Semi-Tame place near Terre Haute, IN for a Stock 4th Gen?

[tominabox1]

Do you guys know of any place near Terre Haute, IN that I could exercise the 4 wheel drive? I've never done any off roading and my T4R is bone stock with Bridgestone Dueler AT's (not revo). I don't know anybody here at school that does off road stuff but I'm sure I could find someone if I really tried, but since you guys know what my vehicle is capable of, I thought you'd be a good place to start!

 

[racedirt1]

Badlands - down in Attica, Indiana. :bigok:

 

[tominabox1]

Badlands - down in Attica, Indiana. :bigok:

Yeah I saw that but that's farther away than I was hoping... anybody know of any place closer?

 

[racedirt1]

Well, unless you know somebody who has private property you are unfortunately limited to actual off-road parks in this general area(at least that I am aware of). You can hit Cliffs over in Marsailles, IL. Or go the sand dunes on Lake Michigan.

I think there is a Indiana chapter on TTORA that may provide some other locations.

I got a local spot I hit every now and then, but it surely would not be worth your drive.

Whatever you do though, tread lightly.

 

[racedirt1]

Guess I should brush up on my Hoosier State geography before I speak. Dude, you are super close to Badlands - it's only an hour or so from you. I only wish I was that close.

 

[tominabox1]

OK I watched some videos...looks like Badlands is worth the drive

Are there some nice wide open, not super muddy areas in there? Looks like there's a few at least. Also, if I just show up do you think I could join a group and go with them when I get there?

 

[racedirt1]

I am sure you would have no problem finding somebody to follow, there are a lot of by-passes around things there.

You should have much more area to roam in a stock 4th gen. than you would at Cliffs.

Also check out Ih8mud.com and search the clubhouse for the Indiana chapter(Hoosier Cruisers). They go there quite often and they are a great group of guys.

 

[tominabox1]

Well thanks for the help! It looks like their next get together up there is May 1st-3rd. Maybe I can get up there that weekend for a day. We'll see. Or maybe you could meet me up there

Of course I'll have to do this all over again this summer when I go out to Iowa for work. :bonk:

 

[KellyJ]

Badlands is a fun place to go to for even stock. There was plenty to mess around on/in with my basically stock 3rd generation. Have Revo's too. Awesome tire but have a tendency to cake up with real thick mud sometimes

This is from when I went over a year ago

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=34517&highlight=badlands

 

[tominabox1]

Badlands is a fun place to go to for even stock. There was plenty to mess around on/in with my basically stock 3rd generation. Have Revo's too. Awesome tire but have a tendency to cake up with real thick mud sometimes

This is from when I went over a year ago

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=34517&highlight=badlands

Must have missread...I have the regular AT's, NOT the Revos- but I doubt that will hurt me too much since I'm a wimp and I'll probably skip all the hard stuff anyway! I'm really afraid to bang up the truck...my dad would kill me!

I suppose I should ditch the running boards when I go too right?

 

[Sum_Devl]

You might also want to check out Interlake which is located in Lynnville, IN. It is further away than the badlands, but still not to far (probably about 2 hr.s). I will post a link below that has all the info. about it. Enjoy!
http://www.in.gov/dnr/outdoor/4226.htm

 

[createbmx]

after off roading this weekend and going up some black diamond in a completely stock 97, I think you don't have to worry so much. These trucks are very capable.