Pennywise – What a super cool Mohawk 4×4 Adventures Private Property. This place is awesome, and 100%, a club exclusive property.
This picture is from 2018. The tractor on the left was towed up from CT. This bridge was built from native hardwood, and especially, native Hemlock trees. The total length was 72 Feet. This bridge should support 30,000lbs.
This picture, above, includes Seakonk Tree Service’s mini-excavator. This is the first bridge that we built.
Would you look at that? A customized trail marker. (Above)
An updated bridge. Rebuilt with Rough Cut 6×6 Hemlock. This one has been updated since this photo and is completely decked. (Below)
(Below) Our favorite Junior Director, Julia, is conducting a very scientific test of our Land Stewardship! This bridge has been updated several times with the rough sewn hemlock.
Mohawk 4×4 Adventures has built 5 bridges at Pennywise. We have hours of trail fun here, and we are always looking for a few hundred feet of multi-loop trails. Check out some of the pictures from rides and work days.
This little crossing took a lot of experimentation to get it right. It is now a Box Culvert and is constructed with the rough sewn hemlock. It allows water to flow and is easy to clean if it gets debris in it, like sticks and leaves. John’s JK hauling material to one of the bridges.This is the OG bridge, completely updated for our traffic.These ruts were created during logging, over 20 years ago. A club member had all this cut up deadfall in his yard, after a massive storm in Massachusetts. A volunteer picked it all up in his enclosed trailer, and hauled it up to Pennywise. Volunteers laid the deadfall out inside the ruts, and then covered it all in mulch. The results are, we have a very solid base, no water pooling, no mud right here and a sustainable section of trail at a vital connection point. This whole project cost about a thousand dollars from the club Treasury, between 2018 and 2023, including the Box Culvert (not shown here). There is around 100 hours in volunteer labor.One would never know how badly rutted this area was before we restored it. When left alone, the ferns cover the trail each year. These ruts would swallow 37″ tires in the oft mud, and that is not sustainable.This is, Danielle. Set up at the property entrance for Trails From the Crypt in 2019.Dave’s WJ on 37s had a little issue at a trail area we call, Colonel Sanders. A little recovery was set up for safety, but he drove through it and kept it rubber side down.Our very good friend, Melissa. We require seat belts on our rides, which is particularly useful around large spiders. R.I.P, Melissa. (Trails From the Crypt, 2019)Mike and Ryan’s Jeeps, exploring in 2018.
Feb 2026 – We’ll try to update this page more frequently
