Colorado B.S. Thread

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Sign up and pop the VIN in to see what service history has been with Lexus. I did hundreds when I was looking for mine. But I ended up buying one that hadn't been to a dealer in 8 years and 120K! It's still rocking after loads of PM and upgrades done by me.

 

It's frustrating that people/dealers treat carfax like their personal maintenance log.


I looked a truck this morning and all they could tell me was (paraphrasing) "if it's not on the carfax we don't know about it and don't care to find out more" when I asked about having one of their techs look into whether injectors/glow plugs had been done. Truck showed a clean carfax but had a shitty bondo and respray job and was leaking transmission fluid. The undercarriage was also caked in mud. Hard pass

 

It’s frustrating when I find a mint condition FJ cruiser with 220k miles on it with zero maintenance records...

 

In today’s people suck. Person who crashed into me is saying he isn’t at fault. I really need to get dash cameras. I have a video of him after the crash saying he lost control and wasn’t in 4wd. Hopefully that is good enough.

 

People need to realize accidents happen
That’s why they’re called accidents
Own up to your shit

 

That's when you call in the police and if he leaves before they get there, guess who doesn't get a say in accident report

 

He waited for the police. Report was filed. Officer said it will be pretty clear who was at fault from his report.

 

Oh heeeeeeeeeeeell yeah!

https://denver.craigslist.org/cto/d/1966-buick-great-dale/6765520534.html

 

Holy MRU!

 

This just got posted on a fb Page.

TL;DR: Hackett and Longwater are confirmed closed indefinitely at the Park/Teller county line as of late 2017 and it's important to stay on the trail and off closed roads. There's a lot of confusion and misinformation both ways so I did a bit of research to confirm it. We can and should get involved to get and keep them open and maintained.

Hackett 220/220A, Longwater 221 and others are closed at the Park/Teller county line. There are no gates because the forest service and counties are having issues putting them up. Hackett 220 was open to the river briefly in 2017 but closed again because of erosion that may have been caused by people using closed roads and going off trail.

Hackett (and many others) were closed after the Hayman fire in 2002.

According to the 2017 South Park Ranger District MVUM, Hackett 220 and Longwater 221 were closed at the Park/Teller county line.

According to the Predator 4wd website (the sponsor of those trails), Hackett 220 (but not 220A) was opened to the river in early 2017 and Longwater 221 is still closed at the county line as of mid 2017. However, Hackett and others were closed at the county line again in late 2017.

I contacted Predator 4wd on 12/5/2018 and confirmed all the trails are closed at the county line again.

Jerry Panek at Predator 4wd:

All the trails in Wildcat Canyon are technically closed at the Park County border. The FS opened some ATV trails that tie into the closed trails and have not marked them well or closed access going down Hackett. Going down that leg is easier than going up so people were coming to the back side of Teller Counties closed gates and going around. Teller County made the decision not to keep putting the gates up until the FS fixed the issue they created. I hope this helps. The whole issue is fluid along with the PSI Law suit.

From the Predator 4wd website:

September 5, 2017
The trails in the Wildcat Canyon have continued to deteriorate at a disturbing rate. This is not good news for 4-wheel drive enthusiasts.

The Forest Service allowed motorists use of the trails but unfortunately motorists are also using the closed trails and the Forest Service does not have the resources to stop them.

The Forest Service said there is too much sediment run off at the river. They haven't had the funding to find the true cause so they decided to close the trails to motorized vehicles, even though the actual cause could be attributed to bikers, hikers, environmental issues, animals and weather conditions.

June 25, 2017
Forest Service 540 is still closed. Longwater is still closed at the county line. The Forest Service opened Hackett Forest Service 220 to the river and currently has no plans to close it.

March 23, 2017
The trails remain closed at the Teller County line. The trails include: Longwater Gulch FS 221, Hackett Crossover FS 220A, Corral Creek FS 540 trails. Metberry FS 205 is open to the Platte River. Hackett FS 220 was opened by the Forest Service, but keep in mind there is not a maintenance agreement for Park County, so the trails may be more hazardous in Park County.

 

The funny thing is, this isn't new information

 

That what I was thinking. But I also remember co fj running all 3 this year.

 

Post and cabling were set at the county line on both Longwater and Hackett, but were ripped out and dragged off to the side. I wouldn't expect a gate would be much more effective.

 

I had luck with uship... Shipping junk, not a vehicle. You make a listing for what you need shipped and when and people bid on it. And no commitment on your end unless you accept one.

 

It'll just get permanently closed sooner than later. And then people will cry that the gov't is taking away their trails.

 

I think my parents are going to drive it out to me. At least gas prices are going down right now. Then they get to see the grand kid. I need to find a wheel and tire setup for it ASAP thinking I can only go 265’s right now without a lift. 33’s will have to come later.

 

Hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Colorado!!

 

Todays shenanigans I bring you history of calculators to all the young and old folks that is on display where I work

 

WOW! That is cool!!


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