St. Helens Tree Farm - Access Pass

[nickrj11]

Well went in on Saturday and heard quite a few gunshots in the morning but our hunting day was cut short. Came across a gentleman named Bruce who had gotten a flat tire and did not have a spare because he had gotten a flat a day prior in the Winston unit. So we headed up to get a cell signal so we could call his family and get him the help he needed so they would make it out safely. Thats what we hunters do for each other. Now, normally a flat tire in the woods is just one of those risks we take. On this particular location, however, I disagree. Weyerhaeuser has laid very large and sharp shale rock on the 1100 mainline that is a nightmare for tires. I have only gone into Winston 3 times this year, we have seen 4 people with flats on this same section of road. Bruce was on the corner of the 1100 and the 2568. Ridiculous! Used to be such a great area with so many elk but now I'm afraid to even drive it! Any other recreation access pass holders for the St. Helens Tree Farm experience this in the Winston unit?

[2labs]

Sell you a pass then make it suck to use said pass. Genius.

[bobcat]

Need to buy better tires. Don't blame Weyerhaeuser for flat tires. 

[nickrj11]

One guy had Toyo All terrains, the other had BF Goodrich all terrains and the other had Nitto mud grapplers. I have the BFG KO2 tires.

[nickrj11]

Need to buy better tires. Don't blame Weyerhaeuser for flat tires.

So what would you suggest? I had BF Goodrich KO2's put on over the summer. Seen three different brands all with flats. 2 still had really good tread. You think that 4 flat tires on 3 different rigs in less than 2 weeks on the same stretch of road is just because of bad tires?

[Jonathan_S]

Getcha some Wrangler Duratracs.  I have beat the absolute daylights out of them on rocks without any flats 

Weyco builds roads for their operations not ours 

Kind of surprised to hear about the Nittos.  Must have had them soft    As far as the Toyos and BFGs...yeah we'll just say I am not surprised haha.

[Jonathan_S]

Also, bringing two full-size spares so you don't ruin a hunt over a flat is good practice. 

[headshot5]

Weyco builds roads for their operations not ours

 

[nickrj11]

I have never seen someone with a flat up in the woods. I just think that it goes to show how bad the road is in this particular area with so many flats on one stretch of road.

[2labs]

Need to buy better tires. Don't blame Weyerhaeuser for flat tires.

Your like baiting kittens.  Could of wrote that post for ya.

[nickrj11]

I guess I'm alone with this topic. I understand and agree that they do roads for their operations and not the hunters but when you have customers paying for a certain service or product, you also cater to their needs or atleast meet them half way. This road used to just be normal gravel and dirt but they laid this awful rock down. I contacted them 2 months ago and asked about it and they told me they knew of the problem and needed to grate the rock to fix it.

[bobcat]

Need to buy better tires. Don't blame Weyerhaeuser for flat tires.

So what would you suggest? I had BF Goodrich KO2's put on over the summer. Seen three different brands all with flats. 2 still had really good tread. You think that 4 flat tires on 3 different rigs in less than 2 weeks on the same stretch of road is just because of bad tires?

I've got about 35,000 miles on my Cooper Discoverer ATR tires, which I've had on my Silverado for 6 years. Many of those miles were on Weyerhaeuser roads. These tires were relatively inexpensive, if I remember correctly, $540 out the door at Discount Tire. Never once have I had a flat with these tires. However, they are a Load Range E, and I believe that's why they have done so well.

[TikkaT3-270Shortmag]

I had brand new tires and got a flat as well.  *censored*ty rock they layed down

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[Jonathan_S]

I had brand new tires and got a flat as well.  *censored*ty rock they layed down

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That's unfortunate, what kind of tires?  I'd be more interested in what kind they were than how new they were.

[bobcat]

Unbelievable!  All my life I've been driving on Weyerhaeuser and other timber company lands, and many times their roads will have the same large type of rock that was mentioned in the original post.

Yes I have been concerned when driving on that kind of rock, never got a flat but it always makes me nervous. But still, I'd never think about blaming the timber company if I did get a flat tire. If you don't think your tires can handle it, stay off those roads!

This is one of the reasons the free access is going away.