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Ever find anything "unusual" while wheeling?

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I was out in the woods in northern Cali the other day and came across a huge USAF radar facility. This is nowhere near any military bases.

----Update 6-10-06, found this info about it on the interweb: http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/systems/an-fps-118.htm /Update----

A friend of mine said he once found what he believes is an old missle silo inside a chain link and barbed wire fence out in the woods, also in northern Cali, but he couldn't remember how to get back to it to show it to me.

What strange things have you found?
 
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castorriver said:
They're all over the place in southeast MO.

About 15 years ago people thought there would be a large market for Emu and Ostrich meat but it never materialized. So people mainly raise them for their own table and some hope the market will materialize. They used to be worth A LOT of money but now they're pretty much worthless because no one wants the meat, no one will buy breeding pairs, you need special fencing and they are impossible to catch. And no one will buy the eggs.

We also have Llama's in MO but that's another story. lol
Lol ok ok what I meant is that you dont see Emu's just wandering around on gravel roads here. By the way, still trying to find the pic :)
 
#3,011 ·
Find a way, and take'er home.....or maybe return it to the owner?


Speaking of returning bikes. A Harley washed up recently in B.C............from Japan! Got pulled out during the tsunami and bobbed around the effing Pacific Ocean before washing up on the Canadian coast.

Of course, being a good Canuck......they reunited it with the owner:rofl:
 
#3,023 ·
Find a way, and take'er home.....or maybe return it to the owner?

Speaking of returning bikes. A Harley washed up recently in B.C............from Japan! Got pulled out during the tsunami and bobbed around the effing Pacific Ocean before washing up on the Canadian coast.

Of course, being a good Canuck......they reunited it with the owner:rofl:
:rofl::rofl:
Can you imagine his confusion and exitement upon hearing his motorcycle made it all the way across the pacific?
 
#3,013 ·
Picketwire Canyon in southeast Colorado has the largest dinosaur track site in N. America.
Here's my son (age 8 & a dino nut) standing amid 70 million year old sauropod tracks.



It's not really 4-wheeling, just a 2 track road through the desert-and you can only drive there with a USFS guide. But it's still pretty cool-there's also an old ranch, indian rock art, and an old Spanish mission in the canyon.
 
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Hi I don't know if this is the right thread I post but I have no clue how this one happened... I bought a brand new 2012 wrangler unlimited a week ago and now I found a rip on the soft top above the back seat and the metal frame is bent and rusty...seems like some thing hard and sharp damaged the top and the frame. I took it to the dealership but they said it should have happened while I was driving. I've never been off road never parked or drove under a roof or trees (well trees won't do it). I have never touched the top. The dealership said that's not their responsibility and charging me $1200 to fix it. So I'm not fixing it at the dealership. Is there any way to patch it for now? And can anyone guess how that could happen? Please see the pic.
 

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That might just be a "sky'd" bullet. From the looks, it could have been relatively low velocity but still had enough force to bend the metal (weak metal anyway). Check your floorboards and seats. Kind of **** happens way more often than you'd think.

To the upholstry shop with you. They can patch stuff like that for less than $100. Spray that frame with some black gloss and forget it ever happened.
 
#3,022 ·
There's a trail we run a lot near Beech Creek, PA that we just call "the furnace." Right in the middle of it is an old melting furnace that has a really steep hill descent and climb out to get to it. Makes me wonder how they got to it when it was operational probably over 100 years ago

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That's so awesome. I'm willing to bet those trails you're wheeling on are actually old railroad beds, possibly of the Beech Creek Railroad Company.
Next time you're on that trail, look for concrete mile markers. Then you'll know for sure you're on a railbed. Unless it's just a branchline, it should've had the markers....at least at some point. I'm not sure if they used "Shay" type locomotives, which were almost exclusivly used in tight, steep mountainous regions, and generally used a narrow gauge track. They didn't have the typical running gear of a steam locomotive, but driveshafts along one side turning gears on the wheels. Anyways....my point is, that's probably how they accessed the furnace lol. Which was probably used for making fire bricks.

Here....check this out. Anything look familiar? This is the reminants of the Beech Creek Railroad.

http://www.nepaview.com/nyc-beech-creek-railroad.html

And...why not. Shay Locomotives lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shay_locomotive

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#3,018 ·
DezertTJ said:
1: not the correct place to post that

2: not taking it off road is probably the problem

3: looks like something hit it

4: go to an upolstry (probably spelled wrong) shop and you can get a patch from them or have them fix it. It won't cost $1200
Thank you so much for the info. Haha I know more will happen when I go off road. Can't wait :) I ended up ordering bestop trektop nx at a custom shop. But for now I will get a patch..didn't know where to go. Thank u!
 
#3,020 ·
hallsofstone said:
That might just be a "sky'd" bullet. From the looks, it could have been relatively low velocity but still had enough force to bend the metal (weak metal anyway). Check your floorboards and seats. Kind of **** happens way more often than you'd think.

To the upholstry shop with you. They can patch stuff like that for less than $100. Spray that frame with some black gloss and forget it ever happened.
Wow! Bullet...I've never thought of it.. I didn't find anything in my car but true..anything could happen.. I decided to get bestop trektop for the looks and convenience but I will have it patched and spray the frame so that I can sell it and forget about it :p thank u so much for ur input. :)
 
#3,025 ·
WindsorRenegade said:
That's so awesome. I'm willing to bet those trails you're wheeling on are actually old railroad beds, possibly of the Beech Creek Railroad Company.
Next time you're on that trail, look for concrete mile markers. Then you'll know for sure you're on a railbed. Unless it's just a branchline, it should've had the markers....at least at some point. I'm not sure if they used "Shay" type locomotives, which were almost exclusivly used in tight, steep mountainous regions, and generally used a narrow gauge track. They didn't have the typical running gear of a steam locomotive, but driveshafts along one side turning gears on the wheels. Anyways....my point is, that's probably how they accessed the furnace lol. Which was probably used for making fire bricks.

Here....check this out. Anything look familiar? This is the reminants of the Beech Creek Railroad.

http://www.nepaview.com/nyc-beech-creek-railroad.html

And...why not. Shay Locomotives lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shay_locomotive

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I don't think the trail to this furnace ever had tracks to it but maybe, there is kind of a flat spot right in front of it. but it does have fire brick laying all around it. We did do some trails on the beds today though and got some pictures in the tunnel on that link you sent. Rumor has it there's a big mansion in the woods somewhere near that furnace but we haven't found it yet
 
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bighouts5591 said:
I don't think the trail to this furnace ever had tracks to it but maybe, there is kind of a flat spot right in front of it. but it does have fire brick laying all around it. We did do some trails on the beds today though and got some pictures in the tunnel on that link you sent. Rumor has it there's a big mansion in the woods somewhere near that furnace but we haven't found it yet
I'd like to come out and see this area sometime. What's its location?

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#3,029 ·
bighouts5591 said:
This is the best pic I have of it now, I think that where the red jeep is parked could have been a railroad bed at some point, the furnace is about 15 behind it, you can just barely see it through the trees in this one.
You tried to pm me but my inbox is full. Going premium tomorrow so pm me tomorrow.

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#3,030 ·
Exploring, I found this 1 mile long abandon gravel county road which still has a street sign, just long forgotten because it dead ends to a gated vacant farm field. Overgrown with some washouts and a few decent sized trees laying across it that I got to drive over. Nice little murder shack off to one side. Because most of the roof was gone, there was as much vegitation inside as there was out so I couldn't see if there are any skeletons :(



Murder shack is in the woods just off the drivers side of my Jeep.

 
#3,033 ·
bighouts5591 said:
This is the best pic I have of it now, I think that where the red jeep is parked could have been a railroad bed at some point, the furnace is about 15 behind it, you can just barely see it through the trees in this one.
This place looks cool. Also does that red XJ have TJ fender flares in it?? Haha
 
#3,038 ·
Some friends came across this on a trail that's well known to us.

 
#3,043 ·
Okay, the old Lockheed Nuclear Aircraft Test Laboratory is pretty slick on page 189
http://www.memoriesforgenerations.com/ shows all the pictures and is actually amazing this place is not set up with automated surveillance. I was actually interested enough to dig up this article by the Georgia Environment Protection Division on the subject: http://www.gaepd.org/Files_PDF/gaenviron/radiation/radrpt2002_dfw.pdf I think after this young man's entrance the site needs to be re evaluated for potential human activity in hot zones. You guys know alot of this stuff is similar in nature to UE or Urban Exploration just in a rural area. There are many sites that devote to this type of lost history. Please be safe out there guys/gals, I know some of these places are neat, but there are hidden dangers in areas like this and certain precautions should be taken.

Oh and geocaching is a great way to get into finding things in the middle of the forest!
 
#3,044 ·
Okay, the old Lockheed Nuclear Aircraft Test Laboratory is pretty slick on page 189
http://www.memoriesforgenerations.com/ shows all the pictures and is actually amazing this place is not set up with automated surveillance. ...
This link appears to be a site about wedding videos. Am I missing something or is this the wrong link?
 
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