ATV Florida Forum

After spending a few years having no good places to ride, I took things into my own hands and bought 200 acres to set up an ATV park.

This park is in N. Florida (Madison County) but it is hopefully a prototype for a number of these parks, which can be built all over the state.

We have water, mud, natural and man made obstacles for utes, a pleasant two way family trail system, fast one way sport bike trails, and are currently building an mx track and a peewee track.

The park will be tied heavily to the Florida ATV Association.

If you want to see some pictures of the park, including our opening schedule, please check here.

http://www.floridaatv.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=46&board=52.0

200 acres may not seem like a lot of land, but it is plenty. There is no reason this format cannot be copied by your county, every county must have a scrappy piece of land, approx this size in their inventory. Hopefully, once the park is up and running, we can approach these officials and invite them to see what we did.

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That is awesome! I hope we get something down here!

dang that place sounds awsome
thanks for making it !

will atc's be alowed ?  and what about dirt bikes ?

Is there going to be any sand pits?Or any type of sand at all?

That is all fla is made of ;D

We are digging a sand pit this coming weekend.


Dirt bikes ...yes, 3 Wheelers will depend on insurance, can't say for sure. The last quote we got, prohibited them.

Here is our tentative schedule:

This coming weekend 28th & 29th, we are moving dirt and Dreth is planning and finishing the main mx track. Any help would be appreciated. Will also be finishing the one way trail section, the ute trail section and building Peewee track.

Following weekend August 4th, the park will be kinda open, that weekend, it will be free for all Flatv atvfl and flatv association members.

Our first official "event" weekend will be labor day, (although park will be open every weekend between 8/4 and labor day for riding). Not sure what events we will have on, but it should be fun, pencil it into your calenders.

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Awesome park.  Where is Madison is it?   I have 40 acres up there in San Pedro Bay that I hunt on with the kids.  We usually stay in the Yogi Bear Campground.   It will be nice to have something else to do when we are up there.   I used to drag up the ATV's but since most of the trails we rode were logging roads it became boring.

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Park is less than 5 minutes from Yogi Bear Campground, it's on the same rd.

Are you working with the campground on access to the trails from the campground. I know they allow 4 wheelers in there right now but they're kinda pricey on thier rates. Great job  ;D

This is awesome ;D ;D :Y

PUUHLEASE work with the Insurance to allow 3-wheelers!!  ]

I'm 'ol skool...I don't know how to ride a 4-wheeler.   ;D

just strap a spare tire to your grab bar and voila 4 wheeler  j/k I can't believe the ins. co's. are so tough on 3 wheelers I rode one for years never had a problem on it.

How far is that from Palm Coast/Daytona Beach area?   How many miles of trails to you think you will have?  Ill definitely come check it out when its open.

Congratulations you guy's talked about it & you did it(helluva an investment you bought)

I passed thru Madison Co. once about 15 yrs. ago & got a speeding ticket on I-10 so I know kinda whereabouts it is.

Insurance Companie's don't like ATC's because a lot of people got injured on them & they were band in the USA, my cousin was killed on one in Brooklyn,Michigan.
You might find a Company but it will prob. cost a lot of $$ & unless theres a lot of people w/ATC's wanting to go to this place & pay for the difference, I can't blame them for not finding/paying an Ins. Co to allow ATC's.
I don't have anything against ATC's, I got 2 of them, one is a Banshee turned into an ATC other is a 250R.

Good job you guy's, all you need now is a big ice machine, some ice bag's from www.uline.com & sell bags of ice $$$.



 

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holly clap, please let us know what we can do to help you with this, I'm sure I speak for many when I say,,,,job well done, now what can I do to help.

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You DA MAN!!!  I read this last night and was not sure if it was a joke...lol




   can I get a loan?

It sucks, but it is not anyones fault other than insurance companies. If anything the 3wheeler fans need to band together and show insurance companies they aren't any more dangerous. I know Paul will try to find a company that will accept atc's though. It may not be possible but he will try.

Ya, your right sykolincoln, my 16 yr. old cousin was a real idiot, he probably deserved it,he was a helluva hockey player though(for 16)
I didn't mean to upset you by my post, sorry.

ALL Atv's & motorcycles are dangerous due to...being in the hands of "non-experienced riders!"

3 wheeler's never wrecked or killed anyone!  It was simply the inexperience of the rider.  And back when they came out...there were no schools/training to properly show folks how to ride them.  I was cautious, and learned on my own.  Some folks just ride beyond their own & the atv's capabilities....that's when an accident occurs.  3-wheelers were never banned...came close, but the manufactures quit making them.  If they were banned....we wouldn't still own & be legally allowed to ride them.  ;)

How many folks been killed on 4 wheelers!  Tens of thousands I believe.   ???

KB..Sorry about your cousin though.   :(

well... I dont want to hijack someones thread about this, but bann together?! me and a bunch of other trikers (some not even from FL, including myself) did plan on going to the rally in suport of Fl RIDING and trikes Our selfes. But insurance regulations prohibited us from being part of the even, people said well at least show up and support, SUPPORT WHAT!? the fact that even if eveyone else gets a place to ride we cant?! I choose to ride a trike, becouse there wicked macnines and are fun, also from a moneytary standpoint I cannot afford a new 6-7 k quad  to ride/race. I know it may cost alittle more for the owners to have insurance to have trikes there, even if only a few show up, if its going to be an OFFROAD PARK then cater to those who have OFFROAD MACHINES.

edit, KB I am sorry about your cousin, but dont make him a statistic becouse he was on a trike, he may could have died on any other type of machine

gettin back on topic what is the big white line on the map ? (road,creek,boundary)
& again congratulations on your purchase.

taking a look at the layout and general area,,,,did I get this right?

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I'm trying to mapquest the area you're talking about ,but having no luck. Any idea how far from jacksonville? No camping?

Paul, that is just absolutely AWESOME.... WTG!!!!!

Exactly  ;)


We gonna have camping, it's about an hour & a half from Jax, just take 10 to exit 258


Thanks, one of the white lines is the main rd in, the others are trails.

Thanks to everyone else for the comments.

I keep saying it, but there is NO reason we can't get a number of these type of parks open all over the State.

 Can I hunt there during the week ???


      I promise if I KILL it I will Grill it for ya that weekend....I sorta know how to grill ;)

if your grillin, im there!!! especially if you have the recipe for those cheesy green beans? when does the bbq season start up again?

 Jan 14th...I am doing little experiments...some great some ...well not so great. I am going to try to enter a cucumber cilantro BBQ sauce that I made.

The peewee track is nearly complete, will be dialed in by EC Minis, on Sunday.

Pics here: http://www.floridaatv.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=46&topic=2891.0

Look's awesome, I wish I was closer, I have this weekend off if you guy's need a hand, I don't have any machinery but I gotta shovel, & a 4 wheel drive & some other people that could prob. help if it's needed.
Also got Friday off.
Congrats, again. YOU DID IT !

Thanks, we would love some help this weekend.

Anyone is welcome to come up and put in their 02 cents, drive around and laydown some trails, test out the tracks etc.

We will be there all weekend.

Anyone way down south want to run up there this weekend? 

next couple of weekends are out for me, but I do plan on running up there sometime soon.

I may forget Durhamtown and just go there instead.

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  This is awsome!! You should setup some kind of donation fund, and when you get enough, buy more land for expansion. I gaurantee you'll get a lot of support!!

seconded,,,,,the motion is seconded, are we ready for a vote?

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Im in ;D

Let's come up with some ideas.

Everybody who has visited my park so far has commented on how a properly laid out 200 acres can cater to all of our different styles of riding, yet still provide a fun day/weekend.

If there is enough interest we could set up a corporation and do the next one jointly.

 

Great job Paul  ;)  . Dreth had been telling me about you doing this for sometime now. I for one would like to say "Thankyou" for giving us another opportunity to enjoy our passion. And just like Ida said, I was telling Dreth this past weekend while he was on his way back home that we had better stop there before we make a trip way to Durhamtown  :deal.gif

I know you may have answered this already, but are there some hotels nearby and maybe some way for me to lock up my quad?

I don't have access to my enclosed trailer right now so the quad would be going in the back of my truck.

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   Think about how much revenue they make at Croom. I don't think anyone would object to a small fee for a new and improved riding area.
    You could also find vendors to setup locations for food so people could just get there and ride and know there's food there already.
   I'm sure there are a lot of members that are contractors that would be able to assist in building some kind of restroom, and camping facilities.
   Not to mention finding a shop to sponsor you to have onsite tools, gear, and parts like OAS.
   Sign me up, this is the possible start to a riding Disneyworld!!

We have a massive steel trailer that we can store your quad in  ;)

There are 4 motels and 2 nice campgrounds within 5 minutes from the park.

We will have camping there, eventually cabins too, but at the moment we are concentrating on getting the riding right.


Look forward to seeing you there Rob. Dreth finished the one way trails today and he claims there are not many who could do the whole circuit.  We started on the mx track, but had some earth moving problems, so that is being set back a few days, should be ready by wed/thursday, everything else is going full steam ahead, the peewee track will be finished tomorrow. The Utility X-Treme course, will also be finished this week.


Good ideas Chino.  ;)

SWEET.

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Where exactly is this riding area? How far is it from St. Petersburg?

I like the idea about building rest rooms and stuff like that. My Dad and I are in the construction bussiness.

Keep up the good work guys!

I'm not exactly sure where Paul's place is but I think it's in Madison Co. off I-10.
About twice as far as O.N.F. for us(I'm in Tampa)
It's north of Perry.

what are the campground names and do they have websites to check them out?

I would definately drive there to have a new riding area. Is this area close to Suwannee or Live Oak?

hey, about how far is it from west palm beach florida

looks to me to be about 20 miles past Live Oak on I-10 if you are looking for a specific area, take a look at the google map I pulled up on the beginning of the second page of this thread.

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Campgrounds are DEERWOOD INN MOTEL & RV RESORT and Yogi Bear Campground.

Ida, your right, it's about 20 minutes from Live Oak.

We had a bunch of people out there today.

any chance the trikes can come out sometime?

we moved allot of dirt out there yesterday, Dreth seemed right a home in the cab of the BullDozer