yeah that's the one of the many great things about the up...ya don't have to watch out for the man...you just gotta watch out for the lunber trucks!!! scarey! yeek! that and as long as ya stay off the snomobile trails..those guys are crazy!!

 

id rather get hassled by the cops than get macked by a lumber truck lol

 

Well if you got a CB you can find out where the logging trucks are and then use a GPS/maps to stay away from them. Definately very fun to run around on logging roads and trails.

 

hmm i have neither but me and my buddy might need to take the trucks up there

 

nothing like trying to find a whole in the trees when one comes around a corner at about 50 miles an hour...well worth the fun though...I don't know many other places where if you so desire..you never have to touch a speck of pavement and traverse the whole UP

 

Nice pictures, I have been to the mounds once in my jeep. It is stock friendly as long as you stay away from the mud holes, almost all of them are super deep. Plan on a lot of scratches because a lot of the trails are pretty tight. There are some steep hills that are fun but not very challenging. My impressionof the terrian wasit was either stock 2wd or you better have 50" tractor tires for the holes. I burried my jeep to thefront bumperin mud, and the mud is like concrete when it dries. It also stained my paint, I had to polish out the whole jeep after the trip.

 

thanks jeeperman...there just aren't that many places to play in the lower penninsula...and the mounds looked like an interesting place to play..thanks for the description

 

i agree i needed 4lo a little bit cuz my tires suck. but ive seen some monster rigs tearing that place up

 

IIRC you're from west MI? I'm in GR!Any good places to wheel in West MI?

Got 235 BFG ATs now, but when I'm due for tires next year I want to know if it's worth it to get 31's and a body lift. If there's lots of fun to be had locally, I want to go!

WARNING LAME STORY....I just bought my blazer a few months ago and used the 4wd for the first time last nite (first time driving using 4wd ever). I wanted to test is before it's winter and I find out it doesn't work and I'm under it in the snow fixing it. Went to a Meijer construction site and found some soft recently graded fill dirt. Stomped it in 2wd and spun and dug. Hit the 4wd, stomped itand the truck spun all four, jumped up and out! MAN THAT WAS FUN!!! Now I see what all the fuss is about!

 

Cool I'm in GR too...shoot me a pm some time...where are ya in GR?

oh and no...there's no real place to off road in west michigan...it's either North..South ..or East...not much local