Uwharrie advice

dr_freeze

dr_freeze

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Hello,
I am new to the forum and I'm looking for a little Uwharrie advice. From reading forum posts, I know this subject has been done to death, but I do want to add a few qualifiers to my question.

Are there places in Uwharrie for beginners? My friend and I are fairly new to wheeling. I have a stock 94 Z71 with A/T 31's and he has a stock 99 F150 with a little smaller than stock tires. We both plan on doing some upgrades, but this is what we have now. I've seen a lot of posts about URE trails and beginners, but I do see that most of the replies say "well if you have a jeep" and there was one post that someone expressed a concern about full-size jeeps, turning radius, etc... so it made me worry a little that what is easy to most people on this forum - may not be so easy to us.

Is Uwharrie for us? Are the other places we should look to go? (We live in Raleigh)

Any comments or advice will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark.
 
I am also looking to go in the next couple of weeks. I have off roaded before but only as a passenger.

Got a jeep wrangler on 35's and locked.
probably stay on the easy stuff until I get a trailer to tow it back to Raleigh with.
 
Yeah you'll be fine on the easy/moderate trails, just dont get cocky and try hard lines. Be smart about what lines you choose. I cant remeber exactly but I know of a few trails that get tight, just try to find somebody that has some exp. there and ride out with them.
 
Dickey Bell (96A I believe) can get tight...
 
With no lift and stock size tires, the biggest problem that you guys will have is dragging the belly of your trucks over the water berms. You will experience that even on the easy trails. They rebuilt the water berms over the winter, and they are larger than usual right now.
 
drkelly said:
With no lift and stock size tires, the biggest problem that you guys will have is dragging the belly of your trucks over the water berms. You will experience that even on the easy trails. They rebuilt the water berms over the winter, and they are larger than usual right now.
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This, they really don't look bad until you hit one going a little too fast...
 
gdub00d said:
Dickey Bell (96A I believe) can get tight...
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I got jamemd up behind someone on Saturday. I don't know the specifics, but there were 3 rigs and 4 ATVs waiting to get up the trail. How stuck can you get on Dickey Bell? This was near the end where you make the hard right turn and it goes uphill for a pretty good ways. heading toward Kodak.

I ahd to turn around and go back the way I came.
 
i was kind of wondering the same thing in my stock xj.been on a 4 wheeler 2 or three times but dont want to be that guy that holds the whole trail up cause got hung somewhere i shouldnt be.
 
To the OP, I'd keep the pickup trucks with stock axles/tires off Daniel, to the second poster, a Wrangler locked on 35s should have no problem anywhere at URE.
A lot depends on the comfort level of the driver, a confident driver who really knew the trail could probably drive a stock 2wd truck up Daniel. Maybe not over the ledges, but those ledges can get hairy real fst with one wrong move.
And of course, this type of thread needs someone to point out that URE is way more difficult if its wet, the red mud gets slick as ice, etc., etc.
Best advice to all noobies is to meet up with someone at the Outpost and tag along.
 
go to the section on uwharrie and download one of the maps.. went down with a guy in a k5 and he did ok. the woops (water hills) will be ok just dont hit to fast or take them on a angle. good luck..
 
RenegadeT said:
Best advice to all noobies is to meet up with someone at the Outpost and tag along.
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We'll be there next weekend (the 29th through the 1st) yall are welcome to join.

Duane
 
Just be prepared to get hooked and want to spend a lot of money on upgrades. URE is a great place and i know you will have an awesome time.

It will be a good idea to post up or look for when others are going so u can meet up with them. people are very friendly on here and seem willing to help other wheelers. you will meet lots of people when you are out on the trails also. definitely stop by Kodak rock and mud pit. i always enjoy seeing people play there. i would recommend buying some basic recovery equipment very next thing you get.

I'm not sure what you were trying to say about the turning radius thing. if u concerned about the trials being to narrow u will be ok. my friend swapped the axles on his jeep from a F250. he has a tough time on 2 or 3 turns at URE but that is because both front and back are welded. he just backs up the turns again no problem.
 
I've been in a 05 F-150 ext cab short bed with a leveling kit and 35's and it will drag on some of the water berms. Had an s-10 blazer 4 door stuck on some on my first trip to Uwharrie. That said the f-150 can do almost everything out there except kodak line and I couldn't talk him past the ledges on the Daniel.

Uwharrie is a great place to learn. It varies greatly and can multiply in difficulty with about 15 mins of rain.you should be fine as said before don't get cocky and stop to the side in some of the more difficult areas and watch experienced people then apply that to easier obstacle's yall encounter.

As said before first thing to buy is some recovery gear then id invest in the biggest set of tires you can fit on your trucks in some type of MT tread pattern. If you get stuck don't worry about it, its all part of the fun. If you haven't been stuck you haven't been wheeling.
 
champscl said:
How about a land rover discovery 2. Im new and would like to try it out on the trails. I have 32s and a 2.5 inch lift.
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You should be fine on most of the trails, I took a friend with a Dico out there a while back and he had fun but was too scared he would scratch something.

4X4Everyone will be heading out there for a day trip on the 28th if you'd like to join us. We have rigs of all capabilities and sizes and know the trails very well.
 
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