By ARGOGERU on Unrecorded Date: Edit

To all aatvers'
I am going to organize a ride at hespin acres again probably the weekend of October 20 and 21. I am looking for imput from anyone interested in going. their website adress is www.motocrosspark.com keyword hespin acres. this is a park comparible to the badlands but it has more hills and not as much sand. the mud is the same as far as getting stuck and the quantity; ALOT. again, anyone interested your imput would be appreciated.

By matt435 on Unrecorded Date: Edit

John, Count me in. Matt

By ARGOGERU on Unrecorded Date: Edit

EVERYONE,
JUST E-MAILED RICHARD WITH THE OCTOBER RIDE DETAILS, SO IT SHOULD BE ON THE EVENTS PAGE SOON. LET ME KNOW IF YOUR GOING, I AM GONNA SEE ABOUT A DISCOUNT IF WE GET ENOUGH PEOPLE.

By Midwest atv's #1 in 2000 (Hustler) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I will try to come, but that is the weekend of my sons birthday party. I don't know if I can get out of it. I will try.

By david berger (Davidrrrd) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

midwest, just give your son a ride at hasbin for his birthday, heh heh, (have his party there!)

By Bill H. on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Count me in

By Midwest atv's #1 in 2000 (Hustler) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I wish I could. He really wants to come to the rides with me, but he is only 4. I don't have a roll bar or seat beats so I don't want to take him since he can't be buckled in. I am trying to postpone the party until the following weekend. I sure hope I can make it.

By Roger and Bonnie Koester on Unrecorded Date: Edit

We will not be coming to the Hespin Acres ride. We are now into deer hunting time and Roger loves to deer hunt when he gets a chance to be off work. We probably won't be out on rides again until early spring 2002.

By MaxRules (Brandon_price) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I might come if Troy goes too. Looks like it is about 400 miles. It is on the other boarder of IN from the Badlands. It appears to be only 70 miles farther though. I really hate the drive back after riding on Sunday. Maxing is worth it though. My truck has almost 160,000 miles on it and many have come from hauling the Max. Good thing it's built Ford tough.

Troy I'll talk to you Wednesday and we'll make plans.

MaxRules

By argogeru on Unrecorded Date: Edit

brandon,
you will really enjoy hespin acres. that one hill at the badlands you climbed right before the crash is an average hill at hespins. the drive home does suck but it is worth it. jon

By matt435 on Unrecorded Date: Edit

john are you going to tent camp out there, I might just bring the tent this time and the bigfoot in the back of the truck, be bright travel light. Matt

By argogeru on Unrecorded Date: Edit

matt,
I will be in a tent. I am packing very light also. gonna have a coleman stove if any one needs to use it and will have all the firewood we will need. jon.

By argogeru on Unrecorded Date: Edit

If anyone knows anybody who would like to go please tell them! I have E-mailed richard 3 times to post the event on the event board and it is still not up. Maybe my e-mail is screwed up.
I will be bringing a big screen tent to eat in or get out of the rain if it rains, so if anyone has a folding camping table, it would be a welcome addition. Dont forget your camp chairs either for the fire.

By Richard Clark (Richard) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Argogeru:

It is nice that you are puting together a ride for the
6x6 riders, about your quote: "I have E-mailed richard 3 times
to post the event on the event board and it is still not up."

NOTHING FROM YOU ARRIVED TO ME BEFORE OCT 4TH

Upon your message yesterday..... I posted your event today, That
is as fast as I work.

I hope everyone enjoys the ride.

If you are anyone else wants to send PHOTOS, I will be happy to post them.

Thanks
Richard Clark
ROUTE6x6

By Argogeru on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Richard,
as i said in my post, my e=mail is probably screwed up, and it was. no offense intented.
thanks for the event post.

By argogeru on Unrecorded Date: Edit

the bonfire on saturday night will be in the camping area were i am going to set up camp. pull into the park, do a u turn and head back the same way you came in and take that dirt road down about 300 yards and that is were I am camping. their is very little traffic in this area and it is grassy and close to the big pond. I will be arriving at 10 or 11 0'clock friday night. everybody just go, you wont regret it!

By argogeru on Unrecorded Date: Edit

so far their has been 12 people and twelve machines that have committed to going. maxs and argos both. this will make for a great ride. anyone else going? dont miss out before the snow flies. only eleven more days till we are their.

By argogeru on Unrecorded Date: Edit

add one more argo. just contacted me today.

By matt435 on Unrecorded Date: Edit

John, I will be bringing the new bigfoot and the old 1968 argo . My freind mike will be coming with me. We will get there sat. morrning and be there both days. Matt

By Argogeru on Unrecorded Date: Edit

matt,
glad to see and old school machine will be their. I am going to get their friday night so I will try to save alot of room around me for everyone to set up a tent and park. their should be pletty of room according to the manager their. It is starting to slow up this time of year from what she said.

By matt435 on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Great I will see you there! Matt

By Tom Manning on Unrecorded Date: Edit

This ride will take place no matter what the weather brings am I right?
If it is nasty out we will have all 750 acers to our self

By argogeru on Unrecorded Date: Edit

the ride will take place no matter what the weather. tell todd and jimmy also tom and tell them that they better be their. they better not back out twice. jon

By j8wheel on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I plan on being there John, wont get there til sat evening have to work sat... Jim

By ARGOGERU jon hoath on Unrecorded Date: Edit

jim,
denise just told me you would be their friday night, glad you and tom got the day off. we should be their by midnight on friday. keep the fire going, tom will know why.

By matt435 on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Jon, I need directions! I looked on their site and did not see any. Let me know. Matt

By j8wheel on Unrecorded Date: Edit

John, Tom got sat off work but I did'nt, I should get there between 4 - 5 pm, save me some room at the campsite

By argogeru on Unrecorded Date: Edit

matt,
go I-69 south to exit 45 highway 35 east to highway 3 south all the way to I-70. get on I-70 east for 14 miles to highway or county road 1, exit 137. go south on 1 to connersville, and pickup 121 south and that will take you to laurel. it is about 15 miles from connersville to laurel. once you arrive in laurel their is a 4-way stop and you will turn left and go east for 1/2 mile and once you cross the bridge you will vear left and go up a steep paved road and you are their. you will see a big sign where you vear off the road. their is also a sign at the 4-way stop in town. it is about a 31/2 hour trip. I am leaving at 9:00 mi. time friday night and tom and jim will be their about 7:00 on friday night. we are going to camp down by the big pond. see you their!

By argogeru on Unrecorded Date: Edit

jim,
we will save you a spot. is todd coming?

By matt435 on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Jon, I have been invited to bring my bigfoot to a freinds house that is having a dodge viper meet on saturday. I will be there most of saturday then I will head straight to haspen acres after the meet. I hope to get there intime for the night ride and the camp fire. How much riding will be going on sunday? will there be very many staying for sunday? Let me know. Matt

By j8wheel on Unrecorded Date: Edit

John, I think Todd is going to be there but I'm not for sure, have to ask Tom

By Roger and Bonnie Koester on Unrecorded Date: Edit

This sounds like a guys night out, or a guys weekend out to me. Have a great time. Soon the snow will blow and we'll all be staying a little closer to home. See you next spring.

By argogeru on Unrecorded Date: Edit

matt,
I will be their most of the day sunday and maybe monday. we will ride all day sunday and most of saturday night. 6 machines for sure will be their for sunday. jon

By matt435 on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Jon, sounds great! I will see you saturday night. Matt

By argogeru on Unrecorded Date: Edit

thanks to all who came this weekend, we had a great time. Only one dislocated elbow and one robbery on friday night were the only mishaps for the weekend. looking forward to the next event wherever it may be.
I talked to a ribit rider member today on the phone and the club is looking for suggestions for next years event. The plan was to have it on the first weekend of august but it looks like it is going to be changed back to july and kept the same. if anyone has ideas e-mail me or the ribit riders.

By j8wheel on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I had alot of fun at Haspin Acres, the only disapointment was that there was not more 6 wheelers there. But those who made it had a good time.

By MaxRules (Brandon_price) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Sounds like an exciting weekend, how about more details? I've heard from lots of people that theft is common at Haspin Acres. What happened Friday?

I'm guessing someone crashed. Details?

MaxRules

By argogeru on Unrecorded Date: Edit

the robber stole about 40 dollars from my truck along with the wifes' purse, my tape case with 75 tapes and a 300 dollar camera with all the pictures still inside of it. tom had his wallet stripped of 30 bucks and a carton of marlboros and todd lost an undisclosed amount of money and equipment in his truck with him sleeping in it. this was a professional thief and the cops already now who did it, talked to them today. good thing for insurance. their is random theft their and it is always a local person from the town according to the cop. they have caught this guy several times and why he is not in prison I dont know. I work in a prison and their is alot of guys locked up for lesser stuff than that. he stole just over a 1000 dollars worth of stuff from my truck alone and in michigan anything over 100 bucks is a felony. not so in indy from the sounds of it.
and yes brandon, their was a crash. both people are fine and the riding continued shortly after. as i have said in earlier post about hespin acres this place is not for an inexperienced driver or a driver that dont know when to say when. I watch a level headed driver wreck and he has 20 plus years of riding experience.
once again the king quads were saved by the mighty amphibs. thought they could go through the goo and they thought wrong so we had to show 250 people at the mud holes the most superior machines on the planet. amphibs will rule offroading again. its just a matter of time.

By MaxRules (Brandon_price) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Who crashed? I don't think all crashes mean the driver wasn't good enough to drive through the terrain. If you are going to take it to the limit you have to be ready to eventually cross the line. Sometimes riding hard means crashing hard. I would rather see someone try difficult terrain and fail instead of not trying it at all.

MaxRules

By matt435 on Unrecorded Date: Edit

The ride this last weekend was great! The drive there with the leaves turning and the big hills and winding roads made it worth the trip. I had a great time. Matt

By matt435 on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Well I washed all of the mud off the bigfoot today and found a indent on the back lower body were it says argo, there is a small hole-tear, does anyone have a idea on how to repair this without making it look bad? you can barley see it because it's on one of the leters of ARGO molded into the body. Any Idaes would be great.

P.S. don't worry jim, it's just the risk you take riding. They aren't ment to stay pretty on the trailer. There are no hard feelings. Matt

By argogeru jon hoath on Unrecorded Date: Edit

matt,
does it go all the way through the body?

By matt435 on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Yes, there is a small hole or tear that goes all the way through. The ARGO logo is also bent in alittle bit, I was thinking of getting it really hot with my ready heater and try to pop it back, but that still won't fix the hole. I was thinking about mealting the hole back togeather. It is pretty small. about the size if a nail. Matt

By MaxRules (Brandon_price) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

What happened Matt? Were you the one that crashed? Small holes can be filled with some putty or a bolt.

MaxRules

By j8wheel on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Matt, I feel terrible about that, I'm just glad that no one got hurt, do you want to send me the bill or have a free shot at mine, lol. I hope that it is repairable an does'nt look that bad, let me know, Jim

By argogeru on Unrecorded Date: Edit

matt,
if the hole is that small maybe some pure silicone caulk would work. that stuff sticks tight to everything and if you used the clear kind you probably wouldn't notice it. you would probably half to check it often to make sure it didn't get ripped out somehow. did you call orrs and see would they could do? Plastic welder?

By matt435 on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Jim, Don't worry about it. I talked to Becky today, she said to take a heat gun and try to pop it out. As far as the hole, she said to use a black rivit and some putty. Matt

By J8wheel on Unrecorded Date: Edit

thanks Matt, let me know how that works out, next time I'll be in front, lol, Jim

By Jon Hoath on Unrecorded Date: Edit

October 22,23, and 24 ride at haspin acres. web address is www.motocrosspark.com. If anyone has any questions you can call me at 517-617-6474 in the evening. Jon Hoath.

By Bob Eells on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Hi John,
Glad to see you scheduled the haspin ride for october instead of late november or early december. Julie and I will definitely be there.
Hows the house coming? Do you have a yellow maxII now? Looking forward to seeing all the group again. See you there.

By Jon Hoath on Unrecorded Date: Edit

bob,
Moving in next week. 10 weeks of construction and it is finally done.
I got the camo max 11 with the 23 kohler. john doesn't half to be the only max at haspin now!!

By funtothemax on Unrecorded Date: Edit

john wasent the only Max there as i recall there were a few

By Roger Smith ( - 67.234.27.222) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Jon, you should check with Pete before the ride on a couple things. I was reading some 4 wheeler forums and they may be enforcing a helmet rule. Or we may be classified for seat belts. Maybe Pete will waive them both for us. They hired "rangers" to keep an eye on the place, some theft and several junk cars brought in and burned. Think this was in the recent past.. the ranger patrols were pulled as things improved..

also night riding has drawn noise complaints from various sources in town, and "on paper" is not allowed, although normal sounding vehicles riding in the back wooded area away from the direction on town is ok.

That's what I gather from the forums.. thought you'd want to check it out in case we need to bring helmets or tie in some seat belts..

By John Schwab (Johnschwab) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Hi Roger- Thanks for the heads-up. It will be very hard for the management of Haspin to enforce any kind of rules, that place is really a free-for-all. I hope we will still be able to do our nights rides even if we have to curtail them earlier. Will you be making the trip this time? If we have to wear helmets it is not the end of the world, I am required to wear one most all of the time on my quad. Whatever the case I am sure that we will have a great weekend as usual

By Rogersmith (Rogersmith) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Looking forward to going, John, and seeing everyone.. the 4 wheeler guys mentioned skateboard helmets, supposed to be light and ventilated. Going to look at them. October won't be bad.. now the July ride at Rockport wearing a borrowed black helmet that was too small.. that wasn't so great. I got called down by the management for not wearing one.. If Brandon had stayed a little longer he could have shared the lecture with me :)

By Rogersmith (Rogersmith) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

All right, time for some chatter on this ride!

Who plans on going?

Has Jon talked to the managment about helmets. Guess they should be brought, or in my case bought.

Anyone showing up Friday AM? I might.

By Bob Eells on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Roger,
I am planning on being there around noon on friday. I'm packed and ready to go!!!!!!!!!!. John Schwade won't be the only max there again. Hey Big Kodiak are you going? See you there.

By John Schwab (Johnschwab) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Hi Roger, I will be there friday about lunch time. Jon was hoping to arrive thursday night so as to reserve that same shelter for us.I am planning on bringing a helmet just in case, I will bring some extras. Riding with a helmet never bothers my neck on my street bike or my Quad, but I get a nasty stiff neck in the amphib when wearing one.
I plan on staying until monday morning, last I heard that was Jons plan also. I am not sure if he is back on-line yet but I will let you know more details as I get them.

By bigkodiak on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Bob
Unfortunately I will not be there. Hunting season starts next week for me. Gotta fill the freezer.
Hope you all have a good time though.
Russ

By matt435 on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Nicholas and I will be there Saturday about 3:00pm IN time.

Matt

By jdhoath on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Back on line today!
I will be their thursday night around 8 oclock. and john schwab and bob ells will not be the only ones their with maxes this time. 3 maxes at haspin will be a new record. Jon

By funtothemax on Unrecorded Date: Edit

hey jon i was there last year we had over 3 maxes a lot of argo but still had 5 or so maxes 3 wont be a record just a showing have fun and be careful too all that goes

By Rogersmith (Rogersmith) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

funtothemax,

The "only Max" refers to last January ride. Brr. Was fun though!


I'm ready for a 3 day ride!

By funtothemax on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Sorry forgot about that ride please forgive me

By John Schwab (Johnschwab) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Roger- You will be traveling farthest as usual, have a safe trip. I am looking forward to a great weekend. The weather forecast looks perfect so far, rain on friday, maybe saturday morning. Gee I hope its not too muddy! Yeah right.
That january weekend was a memorable one. Temperatures in the teens, stiff wind, camping. We must have been crazy, but it sure was fun.

By Rogersmith (Rogersmith) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Surprising what good therapy and rejuvination this trip was! Three days of friends, food/drink, riding day and night, a truckload of firewood, camping on site w/ showers.

Rained 5 inches 7-10 days earlier, rained and inch Saturday afternoon while we were there. Friday, Sunday was fair weather. Sat afternoon ride, I drained gallons of rainwater out of my open top 8 wheeler. But Sat. nite ride after the final downpour was something else.

Dust+clay+water made some special SLICK GOO. Slick enough that 6 or 8 wheels locked, you're still sliding downhill like a pinball with ruts and gravity determining where you go. Slick enough that it was hard to stand without falling.
There was an open area where we played, so slick you could broadslide forever, the MaxII's would spin like tops in a straight line.

There were 3 maxII's, a conquest, a response, a bigfoot, an avenger. Jon was like a kid with a new toy in his MaxII/23 kohler. I had a mild test drive in it, was quite a change from my station wagon 8 wheeler, lol. Light, short, narrow, in a mudhole you better be ready for it to change directions in a hurry! Never felt the need for rollover protection in my response, but I'd have that maxII on it's side/top in short order! Would love to have one, would be nice to have more than one horse to ride.

John Schwab taped the weekend.

By matt435 on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Nicholas and I had a Blast!!! What a great place to ride and great friends to ride with!!!
Matt

By John Schwab (Johnschwab) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Roger said it very well. It was a terrific weekend at Haspin, one of the best ever. Just the right combination of great trails, great weather, well-maintained machines and most the important thing-a great group of people to ride with. Many folks don't understand why we travel so far for these Haspin weekends, trust me one trip and you will know why.
Greg Orr brought an Avenger which we all expected to be way too big and heavy for these types of inclines and off-cambers. We were all amazed by the ability and agility of the Avenger. Greg got it into and out of some pretty amazing situations
I have put together a 1hr and44minute video of the highlights of the weekend that includes the Avenger action. If I can figure out how to use my new toy the video will be available on DVD as well as VHS.
Can't wait until next time-We are thinking January at this point

By Jon Hoath on Unrecorded Date: Edit

glad everyone made it home safe, just got back from up north.
We had the usual great time at haspin as usual, and the saturday night ride was one for the record books to say the least. the trails were pure grease! till next time, January??

By John Schwab (Johnschwab) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Hell has frozen over twice in a month. Jon Hoath is the proud owner of a Max II and I ,the techno-challenged video guy am finally producing videos on DVD. Anyone interested in the latest Haspin Video or any of my other 18 Titles can contact me at jsschwab@localnet.com

By Bob Eells on Unrecorded Date: Edit

John,
Just got your DVD today 11/4/04. Its so clear. Real cool footage. To all the guys and gals at Haspin, Had a great time . Julie and I really enjoy riding with you. Roger, its nice to be able to now put a face with your name. Thanks to you and Jon for getting me out of the mudhole on my first trip out and fixing my tire. Well gotta go!till next time keep them 6/8 wheels spinnin and diggin!!!!

By Rogersmith (Rogersmith) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Bob, I'm jealous. I have to wait a day longer than you for the DVD. Have been checking the mailbox like a kid :)

Congrats to John Schwab for the media upgrade to Disc!

January ride!