Georgia Bronco

EDIT: Tentative plan is Beasley Knob on June 5th!!!

OK meetup is June 5th 11AM.

At the MarathonGas/Dunkin donuts
16 Bracketts Way, Blairsville, GA 30512

Beasley knob has a $5 fee you can pay in advance.
https://www.recreation.gov/activitypass/7dd5ac3c-77b5-11eb-86df-e60b5d20d0e4

General Beasley Knob info:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/conf/recarea/?recid=10533

Alright guys, I'm looking at planning another trip that will be a little more on the difficult side. Trying to think of where to go. My first things that came to mind are Beasley Knob and Flatland rd.

Beasley knob is an OHV park and has around 5 or so trails. VERY vertical and tight with a rock garden and at least 1 trail I don't think a stock sasquatch can conquer without real a possibility of body damage (we can avoid that one obviously).

Flatland Rd is a old service road with tight clearances and very off camber spots. I scrapped one of my flares there the last time I went. The fun section of Flatland will only take an hour or so but there are some scenic sections afterward to ride on. (yellow highlight below is flatland, green and blue are the scenic easy trails afterwards)

What does everyone think? I would need for it to be a Sunday again (I work every Saturday).

Also, if anyone else has some alternative let me know.

Depending on how soon the truck gets shipped, I'm definitely down

@FSUMcFly

@FSUMcFly man Ford is killing me on your Bronco. They need to ship that damn thing.

@DREWR13

@DREWR13 without a doubt! I'm so anxious for it to arrive. Good news is my Sundays are free for the next few weeks whenever it does make it's surprise arrival

I’m in. I’m in Austin today; off-roadeo yesterday. Great times and now I’m feeling a little sad we don’t have this much rock in GA. Anyone else try to ruin their off-roadeo truck on that higher speed track at the end?

can’t wait to take mine out west this summer

@kevin.gt

@kevin.gt My wife and I went to moab and we def tested out the BAJA mode lol. Yea after all the rocks in Moab GA trails are just mud lol.

@DREWR13

@DREWR13 I think I would have enjoyed Moab more. This was still great and checking out Austin today was fun, but the off-roadeo felt a bit staged given you can see the hwy often and have cell reception the whole time

that said I got to learn to two pedal a bit and understand the trail control a bit more (automatic independent control of each brake). Moab, sand hollow, and coral pink in july (and a week’s worth of driving)

@kevin.gt

@kevin.gt We are going out to Colorado in July. Tons of driving but can't wait to see Black Bear pass and Imogene Pass etc. We will def be going back to Moab. The environment out there is so different than here. Every where you look there are trails going off the main roads. I want to explore them all.

How much worse is it than the hard section of grassy gap? Just wondering if my black Diamond would be fine through everything at my comfort level

@ChompSticks

@ChompSticks I had a GX470 on 33's behind me at flatland and he did fine. I honestly think you would be fine either place. I have videos of both to give you an Idea. I did Beasley solo and if you avoid the hardest trails its fine.

Flatland Rd Video -

Beasley Video -

I'm 100% game for this, especially Beasley. Last time I went I was solo and didn't want to risk the rock garden without a recovery vehicle.

That said, I'm out for the next two weekends. Available first sat /sun of June

@Gene Dios

@Gene Dios June 5th works for me as for the date.

I’ll be in next month when I (theoretically) get my Bronco. In the meantime post pictures. Beasley knob is a great place to go.

Literally just did Beasley Knob yesterday and I was certain that I would have driver side body damage at one point, but barely managed to escape without it. Sasquatch and all.

And I absolutely plan on going back haha. It was SO much fun! So yeah, count us in on this!

Literally just did Beasley Knob yesterday and I was certain that I would have driver side body damage at one point, but barely managed to escape without it. Sasquatch and all.

And I absolutely plan on going back haha. It was SO much fun! So yeah, count us in on this!

@GABroncin

@GABroncin lol this is definitely the same spot I slammed on driver side and same as you, expected more damage. I only broke the flare and a clip really. There's an extremely minor and unnoticeable dent in the fender. That drop puts your driver side down first and if it's slippery whatsoever you really can't not move toward that dirt wall.

@GABroncin

@GABroncin Yea I think I was coming uphill to that intersection from that trail. It all blurs together as it was my first time there. Ok well this sold me on the location lol. So June 5th @ Beasley seems to be the move.

@Gene Dios

@Gene Dios man Idk how I got out without any damage at all. I won't even call it driver skill lol. It was all luck.

Updated OP with June 5th @ Beasley

Happy to link the page myself when I get back to the computer but Beasley has that $5 day fee. Good to make sure everyone is aware and paid ahead of time.

@Gene Dios

@Gene Dios I will add to the OP

This is on my wife Birthday. I would love to go but I don't know how I could make this work.

@LIVETOLEARN

@LIVETOLEARN Understandable.

@LIVETOLEARN

@LIVETOLEARN birthday present? Who doesn't enjoy spending quality time with thier loved one romping around out in nature

Damn I won’t be able to make this. I’ve been wanting to hit up Beasley too.
If I go solo, what trails should I avoid if I don’t want to get banged up?

@Badassbronco

@Badassbronco The Yellow Trail (93C) I ran solo left to right. Once at the end it hits 93D which is VERY steep downhill. If you go slow you will be fine but it is nerve wracking if you are not used to wheeling in steep terrain like that . I followed 93D back to 93C intersection for a full loop.

Also tried the orange trail on the top 93. Couldn't make it up one of the ledges so I turned around.

@Badassbronco

@Badassbronco @DREWR13 lol this is what I was talking about before. The map actually at the trailhead shows the red one as 93C. So hard to route plan with so many different labels out there haha

@GABroncin

@GABroncin Dude yes, that intersection is chaotic and terribly marked. The whole day I was confused as hell to where exactly I was.

I’m in for sure wherever works for me!

I'm most likely out for this one, my ETA got pushed to end of July.

@FSUMcFly

@FSUMcFly just meet us and roll with one of us. That’ll help get a good feel for what you are gonna experience and love.

@FSUMcFly

@FSUMcFly @clintonic Yeah you can hop in our back seat if you'd like

I may just do that, maybe take the Miata up to the parking lot to meet you guys so I get a little top down fun on the way up.

@DREWR13

@DREWR13 what time are we meeting up?

@GABroncin

@GABroncin Um whenever. What does everyone think?

@DREWR13

@DREWR13 Two hour drive from Atlanta at best. Good chance there's some traffic with people out and about on a Sunday. Something like 11am at the earliest for a bit of buffer would be great.

@Gene Dios

@Gene Dios Yea I was thinking similar. 11am seems good. Ill update the OP unless a majority want to change the time.

OK meetup is June 5th 11AM.

At the MarathonGas/Dunkin donuts
16 Bracketts Way, Blairsville, GA 30512

Is it a bigger gas station I could leave my car at for the day and them not care if I hitch a ride with someone?

@FSUMcFly

@FSUMcFly yea you will be fine leaving it there. its right next to a supermarket as well if we need more space.

Bumping for tomorrow. How many people are coming out?

@DREWR13

@DREWR13 still not 100% sure

@DREWR13

@DREWR13 I’ll be there. Two of my friends will be riding with me

@DREWR13

@DREWR13 I'll be there.

I'll be there if some one has room for me to ride along, my truck is still stuck in production limbo

@FSUMcFly

@FSUMcFly if you're cool with an 11 month old Springer Spaniel, you can chill in our back seat

@GABroncin

@GABroncin that works for me! We plan on bringing our Corgi out on future trips

Super bummed but I'm sick in bed and have to back out. Hopefully another Beasley trip comes together again this summer

@DREWR13

@DREWR13 do you happen to have a gaia link for today?

@kevin.gt

@kevin.gt https://www.gaiagps.com/public/Autuj1gEb3QYbRMdenND1g7v

That might work. That's a map section download with my routes for the different trails at beasley

You guys have fun and post pictures. I just got my "built" email from Ford this morning, so hopefully I'll be able to join on the next one.

I didn't get home until 9:30 last night and was beat. I'll go through the video in the next few days. Had a blast!!!

@DREWR13

@DREWR13 yeah it was awesome. can't wait to see the video and pics. great meeting everyone. I might have sold one of my buddies on a bronco

@kevin.gt

@kevin.gt Its funny when people actually get to experience one its an easy sell.

@DREWR13

@DREWR13 yeah off-roadeo passengers should be free. figure every few people would choose to bring a friend resulting in a new sale

couple pics

Yeah, what a great time! Thanks for coming out, yall! We'll get the pics that we took uploaded once they're gone through a bit. Can't wait to do it again!

@GABroncin

@GABroncin have you had a chance to post pics?

@kevin.gt

@kevin.gt I sure didn't! My bad! https://photos.app.goo.gl/p4ZXyMZ1kxMkuozb9

@GABroncin

@GABroncin thanks! Cool photos. Especially like the rubicon hitting the water and flexing off the rock

Oh damn, two white Broncos. Maybe it's good I wasn't able to join, that'd be three. Three white Broncos will in fact invoke the power of OJ and cause a police motorcade to materialize on your tail.

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