A few guys up here in Rutland county VT are planning on getting together and taking a trip to Old Florida Road April 19th. It will be my first time going there. If you guys could shoot me some links to pictures or videos you might have that would be cool. I have seen some videos and pictures and by the looks and from what i've heard the trail is pretty awesome but it's always nice to see more to get myself a little more pumped for the trail... Any tips and pointers or other info on the trail would be cool too. Thanks everyone :thumbsup:
Old Florida Road
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Missed this. :wave:
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Pictures and videos please! 
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If I've got my facts correct, the reason OFR and others like it are called roads, is because when the state doles out transportation funding to the towns, the total milage of roads is part of the calculation. Plus in certain instances, the town is required to maintain the existance of a right of way for access to private property.
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Well, that's the thing... it DOES appear. You just have to know what you're looking for
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I was going to the Eastern 4 Wheelers 'Florida Vacation' event a couple years ago and was towing my Jeep on a trailer with my Durango. I told my Garmin GPS to use 'shortest distance'. It routed me up Florida Road.
I decided Rt 8 and Rt 2 was better as I didn't have a lifted trailer.
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So, this is a perfectly legal trail as long as we stick to the "road?" Or is this another place that's in dispute and the legality is in question?I was going to the Eastern 4 Wheelers 'Florida Vacation' event a couple years ago and was towing my Jeep on a trailer with my Durango. I told my Garmin GPS to use 'shortest distance'. It routed me up Florida Road.
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It's best to ask that question to the Trail Coordinator of the club you belong to. If s/he does not know for sure, he can ask the Land Use person of the association that club is part of.
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Just for the record, I live right down the street from OFR. There is no posted signs up for the road itself, however, like everyone said. The round abouts are private property and posted. If you go off the road, you could be asking for trouble, otherwise, its all good. I am actually planning to run this myself for the first time on Sunday. I have a TJ on 35s with a winch. I am going with a few friends too. So whoever is going on the 19th, we may see you up there!
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Oh yeah, and I dont know how many Jeeps have gone through there yet, if any. But last time I hiked up there, there was trees down, so bring something to cut trees with just in case.
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Went all the way through last weekend. All is good! Only problem to this is that you would have to go through the pond if you want to come out in Savoy/Florida. The trail going around the pond still has many trees down across it.
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Who do you think clears the trails? Our club brings chainsaws and hand saws on rides this time of year. If we run into down trees across the trail (only), we clear them. We had one 2' in diameter across a trail a month ago. It took an hour+ and winches to clear it.
Actually the trail around the pond is State land and using that trail is tresspassing. In order to run the trail straight through, you should be going through the water hole on the high side, away from the marsh. That side has a fairly firm bottom.
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Oh, I thought there was some issue with going through the water? I did go through it though, was pretty deep.
I dont have a chainsaw, wish I did though because there were some spots I would have like to clean up a little more. I need to join a club too.
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Yeah I got pics, just no way to post them on here. Im not a supporter, so it doesnt allow.
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BTW, when I went through, we had a CJ on 31s. Only time he had a problem was when he got hung up on a tree in one of the water holes near the end on the FL side. Otherwise, he went through just fine, which was very surprising to all of us! He did bottom a few times, but never needed to be dragged. No damage either.
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