flop on a man made spray crete course:beers:



http://offroadohio.messageforums.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=513
blazerbrad
03-12-2010, 09:20 AM
Have you ever seen "The Rock" in person? It's only maybe 50' x 150' if my memory serves me correctly.......point being I'm only 45 minutes away and don't know if I would even bother taking my rig there if it were free. In my opinion even with a full tube rock buggy you would get bored after about an hour or two because you would have tried everything at least twice. I wouldn't even think about taking a non-tube buggy over 75% of the course.

But again that is my opinion, and I will say that I'm not big into rock crawl comps, and I don't have a tube buggy by any means.
GPER
03-12-2010, 10:42 AM
You must have one hell of a buggy if you can do all of it in an hour. My main question would be. Will there be an all terrain fork lift there to pick the rigs out of the crevices????
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/gperx4/WEROCK%20May%2006/DSCN1436.jpg
tjjeepjeep
03-12-2010, 11:05 AM
Is that what The Rock is ?? Really?
Flxratd
03-12-2010, 12:30 PM
i was there to watch a compitition several years ago and thought it would be a blast to try. randy torbet was very exciting to watch. it was his first outing with his air actuated transfer case. i think i could burn up a day there easy but i didnt know it even still existed. keep us posted i liked to try

thanks scott
tjjeepjeep
03-12-2010, 01:10 PM
i was there to watch a compitition several years ago and thought it would be a blast to try. randy torbet was very exciting to watch. it was his first outing with his air actuated transfer case. i think i could burn up a day there easy but i didnt know it even still existed. keep us posted i liked to try

thanks scott

I registered on their forum (yes it was one I hadn't been on before) and tossed out that we could probably have a couple people interested.
fabricator
03-12-2010, 02:14 PM
Count me in
I also went and competed a few years ago
got a trophy somewhere from there
was awesome, tore some stuff up too
would I do it again...hell yea.
cheapthrills49
03-14-2010, 03:57 PM
thats what im talkin bout its gota be worth a 2 hour ride up there even if it is small and me not having a buggy it should be some what of a challenge.....ive just never had "clean" traction like that b4 everything we ride has mud then u get slimy rocks. I'd like 2 see if its as sticky as pink rock!
cheapthrills49
03-14-2010, 03:59 PM
You must have one hell of a buggy if you can do all of it in an hour. My main question would be. Will there be an all terrain fork lift there to pick the rigs out of the crevices????
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/gperx4/WEROCK%20May%2006/DSCN1436.jpg

on that note we all have winches and snach blocks right?
GPER
03-14-2010, 05:03 PM
on that note we all have winches and snach blocks right?

Good luck then.:D
Nuts
03-14-2010, 06:59 PM
Count me in for a trip up there. It is small, so you'd have to think of it like a skate park and look for your own lines instead of just following everyone else.
tjjeepjeep
03-15-2010, 02:19 PM
Possible end of June....
donaldcon
03-17-2010, 09:56 AM
Renting the rock out has been a discussion on ORO for some time. Idea first came up in Nov of 2008 and we have yet to accomplish it.

Maybe this time itll pan out who knows.

I think itd be fun for a day
tjjeepjeep
03-17-2010, 10:44 AM
Renting the rock out has been a discussion on ORO for some time. Idea first came up in Nov of 2008 and we have yet to accomplish it.

Maybe this time itll pan out who knows.

I think itd be fun for a day

I posted over there too...but I'm willing to help with planning this, if anyone over there wants/needs it.
fabricator
03-17-2010, 01:54 PM
Well..
How much does the man want for a Saturday
anyone get that number yet?
94Dodge Truggy
03-17-2010, 01:59 PM
I will take the side x side and r/c crawler there!
donaldcon
03-17-2010, 10:31 PM
Weve been told $100 a truck but im not sure if thats an estimate or what.

I dliek to get a price to rent it for a day and then see how many people we can split that amongst
BIGRAM
03-17-2010, 10:37 PM
. That sounds a little high$$
tjjeepjeep
03-18-2010, 08:43 AM
I'm trying to get more info on it and have offered to help if they need it. But trying to walk the fine line between helping them and taking over the idea (you know trying not to offend everyone I meet).

Looking through the post, it was $1000 rental for the park for a day, so the logistics come about breaking it up between people. Can't remember if that number was 2008 or 2009. But there are a few things that are discussion worthy since it appears we have the interest (probably 10-12 vehicles between boards). Deal would be once we get the day rental rate then someone coordinating everything after that point. I'll reach out to someone and see what I can find out. I'll keep you informed as I know.
samb.
03-18-2010, 11:10 AM
Here are some pictures I have gathered over the past year or so.

http://s148.photobucket.com/albums/s6/samb_2007/the roc pictures
fabricator
03-18-2010, 03:16 PM
Well Chatty girl...

I would vote for you to jump in close the doors ,grab the steering wheel and start driving this bus, cause if it's like most guys I know
it will be campfire talk from now on
gothodgie
03-18-2010, 10:45 PM
Well Chatty girl...

I would vote for you to jump in close the doors ,grab the steering wheel and start driving this bus, cause if it's like most guys I know
it will be campfire talk from now on

x2... I would even pitch in so i could go watch you guys/gals
tear your junk up....:D
:beers:
donaldcon
03-18-2010, 11:36 PM
Dont worry about going over our heads, do what it takes to get it done.
tjjeepjeep
03-19-2010, 09:36 AM
Jake at offroadohio.com says that discussions are already in process with the owners of The Roc for this to happen. Their concerns center around insurance (apparently). They are discussing it and working on possible timing/cost for us (us is now the folks at offroadohio.com and CORE for those keeping track).

I offered to run with it once we have the when and how much from them and he's good with that. So once we get some details from them, we can go from there. More to come..
mckeddie
03-19-2010, 10:21 PM
i didn't even know this place was still there. i thought it closed down long ago.
donaldcon
03-19-2010, 11:28 PM
Yes its still standing untouched. I know it has been used several times for practice sessions since WEROCK ran the nationals there a couple years abck but nothing else has touched it to my knowledge.
fabricator
03-19-2010, 11:54 PM
I do know from being on it that
it will chew on a set of tires
fairly well.
donaldcon
03-21-2010, 09:55 AM
Here are the pics I tookf rom when I went.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v469/tonysmudbog/2005/July%2030th%20-%20WEROC%20-%20The%20Roc/
GPER
03-21-2010, 10:46 AM
I bet I walked right by you, there were never many people there. I just wonder how the gunite has held up through the winters ????
donaldcon
03-21-2010, 06:34 PM
I think advertising was a HUGE issue with the amount of people that came along with the lack of shade/bleechers. Most of us only knew about it becuase of werock schedule postings on pirate and other websites.

At one time they wanted to put a modbog in, which I dont care for but would have made alot of sense.

The mudbog would draw the crowd becuase everyone in ohio knows what a mudbog is, then the rock crawl area would have caught the attention of many and theyd come back to see things drive over it.
GPER
03-21-2010, 08:42 PM
Pirate was where I found some and talked to Big Rich about e mailing me and I would post it on the local forms. I never got any e mails, they thought that handing out fliers at OSU were enough. That didn't work, I was working up that way at the time and saw the buggies heading up there.:confused:
donaldcon
03-21-2010, 11:49 PM
On top of poor advertisments, I hear rumor that the owner nad werock didnt see eye to eye either.
tjjeepjeep
03-22-2010, 09:56 PM
Here are the pics I tookf rom when I went.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v469/tonysmudbog/2005/July%2030th%20-%20WEROC%20-%20The%20Roc/

Cool pics....
blazerbrad
03-23-2010, 08:46 AM
Pirate was where I found some and talked to Big Rich about e mailing me and I would post it on the local forms. I never got any e mails, they thought that handing out fliers at OSU were enough. That didn't work, I was working up that way at the time and saw the buggies heading up there.:confused:

Same experience here. Since our club is based in Columbus I had e-mailed about the possibility of providing some volunteer labor and such but never heard back.