Camp Grayling, MI

phazer42 · July 14th, 2007, 05:53 PM

These are some areas in Camp Grayling.... Very dusty in the Summer and sometimes 2ft of snow in the winter...

Scott
'01 HMCO
'46 CJ2A

Big_daddy_75 · April 13th, 2008, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by phazer42

These are some areas in Camp Grayling.... Very dusty in the Summer and sometimes 2ft of snow in the winter...

I thought Camp Grayling is off limits? Is is not all military grounds?

phazer42 · April 20th, 2008, 09:20 PM

no, its legal, there are a lot of state trails on state land. When you are out there you will see where you aren't supposed to go, as their are signs / fences....

mudd_jumper · April 20th, 2008, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by phazer42

no, its legal, there are a lot of state trails on state land. When you are out there you will see where you aren't supposed to go, as their are signs / fences....

men with guns and tanks yes you will know were not to go.

clarkstoncracker · April 20th, 2008, 09:54 PM

I love being there, Its pretty odd to come around a corner and seeing a tank coming at you!

Big_daddy_75 · April 20th, 2008, 09:58 PM

I wish more people would put up their GPS tracks. This is really cool. I know this area up there and next weekend when we go up will are going to try some of the tracks in the "Grayling Run - Uploaded.gdb" file. I know when we are driving up there we will record and try and post some good road/two tracks we drive on. Thanks again and phazer42 if you have any more please post.

Matt

76 high boy · April 21st, 2008, 11:26 PM

im goin up may 2 3 and 4. guna finally take the beast

medicbear · May 11th, 2008, 04:40 PM

ill let you guys know next time im in that area might not be till june but will try to hook up wiht some of you guys if i get a chance

xploder25 · May 11th, 2008, 04:50 PM

its illegal to be inside of camp grayling the tank trails are the best trails out off North Down or the hills off Military road. theres three different ranges with tons of state land to play on

jeepfreak81 · May 16th, 2008, 03:51 PM

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its illegal to be inside of camp grayling but if you know the trails you can easily sneak in from the back trails. the tank trails are the best trails out off North Down or the hills off Military road. theres three different ranges with tons of state land to play on just watch out for DNR officer Mark Lutz

Please don't promote illegal wheeling, all it does is close more trails to us. Thank you.

xploder25 · May 19th, 2008, 09:14 AM

i was told by a DNR officer that if a car can make it down the trail, its legal for trucks as long as they dont leave the trail

KartRacer · May 19th, 2008, 09:28 AM

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i was told by a DNR officer that if a car can make it down the trail, its legal for trucks as long as they dont leave the trail

Find that in writing.

xploder25 · May 19th, 2008, 09:54 AM

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Find that in writing.

im not going to argue with you, no i dont have it in writing and no i dont care. i was just saying what i was told by Mark Lutz.

84Scrambler · May 20th, 2008, 01:48 PM

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im not going to argue with you, no i dont have it in writing and no i dont care. i was just saying what i was told by Mark Lutz.

If you want to continue driving anywhere other than on paved roads in the future, you may want to reconsider your I don't care attitude. The DNR can say anything they want until someone steps up and challenges their self-ordained rules. But, going off and knowingly trespassing and trail riding illegally will do nothing to support our sport.

KartRacer · May 20th, 2008, 02:03 PM

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im not going to argue with you, no i dont have it in writing and no i dont care. i was just saying what i was told by Mark Lutz.

I am not trying to argue with you, but with our legal system, someone's word, doesn't amount to much. With any law, it is best to find the information yourself before you get into trouble. Or, if you want to trust someone, like say, Mr. Lutz, have him show you where it says that what you are doing is legal.

No offense to any officers of the law or forest system, but there are so many laws, that nobody could know them all. Many times the officers just go by their gut feeling or second hand information. Best example I have seen is the "tires outside of the fenders" tickets. There is nowhere in any law book in MI that states anything remotely like that, but many people will tell you that "so and so cop told me it wasn't legal". If you got a ticket for that, you could fight that in court.

xploder25 · May 20th, 2008, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by 84Scrambler

If you want to continue driving anywhere other than on paved roads in the future, you may want to reconsider your I don't care attitude. The DNR can say anything they want until someone steps up and challenges their self-ordained rules. But, going off and knowingly trespassing and trail riding illegally will do nothing to support our sport.

yeah, and i thought this thread was about wheeling at camp grayling and not about what i do? i just figured some people on here would like to see some of our local wheeling spots. theres thosands of acres of state/military owned land. I've lived here my whole life and i know most of the area like the back of my hand. let me know when you find a 100% legal wheeling spot in crawford county.

xploder25 · May 20th, 2008, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by KartRacer

I am not trying to argue with you, but with our legal system, someone's word, doesn't amount to much. With any law, it is best to find the information yourself before you get into trouble. Or, if you want to trust someone, like say, Mr. Lutz, have him show you where it says that what you are doing is legal.

No offense to any officers of the law or forest system, but there are so many laws, that nobody could know them all. Many times the officers just go by their gut feeling or second hand information. Best example I have seen is the "tires outside of the fenders" tickets. There is nowhere in any law book in MI that states anything remotely like that, but many people will tell you that "so and so cop told me it wasn't legal". If you got a ticket for that, you could fight that in court.

yeah i know what you mean, DNR are pretty laid back around here now anyways and let you off with a lot of stuff as long as you dont tear up wetlands

KartRacer · May 20th, 2008, 02:20 PM

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yeah, and i thought this thread was about wheeling at camp grayling and not about what i do? i just figured some people on here would like to see some of our local wheeling spots. theres thosands of acres of state/military owned land. I've lived here my whole life and i know most of the area like the back of my hand. let me know when you find a 100% legal wheeling spot in crawford county.

Yeah I understand what you are saying, but anything promoting illegal wheeling on this site can be trouble for all of us. People don't take too kindly to us wheelers losing more and more privileges due to people with the attitude that "the laws are stupid" or "there is nowhere else to do it".

xploder25 · May 20th, 2008, 02:29 PM

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Yeah I understand what you are saying, but anything promoting illegal wheeling on this site can be trouble for all of us. People don't take too kindly to us wheelers losing more and more privileges due to people with the attitude that "the laws are stupid" or "there is nowhere else to do it".

yeah, but i never said the laws are stupid or that there is nowhere else to do it. i wheel all on military/state owned land out by range 40 and military road. if im promoting illegal wheeling then you can have fun wheeling on dirt roads, two tracks and ORV trails. i only live once so i might as well make it worth it

KartRacer · May 20th, 2008, 02:36 PM

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yeah, but i never said the laws are stupid or that there is nowhere else to do it. i wheel all on military/state owned land out by range 40 and military road. if im promoting illegal wheeling then you can have fun wheeling on dirt roads, two tracks and ORV trails. i only live once so i might as well make it worth it

I am not trying to say I don't agree with you that I want to be able to wheel places, but there are many people, on this site and other places, working very hard to maintain and also expand offroad use and rights. Every time someone comes around with an attitude like this and gets caught, it gives the opposing forces more of a fight against the 4x4 community.

So if you are going to have to do this, just keep quiet about it, and try to be as neat and tidy as you can while doing so.

BTW, I do almost zero wheeling it MI. Even the illegal stuff doesn't hold a candle to most places out of state.

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