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<blockquote data-quote="Bigg50" data-source="post: 757814" data-attributes="member: 9376"><p>First off, it was great chatting with you earlier today m3dragon and I think what you're doing is pretty cool. I'll speak for myself here but I imagine some of the others who have chimed in probably have some similar feelings. </p><p></p><p>It's not necessarily the sharing of the files to fellow Raptor owners, it's the loss of the courtesy of being asked (edit) and having the option to say yes or no on a case by case basis. Not only were the early runs I planned open to any of the members of FRF but I also shared them with others who asked after the runs. </p><p></p><p>As myself and other members who I've become close friends with started wanting longer and more challenging runs the difficulty in mapping them really ramped up. It sounds like you know how to map, so you know it takes hours and hours of trial and error to figure out how to map routes (maybe it doesn't and I'm just slow <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":biggrin:" title="Biggrin :biggrin:" data-shortname=":biggrin:" />). Furthermore, hours of research checking maps, reading various trip reports, reading guide books, scouring the internet for interesting POI's. Now you have to sit down and figure out how to put it all together which can be painstaking. Especially, when you have a wife giving the you the stink eye for being on the computer for 3 hours strait lol. </p><p></p><p>Then comes the time to go validate the route because if you're going to take 15-20 trucks out into the middle of nowhere you better damn well better have the route validated. Needles to say, it takes a lot of work and expense. For the Carson 500, we probably spent at least $500/truck in expenses to prerun the route. Granted, we had a blast but we also went through quit an ordeal as well with ihavegas breaking a spindle and his wife having to drive 8 hours out to drop off a spare I luckily had in my garage. Feel free to read all about it here: <a href="http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f112/nevada-high-desert-trip-report-33066/" target="_blank">http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f112/nevada-high-desert-trip-report-33066/</a></p><p></p><p>This' a big part of why we formed the Raptor Expeditions club was to help cover the cost finding new routes and continuing to offer fellow Raptor owners the opportunity to go out on validated routes with fellow prepared offroaders (because if one person has a problem, we all do).</p><p></p><p>Again, I think what you're doing is a great but for obvious reasons I can't share my files. </p><p></p><p>Anyhow, looking forward to hopefully making your BBQ.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bigg50, post: 757814, member: 9376"] First off, it was great chatting with you earlier today m3dragon and I think what you're doing is pretty cool. I'll speak for myself here but I imagine some of the others who have chimed in probably have some similar feelings. It's not necessarily the sharing of the files to fellow Raptor owners, it's the loss of the courtesy of being asked (edit) and having the option to say yes or no on a case by case basis. Not only were the early runs I planned open to any of the members of FRF but I also shared them with others who asked after the runs. As myself and other members who I've become close friends with started wanting longer and more challenging runs the difficulty in mapping them really ramped up. It sounds like you know how to map, so you know it takes hours and hours of trial and error to figure out how to map routes (maybe it doesn't and I'm just slow :biggrin:). Furthermore, hours of research checking maps, reading various trip reports, reading guide books, scouring the internet for interesting POI's. Now you have to sit down and figure out how to put it all together which can be painstaking. Especially, when you have a wife giving the you the stink eye for being on the computer for 3 hours strait lol. Then comes the time to go validate the route because if you're going to take 15-20 trucks out into the middle of nowhere you better damn well better have the route validated. Needles to say, it takes a lot of work and expense. For the Carson 500, we probably spent at least $500/truck in expenses to prerun the route. Granted, we had a blast but we also went through quit an ordeal as well with ihavegas breaking a spindle and his wife having to drive 8 hours out to drop off a spare I luckily had in my garage. Feel free to read all about it here: [url]http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f112/nevada-high-desert-trip-report-33066/[/url] This' a big part of why we formed the Raptor Expeditions club was to help cover the cost finding new routes and continuing to offer fellow Raptor owners the opportunity to go out on validated routes with fellow prepared offroaders (because if one person has a problem, we all do). Again, I think what you're doing is a great but for obvious reasons I can't share my files. Anyhow, looking forward to hopefully making your BBQ. [/QUOTE]
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