Re: OT-Ideas for watergate

Posted by Ludwig on September 13, 2004 at 12:36:49 from (65.196.0.78):

In Reply to: OT-Ideas for watergate posted by FC on September 13, 2004 at 09:21:12:

I own a piece of property that hasn't been lived on and the fourwheelers cross it pretty heavy. For years my great uncle fought them tooth and nail. If he caught one on the property he'd bring them up on tresspass charges, then they'd sneak in in the night and set off fireworks or threaten to burn down our camp or something else.
Since I've owned the farm we've been filling in the entrances the fourwheelers use with brush but always leaving them one hole in and one hole out. This summer I took the bushhog and cut a path from one hole to the other. Since we aren't mowing that field this year the grass quite high everywhere except the path.
The idea is to get the fourwheelers all trained to use the path. I know I can't keep them out but I can keep them contained and thats something. Since we've started this there have been zero incidents of vandalism. The fenceline isn't all tore up, they don't push through the brush piles or tear down the no tresspassing signs, we don't get flipped off when a fourwheeler rides by and things are much more peacefull because I routed the path away from the camp. All in all it works out well for everybody. Sure its my land but as long as they aren't hurting anything its better this way than the constant fight.
Another thing we did was write to the local fourwheeler club and tell them to police the riders or our land would be closed off with a good high fence. I've seen people from the club stop the yahoos from doing stupid stuff and hustle them off our land. Make ally's not enemies and your ally's will do the work for you.

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