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if you guys think that'd work, we should organize booking spaces to camp at Hillbillie and get it set in stone. I have a couple buddies that are likely to come plus anyone from here able to make it too. Another cool thing, I have a few (maybe 5 or 6) two way radios, that we could use on the...

Ok, got in contact with Hillbillie - $15 per night per tent - so i'm thinking we go ride at Hillbillie & camp there Saturday, head to St. Joe on Sunday. On the weekend of June 15th & 16th. Sound good?

i'll have to find somewhere else to camp, as the state parks require a minimum of 2 nights over weekends. i'll contact Hillbillie and find out what their camping deal is.

Let’s call it the weekend of the 15th & 16th then. Could book Friday and Saturday nights, you guys drive here for Fri evening, camp, Saturday hit Hillbillie Ranch, camp sat night, Sunday hit St Joe and then you guys head home. Everyone able to do that?

Checking in on this, what is everyone’s availability on the weekend of the 22nd & 23rd. If not, we can do the weekend originally mentioned (June 15th & 16th). St Joe has camping but you have to book a minimum of 2 nights, I.e Fri and Sat night, or Sat and Sun night. Would you guys be able to...

What is everyone’s availability on weekend of 22nd & 23rd? As a possible alternative. Would be cool to get as many there as possible

@MnFlyer - you able to do these dates? Would be cool to have you there!

For anyone looking for reference to this in the future: I removed the whole skid plate (in future I think just removing the access panel would be enough) and got underneath, and cleaned the shit out of the fans and IC with degreaser and a garden hose, and brush. Bit of a messy job but needed to...

Either option works - I’d say we’d probably spend less time at St Joe which was why I was thinking there Sunday, when you guys drive home (so not heading home late). Whichever way works best for you guys travelling far though! Also once you guys hit the south side of St Louis (if we head to...

What’s the best way to access the IC fans to clean them off after off-roading? Mine are buzzing pretty loud, read that that’s pretty common.

Created a new thread for the potential upcoming meetup: https://www.fordraptorforum.com/threads/mo-il-meetup-hillbillie-ranch-st-joe-june-15th-16th.67826/

Spun off from this thread: https://www.fordraptorforum.com/threads/hillbillie-ranch-jerseyville-il.67744/ Am hoping to organize a meetup for June 15th & 16th, to hit Hillbillie Ranch (Jerseyville IL) on the 15th, camp overnight, and hit St. Joe (Park Hills MO) on the 16th. Dates are...

awesome! Camping for sure, i'll do some research and start a new thread in the upcoming expeditions thread. The more people the better. Got a few more videos: 1st is my buddies lap of the field @ Hillbillie in the RZR. He bottoms out HARD @ 1:49 lol. 2nd is us doing one of the trails at...

$20 for Hillbillie for the day - not sure if that’s per vehicle or per person but i’ll find out. They accept card there too so it’s not just a cash only place. They have camping there too but I haven’t used it. Will do some research on that end too. Failing that, St Joe has some legit camping...

That sounds pretty awesome. Would be fun to camp there too, hang out and have some food. and hit St Joe the next day. Skidding around in the sand is fun too and St Joe is only $5 to get in so well worth it.

Hope you enjoy Ireland dude! Never been but grew up in England, probably isn’t that different! Perhaps we could do a meetup in June AND July, hmm...

I’m thinking of organizing a meet-up for June, probably mid June. Would be cool to get other trucks there and meet some new people. It felt fast lol, determined to beat my time from last time. And I totally agree, it’s a lot more fun when you have buddies in the same vehicle type. Also fun...

Thanks! And there’s no chance of that lol - the Tundra belongs to his dad I think, he owns a pretty sorted Wrangler but it sucks to tow with. He did say he wanted a Raptor but a Gen 1, so who knows, maybe!

Here's a little video of my first lap attempt of the field, definitely felt faster in person! I got more bold as time went on, especially on the back straight. We also recorded our best lap times so we can try to beat them next time. I'll have a video up of my friends RZR lap later too.

That's one reason I liked Hillbillie so much, most of the place was wide enough to fit the Raptor (and tighter trails had a lot of space beforehand to turn around or take an alternative route), and had a bit of everything - trails, open areas, mud, fast bits, slow bits, creek crossings, steep...

Moonlight? I did not - read some reviews of it and found some videos, seemingly the place isn't well kept or signposted, the trails are all very tight, and some of the "easy" trails can actually be pretty tough. Not too keen on getting stuck in a tight trail and tearing up my truck, so figured...

Curious to see how many people would be down if I organized a meet up in June / July. Guys that are travelling from afar could camp there as they have camping available I believe. There's also St. Joe if you guys wanted to go on the sand as well, it's not that far from Hillbillie Ranch. I'm...

That’d be awesome. My buddy with the RZR is talking to another friend about taking his drone and cameras to get some footage of an outing there, would be awesome to get a few more Raptors there. Gen 1’s are just as welcome as Gen 2’s.

I think it’s open every weekend, looks like they may be open during the week too. Sign a waiver, pay, and run for as long as they’re open.

The mud was for the most part (I think apart from one crossing) completely optional. And that one crossing had an “easy” path around the edge. It was pretty dry dirt for the most part, the majority of the mud was in the big pit or in the field with the course around the edge; even then it could...