Pick Up Your ****

[jeff150]

Just like we are trying to get everyone aware of the importance of wearing seat belts, we also need to be making a conscious effort to pick up ours (and others) trash off the trails. Not that this is as important as saving a life but we had a discussion last night at the shop about private land being closed off from riding. The two reasons that usually come up are trash and vandalism. While most of us would never consider beating the windows out of a logging truck(example of vandalism that happened), how many of us have been guilty of leaving a few cans along the way? Last year, all the guys we ride started using the Smittybilt mesh trash bags to carry on our rigs http://www.smittybilt.com/product/index/164.htm. They work great and seems like every ride they get filled to the top with cans and trash. It is also a great way to keep the cans in your vehicle instead of on the obstacle when your wheels wind up in the air.
This isn't just limited to private land. It needs to be a mindset at private parks as well. I have seen people at an event throw their trash on the ground and say "I paid my admission, not my job to clean up too"
Anyway, just wanted to throw this out there to remind us to keep the trails clean and remind others to do the same. If you ever see my red samurai with a trash bag tied on the rear, feel free to put your trash in the bag instead of leaving it on the trail.

 

[bad80cj]

Agree completely. I was born on the west coast and lived there for 24 years. Stupid sad how much trash is all over the place out there. I moved here and was like wow what an awesome clean state. but as the years go by it seems to be more common to watch people trash this beautiful state. I hate go to a park and seeing the aftermath of a big event. SAD!

 

[MonnlightRacing77]

This is what I hate the most about running a park.I can stand the assholes.But I get super pissed when I go out riding with a group and they just throw their cans out right in front of me.Our I go out riding and just see random piles of cans, and the pile of trash 20ft from a trash can in the main parking area.

 

[GONOVRIT]

This **** pisses me off to no end. You'd think half the wheeling community was white trash with nothing but junk and filth filling up their front yards by the trash left behind in some places. I know there are a lot of atv's and sxs that contribute to it as well. I wheeled all over Colorado this yr and was blown away at how clean the trails and remote camping area's were. Can't understand people's logic to throwing their trash down everywhere!

 

[5BrothersFabrication]

I have seen people at an event throw their trash on the ground and say "I paid my admission, not my job to clean up too"

How did you NOT flatten someone's nose after that?!?!

 

[patooyee]

I was canoeing the Blackwater with my 2-year-old daughter once and we stopped to eat lunch. We hiked down a trail a small ways and saw lots of trash. I didn't mentioned it to her but she goes, "Papa, look at all this trash. It's bad to leave trash." I had never taught her that before. I just said, "Yes honey, isn't that sad?" She says, "Yes, we should never leave trash."

If a 2-year old innately knows not to be a ****ing litter bug shame on anyone old enough to drink who is throwing their ****ing Busch Light cans all over the god damn trail!

 

[FlatlandFSJ]

This **** pisses me off to no end. You'd think half the wheeling community was white trash with nothing but junk and filth filling up their front yards by the trash left behind in some places. I know there are a lot of atv's and sxs that contribute to it as well. I wheeled all over Colorado this yr and was blown away at how clean the trails and remote camping area's were. Can't understand people's logic to throwing their trash down everywhere!

Hey now!.....I keep my junk in the back yard

Even on the state forest roads here I find bags of trash just tossed out. We came back one saturday afternoon with 6 bags of household trash someone had went out and dumped, and another bag or two of cans and random **** we stabbed creeping around in the jeep. Its not even just trash here, I've found anything from house demolition left overs to giant piles of palm tree trimmings and junk from landscape companies that don't have anywhere to put the stuff they cut.

 

[ecoast]

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I can't understand it.
...same with folks throwing their cigarette butts out the window on the road or anywhere on the trail.

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[muddinmetal]

How did you NOT flatten someone's nose after that?!?!

Exactly

 

[jeff150]

How did you NOT flatten someone's nose after that?!?!

I'm just a little skinny guy. I prefer to pick up their broken beer bottle and take it over and leave it for them leaned up in front of their passenger side rear tire

Picked up a beer can in front of a guy that just threw it down one night. He asked me if I collected aluminum and I said no I just respect the landowners property enough to keep it clean where we can keep riding. After that he started walking around picking up other people's cans. I don't know if it was embarrassment or he just never thought of it that way before. Either way, leading by example I think is the key. If we carried out 2 cans for every one be brought in, we might make a dent in it.

 

[jeff150]

I didn't mentioned it to her but she goes, "Papa, look at all this trash. It's bad to leave trash." I had never taught her that before. I just said, "Yes honey, isn't that sad?" She says, "Yes, we should never leave trash."

Hopefully if you had room you took it a step further and took some of the trash out with you to let her see stewardship in action.

 

[jeeptj99]

The cove is the worst (the place where the Tanner ride is going to be). it's nothing to be riding down a trail and see a pile of burnt natty lite cans. Sucks because as far as a pretty ride you can't beat the Cove IMO.

 

[kmcminn]

Linky no worky.

 

[FlatlandFSJ]

Had to googlefu it to find it. "pick it up" mesh bag.

 

[wayne86]

I know a little while back there was a lot of discussion about Wind Rock checking coolers again at the trail head. I have been there a few times and only got checked once. When we were on one of the moderate trails that crossed the river several times we saw beer cans EVERYWHERE. I enjoy being able to drink and ride but do my part and keep my cans in my rig. It's no wonder the parks have to crack down on alcohol.

 

[patooyee]

Hopefully if you had room you took it a step further and took some of the trash out with you to let her see stewardship in action.

I didn't think to bring any trash bags. It was just a day trip and we just tossed any trash we generated in the bottom of the canoe. I did grab a few cans and threw them in the bottom with everything else but I could have filled en entire dump truck with **** and we still had half a day of canoeing to go and I didn't want to ride around all day with other people's trash in there rolling around. Next time I'm going to bring some bags though.

 

[jeff150]

Maybe this link will work.
http://www.smittybiltdepot.com/Outdoor-Lifestyle-and-Camping/Pick-It-Up-Mesh-Bag.aspx?t_c=88&t_s=564&t_pt=101595&t_pn=S%2fB2792
I'm sure there are other products that would work, I just never had luck with a plastic bag.

The bad thing about this is most of us reading this care enough about the future of the sport to clean up after themselves. That's why I think it important to pick up after the other idiots...

 

[zjtrey]

I was at the SRRS race at windrock and between hills everyone would move around for a better view ect and there were folks just leaving there trash behind and moving to another spot... at the end of the day I was looking around and said something to my wife about it and a bystander overheard my comment.... and happened to be a park employee... He said hell it keeps me in a job so **** it... wasn't expecting that response...

I try to encourage folks by example picking up cans and **** along the trails and always try to take more out than my own... most of our places to wheel are now private lands and i feel like if we don't treat the owners with respect we won't have places to wheel and I don't understand folks not seeing it that way

 

[bad80cj]

It's not just the 4wheeling community. We have done a ton of kayaking this summer and you would think these are hippies that would not trash up a place, but on the contrary. Our first trip on the Ocoee we would stop at the banks and pick up cans, bottles excreta. But like J.J. said I was ill prepared for the amount of trash. Tons of other peoples trash floating around in the yaks. On our next trip I brought 4 trash bags. one for each kayak. at the end of the trip we handed the guys that we rented the yaks from and they were astonished at what we did. **** pisses me off.

It seems to be the mind set that we have a chain gang to pick it up for us around here in the south. I just don't get it.

 

[onepieceatatime]

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Need to come up with a good picker upper so you can grab them without taking your harness off everytime. Stay safe and clean up that way. Make it out of something sturdy so you can wack a dbag when you see them leaving trash.

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