My Place

[Patrick45015]

I am curious if anyone would be interested in coming out to my place in KY sometime to wheel. I go often.
Some details. Its about 160 acres, I have a cabin, composting toilet, electric, no running water till weather stays warm then its very limited water, very hilly, mass trees, not much flat, the main trail to the top of the ridge is about 1/4 mile hill, not a lot of trails but I constantly work on that, there is a 2 mile loop around the ridge line with some off shoots. The trails were made for quads but now fit my VW rail buggy, not sure how a 4x4 would do because of the angles and trail width but I don't have a problem widening trails if need be. Due the the size of the hills I wouldn't want anyone without a roll cage on the trails. I have a waiver to be signed for anyone that comes (CMA). Ironically parking is limited due to not much flat and oh yeah you have to cross 2 creeks to get to the cabin. Its not that bad though, an eclipse did make it but it scraped a lot Thats probably to many details but anything you want to know just ask. Oh yeah my dogs are always with me so if you don't like dogs sorry. :beers:

[yellowjacket]

what part of ky?

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[94Dodge Truggy]

Dogs meaning yorkies correct? Wolves scare me! Sounds like good land for a side x side!

[Patrick45015]

Lol I knew I forgot something. Its northeastern KY right by the river. Its near Portsmouth. 40 miles east of Maysville.

Tad bigger than yorkies lol. I have boxers. yeah my neighbor there got a side by side last summer and he has been on my trails some

[Patrick45015]

I can give a tour in my buggy also in case someone wants to see the trails before they bring there vehicle down. Or just come and drink some beer, I have a nice fire pit and lots of potential fire wood :beers:

[kentuckytwostep]

sounds like a lot of fun. any rock?

[Patrick45015]

Tons of small rocks, there are bigger rocks too. The creek is rocky and there are piles of rocks in places not sure if loggers piled them or what but its wasn't natural

[Patrick45015]

some views

[twiztedzuki]

can u get on them pipeline hills from ur place, ive road them alot and always alot of buggys climbing them, by vanceburg?

[Patrick45015]

No not from my place. I haven't actually seen any pipelines around there. Private property is on all sides of my property. Its 15 minutes east of Vanceburg. 3 turns off the AA. Thats the AA in the 2 pics up the river valley

[leadsled01]

Looks awesome... Can we camp over night?? Its kind of a long drive from Akron to not camp the night. I would bring my own tent or just sleep in the truck.

[Patrick45015]

Yeah camping is fine. I have stove, microvewave, charcoal grill. So people can cook food. I have fridge but space is limited so I recommend bringing coolers. There is a decent store about 10 minutes away

[carwash]

This sounds like a fun place to do some wheeling...

[LP78CJ]

Id be interested, im about 10 min north of portsmouth.

[Patrick45015]

Cool. I am going down this weekend if you are interested let me know

[Patrick45015]

I finished a new trail from top of the ridge to down in the creek over the weekend. :sweatin:

I am having a party St Patricks day weekend March 16th -18th if anyone is interested other than that my trips vary. If any one knows a weekend they are free and want to come let me know and we can try and plan it. If anyone wants specific directions I can PM it I don't want exact details on a public forum

[Patrick45015]

View I had friday. Nice view but sucked my starter died there with my back tire behind a stump

[donaldcon]

Id be game to bring my atv down and check it out. you are about 2.5hrs from me.

[Patrick45015]

Thats cool. I live in Hamilton and thats how long it takes me when I don't stop for snappy pizza in Maysville. Let me know about when you would be interseted in going.

[Patrick45015]

Well now I have 4 wheel drive

[jwend]

That is sweet! I luv my xp.. you get my bid?

[Patrick45015]

Yeah but now Im broke ha ha. I do want to get it done just got Wildcat fever at the moment :beers:

[donaldcon]

set up a date and ill see what I can do

[Patrick45015]

Well i am defintely going down this weekend to try out my new machine and there is the party march 16-17

[jwend]

You going all weekend? What day if not.. I may come with ya and bring my RZR

[yozuki]

I'm in the Lucasville area 10 miles noth if P-Town would not be far for me but the cage in not installed on the Sammi just yet..

[Patrick45015]

You going all weekend? What day if not.. I may come with ya and bring my RZR

Yes all weekend. I am off work that Friday so I plan on going down thursday night. Come on down.

I took a half day today and took the Wildcat down. WOW! I am so impressed it blows my buggys away. So so much better

[Patrick45015]

I'm in the Lucasville area 10 miles noth if P-Town would not be far for me but the cage in not installed on the Sammi just yet..

Well I go alot so Im sure you can come another time

[Patrick45015]

Im playin hookie with my new machine. On my ridge as I post. Supposed to rain tomorrow. Anyone wanna try it out I will be here till Sunday. Leave a number though I not going to type directions on this toy keyboard lol

[donaldcon]

I cant make it this weekend becuase I work. but possible the 16-17

[Patrick45015]

That's cool. I will pm you directions next week when I am at a real keyboard

[Patrick45015]

The wildcat was such a blast. I am so impressed with it.
I sent out directions to 2 people. If anyone else is interested in coming the party weekend march 16-17. Let me know and I will send them to ya

[94Dodge Truggy]

The wildcat was such a blast. I am so impressed with it.
I sent out directions to 2 people. If anyone else is interested in coming the party weekend march 16-17. Let me know and I will send them to ya

You have one? Have you driven a rzr s version? Give me some input on this! Looks good!

[twiztedzuki]

from what ive read wildcat is compared more to rzr xp than the s. i been lookin into the rzr xp pretty hard. id like come check this place out in near future but busy for nxt month

[Patrick45015]

You have one? Have you driven a rzr s version? Give me some input on this! Looks good!

Yeah thats mine on my ridge. I have not even sat in another side by side but this thing is bad ass. I have had VW powered rail buggys sine late 90s. This for sure blows them a way. I can fly through the woods and climb steeper hills. My buggys were really showing there limits on my property especially when the ground is wet. It looks small but its same wheel base as one of my buggys. It is narrower. 17 inches of front wheel travel and 18 rear. Power steering, 4 wheel disc brakes, its just great. I took it to the buggy shop down the street for the owner to look at. He was amazed he gave it a thumbs up in design

[Patrick45015]

from what ive read wildcat is compared more to rzr xp than the s. i been lookin into the rzr xp pretty hard. id like come check this place out in near future but busy for nxt month

Thats cool I don't have many parties but I go alot

[Patrick45015]

oh and correction on the party its 16-18

[twiztedzuki]

i aint mayb 30 minutes from ur place, got harlan and few other places to go in nxt few weeks. wildcat looks badass, how many hp does it have? does arctic cat make motor? sorry 4 hijack ??'s

[Patrick45015]

I am not real sure on the HP. Yeah arctic cat makes the engine. They used to use Suzuki engines not sure when they started making their own. Its fine I love talking about the Wildcat :thumbup:

[67fastback]

Well Like you have some people come down and bring a chain saw to open up some trails...looks like a nice place to ride...make so crazy hill climbs..:thumbup::beers:

[Patrick45015]

You can get a little idea of my trails

http://youtu.be/KVNQ9WTs6NA

[67fastback]

You can get a little idea of my trails

http://youtu.be/KVNQ9WTs6NA

looks like alot of rolling hills and cut up some new trails :thumbup::beers:

[yellowjacket]

Nice. You should build a house and live there year round:thumbup:

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[Patrick45015]

Nice. You should build a house and live there year round:thumbup:

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I wanted to but company I work for won't go for it

[Patrick45015]

Here is the full 2 mile loop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oHHjPsB-_w&feature=youtu.be

[Patrick45015]

I need a little feed back. I know only a few people want to check my trails out but I dunno if I should post every time I am going, not at all or only when I plan a week or so in advance. I been going every weekend lately but it wont always be that way. Like I have said if anyone wants to just see the trails first you can come without your trail vehicle and ride in the wildcat with me

[Patrick45015]

Its free lol

[JeffK5]

I for one think it's cool as hell of you to offer on a public forum a place to play...I don't see any problem if you bump your thread every time you go down and ride..the warmer/dryer it gets you'll start seeing more takers.

I'm getting ready to be a SxS owner and I would love to come give it a try some weekend.

Jeff

[biggin69]

Looks like a decent place.

[yellowjacket]

Dirt bikes welcome?

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[Hope Springs Hauler]

Just waiting till my ride is back together............again.

[frankensteinxj]

Ill come out sometime this year.
Either in a jeep,... if the trails are wide enough :thumbup:
Or on a quad or dirtbbike.
Always willing to check out a new place especially if the price is right.

[Patrick45015]

I for one think it's cool as hell of you to offer on a public forum a place to play...I don't see any problem if you bump your thread every time you go down and ride..the warmer/dryer it gets you'll start seeing more takers.

I'm getting ready to be a SxS owner and I would love to come give it a try some weekend.

Jeff

Thats cool

[Patrick45015]

Dirt bikes welcome?

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Yeah dirt bikes, quads whatever

[Patrick45015]

Ill come out sometime this year.
Either in a jeep,... if the trails are wide enough :thumbup:
Or on a quad or dirtbbike.
Always willing to check out a new place especially if the price is right.

I'm not sure if a jeep would fit yet might be tight but I do trail work pretty much every time I go. There is a couple big trees I want to take down but I want someone with me when I cut the big ones. Hopefully next time my cousin is down we can get them cut

[Patrick45015]

Only thing I need to stress to people that come is no littering and from a large ride I went on last weekend people don't seem to consider cig butts littering or they don't care. I do consider it litter

[Patrick45015]

I plan on going this weekend. I found out easter is Sunday so I imagine everyone is busy. I hope to have my go pro camera by the weekend so i should have some decent video when I return

[Thompson85k5]

You got any room for my fatty? I would be willing to help work some of the trails and property. You're only about 30 minutes from my house.

http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz178/Thompson85k5/Blazer.jpg

[Patrick45015]

You got any room for my fatty? I would be willing to help work some of the trails and property. You're only about 30 minutes from my house.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=1396&pictureid=15223

I would think so. Trail work help is always appreciated. :beers:

[Patrick45015]

Video from my new Go Pro camera much better quality

http://youtu.be/eNfTeul9Cec

[Thompson85k5]

Video from my new Go Pro camera much better quality

http://youtu.be/eNfTeul9Cec

Damn! That looks like a blast. The trails don’t look that narrow and all the choke points look to have multiple approach angles. Unfortunately I work a really crazy schedule and I am in the process of looking for another job (possibly in another country) so I can’t make any concrete plans for wheeling. :(

Anyway, was that basically a “loop” from and then back to your cabin?

(And I think I fixed the link so you can see my rig)

[Patrick45015]

Yeah its a 2 mile loop around the property edge. There are other trails down to the creek and more trails being cleared. There may be couple problem spots for full size but nothing a chain saw can't fix

[biggin69]

Cant open the link on my phone.....

[Patrick45015]

Hmm works on my droid

[Patrick45015]

Well I just learned something. Hit play on the video then a little wheel looking icon appears towards right lower edge, click on that and check the quality mine was playing at 360p you can change it to 720p

http://youtu.be/607U43S4gvw

http://youtu.be/M83Bncj4uG8

[Patrick45015]

http://youtu.be/sGqN4m_EvG4

Roll over

[Flxratd]

http://youtu.be/sGqN4m_EvG4

Roll over

looks like fun and expensive. good video but even it doesnt do the angle justice but it did the roll justice. i always hate that when you show someone some pics and try to explain that it was the wildest thing you ever did and they look at it and see flat ground.... nice vids

[Patrick45015]

Yeah hills never look the same in a pic as they do in person

[Patrick45015]

Here are the pics

[biggin69]

Nice Vid. Is that a GoPro? Looks like you knew it was coming.

[Patrick45015]

Yeah its GoPro. I didn't think it would stay upright at all backing up. I was only prepared for it to roll. If I had known it wouldn't instantly roll I would have had a better plan. Looking back I think I could have saved it but then I wouldn't have the cool video lol

[jwend]

YARD SALE!! lol nice

[solar1]

Nice vids. Picking up a RZR S LE this weekend myself.


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[Patrick45015]

Looks like I will be having some people out memorial day weekend. I know there are other rides and lot of things going on but if anyone wants to come check out my place they can. My friends don't have wheels so I give them rides and we hang out a lot and drink. Kinda mild time but if someone wants to come get a tour I will work you in lol. :beers: I may end up going down early but as is friday evening till monday afternoon

[donaldcon]

well it rolls smooth :)

[67fastback]

looks like those trails are all hwy trails, bet you can make some good climb trails with a little work..

[Patrick45015]

There are some pretty serious hills now. Most of the trails are old logging trails. Recently found several more that are over grown. Half of a hill trail I cut straight out of the woods. With all the leaves and everything it was like mulch. My rail buggy couldn't bite on it at all but the wildcat pulls it easily so it opens up new posibilities just takes time. Elavation change from top to bottom of some of the hills is around 500 feet so yeah its all steeper than it looks. The top is higher than the eiffel tower at kings island. Views are amazing. :thumbup:

[Patrick45015]

I plan on going down this weekend. If anyone interested hit me up

[Patrick45015]

Well I don't know if it will last more than a week but I attacked the trail with a gas weed eater lol

[Patrick45015]

Im going down next weekend.

Here is how the Wildcat was ment to sound

http://youtu.be/dxpdmyiEyj8

[BigRed]

Question...Do your dogs get along with other dogs? and do you allow other people to bring theirs? Mine goes with me to a lot of places including vacations to Gatlinburg and such.

[Patrick45015]

My girl can be aggressive at first to show she is the boss. I have a shock collar for her to get her to calm it down. After a little adjustment she is ok. They like to chase and play but can intimidate cause they double team when they play. I have let peolpe bring dogs it might be possible

[Patrick45015]

A couple short clips. Small jump and creek crawl.
I will be going down either 4th or 5th of july and staying till the 8th

http://youtu.be/_-9H6Bi18nE

http://youtu.be/bkeRnTDI200

[Patrick45015]

Got a roll bar mount for my camera. I like it better. Here is 3 vids just cruising around but 3rd a glimpse of the view from a ridge, you can get idea of just how high I am

http://youtu.be/9EA2eTumDB4

http://youtu.be/QG2jJTmJdps

http://youtu.be/7vz-bD4gzVk

A pic of before I started clearing a trail and after. Sorry the before is blurry. Oh yeah I still going down a lot. A friend is tring to get some people down the weekeng of aug 24th

[Patrick45015]

I just did this up on google earth free hand. The red is my property outline and border trails. The yellow is inside property main trails. The purple is the logging road I am currently clearing it as it has been over grown. I have other trails but they are not on ridge points and I don't know where to draw them in

[yellowjacket]

Wow!

[Patrick45015]

Here is a short little clip but its at dusk so you can't see well. I have the camera facing backwards. This is the first clip that you can get any sense of a hills though.


http://youtu.be/YCPOHHc_40w

[94Dodge Truggy]

Looks like a side x side fun park! Very nice!

[Patrick45015]

I got a new trail this weekend no pics thoughs its pretty technical unlike the last one.

Looks like a lot going on around this time but I having my annual oct party the weekend of the 19th. Hard telling how many people will show. People are welcome to come check it out. You can just hang if you don't want to wheel or can't. Free Wildcat rides to the first 20 people, lol never had that many people. :beers:

[Patrick45015]

Figured I will add a little update. Found a new logging trail from the bottom to the top. Had it going in one weekend. There were no large trees on it just saplings and sticker bushes. I was amazed to still find a full trail. It dropped into a ravine and the entrance grew a lot. I also found a couple flat spots in that area which is rare. I have been looking for the best spot to make a play area and thats it. Got a little loop around so far. This is prime trail cutting season for me so I will be hard at it doing what I can to add more trails. I will be doing more walking also to scout out trail options.

The Wildcat has been great. No comparison to my VW railbuggys. They are great for some places but not what I needed for my property. My trail options were already getting limited with them but with the Wildcat I have so much more. I had s string of bad luck with the rails breaking. The Wildcat has done good. So far broke an axle and bent a trailing arm. Not bad considering how I treat it. I started babying the buggys and kept breaking.

I dunno why but yellow jackets have been very bad this year. I have found at least 4 ground nests so far and been stung every damn time. I never notice them till I get stung

Still open for people to come check it out. Let me know and we can plan for a weekend :beers:

[JayRob2009]

How far is this spot from Cincinnati? I'd like to check it out sometime

[Patrick45015]

Yahoo says 106 miles from ciny about 2 hours. I live in Hamilton it takes me about 2 1/2 hours. The map directions say go 275 to 32 but I take the AA cause there are way to many lights around eastgate plus AA is better scenery

[JayRob2009]

That's not too bad

[67fastback]

Looks like you got some potential for other trails all over...:thumbup:

keep clearing trails, fall is the best time to do it...

[Patrick45015]

Yeah time before last I rode less than 3 miles. Spend most of my time doing trail work

[67fastback]

Yeah time before last I rode less than 3 miles. Spend most of my time doing trail work

trail work now play time later! :thumbup:

[Patrick45015]

Here is video filmed across from another ridge. You need to watch it in full screen mode.

http://youtu.be/2YZGJzswsmI

[Patrick45015]

I'm having my spring party at my cabin the weekend of march 15-17th. If anyone wants directions PM me

[nickhuts]

Here is video filmed across from another ridge. You need to watch it in full screen mode.

http://youtu.be/2YZGJzswsmI

now thats a long pull!

[Patrick45015]

I haven't updated in a while so I figure I would post up a trail mapping app I did. I was busy as a beaver making trails over the winter. Now in the summer its mostly fighting the jungle back. Most of my trails are on the map but not all and I have a couple in progress

[Patrick45015]

Google earth finally updated so I did my best to draw in the trails. You can see the cut out I did on one ridge trail, I call it view ridge, its a great view of the ohio river valley

[biggin69]

Looks like you have some decent trails.

[Patrick45015]

Yeah got a few I'm working on too

[Patrick45015]

In case anyone wants to know a full size range rover came out to my place. I believe he said it was 73 inches wide. It was all stock with decent tires. He was able to make it up the hill and all the way around the loop. He didn't try the downhill on the other side. To get back into the creek he winched up an off camber. So it is possible for a full size to do at least some of the trails. He got a battle scar trying to stay out of the ruts going up hill. He didn't have a roll cage so I refused to ride with him. I've had to many close calls myself.

[94Dodge Truggy]

I need to get out there the next time you have people come out for a riding event!

[Patrick45015]

None of my friends have anything to wheel except my girlfriend's brother that has the range rover. You are welcome to come out anytime I go though

[Patrick45015]

Well it took 4 years but I finally got someone else to bring a side by side to my cabin and check out my trails. Here is the review he posted on a forum

I went and rode today with Patrick at his place down a little past Ashland Ky. I was expecting to ride some little farm roads and never figured there would be much territory . Was I ever wrong. Patrick is a lucky man for sure to have that place to ride. I would guess he has 20 or more miles of trails on his 160 acres . And what made it fun was the diversity of the trails, we started out riding the outer rim around the property , these trails on a scale of 1 to 5 one being the easiest, these outer trails would be a 2 or 3 . For those people that like to take in a good view but don't won't to ride much of a challenge these are the trails for you. But a great deal of his trails are 4 to 5's .And that's the way I like it. One of the hills I remember was a winding 300 foot trail to the top. I was in 4wd and remember those rocktains digging most of the way to the top of about half that trail. I don't see that much. I have rode the Hatfield trails and Black mountain , knock county system , Rush and Windrock and many others , I can say I enjoyed this trail as much as any of the others I rode and more than most. If you ever get a opportunity I would suggest hooking up with him and riding his trail system, you sure won't regret it. I'm going to try to hook up with him at at least one more time this year. Thanks Patrick for the invite.

By down past Ashland he means north lol

[donaldcon]

im still waiting for a time I cna come. Finding the money and time with everything else going on in lofe is tough

[Patrick45015]

Having fall party at my cabin weekend October 10th-12th if anyone is interested
:thumbup:

[Runoveru2]

That's the weekend before a Windrock trip a bunch of us are going on, lot of us poor folks cant afford 2 weekends in a row, would like to check your place out at some point. Sounds like a cool place to get out and wheel.

[Patrick45015]

Ok I understand. I had nothing to with picking the date. My girlfriend and her friend schedule their lives way in advance and that's only weekend they could both agree on.
I go a lot so if some weekend suits anyone we can plan it

[Patrick45015]

Took some quadcopter video of a little of my property. It gives real perspective of the hills. what you see ahead and to the right is my property

https://youtu.be/jdW3-EqGdZ0

[donaldcon]

One of these days I'll make it down

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[Patrick45015]

Alright