Family UTV Overlanding in the Uinta Mountains of Utah - Part 1 [Polaris General 4]

[@jsome5408]

This channel should have 500,000 subscribers. Great, quality videos.

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

Thank you!!! We think so too 😆

[@perrymahnke886]

Wow, thank you for sharing the amazing video footage & I can't wait to follow along on your journey.

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

Thanks for watching!

[@nbatvforum]

Intro with cow and then the steaks was well done. Awesome video once again.

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

😆 happened quite by accident when editing but when we saw it we had to keep it. Glad someone else appreciated it! 😂

[@nbatvforum]

@@TheNorthwoodsFamily gotta love when that happens after done editing and seeing something like that. How many miles on the ranger now?

[@jomarzan]

Thanks for visiting my home state. It's a beautiful place with lots of things to do outdoors. Great video

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

Thanks! Utah has just about everything when it comes to outdoor recreation. Love the state!

[@danielfaas4565]

Bravo de montrer à votre famille qu'il y a un autre monde dans la vie, prenez soins de vous, j'aime beaucoup vos vidéos......

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

Thank you!! 🙏🏼

[@patrickhuppert3311]

Awesome !! can't wait for part 2

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

Thanks!!!

[@bushmasterar1551]

Love your videos. I can't wait until this spring when my wife and I get our polaris xpedition

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

That is awesome! You guys will have fun. Thanks for watching! 🙏🏼

[@CameronCarson-sx9vn]

I grew up in those mountains. What a trip! Such great footage. Thanks for all the work to make this.

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

You bet! They were amazing. Thanks for watching!

[@rossoverland]

Dude the truck is such a beast! Great video!

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

Thanks!! 👍

[@aod8867]

Gorgeous! I especially like the intro with the cow running across the road. Then the next shot was a griddle full of steak 😅

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

Totally by accident 😉

[@reedembley2851]

I thought I had missed this. It's good to have you back especially in my back yard.

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

Thanks Reed! Utah is such an awesome state for enjoying the outdoors. Has a little bit of everything. Should have the conclusion up soon :)

[@dan-1300]

Really loved this episode, in fact I’ve camped at Stateline, very familiar territory. Can’t wait to see what’s next.

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

Cool! Glad you liked it. It was a really neat area. I’d love to go back sometime, would really like to hike up into the wilderness area by some of the alpine lakes.

[@dan-1300]

Definitely different than Wisconsin. Have you narrowed down your next state?

[@theroclastnamehere9167]

Awesome video! Although the Uintas are very beautiful. You should have Sean the 40 years ago. I grew up in Kamas, hunted, hicked, and snowmobiled these mountains all my life. It's sad to see all the dead pines from the beatle kill. I wish I could be around to see it come back.

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

I believe it! That seems to be almost every NF these days - you get to some spots and it’s just miles of hillsides full of dead trees. Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for stopping by! 🙏🏼

[@offgridutah]

Welcome to our state. I hope you enjoyed your stay.

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

Thank you! Always love visiting Utah. The state has just about everything when it comes to the outdoors.

[@WilliamMinor-t2h]

Very well done and beautiful views.were planing on overlanding when I retire in 2025

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

Thanks! It’s a beautiful area. The next video should be up soon

[@danielanaya267]

Beautiful country! Question, did the other tires wear out too fast , do you like the Terabytes? Thank you.

[@calebschenck8757]

I’ve had 2 generals and stock tires wear out fast. Switched to terabites on both machines. Had well over 4k miles and still in great condition

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

@danielanaya267 factory bias ply tires wear very quickly and unevenly on hard surfaces. This is our second machine so we replaced the tires right away. Radial tires make a HUGE difference in your ride quality. We love our Terrabites. We’re on our second set - we have the 10ply aramids now. You should get 4k+ miles on em depending how you ride. We work with Rocky Mountain ATVMC now (they own the Tusk brand), but we did this review below two years ago and we’ve been customers of theirs for a long time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJ_Xd2SoZ81-qrcsi=mZNGwH9lyYN8-p82 If you decide to buy them, please use this link or one in our video description! It helps support the channel. But even if we didn’t collaborate with RMATVMC, we’d still recommend them. They’re great tires. www.rockymountainatvmc.com/?ref=1069&

[@bmf24]

Great videos. We are starting to do some overland stuff so its great to see what you have figured out already.

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

We learn more every trip and hope it helps others out. Best wishes on your adventures!

[@olafmeier]

Thank you so munch for your awesome content. I only found this channel about a month ago... watched almost everything.... and still undecided what to buy next month for my wife and I..either a Polaris General XP4 or a Yamaha RMAX4... Greetings from Arizona!

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

You’re welcome!! Glad you found us! Both of those are great machines. We love our Polaris, gonna do a 5k mile review on it soon. I’ve heard great things about the Yamaha too but never drove one. We’ll have to make it down to AZ to ride sometime. I know you guys have some great UTV trails down there!

[@olafmeier]

@TheNorthwoodsFamily appreciate your response a lot. I used to have an RMAX2 but my wife and I need more space. Had a Pro R 4 in between but didn't like it. As for Arizona, you wanna check out Sedona, awesome trails like Broken Arrow. If you guys ever come down, do let me know 🙂

[@sucatkane]

Rmax all the way

[@adriand9328]

Ever thought about towing a small camper trailer instead of the tent set-up

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

We have… but haven’t invested in one yet. We talk about them in our UTV Overlanding book www.amazon.com/UTV-OVERLANDING-CAMPING-Comprehensive-Adventure/dp/B0CL2Q7VB3?nodl=1&source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&dplnkId=6a5c5007-6f8f-4967-b58a-7e8e4037c6d2

[@OHVLife]

Polaris strikes again!

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

🙌

[@sucatkane]

Polaris sucks so bad lol

[@JoeSandoval-j7q]

Awesome episodes! How many miles was it from start to flaming gorge??

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

130 or so? It wasn’t too long from where we started.

[@2fast65]

Great video thanks. I have a 2018 general that will burn a belt and de rate like yours i ordered a duraclutch system they spendy but should be worth it i cant install it until spring it is front of my drag car in the trailer for winter have a great day be safe.

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

I’m actually planning on replacing the clutch this winter with a Duraclutch. It sounds like one of the best options out there. Our factory clutch is actually starting to go now, somewhere around 6k miles I believe. I don’t think they were made to take the kind of abuse we give ‘em on these trips. Thanks for the advice - sounds like we’re on the same page.

[@bmf24]

Read up on them. I knew 2 people with them and both ended up ditching them as it caused more issues. Im a fan of oem clutch and clutch kit to tune it.

[@reedembley5197]

Question: Do you have a GPS track on the ride you took here in Utah? If so, would you please send me the track so I can download it and use it for a ride.

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

I do… kind of. Somehow we lost a couple days of our track, I think I accidentally deleted them when I was uploading them from our machine. I will get you the general route we took, give me a week or so, I need to finish up the second video and then I’ll try to get it mapped out. It shouldn’t be too difficult to plot quick.

[@NWI_Steel]

Just curious, how do your kids do riding along for extended periods? This is something i want to get into, but i feel like my 8yo and 5yo will say theyre bored after an hour and be whining for the ipads or to go home 😂

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

😆 the struggle is real. I wonder how my parents did it when we drove across the country on road trips when my sister and I were little! They do great some days, not great the others. A good intercom system is helpful, so everyone can talk. But we also aren’t afraid to unplug someone if they get whiny and want to complain. We’ll play music on the intercom for them too sometimes. We try to take frequent breaks, and reward the kids with playground stops, treats at the gas station and other bribes! or other activities they like to do. We play games, scavenger hunts, or do photography competitions with them. We do let them do some iPad / iPhone stuff, but we try to limit it. It’s hard to compete with the screens for kids’ attention… we left them at home our first few trips, the last few we’ve brought them along. Pros and cons to both. We also try to rotate seating to let each kid sit upfront for at least a little while each day. I also try to give the kids “jobs” to make them feel like part of the team. My daughter is old enough now (10) I’ll give her a paper map, and ask her to help us plot / follow our route. I’ll ask our son to count how many rivers we cross or puddles we hit, make games out of it. But honestly, it doesn’t always go smoothly… but they’re kids, and even if they’re bored I’m sure there’s a lesson for them to learn from it 🤷‍♂️ 😆

[@NWI_Steel]

​@TheNorthwoodsFamily I appreciate the response. It sounds like you have a pretty good system down to keep them engaged and interested. I have enjoyed watching your riding videos since finding your channel. 👍

[@4lostboy4]

What intercom system do you use? Do they go in your helmets and connect with Bluetooth?

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

This is a hard wired system from UTVCOM. We are thinking about replacing it with a wireless Bluetooth system

[@coltonbrown9170]

So you just leave your truck on the side of the road? Are you worried about people messing with it?

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

So I had to leave my truck on the street at a buddy’s house for four nights last week when we went fishing. He lives in a nice neighborhood outside Madison, WI. I was far more “worried” about my truck being broken into parked there than leaving it for a week in a wilderness area. There are “kids” shopping cars every night in neighborhoods like his outside every urban center in America right now. The woods are remote, but the concentration of scumbags is a lot lower. I don’t leave valuables inside and I have insurance. About all I can do.

[@earlmartin9921]

are those tusk tires

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

They are! Tusk Terrabite radials. We had a set of 8-ply and these are the 10-ply Aramids. Both are awesome. We have a review on the 8 ply if you scroll back through our videos. You can order them at Rocky Mountain ATV www.rockymountainatvmc.com/?

[@froggygamer1716]

Bruh how do you smoke a belt in 2 miles my can ams are still on factory belts and it's 8 years old and I do some crazy riding basically never use low gear unless I'm plowing snow

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

Belt was fine, but it did slip. Hauling a lot of weight up that mountain I suppose. I replaced our Ranger’s belt after 11 years… and it was still perfect 🤷‍♂️

[@gm780]

I have watched part 1 a few times now. It took 3 times to notice that Kim was sporting a new Utah purse. Kinda sad of me to say that living in Utah I've not yet made the ride to Flaming Gorge. Waiting on part 2. I've enjoyed your short movies. They leave me with one question. Why has Polaris not gifted you with a new general? Shame on them!☹️☹️

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

😆 yes indeed… forgot where she found it but was a cool find. Wish we had more time at Flaming Gorge… lots of trails to ride there it looks like. I should have the second video up this week. Almost done but was visiting family this week. Man we’d love to have a Polaris Sponsorship! We’d do a lot more videos if we did. Costs and time off work are our biggest restraints on doing more videos now. Our machine needs a new clutch, so this month it’s $1500 on a new Duraclutch. With KZbin income, some affiliate marketing, books sales and occasional website donations, we’re still thousands of dollars in the red every year and that’s not even cost of the machine factored in. Would love to just break even some day! 😆

[@dieselblj]

Please slow down on forest roads. UTVs have destroyed our forest roads from excessive speeds. Please be courteous and respectful to the rest of us backcountry travelers.

[@TheNorthwoodsFamily]

Do you have some evidence to back up that statement? Because I searched the internet far and wide for information about UTVs causing damage in the Uintas and I sure didn’t find anything. I’ve backpacked and hunted in the backcountry, so I am not ignorant to the issues surrounding our wilderness areas. Despite you opinions on roadway erosion, two days of heavy rain did a thousand times more damage to the roads there than would be done in a decade of UTV riding. The heavy logging trucks, cattle trucks, livestock, and RVs do far more damage to the forest roads than the UTVs do. I will say that in some specific areas on some other properties, a handful of disrespectful riders have caused issues. I’ve also seen backpackers leave remote “campsites” absolutely trashed too, burning garbage in fire rings instead of packing it out, not burning human waste and all sorts of other disgusting things. But I realize it’s a small minority of jerks, just like people who cause problems riding UTVs. There is also 500,000 acres of High Uinta Wilderness that is completely off limits to motor vehicle traffic. That is 100% worth protecting and should remain that way in my opinion. The truth is, UTV riders bring far more money to our National Forests than backpackers. So if we want to continue conserving those lands for future generations, motorized recreation is going to be a part of it. We ride respectfully, do our best to follow all rules and regulations, and slow down as we pass hikers and livestock. Most backpackers we meet have been very friendly and struck up some interesting conversations.

[@dieselblj]

@@TheNorthwoodsFamily well, I'm not a backpacker. I've spent a considerable amount of time in the Uintas and other national forests over the last few decades. It was perfectly obvious that the forest roads started to deteriorate much faster after UTVs became popular. Just because they can comfortably drive at higher speeds doesn't mean it's not damaging the roads. I'm not surprised you couldn't find any info about that. This type of knowledge resides with those of us who are in the backcountry for more than one family trip per year. I politely asked that you slow down while driving on forest roads. You know you are in the wrong and that's why you wrote such a long winded response. Apparently, asking you to be polite and courteous was asking too much of you. You certainly fit the mold of city folks who have no respect for public spaces or other people. You're no better than those who leave garbage and fires unattended. Who unsurprisingly are usually UTV owners. The miniscule amount of money UTV owners bring the national forests is dwarfed by the damage they cause.

[@alphawolf9219]

Oh brother... Document your claim about speeds and forest roads. There's absolutely NOTHING about their speeds over those roads that impacts the roads whatsoever. I own property very near where they started and I ride those same roads every summer, and most of them experience heavy truck traffic hauling timber or equiment. You think a little Polaris compares to a heavy diesel pulling a flat bed? Even the smaller roads they were on sees constant jeep, pickup and motorcycle use all summer.

[@singerkgreen]

​@@dieselbljnot concerned about the damage Diesels cause though?