" Very tough to change the the public's perception of 4-wheeling when some irresponsible people 4-wheel it on our rural roads, tearing up the roads, making them a muddy mess and nearly impossible to drive down. "

" I personally know several members of the pioneer 4 wheelers club. here is a group of guys that are volunteering a lot of time and there own resources to provide another way to protect us and our families. you would not believe were some of these vehicles can drive into. It makes me feel better that knowing that groups like this are providing a way to help out in a specialized way and not asking for anything in return. I also know for a fact that a simple muddy dirt road provides no challange for these guys. They travel to great distances for the off road experiance that they are after. And the also go to great lenghts as far cleaning and mantianing these areas to be sure that the are not leaving any negative impact on the enviroment. thank you to all you guys and to your vehicles. "

" The men and women of Pioneer 4 Wheelers are dedicated to promoting safe and responsible off roading while maintaining a family atmosphere that provides a fun time for all members.

Involvement in appropriate civic projects is also a way for the members to show the general public that the vast majority of people who enjoy the off road experience are good stewards of the land and at the same time are more than willing to freely offer their unique talents during a disaster or emergency.

Members of Pioneer 4 Wheelers train themselves in many areas that are important to the ideals of the club. 1st aid, vehicle recovery, vehicle maintenance and safe driving techniques are just a few of the many areas that are important to club members.

Club members subscribe to the ideals od the Tread Lightly,http://www.treadlightly.org/?gclid=CP3Um7zwoZYCFRuuQAodpU7z6A, organization and many are involved in other organizations where safe driving and responsibility to the land are very important.

Next time you see a 4x4 vehicle that displays the logo for Pioneer 4 Wheelers, give them a little wave or say thanks because that is all any one of them expects to get in return for what they are willing to do for you and our precious land. "

" Sadly, the people that "lots of work to do" is complaining about are probably not members of any "4-wheeling" club, but rather teens and twenty-somethings who happen to own a big truck or SUV, and rather than off-road responsibly, find tearing up county roads some sort of challenge.

Don't judge a whole group of people by the actions of some. Its just like blaming shot-up road signs on "hunters" when it is probably some of the same folks mentioned above. I prefer to refer to them as "criminals," not hunters of 4-wheelers. After all, criminal mischief (vandalism) is a crime. "

" Well put. as "lots of work to do" said we do have a big job ahead of us.
maybe I should be mad at the farmer driving his big tractor out of his muddy field and filling the highway with huge chucks of flying mud?
take a look at our club and see what we are really about, you might be surprised www.pioneer4wheelers.org "

" I am a member of the Pioneer4Wheelers, as I read in a previous post about 4wheelers tearing up rural roads. If you or anyone ever sees a 4x4 with the Pioneer4Wheeler or a P4W decal on it and intentionally tearing up a rural road it is very important that we are contacted. That is not the public image we want so we know our work is cut out for us. If you need to contact us to report any bad representation of our club or to possibly join or just see what our club is about please go to http://www.pioneer4wheelers.org/ Thank you, Kendall Ritter (Redrocker) "

" Being highly involved in the Pioneer 4 Wheelers as the Marketing Director, I will say one thing about first comment. We are strong supporters of the organization called "Tread Lightly" and are in the process of putting together an event with that will allow us to give thousands back to their organization within the next year. The Expo is just the start of what we are trying to prove and by getting involved with CORA and other regional clubs, that will allow us to help spread the word that much faster. Also, being involved with the Lancaster Emergency Management is something we have taken extreme pride in as a club. Knowing that we are available in the case of a natural disaster and will be allowed to give back to the community is more then we could have ever asked for. Our diverse group of business owners, students, husbands and wife's with families, firefighters's and paramedic's, etc have taken pride in ourselves to change the stereotypical image of 4 wheeling. Thank you :) "

" Not saying that these are not fine, upstanding people but, it's hard to change perception of your group - or pass time - when there are vast numbers of you out there misbehaving and tearing things up. "

" I would like to thank the good folks of Pioneer 4 Wheelers and C.O.R.A for putting on such a great event. You are all some really outstanding citizen's. You all made our day. The kids had a blast, my self included. I would also like to give thanks to all of the sponsors and vendors for helping these guys out. A big thumbs up from our family. Thanks to all of you. "

" If a taxpaying citizen desires to drive a licensed vehicle down a public road; have they violated any laws? Even so most low maintainence roads offer little if any challege to most of the 4X4's that are part of a club. "

" Galen, "vast number of you"? Is that fair to classify all of those with 4x4's into one catagory? I would say no. If I were to ask you what your hobbies are, should I group you into a stereotypical catagory too? Our club has standards written into the bylaws. We are close to 100 members now and had no issues what so ever. If you are ever unfortunate enough to be stranded in a snowed in vehicle on a county road, I hope you think about your thoughts after you see one of us pulling up to take you to a warm safe place when Emergency Management calls upon us to help out. :) "

" Why don't you run a Google search on Offroading and 4x4 clubs? I doubt you're going to see anything come up related to minimum maintenance roads. Don't confuse real offroaders with rednecks. "

" I am one of the newest members of P4W, joined a little under a month ago. I would just like to say that from what I have seen from this club is nothing but outgoing people trying to help the community.

I would also like to give Rory a HUGE thumbs up for putting on such a wonderful event and giving everyone an awesome place to get together and discuss our love for 4x4's!! "

" I would challenge the statement of "a vast number of individuals tearing things up", to atleast provide some sort of statistical proof as to the actual numbers and to what the "tearing up" implies. Does reporting that the farmer who I've seen drive down the same minimum maintenance road to access his field (and home) mean that all farmers do it? Of course not. These club members and our organization intend on preventing that type of careless behaveour. That is one of the reasons behind the Off Road EXPO, to educate and get local people involved in supporting local family oriented, responsible, law abiding clubs and events. I would encourage thoughs who's comments are focused towards the "few bad apples" to embrace the fact that there is are responsible and environmentally friendly organizations out there to address these "issues" and provide safe and organised Off-Road venues for enthusiests to take part in.
You can help support these efforts buy supporting the local and national clubs that are striving to help you and the community. the "stuff the trucks" food drive net'd over a "FULL" truck load and a half of food, not counting the donations to which will be purchasing additional food items. "

" " The men and women of Pioneer 4 Wheelers are dedicated to promoting safe and responsible off roading while maintaining a family atmosphere that provides a fun time for all members. "
I heard that there was heavy drinking. "

" I've been down my share of muddy roads when I was in HIGH SCHOOL! "Goin' muddin'" is the thing to do when you don't grow up in Lincoln. Never once saw adults doing this...just us kids. Kids tear up the roads people, not usually adults. I knew PLENTY of kids that had pickups with mud tires. "

" I am currently the Vice President of the Pioneer 4 Wheelers, and I would like to thank Ms. Munger and the Journal Star for attending this event. We had a wonderful family event that was approximately three times the size of last year's event. As The CORA president mentioned, a pickup load and a half of food was collected for the People's City Mission. This is a testament to not only the goodwill of our respective clubs, but the people of Lincoln and greater Nebraska.

Sadly, it is true that there are individuals in our communties that use their 4x4 vehicles for destructive instead of productive reasons. Stating that our entire organization, or the vast majority of it is engaged in destructive and illegal behavior is patently untrue. Such behavior will result in expulsion from the organization, not to put too fine a point on it. The Pioneer 4 Wheelers cannot control everyone who drives a 4x4 vehicle. However, I would counter that the wonderful people in our club are committed to HELPING our communities, not destroying them. This is the only way that the non-4x4 driving public will come to know the true nature of our members. Over a third of our membership has signed up to work with the Lincoln and Lancaster County Emergency Management office. Our club has standards and is heavily engaged in training up our people as well. Tread Lightly! is a keystone organization for us, and we are deeply committed to not only teaching those principles, but enforcing them as we can.

It is unfortunate that some people feel they need to generate rumors and disrespect. This was a family event held on church property for the benefit of the People's City Mission. If anyone thinks there was heavy drinking at this event, they are simply wrong, weren't there themselves, or are thinking about some other organization. Both of the sponsoring organizations are very thankful for Southview Baptist allowing us to utilize thier property for the event. If anyone has any legitimate concerns or questions regarding our organization or this event, please contact me with your contact information at: matthew.d.hickey@us.army.mil

Thank-you Lincoln, Southview Baptist, our many local sponsors, CORA, and everyone who travelled from the greater midwest to this event! Looking forward to a bigger one next year. "

" A listening ear,

You need to check your hearing. The only beverages at the EXPO on Saturday were coffee, soda, and water. Don't go around posting slanderous statements. It is not appreciated. I am also beginning to wonder if you were the individual spreading false rumors about the Pioneer 4 Wheelers. "

" I'm not sure as to what "heavy drinking" applies to, but as an attendie of the camping event and the EXPO, I can assure you, that this comment has implications towards the CHEAP food and soda's, juice boxes and water that were provided during the event. I don't think they could have barely broke even, with prices that seemed to be at cost, I'm sure you could "2-fist" tho's diet colas.
I think we did see "Bigfoot" lurking around the camp fire while we were telling wheeling stories with our children on our laps.
Thank you CORA (the Christian Off Roaders Association) for such an awesome event. We look forward to next years "family friendly" venue. God Bless. "

" Do what I do and hit the rural roads in the winter they are frozen then and you don't tear them up "

" To New to Lincoln, I don't feel that "hitting the rural road when they are frozen..." is an appropriate respone to "off roading"
Off roading is defined by the following:
2 dictionary results for: off-roading
Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This Main Entry: off-roading
Part of Speech: n
Definition: the recreation of driving a vehicle off the public roads, esp. over rough terrain
Example: Jeeps are designed for off-roading.
Usage: off-roading adj

Being from the rural area I have to use these roads for my job and travel them a lot, and don't appreicate people using rural roads for off roading muddy, frozen or dry. They still get torn up either way when they are used inapproriately and cost the county a lot of money to maintain them. Off roading is exactly that OFF ROAD! That is why there are many off road parks springing up. I have to travel over 5 hours to go off roading and am more than willing to do so to have fun and not tear up local roads.
Pioneer 4 Wheelers, and CORA are trying to educate the public on our sport and benefits of owning a 4 wheel drive, and using them responsibly. Cudos to all of ya for putting this wonderful event on and keep up the good work. Change takes time and a lot of education. "

" Hey guys, it looks like it was a great event. I myself went with DTW, and got there late unfort. but it looks like a lot of fun! Can't wait until next year! "

" I'm sorry I missed you, Zach J. I was hoping to see some pictures of your awesome Jeep from California. Maybe next time. "

" My family had a blast at the expo! Thank you Pioneer 4 Wheelers and CORA!!! I do have a question though. What are the membership numbers for both CORA and Pioneer 4 Wheelers in Nebraska? The flyer said it was a CORA event with the help of the pioneer 4wheelers but I don't know that I saw any cora vehicles their. There was a lot of trucks with pioneer 4 wheelers on them though as my girls kept pointing out. Thanks for your answers. This will hopefully help me find a club to join down the road. "

" Whats this about heavy drinking? I was there with my wife and son and the only drinking was coffee and pop. This was a family event folks! Obviously "listening ear" and or the people they talked to were not at this event.
Before one comments one should verify their infomation. "