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Sunday 9/20 - Sucker Pond Trail, Bennington VT

Discussion in 'North East' started by BadDNA, Sep 8, 2020.

  1. Jan 7, 2021 at 5:02 PM
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    The man that gave @Skierrichy the cojones the rip his truck threw that pit.....only one out of the group to do it. Well......35's , 4.88's, and lockers helped as well....lol
     
  5. Jan 7, 2021 at 5:26 PM
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  6. Jan 7, 2021 at 5:29 PM
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    Definitely planning on it. I enjoy deep water too much haha. Water in my cab both times

    I have to block the lower intake area though, right?
     
  8. Jan 7, 2021 at 9:16 PM
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    So when this ride going down?
     
  9. Jan 7, 2021 at 9:38 PM
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    The 24th?? I think I’m in.

    I got to imagine stock friendly on sucker pond means going from the north to the pond and not the hard stuff we went through. I don’t want to do that route in snow when I can’t see rocks or ice when I can’t stay on rocks.

    Is it Joseph your talking too Chess? I’m in the same group, seams like a good dude.
     
  10. Jan 8, 2021 at 3:38 AM
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    My licence plate wasn't helping though:anonymous:
     
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  11. Jan 8, 2021 at 3:39 AM
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    This ride is happening again???
     
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    Can we even even do that water crossing to get to the hard stuff this time of year?
     
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    A couple of Jeep guys I think are doing it. I most likely will be going back in the spring when it warms up a little and the snow is fully off of the ground. I am remembering that little small bridge like structure with the nails that was a little hairy with the exposed sharps. Tires + Snow covered exposed nails = Bad day on the trails.
     
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  14. Jan 8, 2021 at 5:50 AM
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    Yeah lol it's Joseph. He does seem pretty cool. He replaced his 1st gen with a 2nd now

    Yeah, Southern Vermont Offroad Association does a little wheeling every Sunday it seems. On the 24th they're doing it again

    The dude running it actually has a 2nd Gen Taco. Do you remember the lime green Jeep and the 1st Gen we met? The 1st Gen guy has a 2nd Gen now and is leading it
     
  15. Jan 8, 2021 at 7:47 AM
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    Stock friendly if you're heading south and stop at the pond. Assuming the stock vehicles turn around there. I am pretty sure that's how those guys run it, N to S.
     
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    I'll add after having not been here, if there's snow on the ground a normally stock friendly trail can turn very un-friendly very quick due to possibly not being able to see obstacles.
     
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    We need to get you there Seth. You'd really like it.
     
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    We nicknamed it Twisted Metal lol. It was rough. We started off thinking it would be a 3-4 hour trip. It was like 8 hours to move 10 miles. But we also had something like 15 trucks

    Ton of fun though
     
  19. Jan 8, 2021 at 7:50 AM
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    Just by that tolken i'd say not stock friendly in the winter, unless there's no snow on the ground. But i'm not sure of the conditions in VT because i'm a dirty un-washed resident of MA.
     
  20. Jan 8, 2021 at 7:51 AM
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    I concur. I really want to get back up to VT in general. It's awesome up there.
     
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