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Hey, thanks much. I've been to CB Freeman Park several times in the past with my JKU. Was not aware of Ft. Fisher access before. I'll definitely hit the park while I am there.
it is much quieter and low key. I lived in Wilmington for a couple years and always went to Ft Fisher.
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it is much quieter and low key. I lived in Wilmington for a couple years and always went to Ft Fisher.
That is what I'm looking for as I retired a few weeks back. Not looking for a party crew and if I'm not mistaken, Ft. Fisher is a bit cheaper as well.
 

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That is what I'm looking for as I retired a few weeks back. Not looking for a party crew and if I'm not mistaken, Ft. Fisher is a bit cheaper as well.
it is. If your going to be there for a couple days it is worth it to get the season pass. It really isn't that much more expensive than the daily rate if I recall correctly.
 

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it is. If your going to be there for a couple days it is worth it to get the season pass. It really isn't that much more expensive than the daily rate if I recall correctly.
Plan on being there a week. So may go the season pass route.
 

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Any Willys wheeling in Uwharrie?

I have a stock Willys and bottom out on the motocross style humps. Iā€™ve only been there 4 times but the skid plates are already looking pretty rough.

Anyone with 35s and a 2-3.5ā€ lift can confirm this resolves the problem?
 

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I think most of this is covered, but I just went on my first ā€œrealā€ trail experience at Uwharrie and took on Wolfden and Falls Dam solo (well, I had my husky as a spotterā€¦). This was in a stock JTR. I was in 4H for Wolfden and 4L in Falls Dam. I disconnected the sway on each (donā€™t really think it was needed).

Wolfden was perfect for a newbie with enough fun to be had, but I didnā€™t feel like there were any consequential mistakes as long as youā€™re careful. I only scraped a little bit on one of the water control hills they have - I took these ULTRA slow and tried to take them a little off center so my JT would be centered on the lowest point of these hills. There is one super tight turn that I had to 3-point, but nothing too bad even with our longer wheel base. Iā€™m not the best navigator, so I think I missed a small piece of this one. For those familiar, there is a point on the trail where you can take a sharp right and go up a fairly steep hill that ends on one of the service roads OR you can turn left up a few pretty large rocks. I went right up the hill. Would love to hear any input from folks that know what I missed.

Falls Dam was a bit of a different story. Lots of fun, but I started at the main trail head and the first thing you encounter is a huge mud puddle thatā€™s hard to see how deep it is. The Jeep took it easily, but it was nerve wracking for a second as it took a 1-2 foot drop before flattening out and it was my first time out here. Most of the trail is super fun and easy even for a beginner. There is one point than includes quite a rocky drop that I took a gnarly scrape on (luckily caught by the factory skids), but it may have been because the sh*t line I took. Either way, it was a smidge dicier than I expected, but not terrible. Thereā€™s one other part that takes a pretty accurate line and I had a fair amount of articulation. All other parts were great/easy, but I did scrape on more of the weather control humps than on Wolfden. Nothing too bad, just a little cringey hearing it.

Included a couple of pics from the fun - one of which is my expert spotter taking the lead on Wolfden!

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Any Willys wheeling in Uwharrie?

I have a stock Willys and bottom out on the motocross style humps. Iā€™ve only been there 4 times but the skid plates are already looking pretty rough.

Anyone with 35s and a 2-3.5ā€ lift can confirm this resolves the problem?
We were there a few months ago. I had a Rubicon with 1.5-spacer in front and 0.75-inch spacer in rear on 35ā€™s. We had no issues with the bumps but bottomed out a couple times on Dickey Bell. Earned our first BOH there. UWharrie cost me a lotā€¦. Now I have a 3.5-inch Clayton lift and have had 37ā€™s on order for a whileā€¦. Canā€™t wait to get back and climb Daniel
 

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I think most of this is covered, but I just went on my first ā€œrealā€ trail experience at Uwharrie and took on Wolfden and Falls Dam solo (well, I had my husky as a spotterā€¦). This was in a stock JTR. I was in 4H for Wolfden and 4L in Falls Dam. I disconnected the sway on each (donā€™t really think it was needed).

Wolfden was perfect for a newbie with enough fun to be had, but I didnā€™t feel like there were any consequential mistakes as long as youā€™re careful. I only scraped a little bit on one of the water control hills they have - I took these ULTRA slow and tried to take them a little off center so my JT would be centered on the lowest point of these hills. There is one super tight turn that I had to 3-point, but nothing too bad even with our longer wheel base. Iā€™m not the best navigator, so I think I missed a small piece of this one. For those familiar, there is a point on the trail where you can take a sharp right and go up a fairly steep hill that ends on one of the service roads OR you can turn left up a few pretty large rocks. I went right up the hill. Would love to hear any input from folks that know what I missed.

Falls Dam was a bit of a different story. Lots of fun, but I started at the main trail head and the first thing you encounter is a huge mud puddle thatā€™s hard to see how deep it is. The Jeep took it easily, but it was nerve wracking for a second as it took a 1-2 foot drop before flattening out and it was my first time out here. Most of the trail is super fun and easy even for a beginner. There is one point than includes quite a rocky drop that I took a gnarly scrape on (luckily caught by the factory skids), but it may have been because the sh*t line I took. Either way, it was a smidge dicier than I expected, but not terrible. Thereā€™s one other part that takes a pretty accurate line and I had a fair amount of articulation. All other parts were great/easy, but I did scrape on more of the weather control humps than on Wolfden. Nothing too bad, just a little cringey hearing it.

Included a couple of pics from the fun - one of which is my expert spotter taking the lead on Wolfden!

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Jeep Gladiator North Carolina C4E0717F-4755-439D-8C41-E86F9240D729


Jeep Gladiator North Carolina C4E0717F-4755-439D-8C41-E86F9240D729


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Thanks for this post. Really good to know, I am also stock and have been concerned based on everybody seemingly being on at least 35s
 

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I have only been out to Uwharrie a handful of times over the past 15 years (and I haven't been there in my JT yet) but it got much more challenging from the first time I was out there. I first wheeled my stock FJ Cruiser, then a stock 2-door JK Rubicon, and most recently a stock Tacoma TRD Pro. I only felt comfortable running a few trails out there in my stock Tacoma. I'll wait until I get my Clayton lift and larger tires before I take my JT out there.
 

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I think most of this is covered, but I just went on my first ā€œrealā€ trail experience at Uwharrie and took on Wolfden and Falls Dam solo (well, I had my husky as a spotterā€¦). This was in a stock JTR. I was in 4H for Wolfden and 4L in Falls Dam. I disconnected the sway on each (donā€™t really think it was needed).

Wolfden was perfect for a newbie with enough fun to be had, but I didnā€™t feel like there were any consequential mistakes as long as youā€™re careful. I only scraped a little bit on one of the water control hills they have - I took these ULTRA slow and tried to take them a little off center so my JT would be centered on the lowest point of these hills. There is one super tight turn that I had to 3-point, but nothing too bad even with our longer wheel base. Iā€™m not the best navigator, so I think I missed a small piece of this one. For those familiar, there is a point on the trail where you can take a sharp right and go up a fairly steep hill that ends on one of the service roads OR you can turn left up a few pretty large rocks. I went right up the hill. Would love to hear any input from folks that know what I missed.

Falls Dam was a bit of a different story. Lots of fun, but I started at the main trail head and the first thing you encounter is a huge mud puddle thatā€™s hard to see how deep it is. The Jeep took it easily, but it was nerve wracking for a second as it took a 1-2 foot drop before flattening out and it was my first time out here. Most of the trail is super fun and easy even for a beginner. There is one point than includes quite a rocky drop that I took a gnarly scrape on (luckily caught by the factory skids), but it may have been because the sh*t line I took. Either way, it was a smidge dicier than I expected, but not terrible. Thereā€™s one other part that takes a pretty accurate line and I had a fair amount of articulation. All other parts were great/easy, but I did scrape on more of the weather control humps than on Wolfden. Nothing too bad, just a little cringey hearing it.

Included a couple of pics from the fun - one of which is my expert spotter taking the lead on Wolfden!

Jeep Gladiator North Carolina C4E0717F-4755-439D-8C41-E86F9240D729


Jeep Gladiator North Carolina C4E0717F-4755-439D-8C41-E86F9240D729


Jeep Gladiator North Carolina C4E0717F-4755-439D-8C41-E86F9240D729


Jeep Gladiator North Carolina C4E0717F-4755-439D-8C41-E86F9240D729


Jeep Gladiator North Carolina C4E0717F-4755-439D-8C41-E86F9240D729


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I think that's called the "Soup Bowl"
 

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Trading in my gladiator very soon in Wilmington. I have 5 Toyo Open Country AT3's 35s on Black Polished Rubicon wheels. Anyone interested in swapping + cash for Rubicon stockers? 3800 on the wheels, less than 2000 on the tires.

Also have some LOD rocksliders / steps, AWE exhaust and a Bakflip X4s tonneau.
 

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Wilmington here and a Jeep newbie. Looking to tackle Uhwarrie next year with a Rubicon buddy out of Apex.
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