Sinking Creek 4WD Association

This is an overview of the club and its member base for people looking
to join or get more involved in club activities.

We are both a wheeling and social club. We go on our wheeling trips
several times a semester, but we also hangout as a group of friends on
the weekends and during the week. So Sinking Creek is a good place to expand your off-road interests while makings some really good friends. I can speak from experience that all the older members where very receptive
last year when I joined and I always felt welcome.

We have done recruiting each semester and have seen marginal results
at best. Several guys come out for a meeting or two then kind of fade
away. A couple discussions have been going on in the private sections
stating that this might be for a couple of reasons. One being that a
lot of people who have "off-road" vehicles don't really wheel or are
inexperienced. We're more than willing to offer help and advice for
any newbies who'd like to get more involved in the off-road scene.
It's really a great hobby and I've enjoyed the wheeling trips more
than anything else during my time here at Tech. Another reason for
lack of longevity has been cited as an intimidation factor. We might
seem cliquey at meetings, and guys with mildly built rigs might be
scared off by Will's 42's or mention of some of the other guys'
full-on rock rigs. But, I had one of the mildest rigs last year, and
I had a blast all year and didn't feel shunned or insecure about
wheeling an unlocked Bronco on 33 AT's. Wheeling with bigger guys was
actually an exciting experience as it got me motivated and pumped to
build my truck up. There's nothing wrong with coming out to ride
trails and watch people do the obstacles. No one makes anyone do
anything you do not want to, and don't judge if you don't want to mess
up your DD.

Almost 100% of the trails we visit are doable with stock 4x4's and
decent driving. Most of the people's vehicles are overkill for what
must be done to drive on the mandatory obstacles.

We are a really diverse club. We have people with
built rigs, people with rigs under construction, people who don't
wheel and just ride, people with mild rigs, locals, Tech students,
Alumni, older guys, a ricer, etc. We have people who know everything
under the sun about wheeling and others who are just getting started.
We just want people to get involved, hangout, and wheel.

Don't be hesitant to jump right in, join our forum, and have
a great time.

And for some of the guys on the forum and club who aren't very active,
come out to more meetings, trips, and come hangout at the tailgates
and on the weekends. We are going to lose several of our core members
next year. For us who will remain, we don't want the club to dwindle
to just a few guys; we want to have a solid foundation to grow on over
the years.


Alec

I'm adding several pictures of the rigs in the club to give an idea
how much they differ:


Mine


Will's KOH buggy


Trow's monster truck


Randy's


Ary's Toyota

Stables's s10

Good write up Alec

Another thing I want to add is don't feel that you have to have a rig to join our club. I didn't have a vehicle my freshman year at tech and even though I knew about the club I didn't join on that very basis. Upon joining my sophomore I realized that having a rig is most definitely not a necessity and really wish I had joined my freshman year.

I'll also add that even though some of us have built rigs we still sometimes wheel stockers too.

My trail rig is a '79 F-150, 36" swampers, locked front and rear, sliders, tube bed, 300 horse V8, etc. I do thoroughly enjoy grinding my way through rock gardens or launching it up the steepest hill climbs I can find...

BUT, I also really like to get my bone stock, daily driver, '97 Tacoma with 29" tires, open diffs and zero lift out and wheel it as well. Just fun to get out and see what it will do, ride through the woods, watch others wheel without tearing stuff up and so forth.

Looks like yall have a good 'ol time

hahaha I like the 'Ary's Toyota' picture the best since the fella in the background is like "eh, happens all the time"

I want to join up with you guys and have heard good things. I am a member of the NRV Jeep Club as well. One thing I really like about them is how the Facebook page is updated a lot and it posts pics, events, meet ups, etc. I hope to get more involved and help things grow!


...... and to add to that, I am not leaving the area any time soon so happy to get involved on the admin side as well. I think it would be cool to have a good solid, easy to read area (FB page) showing all upcoming events, etc. It's easier, at least to me, than going through Forums to find times, though that is helpful too if you know where to look. I am happy to help organize, recruit, etc.