Playgrounds
Seems like any time I find a cool spot to test my flex, or blast thru a big puddle, or find a short steep hill to play on, someone closes it down. Im not talking about on a trail, but somewhere in town...anyone know of any spots to mess around the denver metro area? I understand if you dont want to give up your secret spot.
I think I need to head out to CORE
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one reason why i dont do anything on land in the city or near is trespassing violations... i got one with a remote control car and had to go to court. its not worth the hassle...
unless its property of someone you know.
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CORE would be good for that, private or public wouldn't be.
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Chris in Florida
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I knew the answer before I asked...
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guess the cops were short on donut funds....
what happened was me and a friend drove in his blazer onto the property, got our rc trucks out and were having fun. The owner hated people on his land and in retaliation for not being able to put a walmart there on that land he just wanted to burn the world and prosecuted everyone that stepped foot on it. the cops knew this and took advantage of it for revenue, the cop said that because we drove the blazer onto the property we were trespassing. at the same time he ticketed a little kid on a 50cc dirtbike and his dad. another kid on a bmx bicycle, and a couple guys on dirtbikes.
Went to court, told the judge there were no signs, and he said tough crap. We mentioned to him that it sure was a waste of taxpayers money to spend the time in court for playing with remote control cars. I had to spend the next 3 months clean (no robbing 7-11's shooting people or robbing them, killing babies, raping women, felonies etc etc) and it would be dismissed being a first time offense in my whole life.... our justice system is severely flawed to the point that it only brings in revenue and frees the bad criminals. I was effing pissed off and $150 short
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Stephanie(Pathrat) knows of a spot by her house out in Arvada and Josh (Haku) knows of one off 104th. Try PMing those guys and get directions...
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PM whitecollarredneckdad he knows a place out by Buckley A.F.Base
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104th? Not sure about anything out there. The only Metro "playground" I know of is the Buckley one, and we've already had that discussion on here.
If anyone needs to flex out their rig and such, 4wheelparts doesn't mind if you use their loading ramps. They are tall enough where just about any rig will be able to flex till they can't anymore. Maybe not a moon buggy, but thats a whole another issue. We used it to Flex Scoutman's Scout the other day, to measure for shock lengths.
JH
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yea, they are some of the better loading dock ramps I have seen.
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Your Scout just looks to awesome man!
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Thats a mighty fine scout you got there
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The one by Buckley AFB is just outside the Mississippi Gate. Take Mississippi west until it makes a 90 degree right hand curve (this is past Buckley). On your left side there will be a dead end road that connects to a dirt trail. Lots of mud, a few good hills, some puddles, and a few rocks.
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Since you're based there Kyle maybe you can tell us what the status of this area is for public use. I discourage everyone from using areas like this since it's probably trespassing and further tarnishes the view of 4x4ers.
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Chris in Florida
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From what I gather, its private land (not part of Buckley) but its hard to tell since there is no signage. From the looks of it, its for future residential use. For now, its mostly just a bunch of flat dirt track, with a few gullies that have mud pit type stuff in it. Lots of dumped tires and large appliance type stuff out there too. About 10 couches out there right now as well, so if you are looking for Riot making material there ya go.
I can see both sides of this argument honestly. On one side I discourage trespassing and such, but on the other this are is unmarked, clearly used, full of prairie dogs, and when its used for its intended purpose, will be bulldozed and graded, so whatever people do will be erased anyways. So yeah, is one of those gray area things, and can go either way. I think the main complaints the PD gets, is noise of ATV's and Dirt Bikes from the nearby Town Home community. Kinda funny, when you consider there are f-16's flying in and out all the time.
JH
p.s. Looked closer at the Road Closed signs near the entrance to this area, and they are at the end of the pavement, but it doesn't look like they were placed there to keep people off the land, but more as a warning that the road ends.
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