Author Topic: Rimrock ATV/Quads????? yes? no? (Read 12298 times)

Slenk · « **Reply #15 on:** July 22, 2008, 02:06:15 PM »

Quote from: GoldTip on July 22, 2008, 01:38:51 PM

The difference is on National forest lands any vehicle on a road must be street legal. Most ATV's are not street legal unless you have them licesed that way, and they have to have a horn and a rear view mirror. Mine is street legal and can be ridden on the roads.Remember, your truck is also street legal, but your quad is not. Some FS guys won't pay you any mind and some will fine you and confiscate your ATV.

"Mine is street legal and can be ridden on the roads"
Not in Washington State
Slenk

kirkl · « **Reply #16 on:** July 22, 2008, 02:09:19 PM »

I work with a reserve sherriff and couple years ago in the rimrock a guy had a street legal quad then ran his plates on it and gave him a ticket for riding a quad on national forrest.

Slenk · « **Reply #17 on:** July 22, 2008, 02:17:27 PM »

We see guys riding up and down Sheep Co.Rd & on Huntzinger Rd. all the time, going up to the L.T.Murray Game Range

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And every once in a while they get nailed .

Slenk

backwoods_boy · « **Reply #18 on:** July 22, 2008, 03:14:11 PM »

no thanks i love to hike.....not worth it...

Shank · « **Reply #19 on:** July 22, 2008, 09:24:01 PM »

The last i heard quads/atv's are allowed on all 4x4 trails as long as they have current ORV tabs. They just arent legal on any other road way. Call the Naches ranger district to be sure.

257 Wby Mag · « **Reply #20 on:** July 22, 2008, 09:35:57 PM »

My pard belongs to a jeep club over here. The run the *censored* outta Rimrack all summer long, their jeeps are no where near street legal...

backwoods_boy · « **Reply #21 on:** July 22, 2008, 09:42:06 PM »

SO WHATS THE FINAL WORD?

ATV's YES OR NO?

?
i just want to know if i can cruise my quad and look for some animals.

kirkl · « **Reply #22 on:** July 23, 2008, 07:49:13 AM »

no you cant ride them on the national forrest roads.

GoldTip · « **Reply #23 on:** July 23, 2008, 07:54:00 AM »

Not even if they are considered street legal and licensed by another state for on road use? I was told by a FS cop that it was legal as long as they had passed inspection and were licensed. Mine is licensed for Idaho which is where I normally ride, and have ridden many time on National Forest roads here in WA and never had a problem with the F&G or the FS boys when I've seen them. If it's a national forest road, and it's considered a street legal vehicle, it should not matter what state your are in. Or what state they are licensed in, it's NATIONAL forest. I could see them being able to have a say on state forest roads, and county and state hiways.

backwoods_boy · « **Reply #24 on:** July 23, 2008, 08:32:44 AM »

ok
sounds good guys thanks for the help.
its just not worth it.
i am all about walking the hills and doing it the hard way....but i just hate it when im sweating my balls off and some Jack ass comes flying past me on a quad....
anyways thanks again and good luck this year guys
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TheHunt · « **Reply #25 on:** July 23, 2008, 11:22:46 AM »

I purchsed a Suzuki DTZ400S and put Dunlap 606 knobbies on it. It is a dualsport and has a license plate etc. I have a motorcycle endorsement on my license.

To ride on a FS Road legally the vehicle must be street legal. To run on the trail system it has to have an ORV tag. If the trail is open to ride an ORV and your quad has an ORV tag your are good to go. You can drive on the FS road to cross the road to get to an trail. i.e. trail intersecting the FS road.

That makes sense?

cabin308 · « **Reply #26 on:** July 23, 2008, 11:34:25 AM »

Quote from: missionbigbull2008 on July 23, 2008, 08:32:44 AM

....but i just hate it when im sweating my balls off and some Jack ass comes flying past me on a quad....

I hate nothing more than to see someone blatantly riding/driving in any closed area. Sets a bad image. I'm not against ATV's...love 'em. But seeing/hearing a motor out in the closed areas gets me fired up. Not to get off topic but a few years ago we started to hike into an area off the green dots in Manastash on an old closed logging road and half mile in there's a travel trailer and horse trailer.

I mean really, if you have horses wtf are you doing so far in!! Needless to say I was so pissed off I marked the GPS to tell the GW but by the time we came back they packed up and left.

There....I feel better now.

backwoods_boy · « **Reply #27 on:** July 23, 2008, 01:19:52 PM »

yeah i am with you.
i was hunting near teanaway last year and i was just getting into a good area that i was sure was holding some BUCKS and this *censored* on a quad came up the same trail i was hiking and i just threw my arms up and he just rode past.
i was so hacked i went back to camp and got drunk.
hahahaha
why dont they just obey the rules.
i love quads but have some freakin common curtesy.

kirkl · « **Reply #28 on:** July 23, 2008, 01:44:22 PM »

I asked the sherriff here at work about the ATV/national forest and this was his reply. Which tells me that if your quad is street legal that you still cant ride it in the national forest. And i think that is what TheHunt was saying above.

Any vehicle in order to be driven on forest service roads in the national forest must be street legal. The only way you can use an ATV in national forest is on designated trails. Motorcycle trails are considered single tract trails and they cannot be ridden there. Only trails designated for jeeps and ATV's. I did say that I believe the forest service is looking at the possibility of allowing ATV's to be ridden on some designated roads. But those rules have not been adopted

cabin308 · « **Reply #29 on:** July 23, 2008, 01:51:47 PM »

Hey missionBB,
Carry a can of bear spray and give the mf'er a shot to the face as he goes by.

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