All,
I was going through my photo's and found a series of them that 4x4 owners might enjoy.
On a back road from Quaker Bridge to the JCRR and on to Hampton Furnace, there is a little tributary that feeds the Batsto river through a pipe under the road. You would never even know this pipe was there normally, as with many other pipes that are covered over in the pines. After a very heavy rainfall in June of 1978, I came upon this pipe after the road around it had been washed away. It was impassable in it's present condition, so I photographed it and reluctantly turned around.
I mentioned it to my parents during the week, and they asked me to take them to see it. It was the first time my parents had ever traveled into the pines with 4x4.
My mom worked with a few 4x4 owners and mentioned it to them that she had been there. They asked her if I would meet them at the Indian Chief restaurant parking lot on Route 70 in Medford the next weekend to show them where it was. We met and headed out, arriving there as other unknown 4x4 owners arrived at the spot also. In one of the vehicles they had boards that we felt would have the strength to hold a vehicle so that we could get over the pipe and continue on. The heaviest vehicle was the Ford Bronco owned by the man my mom worked with, so we decided to have that vehicle go last.
The first photo shows my red Land Cruiser waiting in line to cross over.
The Ford Bronco going last.
Two months later there was very little evidence that the ground had even washed out. The state had repaired the road to allow vehicle traffic to resume.
This map shows it's location.
Guy
I was going through my photo's and found a series of them that 4x4 owners might enjoy.
On a back road from Quaker Bridge to the JCRR and on to Hampton Furnace, there is a little tributary that feeds the Batsto river through a pipe under the road. You would never even know this pipe was there normally, as with many other pipes that are covered over in the pines. After a very heavy rainfall in June of 1978, I came upon this pipe after the road around it had been washed away. It was impassable in it's present condition, so I photographed it and reluctantly turned around.
I mentioned it to my parents during the week, and they asked me to take them to see it. It was the first time my parents had ever traveled into the pines with 4x4.
My mom worked with a few 4x4 owners and mentioned it to them that she had been there. They asked her if I would meet them at the Indian Chief restaurant parking lot on Route 70 in Medford the next weekend to show them where it was. We met and headed out, arriving there as other unknown 4x4 owners arrived at the spot also. In one of the vehicles they had boards that we felt would have the strength to hold a vehicle so that we could get over the pipe and continue on. The heaviest vehicle was the Ford Bronco owned by the man my mom worked with, so we decided to have that vehicle go last.
The first photo shows my red Land Cruiser waiting in line to cross over.
The Ford Bronco going last.
Two months later there was very little evidence that the ground had even washed out. The state had repaired the road to allow vehicle traffic to resume.
This map shows it's location.
Guy
It was my first car (I'm 21 now) and I have many fond memories of taking it hunting/wheeling/camping in the pines. Unfortunately all that "real life" stuff got in the way (school, work-don't ya hate when that happens?) and I couldn't do all the restoration work it needed. Actually I have a lot of pictures of pines wheeling trips, so if I ever have time to scan them I'll throw them up. Most of them are from Wharton State Forest and Colliers Mills WMA.