Madison - Anson ATV Club

10/25/2026

Going out on the trail later this morning to install the red mud season closure signs on the KVT.

Before any of you lose your minds, the trail is NOT closing today. The state ATV program, for some reason, has asked us to install permanent mud season signs that can be switched between "open" and "closed" easily.

It's also a "cost savings" measure. It seems we're (not MAATV, but clubs collectively, around the state) using too many of the red signs. I can't speak for other clubs, but we recycle the signs we staple up and use them over and over.

20 minutes each to install the newfangled brackets or 20 seconds each to restaple a sign... whatever...

The point here? This would be easier with a second set of hands. Reply to this message if you're bored and want to help.

Don't message the page please. Meta ( Facebook for business) sucks, and I can't open messages there (which is where your direct messages go) without a PC. Can't get them with my phone.

~trailmaster

10/22/2026

Facebook is wonky. I put together a nice post about upcoming stuff, and p**f! It's gone. Out of time to do it again for now.

The main bullet point was: Meeting tonight at OPA.
23 Locust Street, Madison. 7 PM.

(Let's see if THIS message actually posts...)

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10/17/2026

Please help us welcome our latest members, Kevin and Wendy Perera!

Thanks for your support!

10/10/2026

UPDATE: Never mind. Had to run back to the shop anyway, so I grabbed the saw and the mattock. All better now...

Just North of Moore's Vegetable stand driveway on the KVT in Norridgewock. I put the flagging tape to it but don't have anything to cut it with. A byproduct of grading... Sawzall with a carbide blade or, cutoff wheel, or acetyline torch is the easiest solution. Standard blade won't touch it. Three pieces. Beware!
Norridgewock Sportsmen Association

10/09/2026

10/09/2026

Looks like the 17th/18th is gonna be a Busy weekend!

Sunday, October 18th, we're headed for Quill Hill!

Departing from the Stratton Park and Ride at 9:30. Pack a picnic lunch to eat on the hill, as we're probably not going all the way to Rangeley.

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10/09/2026

Saturday, October 17th we're gonna trailer to the Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds in Dover Foxcroft to support the Dover Rovers ATV Club's first annual Halloween Festival! There will be a haunted trailride, along with vendors selling food and more. 4 pm to 9 pm. More info on the event below.

This will be our mid-October ride / event, unless someone else chooses to lead a club ride on Sunday the 18th. I figure I'll get back to the homestead around 11pm Saturday, and won't be able to start getting ready at 4 am Sunday to trailer to / lead a club trail ride. If a club member wants to lead a ride Sunday, we'll post it here.
https://www.facebook.com/share/19goFLiK4F/

Dover Rovers Haunted Trail 2026/ Halloween Festival

Cant wait to scare you on the trail!

10/07/2026

Public Service Announcement:

The KVT from the Madison / Norridgewock line to Tavern Drive in Embden is being graded.

What comes with grading? Well, obviously smoother trails, but also railroad spikes and other metal debris! And lots of them!

Other than slowing down and keeping your eyes open for tire eaters, lowering your tire pressure will help avoid punctures. I'm running about 12 psi in Big Blue (Honda Pioneer 1000, that weighs in around 2500 pounds loaded) and 4 psi in my ATV.

Think of a balloon: blow it up too hard and it will just brush up against something rough and it will pop easily. Blow it up halfway and its much more difficult to puncture.

It's my experience- talking to people about this until I'm blue in the face - that many people have no idea how much air is in their tires. From the factory, my SxS arrived with one tire as low as 15 psi and one over 35 psi. When I put new tires on last year, the tire guy put enough air in to seat the bead and called it good. All 5 were over 35 psi...

Do what you want with this info. If you find it helpful, pass it on.

10/06/2026

10/05/2026

SHARE PLEASE:

Heavy equipment on the KVT between Norridgewock and Embden this week, and possibly early next week.

Please, do not crowd the equipment, and wait patiently for the operator to wave you by. It's better to be late than injured or dead, and helicopter rides are expensive!

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