A thread to banter about pigs that don't pick up thier trash...

[Jump This]

Maybe THIS is the place to talk about keeping out trails clean.
I'll start.
Okay, so I don't live in Arizona, I have logged a few miles with my older brothers who both live in Queens Creek (outside of Apache Jct..)
All three of us own Cherokees and have enjoyed some great wheelin' that Arizona has to offer.
But are Cherokee owners the only ones who bring trash bags with them?
I'm beginning to think so. We had followed some back trails by Lake Sequaro (I know I spelt that wrong! ;) ) After reaching a dirt bike riding area we found where some fools had unloaded a pick-up full of trash. I'm not thinking these people were not off-roaders at all, but everyone hadto drive right past the pile of crap in order to leave the riding spot.
We stopped and pulled out some trash bags and started bagging up what we could. And not another soul stopped to help us as they were leaving. That was until another XJ came bye and also pulled out a trash bag. We only had room to grab a bag or two per rig so we were ready to head out when two other XJs stopped, pulled out some trash bags and dug in.
I wish I had had my camera with us. It looked like a small club outing!
Anyway, by the time we had loaded up the only thing left was a washer, and some kid (I don't remember his name , but he had the most thrashed Cherokee I had ever seen!) and his friend were tieing it to what was left of his roof. I left that afternoon with a greater respect for you Zonies!
All I can say is thanks! Would it be okay to say I was 'proud' of you guys?
Well , I was and am.
Great job!

Rick:cheers:

[AzFlexJ]

You know...i think i speak for all of us when i say this , but , Thank you very much... we do our best to try and keep our trails here clean...i haven't been a part of naxja for a long time but i remember when i was a kid going out with my pop camping, he always used to stress bout keeping stuff cleaned up. What can i say...some of us were raised better than others and with better morals than others. The spot where we used to go shooting off of tangerine road was shut down because of excessive trash, not to mention housing, but anyways if everyone would pick up after themself we wouldnt have the problem we are having now and that is trail shut down. I think as a group we need to plan a once a month or even twice a month clean up trail ride to try and show not everyone is bad people...lol. this is the best group of guys i have encountered in a while and i am really glad to be a part of it!!!!

[bigazxj]

the trash situation is getting out of control. if you cant pack it out dont pack it in. if the whole out door activity community(not just offroading) dosent start taking care of what little areas were allowed to use,every one will be locked out.and i know i cant afford to build my own personal off road park. so in short if you are going to be a tard stay on the pavement and build yourself a lowered honda like all the other tards in arizona.

justin

[AZRockRunner]

I think we should all go get paint guns and MARK THE LITTER BUGS with them. I get soo pissed when I see trash out there. But the funny thing is, you dont see the trash on our trails, but the open spots that those little bastards can get to in there cars.

" Shoot them all and let GOD sort them out "

[CommandoXJ96]

I think we should all go get paint guns and MARK THE LITTER BUGS with them.
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" Shoot them all and let GOD sort them out "

I've got a couple paintball guns :) Ocassionally I'd go wheeling with guys from school... It seems that besides a couple of the decent younger drivers; friends of alot of these guys riding shotgun all toss beer bottles out the window while offroading. Pisses me off (shouldnt be drinking... so you throw the bottle out the window for everyone to see?!). Not the only reason, but certainly contributes to why I wheel with only a few people that go to school with me. At least the college guys (i know) who are real-offroad enthusiast have friends riding along that know the crumped up beer cans stay in the truck. Note that I'm not refering to the drivers drinking&driving. Yeah, maybe we all have accidentally left a mark now and then, but alot of this crap is careless or completely intentional.