OHIO WHEELIN' & MEET-UP THREAD

intoit247 · May 15, 2015

MeefZah said: ↑

Late to the party, sorry. In in New Philly. Are you wanting to do exclusively trails or more of a loop with abandoned roads and such? I have kind of a fun loop of probably 75% gravel, 5% pavement, and 20% trails and abandoned roads that is a lot of fun. Starts in Uhrichsville and winds around 4 counties and ends up at Wills Creek off SR83 south of Coshocton and there is enough stuff there to get you in trouble if you want to. All legal, and totally free. That would take the better part of a day.

Edited to add:

After reading the whole thread;

For you guys lamenting the lack of free off road opportunities, I strongly encourage you to seek out the under developed counties and procure a county map from the engineer's office. An actual paper map, not some online shit. Most of these Appalachian foothill counties have a lot of abandoned roads and those are a great start to exploring and light 4 wheeling.

I'll throw a few at you central guys (without giving away all my secrets) and you can thank me later:

Knox County: Bat's Nest Rd (I've seen Jeeps roll sideways off the road from a deep rut), Stone Quarry Rd (creek crossing, technical climb, lots of fun), Turkey Ridge Rd (closed section) (closest town is Glenmont), any gravel road in the Muskingum Watershed District off of SR715 (closest town is Millwood, Mohawk Dam)

Tusc County: Winding Stair Rd (closest town is Port Washington), and Larsen Rd

Guernsey County: any township road in Linton Twp, and Bird Rd, Standing Rock Rd, Early Cemetery Rd

Harrison County: Freeport TR 107, and Oak Hill Rd

For a bitching offroad area check out Wills Creek, run 83 out of Coshocton south until you actually cross Wills Creek, then skip the first road on the right (Wills Creek Rd) and turn right on the second, unmarked road going up a hill. That one will require winching to get up... but there are other ways into the area that won't and you can easily scope it out via Google Earth / maps. Actually, that road may not be passable in the truck, I have to get out and reevaluate it for deadfall and ruts. You can also fish and camp anywhere at Wills Creek.

I also have a great 90 mile loop out of Danville (45 mi north of Columbus) that I do on my enduro, it would be pretty technical in a 4WD....

To be fair most of my off road stuff I do in the truck is places I have previously explored on my little 250 enduro, which is a lot more stealthy, easier to drag around, etc. If I find roads / trails that are big enough for the truck then in inclement weather I often come back in it to bang around. So maybe randomly exploring in the truck isn't the best idea to keep you out of trouble on unscouted roads.

I'm not really opposed to running a train of Tacomas down any of these roads or through my loops, but I've never done that before. I either ride my enduro by myself, or with a small cadre of others with similar skill; or I drive my truck by myself. I guess I would need to know your skill level, equipment, and expectations before committing to dragging strangers around some highly rural places.
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All sounds good to me I have never went off road with my 09 or my 15. My 15 isn't lifted yet only 5k on it so far. I do have some nice mud tires. Some thing light or with light options would be good for me. Don't wanna get left behind.

MeefZah · May 15, 2015

There are some very tame shots of Wills Creek in my signature link. Very tame... because you can't take pics in the rougher stuff. Last time I went through there with my wife in the truck she was screaming and ripping on the grab handle, at one point she thought we were going to go end over end and I think was looking for an exit strategy!

Here's some pics of those other roads I referenced from enduro rides:

Yes this is a road:

Freeport 107:

Stone Quarry Rd:

jamiec · May 15, 2015

I wouldn't mind driving on stuff like you just posted. The deep water parts I wouldn't do. I have a brand new truck and it's my daily driver. Plus I couldn't bare the thought of effing it up. Mud and trails and good with me. Boulders and creeks are a no go zone.

As for my skill level, I have never driven off road before and my truck has no lift and stock tires.

outdoorwhore · May 15, 2015

well if any one goes out tomm post pictures! sorry i cant make it.

outdoorwhore · May 15, 2015

@MeefZah well if we end up rolling with you im loading up my 250f that looks like a blast!

WheelInTheSky · May 15, 2015

MeefZah said: ↑

Late to the party, sorry. In in New Philly. Are you wanting to do exclusively trails or more of a loop with abandoned roads and such? I have kind of a fun loop of probably 75% gravel, 5% pavement, and 20% trails and abandoned roads that is a lot of fun. Starts in Uhrichsville and winds around 4 counties and ends up at Wills Creek off SR83 south of Coshocton and there is enough stuff there to get you in trouble if you want to. All legal, and totally free. That would take the better part of a day.

Edited to add:

After reading the whole thread;

For you guys lamenting the lack of free off road opportunities, I strongly encourage you to seek out the under developed counties and procure a county map from the engineer's office. An actual paper map, not some online shit. Most of these Appalachian foothill counties have a lot of abandoned roads and those are a great start to exploring and light 4 wheeling.

I'll throw a few at you central guys (without giving away all my secrets) and you can thank me later:

Knox County: Bat's Nest Rd (I've seen Jeeps roll sideways off the road from a deep rut), Stone Quarry Rd (creek crossing, technical climb, lots of fun), Turkey Ridge Rd (closed section) (closest town is Glenmont), any gravel road in the Muskingum Watershed District off of SR715 (closest town is Millwood, Mohawk Dam)

Tusc County: Winding Stair Rd (closest town is Port Washington), and Larsen Rd

Guernsey County: any township road in Linton Twp, and Bird Rd, Standing Rock Rd, Early Cemetery Rd

Harrison County: Freeport TR 107, and Oak Hill Rd

For a bitching offroad area check out Wills Creek, run 83 out of Coshocton south until you actually cross Wills Creek, then skip the first road on the right (Wills Creek Rd) and turn right on the second, unmarked road going up a hill. That one will require winching to get up... but there are other ways into the area that won't and you can easily scope it out via Google Earth / maps. Actually, that road may not be passable in the truck, I have to get out and reevaluate it for deadfall and ruts. You can also fish and camp anywhere at Wills Creek.

I also have a great 90 mile loop out of Danville (45 mi north of Columbus) that I do on my enduro, it would be pretty technical in a 4WD....

To be fair most of my off road stuff I do in the truck is places I have previously explored on my little 250 enduro, which is a lot more stealthy, easier to drag around, etc. If I find roads / trails that are big enough for the truck then in inclement weather I often come back in it to bang around. So maybe randomly exploring in the truck isn't the best idea to keep you out of trouble on unscouted roads.

I'm not really opposed to running a train of Tacomas down any of these roads or through my loops, but I've never done that before. I either ride my enduro by myself, or with a small cadre of others with similar skill; or I drive my truck by myself. I guess I would need to know your skill level, equipment, and expectations before committing to dragging strangers around some highly rural places.
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Thanks you sir, you have done us a great service!

I'll be bringing my XR500R to Ohio in July, will definitely be trying these spots on it.

WheelInTheSky · May 15, 2015

If any of you guys want to join me, I'll be heading to New Philly area tomorrow to do some scoping. Post up before 11am tomorrow and I'll PM you my cell #, otherwise I'll be goin it solo.

MeefZah · May 19, 2015

Well?

WheelInTheSky · May 19, 2015

Well WHAT?!..

Haha I havn't made a trip to check any of these places out yet, last Saturday I ended up doing some errands and boring life stuff
Just a busy week for me what with leaving both my jobs and preparing for a month and a half trip out West. I'd like to check out a couple of the places you mentioned sometime this week, I'll either need to recruit you as a guide or go get some of the old maps you mentioned as none of the roads that you listed are the current names one can find online (no surprise there).

I'm getting some welding done on the truck tomorrow, then putting a new header on Thursday, fingers crossed that it goes on without exhaust modding ..but this weekend is a possibility, let me know if you're free.

Cheers

cgs2k2 · May 19, 2015

very interested in this. i've gone offroading several times. even going to yankee lake in ohio is sometimes fun (although its mostly a giant mud pit with maybe only 1 mile of actual trails). MeefZah my fiance is from T-county. I wouldn't mind meeting up with you and going for a little trail ride. let me know

WheelInTheSky · May 19, 2015

@cgs2k2 Welcome to the party!!

Very happy to see new people finding the thread each week, the possibility of a late July mega meet is looking better all the time. I may slip into some threads from the surrounding areas and ask if our Penn, WV, Tenn, NC, etc brothers would want to join us later in the summer.

If this weekend works for you, @MeefZah @ogg @intoit247 @jamiec @Tretiak30 @outdoorwhore or anyone else that wishes to join I would absolutely make time to wheel with you guys.

MeefZah · May 19, 2015

Unfortunately I work almost every weekend. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are my "weekends" usually.

MeefZah · May 19, 2015

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my fiance is from T-county.
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I'm sorry, man! LOL

I'm (thankfully) not from here, just moved here 4 years ago for a job.

intoit247 · May 19, 2015

I'm off every weekend. Keep me posted.

WheelInTheSky · May 19, 2015

Too bad Zah, we shoulda gone today!

cgs2k2 · May 19, 2015

MeefZah said: ↑

I'm sorry, man! LOL

I'm (thankfully) not from here, just moved here 4 years ago for a job.
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Haha! Yeah... her family lives in Strasburg and it's actually pretty nice/quaint. Better than New Philly I think.

But yeah, count me in for whatever ends up happening. I live in Cleveland and would travel within reasonable distance. Whether it's just a meet up or a trail run. Would love to explore those old roads.

MeefZah · May 19, 2015

WheelInTheSky[OP] said: ↑

Too bad Zah, we shoulda gone today!
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Hell yeah. I had court at 1:00 but I've been wasting the day other than that. I'll tell you what, I'll actually write down my route and pre run it on my enduro in the next few days and then it will be ready to go for anyone who wants to do it on their own or whenever 1 or 2 guys want to come down and do it with me.

WheelInTheSky · May 19, 2015

MeefZah said: ↑

Hell yeah. I had court at 1:00 but I've been wasting the day other than that. I'll tell you what, I'll actually write down my route and pre run it on my enduro in the next few days and then it will be ready to go for anyone who wants to do it on their own or whenever 1 or 2 guys want to come down and do it with me.
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Aight that sounds good, I'll be out of state next Monday through sometime in July but if you wanted to do a run this weekend I'm game. Also, I'll have my enduro with me in July so we'd have free reign to do some shit then that the 4x4s just can't handle.

Tretiak30 · May 19, 2015

I'm down if it's after rock therapy

intoit247 · May 19, 2015

End of July sounds good to me also

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