Land use in CT/ Lack of Offroad parks

[AngryTJ]

As we all know there are no legal places to go wheelin in the state of CT. My question that surrounds this fact is this, is it possible to get permission to use state owned land for offroading? Other states do this and just wondering if its possible to get this ball rolling and allow people to enjoy safe and responsible offroad fun.

Moab is a perfect example, there are thousands of miles of trails that are obviously not privately owned and just wanted to ask if anyone had any insight into this.

CT needs some offroad parks and majority of people arent going to afford buying hundreds of acres of land to start one of their own. We need to find out how to get an offroad park opened with permission to use land that is state owned.

[HeavyMetal]

I hate to be 'that guy', but i just dont see it ever happening in our lifetime, unless someone with gobs of money comes along that is a big enough rock crawling enthusiast to open a park on his private land and makes a move.

people in power to make decisions in CT simply dont care about off roading and it has such a negative connotation as it stands that no one in this stupid ignorant state will ever go for it on public land. there is even land in this area that you cant ride a bike on, let alone a car.

people see "off roaders" and think mud trucks with no exhaust, confederate flags, deep ruts in a marsh, and beer. oh and cut off flannel shirts. and the biggest problem IMO, dirt bikes and ATVs.

the ignorance built by the minority against the activity here will forever curse the majority. if the state doesnt stand to make money hand over fist, they arent going to care...and no one ever got rich running an OHV park.

plus conservationists will be fighting against it, so on. the list goes on and on and on

[HeavyMetal]

to further my rant:

the state and towns close land to off road clubs, so therefore people illegally ride the land and dump garbage, parts, so on...and ironically so, the people who would have actually cleaned it (the clubs) are banned from going there...and the people who banned it dont actually care about the land, they just want to ban the big bad off roaders, so they arent going to go clean it up themselves.

this club would gladly clean 100 acres where theres dumping if it meant we could wheel it a few times a year, but the answer will always be no. endless revolving door

[ninetysix-ex-jay]

I hate to be 'that guy', but i just dont see it ever happening in our lifetime, unless someone with gobs of money comes along that is a big enough rock crawling enthusiast to open a park on his private land and makes a move.

Yeah, no, not in CT

people in power to make decisions in CT simply dont care about off roading and it has such a negative connotation as it stands that no one in this stupid ignorant state will ever go for it on public land. there is even land in this area that you cant ride a bike on, let alone a car.

Tree huggers

people see "off roaders" and think mud trucks with no exhaust, confederate flags, deep ruts in a marsh, and beer. oh and cut off flannel shirts. and the biggest problem IMO, dirt bikes and ATVs.

Zullo?

the ignorance built by the minority against the activity here will forever curse the majority. if the state doesnt stand to make money hand over fist, they arent going to care...and no one ever got rich running an OHV park.

Sadly true

plus conservationists will be fighting against it, so on. the list goes on and on and on

X2

[HeavyMetal]

this is why there will never be public off roading in the state of CT, and barely any private off roading to speak of.

http://www.stopthrillcraft.org/

this is the publics general view of off roading, and the propaganda that is fed to people via TV. dumb rednecks.

Travel Channel plays off the stereotype and profits nicely, while further ingraining this image:
http://www.travelchannel.com/interes...tos/mud-people

[ninetysix-ex-jay]

OMG The cliche

[tjramplebump]

whats wrong with cut off flannel shirts will...i resent that.

[HeavyMetal]

whats wrong with cut off flannel shirts will...i resent that.

because obviously anyone with a cut off flannel shirt digs ruts in fresh marshes and streams, hootin and hollerin wavin beer in the air while full throttle on a big carb'd V8

get it?

[tjramplebump]

oh hell yea i do that on the daily sonion

[AngryTJ]

we should all chip in $5 and buy two tree hundred acres

[HeavyMetal]

thread over

[AngryTJ]

your rant really puts it into perspective though and it sucks that the state wont allow permission to wheel

[Buffalo Phil]

your rant really puts it into perspective though and it sucks that the state wont allow permission to wheel

It's also more than just the state. Even if you obtained 4000 acres to wheel, now you have to battle your neighbors who will complain about even the slightest noise on a Sunday afternoon. Milford Riders is always at ends with the people who live around the area, but luckily the city of Milford sticks up for the autocross track and tells the residents there that they either get used to it or move out.

Get enough people complaining and the state has to gets involved via police. That's why ATVs and Dirtbikes get the most bad rap because they are fucking loud and obnoxious, let's face it.

Buy all the land you want and then be ready to buy your neighbors, too.

[HeavyMetal]

It's also more than just the state. Even if you obtained 4000 acres to wheel, now you have to battle your neighbors who will complain about even the slightest noise on a Sunday afternoon. Milford Riders is always at ends with the people who live around the area, but luckily the city of Milford sticks up for the autocross track and tells the residents there that they either get used to it or move out.

Get enough people complaining and the state has to gets involved via police. That's why ATVs and Dirtbikes get the most bad rap because they are fucking loud and obnoxious, let's face it.

Buy all the land you want and then be ready to buy your neighbors, too.

thats the next thing

lets say you somehow in some alternate dimension convince the state of CT to allow wheeling land..now you have every self entitled neighbor douchebag looking out their window all day making complaints and petitioning the town to shut you down because they dont agree with it or understand it...due to the connotation.

that has already happened all over the place. that is why coy hill in MA closed.

[HeavyMetal]

even in the moab example...there are wealthy people who literally buy sections of moab for the sole purpose of making it so OHVs cant drive on it.

lions back for example, closed for no reason.

dump bump. closed.