I LOVE Durhamtown, wish it was closer!     

Are there trails to ride or is it mostly mud pits?

If its the same as Ocala then yes the age rules sort of apply.  Your son needs the riders course which has to be taken on an atv for his age.  But then at Ocala it says no one under 16 allowed to ride over 150cc.  I'd call and find out what the fine is if your caught.  I've heard some outrageous fines for stuff in Ocala.

Any problems with the police?  I heard they have been ticketing/towing cars and the whole place was posted no trespassing?
I haven't been back since I heard that.

My son and I are also going Saturday but we will just be riding the trails.  Never been before but hope its a nice place as its relatively close to my house.

Sounds street legal.   Don't forget you need to have the motorcycle endorsement on you drivers license.

Ive got a 05 Eiger 5 speed.  Almost 1000 miles on it and knock on wood, no problems.

Thanks for the fast reply, Paul!

I am planning on taking my 12 year old there this Saturday but I see its a event weekend.    Are event weekends mostly for adults?  Should I wait to take him another time?  Also, I see they have night rides.  Are they guided or just go by yourself?

Thanks and sorry for asking here.  I registered a few days ago with the plex's site but haven't got my response yet validating my username/password.

I thought the police were towing vehicles and writing trespass citations here?   
Have they let up on that?  My son has been begging me to take him back here.

Cool!
I thought that 5A had been shut down?  I heard they were towing vehicles and giving tickets for trespassing?   

How is it for just trail riding with kids?   

My understanding is the child has to take the ATV course on a size ATV recommended for them.  On the Big Scrub rules board it says no person under 16 can ride anything over 150cc.   My 12 year old rides a 250

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After reading this all I can say is wow.   I'm not going to comment on ProEMTPFF having the police patrol this area, do what you feel is right.   I want to comment on his/her professionalism.  You may be an excellent paramedic/firefight and I thank you for that as it is a tough job with crazy hours.

The problem I have is with "professional".  I have been working in law enforcement over 21 years.  We have reserve and part time officers working for the department.  I would never refer to them as "wannabes".  Nor would I refer to security personnel as "wannabes" in a public forum.  These folks are doing what they can the best they can for now.  Does a security guard want to be a police officer, maybe/maybe not.  Does a worker who does transport from one hospital to another want to be a first responder paramedic?  Maybe/maybe not.   But they are doing what they can and maybe working their way up the ladder.

Would I get a ticket for speeding?  Probably not.   Would I get arrested for tresspassing at 5a?  Probably not.  But I would not come on a public forum bragging how I can break the law and get away with it while at the same time calling the police because others are also doing it.

When you talk about riding across the roadway and if you get stopped you just say yeah yeah, never do it again, yeah, yeah, whatever that shows your true colors, attitude - and professionalism.

www.broadriveratv.com
I always enjoy going here.

The website is still under construction.  I prefer mostly dry trail riding, how much of that will there be there?

Next weekend is Black College Reunion.  Guess I missed White College Reunion.

We went out and had a good time.   Riding the power lines it seemed to be a little less whooped up than in the past.  While we were unloading two rangers stopped by just to say hi and gave us a map and some info on the ATV class for my 12 yoa son.  We rode about 3 hours, never got stopped or any problems.  Only bad thing for us is the rule board says no one under 16yoa on anything larger than a 150cc.  My son rides a 250cc.

That sounds reasonable.   What about the trails that are on the other side of the road (the side without the powerlines) can you still go to those?

Just how bad is it at Ocala now?  Seems like all everyone talks about is getting tickets when they go.
Is there a place to go to get a printout of all the rules so we don't accidentally break them?  Like what side of the powerlines to stay on, where to park, etc?  I normally go to Big Scrub and enter from Hwy 19 and park where the pavement ends as I don't like to drive down the dirt road for 8 miles to get to the campground.  Is there a ranger there to take money and give you a pass or do you have to go all the way to the campground?  Its just my 12 year old and me, where the least whooped out area?

I was out at "dry lake" off Seminole Woods two weekends ago with the kids and three Deputies showed up and told us to leave.  They also said the owner wanted anyone found there arrested.
I guess we got lucky.

I am also disappointed in the feeble attempts to groom the trails.  I had high hopes Ocala would have turned into something close to Durhamtown or Broadriver type of trails, relatively smooth and maintained.  Sadly, this has not even come close to happening.  I have read replies saying that Ocala does not have the manpower to run the grater machine.  It seems they have enough people checking for green stickers why cant they get one of them each day to run the machine?  People are now paying to ride the trails and this new income should cover the cost of running the machine.  I have also heard it takes a long time to groom a trail.  Say the machine moves at 3 mph, over a 8 hour day that is 24 miles of trail groomed (give or take for lunch break).  I have said it before and I'll say it again, they should pick 1 or 2 of the trail systems and concentrate on getting them groomed first as I'm sure it takes several passes of the grater to smooth them out.  Once that is done move on to the others and maybe leave one trail alone for the riders who prefer the challenge of riding the whoops.

As far as riding it like you stole it.  That is great if thats the kind of riding you enjoy.  I personally do not enjoy riding endless miles of whoops.  I ride a 600 pound 4x4 which is not the optimal machine for skipping across the tops of whoops.  I also ride with my wife and 12 year old son and neither of them like the whoops.  We just enjoy going out as a family, and would prefer to enjoy the beauty of the forest and being in nature without having to fight our ATVs over the whoops.

As far as just going to Durhamtown or Broadriver to ride, I'd do that in a second if I could.  However, its a 400 mile 10 hour drive one way for me.  Not only is it hard for me to get that kind of time to go, at 11 mpg towing it is almost $250 in gas round trip alone.  Ocala is less than 1 hour from my house.

Ida, how far is the Motoplex from Deltona?   Was it worth the drive for someone who likes trail riding?

My son will be 12 next month and rides an Eton Vector 250.   Hes a big kid and it fits him perfect.