Pictures,

Trail Rides

and

Reports

 
 


 

Pictures, Reports and Stories

 

 

Events are listed in their chronological order, with the most recent being first on the list.

 

Tellico Work Weekend - August 11-12, 2007 - Southern Four Wheel Drive Association members held a major work weekend at Upper Tellico ORV Area .

SEMA Spring Expo - March 23-24, 2007 - Coverage of the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Spring Expo in Atlanta, Georgia.

Tellico River Cleanup Day Article - March 10, 2007 - The 8th annual cleanup day went well. The volunteers reported less trash than last year. Yeah!

Dixie Run 2006 Report - September 29 to October 1, 2006 - Big report on our big 20th annual event!

Third Quarter Meeting - September 9, 2006 - Pictures from the association meeting in Tracy City, Tennessee.

D.A. Young Appreciation Ride - May 2006 - Story about the passing of a friend and our fund raising trail ride at Coal Creek ORV Area at Windrock Mountain.

Southern Trailfest 2006 - (May 5 - 7, 2006) Our report on the 4th Annual Southern Trailfest event at Coal Creek ORV Area (Windrock). Lots of pictures of trail riding!

3rd Annual Mud for Blood Drive - April 8, 2006 - A bunch of our member clubs in Georgia held a blood drive and charity auction -plus a lot of fun.

Beasley Knob Adopt-A-Trail Work Weekend - March 18-19, 2006 - The Georgia Bounty Runners worked the Beasley Knob ORV area twice per year to assist in keeping this area open for our sport.

Tellico Work Weekend - March 10-12, 2006 - Volunteers from Southern Four Wheel Drive Association worked a long weekend maintaining the trails of Upper Tellico OHV Area.

Tellico River Cleanup Day Article - March 11, 2006 - The 7th annual cleanup day went very well, with nearly 300 volunteers picking up lots of trash (which is not necessarily a good thing).

Tellico Work Weekend Report - October 29 - 30, 2005 - We built a new parking lot for tow vehicles to load/unload. It's located near state line and is now open for public use. We took lots of pictures of the construction work.

Dixie Run 2005 - September 30 - October 2, 2005 - We have pictures and stories from the 19th Dixie Run at Upper Tellico OHV Area in Murphy, North Carolina.

Tellico Accomplishments for Fiscal Year 2005 - We recently received a comprehensive report from Bill Champion, Supervisory Forester, of all the work accomplished at Upper Tellico OHV Area in Fiscal Year 2005 (October 2004 – September 2005).   Southern Four Wheel Drive Association (SFWDA) was the primary volunteer group on all of these projects. The total estimated value of volunteer labor and equipment was an astounding $55,000 ! …

2nd Annual Mud for Blood Drive - April 2, 2005 - The Atlanta area 4-wheel drive clubs got together and held a blood drive - and we lived to tell about it!

Leadership Meeting report - February 12, 2005 - Report on our leadership meeting in north Georgia and a general description of these periodic meetings.

Tellico Work Accomplishments for Fiscal Year 2004 - Southern 4WD Association members again performed huge amounts of volunteer work at Upper Tellico OHV Area for fiscal year 2004 (October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004). Our members spent thousands of hours of their free time performing volunteer work, additionally bringing their own vehicles and equipment to help out. The value of volunteer labor and materials again exceeded $30,000 for the year.

Hurricane Ivan Cleanup and Work Weekend at Beasley Knob OHV Area - October 16 - 17, 2004 - Ivan tore through north Georgia and left many downed trees in its wake. The Georgia Bounty Runners went to Beasley Knob to re-open the area.

Dixie Run 2004 - October 1 - 3, 2004 - Lots of pictures and interesting stories from the 18th Dixie Run at Upper Tellico OHV Area in Murphy, North Carolina.

Hurricane Ivan Aftermath at Tellico - September 21, 2004 - The preliminary reports for Hurricane Ivan impacts in Upper Tellico are a mixed bag of bad news and good news. The good news is that so far we have not found any major blow outs, slides, etc. However, there are a large number of trees down, some of which are huge and which will be very dangerous to remove.

Rattle Rock 4WD Club goes to the Rubicon - July 2004 - Mell Mashburn writes an entertaining tale of some Southern boys in southern Jeeps headin' out to California!

Southern Trailfest - (April 30 - May 2, 2004) Our report on the 2nd Annual Southern Trailfest event at Coal Creek ORV Area (Windrock). Lots of trail riding for everyone!

Tellico River Cleanup Day - (March 13, 2004) Our report on the 5th Annual trash pick-up day at Tellico, with Trout Unlimited and the Forest Service. Includes pictures and reports from members and Forest Service staff.

Southern Appalachian Expedition - (November 15-17, 2003) A gathering of Land Rover enthusiasts from all over the eastern United States for trail riding in North Georgia.

Payne Charity Jeep Giveaway Event - (November 1, 2003) The Georgia Bounty Runners made a long term commitment to help a fellow club member who had a serious car accident.

Fawl Crawl 2003 - (October 23-26, 2003) The Mid-Atlantic Early Broncos held their annual big event at Tellico. They are strong supporters of Southern 4WD Association. Ever seen a bunch of built Early Broncos tackle Tellico? You can see them here.

Tellico Work Weekend Report - October 17 - 19, 2003 - We installed metal railings to keep vehicles (ATVs, etc) on the road and we cleared some silt traps.

Dixie Run 2003 - (October 3-5, 2003) Over 400 pictures from the 17th Dixie Run at Upper Tellico OHV Area in Murphy, North Carolina.

Uwharrie Summary of 2003 Volunteer Work - Read a summary of the work accomplished for Fiscal Year 2003 at Uwharrie National Forest trail system by the motorized recreation volunteer groups.

Summer Convention 2003 - (June 20-22, 2003) Report and pictures from our 5th annual Summer Convention. See the big rocks at Windrock ORV Area.

Southern Trailfest (formerly Dixie Run Windrock) 2003 - (May 2-4, 2003) Story and lots of pictures of our great new annual event at Windrock. Everyone agree that just the food was worth it. Of course, the trail riding was great, too.

Tellico River Cleanup Day - (March 8, 2003) A report on the 4th Annual trash pick-up day at Tellico, with Southern 4WD Association, Trout Unlimited and the Forest Service.

Dixie Run 2002 - (October 4-6, 2002) Our report and lots of our pictures from the 16th Dixie Run at Upper Tellico OHV Area in Murphy, North Carolina.

Dixie Run 2002 - (October 4-6, 2002) Pictures and story at  4x44u.com about our big event at Upper Tellico OHV Area in Murphy, NC.

Rock Crawlers Association of America - RCAA competition - (July 11-13, 2002) Cedar City, Utah. Story and pictures by Dave Strawn.

Tellico River Trash Pick-Up - (March 9, 2002) A report on the 3rd Annual trash pick-up day at Tellico, with Southern 4WD Association, Trout Unlimited and the Forest Service.

Dixie Run 2001 - (October 5-7, 2001) Pictures and reports from our big event every year at Upper Tellico OHV Area in Murphy, NC.

Farmington, NM - (September 5-9, 2001) Pictures from the United 4WD Associations Annual Convention in Farmington.

Tellico River Trash Pick-Up - (March 10, 2001) Story and pictures from the 2nd Annual trash pick-up day sponsored by Southern 4WD Association, Trout Unlimited and the Forest Service.

Tellico Work Day - (March 10, 2001) Story and pictures from a volunteer work day at Upper Tellico ORV Area.

Livingston, KY cleanup - (Oct 14, 2000) Report on the cleanup weekend for trails at Livingston.

Royal Blue work weekend (temporarily not available) - (Oct 14-15, 2000) Pictures from our large work weekend to rebuild and fix trails at this popular Tennessee state recreation area.

Dixie Run 2000 - (Oct 2000) Lots of pictures of the event!

United Convention 2000 - (July 21-22, 2000) in Sweetwater, TN and trail rides at Tellico. Lots of trail pictures.

Summer Convention 2000 - (June 2000) Our report from Blairsville, Georgia. Hosted by Georgia Bounty Runner 4WD Club.

Tennessee OHV Planning Committee - Trail ride at Tellico on May 7, 2000 to familiarize the committee members with the kinds of trails we like to ride on.

Royal Blue Cleanup Day - March 19, 2000, by Tennessee Valley Four Wheelers.

First Quarter Meeting - March 4 - 5, 2000 in Monteagle, Tennessee, hosted by Middle Tennessee Trail Runners.

Dixie Run 1999 - Our report from Murphy, NC and Upper Tellico OHV Area. Lots of pictures of trail riding!

Dixie Run 1999 - Report on the 13th Annual Dixie Run by Kendra Cook of 4x44u.com.

Dixie Run 1998 - Report by 4x44u.com on the 12th Annual Dixie Run!

Southern Four Wheel Drive Association wins the prestigious "Jack Edwards Memorial Award" at the United Annual Convention.

Also, Director of Legislative Affairs David Borum wins "Environmental 4 Wheeler of the Year" and Trail Mix newsletter Editor Woody Havens wins "Best Editorial" award presented at the United Convention!

At the Dixie Run, Southern Four Wheel Drive Association awarded the "Volunteer Appreciation Award" to Griff and Dawn Shirley and another "Volunteer Appreciation Award" to Gunnar Byrd for their willingness to volunteer on major trail maintenance projects.

Southern also awarded the "Corporate Appreciation Award" to Richard Winchester of BF Goodrich for his extensive and continuing support of the association.

Dixie Run 1997 - Report on the 11th Annual Dixie Run.

Work Weekend at Tellico in September 1997.

Dixie Run 1996 - Report on the 10th Annual Dixie Run.

9th Annual Dixie Run in 1995

 

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