Donate to the NEA4WD

The Northeast Association of 4WD Clubs is in its 7th year of solid growth.  We’ve gone from an idea in a guys garage to 22 some-odd clubs, thousands of members and access to thousands of acres of land to wheel on.  This is a local Association, this is you and me and a ton of other folks you see here hanging out donating their time to the sport.  This isn’t some high-brow national organization with tons of money and a marketing department.

Recently we’ve taken on two major projects that have sucked up literally all the money in the trails fund.  We cleaned up a landowners land in Central Mass who graciously lets us wheel on their properties, the dumpster rentals costed a chunk of change.  Secondly we’re building a 4×4 bridge (or bridges) on some newly acquired acres in Southern New Hampshire.  Some of you signed up for the Fall Crawl will have the chance to wheel this land for the first time.

Anyways, wheeling isn’t cheap, we all know that, but if you could find it in yourself to make even a small donation, a couple $5-$10 even, that would help out.  If we had everyone just donate $5 we’d be in great shape.  Please consider a donation to the trails fund if you got a few extra dollars in your paycheck in the coming weeks.

Here is a link to the site, paypal button, and the snail mail address:
Please make a note on your check or paypal that it is for the Trails Fund.

Thanks,
Paul Regish
NEA4WDC Land Access Committee

Fall Gathering Registration

Yankee Toys Fall Gathering 2008
Oct. 3–5

Here it is folks! Everything is laid out in the PDF, we are looking forward to another GREAT event this year!

A few highlights:

• We are capping at 75 trucks so don’t dillydally with your registration
• Catered BBQ and raffle on Saturday night
• More Trail options this year for all skill levels
• Children’s activities on Saturday
• Camping reservations through the club this year
• Check or Paypal

http://www.yankeetoys.org/FG2008regfinal.pdf

Fall Gathering 2008

We are just about done finalizing the FG Registration and will be posting it soon. Stay tuned for updates!

Big thanks to Randy Elkin and Jason Peters for designing this year’s Tshirt artwork:

This year the Saturday night BBQ will be catered by 4 Star Catering out of Rindge, NH.

The menu will be :

• Barbecued Chicken Halves
• Spare Ribs
• Cottage Fries
• Corn on the Cob
• Potato Salad
• Cole Slaw
• Fresh Garden Salad
• Home Made Baked Beans
• Country Biscuits
• Condiments
• Watermelon Wedges
• Coffee and Punch

Bridge Building in Swanzey

08/17/08 Bridge Build and Trail Cut – Swanzey NH

Date: Sunday August 17, 2008
Time: Meet at 9:00 am, Roll at 9:30 am
Place: Swanzey Post Office
486 Old Homestead Hwy
Swanzey, NH 03446

Trailer Parking: Trailers can be parked here at the Post Office for street legal vehicles. There is also an area closer to where we will work that trailers can be parked for non street legal vehicles.

Volunteer Incentives: Lunch, 1/2 day wheeling, and entry into volunteer raffle for NEA members.

Plan A: To build 3 bridges for use our on the property; 2 @ 10′ and 1 @ 16′.

Equipment:
Generator
Extension Cord
1/2 drills
drill bit size to be posted
Gas operated air compressor
W/air lines and impact wrench

Plan B: IF TIME AND/OR NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS PERMIT: To create a long challenging trail for moderate and extreme vehicle from the bottom to top of a recently cut ridgeline along the eastern edge of the property.

Please bring gloves, chainsaw, clippers, your rig, and WATER. Don’t forget the bug spray! We can keep it stock-friendly if needed, so no worries![/quote]

Please let me know if you can attend, thanks.