Although t-shirts will be on sale at the event (go to the website at http://www.gravesmountaintrailrides.com/ to see the artwork), Chuck will sell them to anyone...even if you can't make the rally... :) Speaking of which, you still have time to make plans to attend. The rally/trailrides start on Aug...

Graves Mountain MV Trailrides and Rally... August 30-Sept 4, 2012. Event is in Syria, VA (22743). We've had folks bring parts and gear to sell/trade in past years. Since I don't register vendors/parts sellers/swappers seperately from other folks, so it's hard to say who or what or how much will apea...

Just thought that I would point out that I have learned from Gary's trip meter from a recent mapping trip at Graves that we have 29 miles of trail including the Blakely Ridge and Hoover Camp routes ready for folks to use... That's not including the local roads that we also get to drive upon... (some...

I was asked about vehicle size vs trail size... We have some trails that you can take a five ton on (I have taken my XM813 on a couple...), we have some that are limited to a pickup (I think that you could get a Unimog down them though...just have not tried one yet...). Only issue that we have on th...

Just a heads up to everyone that the dates for the VA Rally (aka: Graves Mountain MV Trailrides and Rally) are August 30-Sept 4, 2012. Same basic plan as last year, just with a LOT of new trails over on Doubletop and Graves Mountains (Steve's crew has been super busy cutting new ones for us, and in ...

The trailrides and rally are almost here :) I'll be on site Wednesday night so that I can put up signage and open some gates before folks start to roll in on Thursday. In addition to the M37's listed above, we just had a guy register who plans on driving his up from Raleigh, NC to the rally in Syria...

Still plenty of time for folks to get registered... But the event is fast approaching (it's next month)... We added about five more miles to the trail system last week, so that brings us up to eight or so more miles of trails than we had last year... All of what we did last week is very M37 friendly...

I trashed the home computer last night (fatal drive error), so it'll be a little while before you see any of the "in-progress" photos... However, all I have to do to get the truck ready for the rally at Graves is to rebuild the fuel pump, swap out the tires, install the windshield and the ...

Graves Mountain Lodge is only open from early March through Thanksgiving weekend. The MV Trailrides and Rally will be held on Labor Day Weekend (Thursday before Labor Day through the Tuesday after) for the foreseeble future... (the folks told me I could have it on this weekend "forever..."...

Well, it's that time again! We are putting together the 3rd Annual Graves Mountain rally up at the farm in Virgina. We're looking for folks who want a nice family-oriented get-together, lots of outdoor activities at the Lodge, as well as trail rides, vending for anyone who wants to sell stuff, etc. ...

We have the t-shirt design up on the website in case anyone wants to see what it looks like. It features a M37 up on the ridge...

Go to http://www.gravesmountaintrailrides.com/ and click on the t-shirt tab on the left side of the homepage...

I hate to dissagree...but: The M101 and M101A1 have the 6.50hx16 Budd wheels that the M37 uses. They also have the same bearings and hubs. They have a mechanically actuated parking brake. The major visible difference between the two is in the style and orientation of the parking brake levers. The M1...

I'll be on-site around lunch on Friday (Aug 13) through lunch on Sunday (Aug 15) in order to do some work on the trails, etc. If you're in the area and want a preview of things to come, let me know so that I can meet up with you. I've got about four trails that are new (that we didn't use last year)...

Folks, I have familly in Virginia that own a large resort/farm that backs up to the Shenendoah National Park. They have agreed to once again let me host a military vehicle trailride/rally/swapmeet on Labor Day Weekend. Info on this year's event (and photos from last year) may be found at the followi...

Sounds great Cable wish I lived near enough to come.!! Fly into Dulles or Charlottesville and we'll pick you up... :) I'll be up there this weekend... trail maintenance and stirring up the mudbog (for those who like to get their rigs dirty -- but we do have a deuce tanker with a fire hose on it to ...