Overlanding Trails in Chattahoochee National Forest to Tellico Plains
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 20. 08. 2024
- On Black Friday rather than participating in the rush for more materialistic things I don't need I opted to hook up with the folks from North Georgia Overland for a quick trip from the Mountains of North Georgia up through Chattahoochee National Forest into Cherokee National Forest in Tellico Plains TN then back down into GA.
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Thanks for taking the time to post.
The Jeeper and the 4Runner, coexisting, as it should be. :)
I love seeing the 4th gen 4Runners on the trail!
Good looking trucks
@@SirWilliamGoes how can I contact you I would like to get into something like this I've always went mudding I wanna do what yall are doing actually just purchased a 97 wrangler already set up
Great point on the group size. I've been on trips with 30 vehicles and others with 7-10 and the smaller group size allows you to travel farther with a whole lot less waiting for people to get through/passed spots. Something else that helps is to put the less capable vehicles between the more capable vehicles. Then it's quicker to pull/winch them through tough spots.
Great idea. God forbid you get a guy or two together with a CZcams channel!! Y'all will be there all day sure enough catching b-roll!!!
My life could be going negative, fast and I would/still be in awe of a campfire with good friends. There is nothing like it.
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Bawhaaa! At 5.18 "Hurry up before the Jeep finds out you've got your hood up" That's some funny sh*t!
Hahah
Crazy how much water is still flowing. Here in CO winter is in fully swing, even thought it's technically still fall. Did my first ice fishing trip of the season today total opposite weather. I appreciate it all !
Our water stays in liquid form, except for the occasional farm pond on an unusually cold day.
Yeah rarely does this freeze here thankfully. Whats amazing to me is that there is so much water!! Like where the hell is it coming from!!!
You were in my Naborhood. Hope you all had fun đ
Love Tellico. Always have fun
Thank you for posting the equipment you carry. And another great video!
No worries any questions feel free to reach out.
That looks like it was a fun trip! I spent some time in the Tellico Plains area back in the day when I traveled around a bit on a dual sport bike. Loved that area.
Definitely was fun. I wish I would have gone years ago b4 they closed all the real Wheeling areas.
My hometown
Really enjoyed the vid man. Thanks for letting us ride along.
My pleasure
Old man emu suspension is the way to go!
That's what I have been told
Heres a hammock campers secret, Take a 32oz gatorade bottle with you to bed. Solves the "Shit I gotta pee" issue.
Done that!!! Works well
Thatâs my Chevrolet pulling the pop-up!
Haha. Sorry we held y'all up
That Georgia clay don't play. Icon stage 2 or Boss Toytec is best for your ride. Expensive but changes the whole vehicle. Well worth it.
I had the icon on my tundra and loved it. I have been hearing from folks to not go with icon due to reliability issues tho so I don't know. I just know I want 3in and new control arms.
@@SirWilliamGoes Right on. Yeah I heard that. I have them on an FJ and no probs yet. Handles lmuch better and more travel in front and back but they are small fortune.
Yes I know!!! My tundra had full set up with control arms and resi's stupid money!!!
Hey, at 4:57, camped there when the tornado came through in March. Few more trees/limbs down when I was there though.
Love that spot!!! They fixed the water crossing that was all jacked up or the past few years too.
Where is this camp site at exactly in telico, it looks like a great place and would love to check it out next time im in telico.
Good times!
Excellent video, looked like a great trip!
Thanks it was awesome
Fat lighter is from the heart of a pine tree which is the inside of the stump. You donât have to smell it. Find a dead pine and extract the heart. You will see the difference.
At 2:51 you got me, son of a...LOL
Gotum' !!!
Iâd love to do some trails! I am from Louisiana, I never did overlanding but Iâve done a lot of off-roading.
It's the same thing just camping out on the trails!
Put yourself some skid plates on that 4runner. Looks like a nice trail ride
Yeah the stock ones are almost needing to be replaced
Nice video, keep them coming!
Thanks glad you enjoyed
Hey William, Great quality videos for sure. Hope all is well bro !
Thanks man
Besides beautiful scenery, I want trout fish this area. Caught 3 today ice fishing in CO. Would love to drop the fly line down there.
One day I will go trout fishing and eat it along the stream!
Use those traction boards...
You carry them for a reason..
I try not to use them unless I really need them. I have the cheaper ones (tho still over $150) and the leading competition states that the cheaper ones will break. That being said I'm ok if it's a one time use tool if I really need it but don't wanna risk it if not completely necessary. When I upgrade to the ActionTrax I'll be using them all the time!!!
Nice
Thanks
Awesome video!!
Thanks glad you enjoyed
That white rigs set up is nice but id still prefer yours
Yeah pretty elaborate!!
Would have enjoyed joining you all on this trip. FL is entirely too flat to get the full experience.
Yeah man we need to ride!!
Dang man! Youâre in Columbus? We should hit some trails, lol I have a big long bed f150 that Iâm itching to get dirty. Iâm about 30mins west of Cincinnati
Looks like good times. Did anyone else duck around the 10:51 mark?
OMG yes I did!! U can here the camera touch something ever so slightly in editing!!!
Man we need to link up w/ yâall! I live in Acworth. We love camping & wheelân!
sweet yeah thats not too far
Bt 26x I'm in Acworth too. I'd like to do this trip
Adam Catlin I just got my 4Runner 2 weeks ago. Iâm ready to roll. Are you in The Georgia 4Runner FB group? I know we have a ride coming up January 5th. Hit me up on Instagram. @bturner250
@@Bt26x jeep liberty driver here. The runners where a little out of the price range. Quality and all that
Adam Catlin I completely understand. I had my Frontier for 11yrs, 275k miles until I FINALLY was able to afford the rig I have now. When I wheel or overland, I donât discriminate who I roll with based on what they drive. I know there are a lot of Jeep, Taco & 4R clubs that only roll w/ the same model rig, but Iâm down to roll w/ like minded people! Lol
Invite me so you can have a Subie in the group :-) Been riding all around the South in the past 2 years with it. So much fun! Great vids and great times for sure.
Follow the pages on social media typically put up there when I do meet ups
Can you send me the coordinate points at the entrance of this section of the road? Thank you
No i donât have them. When i go on trips i study the map and look for roads to take and that is how i find them
I live an hour and half away from Ville Platte, LA where they make Slap ya mama.
Nice. Good stuff. I also like Tony C
great video I would like to copy this trip !
Check out the Facebook group USAonDirt for route info
@@SirWilliamGoes I live in columbia tn, was just gonna ask for some GPS data...i want to head out that way soon.
You could have two Subaruâs if you like. Been looking for trails near Knoxville. I usually go through tellico plains with suburban pulling camper going up the mountain to Indian Boundary campsite. Iâd love to know where the trailhead is near tellico plains to ride with my Crosstrek. Share the info Bro! Thanks for the video, I really enjoyed it.
Man I never keep the trax. I plot from point to point and take secondary rds. Sometimes I get lucky
cool i went to Turkey Rod Run
I think I may have been there it sounds familiar
Sir William Goes in Daytona Florida
@@NatureRecycleFlorida oh no I've never been there then.
Sir William Goes it's cool
Can you ride UTVs on those roads? Looks like a cool place!
I think that's a state level deal you would have to check on
Can you send me the exact address of the entrance to this section of the road?
No sorry i donât have it
Sir William, how do we get hooked up with your group? Husband and I are in SC want to do my over landing with a group. Only done it by ourselves so far and that's not the safest way to go... Help a gal out?
For sure!! Check out the Facebook groups USAonDirt and North Georgia Overland we are always doing different things
Stock Tacoma TRD Sport 4X4.... have trouble making this run?
Not at all, have fun
How many locked gates made you back track? Nothing like traveling 2 hours to find a locked gate screwing your whole planned route up. This is a common occurrence in the southern appalachians, locked gates everywhere.
Actually none this trip. If you have the mvum maps it tells you what's open and when. I ha e noticed less locked gates in winter than in summer for sure.
@@SirWilliamGoes that's how i use to plan routes using the forest service mvum's, in my experience those maps are unreliable I'd get in the middle of a route only hit a locked gate that are supposed to be open per the mvum, i basically gave up on on this area for small "ovelanding" trips which is unfortunate as it's my back yard, best you can count on is driving back to a known camping spot for the night then driving back out the way you came in but I wouldn't consider that overlanding, in my personal opinion there really is no true overlanding in the Appalachians let alone the East, looks like you guys had fun though ;)
@@tenmmglock2076 yeah I think the online maps are pretty updated. There are still allot of areas that are closed. Honestly the best ways to just go exploring!!
almost *ALL* of the national forest roads in NC now lead to a gate, only one way in and one way out :(
*NO* more "trails" only gravel roads :(
*ALL* non-essential road are closed ALL winter :(
so sad :(
Anyway to get POIs or your route? We are planning a trip of the north Georgia Overland route and coming in from south Louisiana. Adding Tellico Plains to that trip would be awesome.
USAon Dirt Facebook page
Hey that looks like a great place to do some wheelin and camping
I love this whole area!! The Appalachian mountains in the Southeast region as a whole is way underrepresented.
Sir William I'm doing the trans America trail in March wanna join? I bnb live in Dallas so I'll be starting it in Arkansas
Man I'd love to but have a couple other things going on I can't make it.
I appreciate you if u change plans let me know
Looks like you slept with the windows all the way up. I've slept in my 4R a few times but always crack the moonroof and back window, which has lead to bugs finding their way in. My concern is CO2 buildup. Does that ever concern you? Curious if I can make due with shutting everything bc as I'm sure you know, the bugs in FL are ridiculous (especially at EG Simmons).
I usually leave them cracked a bit at the top. I also have some screen that I use over the windows for bugs
Oh, and don't ever sleep in vehicle with it running!! Tho I have done this prior to finding out the dangers, it is highly recommended to NEVER sleep in a running vehicle. I learned this after finding out about a young man who died after his truck got stuck and he spent the night with it running. The co2 build up was the cause and unfortunately he had no clue
@@SirWilliamGoes That makes sense & I appreciate the heads up. I'm sorry to hear about the young man, I can easily see how he can make such a mistake in cold weather conditions. Considering our 4Rs have the straight exhaust pipe and exhaust does enter the cabin when the rear window is down (at least when driving), I think we'd be especially prone. Do you recall if you ended up cracking a window on this trip? @2:00 you closed your last opened window here to retain heat, hence why I initially asked.. I've always wondered if the CO2 buildup would be "too much"
@@glennschmidt8877 yeah I closed that back one for to retain the heat. I can't remember if I left the fronts cracked. I use to sleep with all of them closed until I learned that causes condensation
Cool video, about how many miles was it?
Good question I wanna say I doesn't nearly $500+ in gas so it was a long one
Hey man! i moved to Columbia from Chicago recently. i have a tundra im setting up for overlanding. would love to meet up sometime and take a few trails.
For sure!! Follow on social media I'll post up usually in there B4 I go
Heck man I would go ride to me and some buddies stayed in Blairsville mountains last weekend woke up and rode around Beasley knob went back to camp then the next day booked it over to Hiawassee and rode around Charlieâs creek we donât know much places we are use to playing in the mud ....... we have mud trucks to ............ I just recently started getting into riding in the mountains and overlanding
Iâm in Macon Ga by the way about 3 and a half hours south of Charlieâs creek
@@team_suv7778 hey text me 7063405774 I'm up near athens ga I woild.love to get a group up and go ride
What trail is that between minute 5:00 and 6:00?? Love all the water crossings. I live in GA too.
That is part of the TAT through Tellico Plains in Tenn. Called whitt road
where does the 'sir' william come from?
When I was younger that's what my grandad called me so it stuck
@@SirWilliamGoes that's cool
Do you have the directions of how to get there? I go riding in the Chattahoochee but what is the best way to go to Tennessee through the trails
I don't. Normally what I do is just pick roads in the map to travel through and navigate based off general direction
at 6:09 what road it "your favorite camp site" on ? i have been there a few years ago and cannot for the life of me remember where that was
Whitt Rd in Tellico Plains
@@SirWilliamGoes oh yea. thanks. i need to go back out that way
Would a 2wd ford ranger make it ????
I always recommend 4wd for places like these. Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it
Is their group North Georgia Overlanders or just North Georgia Overland?
I think North Georgia Overland
Yeah, it's been cold as a well digger's butt lately. Y'all boys at least know what fat lighter is. It a heap easier to identify than cutting and smelling, but that's foolproof. Turpentine. That's the fragrance of fat lighter, if y'all know what turpentine is. Now that white stuff y'all were trying to figure out water ratio? That, boys, is called Georgia Ice Cream©. Grits.
It was def cold. That fat lighter is some good stuff
i apologize because I've probably asked this before but do you have the cords of your "favorite" campsite or your routes?
I have a bunch of tracks but usually camp sites aren't planned so I don't have many of them marked. I'm trying to plot out some in the Appalachian Mountains as I travel through
@@SirWilliamGoes gotcha. great looking campsite. what road was it off of? I know the next day you said you were on wick? road. same road as the campsite?
Gave everyone a follow on IG.
Sweet!!
So how do yâall poop out there?
Dig a hole, in a bag, or hold out till you get to a store of some sorts!!
Is a raptor to big for these routes?
You could get down the trails but there would most likely be some scratches from trees
The one in tellico planes the one with the deep water crossings I take my 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche with a 6 inch lift with no problems
Hey, are the national forests and other places you dispersed camp very crowded?
Really just depends where you are and what time of year. For the most part it's pretty easy to find secluded spots.
@@SirWilliamGoes Thats good, I am moving from Denver to Nashville in a few months, I'm going to miss the public land and back country of Colorado. Good to hear there is opportunity to get away from the crowds back east.
Yeah no where near the same lands or beauty I'm moving to Chattanooga TN. All of public lands on this side are mostly centered around the Appalachian Mountains. Beautiful it their own way but not like Colorado at all
This isnât overlanding lol
Haha so hard to tell anymore!! Travel, over land = overlanding!!!
2 minutes 52 seconds.
Whatâs up with the white power hand jesture?
Are you a member of the proud boys. ?
I will wait for your response before I unsubscribe.
LOL Thats silly! no its a game folks have played for years called asshole or gotcha.
@@SirWilliamGoes thanks for the quick reply.but i don't think what happened at the washington capital on january 6th was silly.