Travis Carpenter’s 4405 “Land-use” Ultra4 race team is well known in the hardcore offroad community for its work in the land-use realm. Running a slew of stickers from land-use organizations on the 4405, along with the mantra, “Keep Public Lands Open to the Public” emblazoned across the vehicle, many people mistakenly assume the 4405 team [...]
Many states have a water quality control board that works to ensure that our water remains clean. Unfortunately, the anti-4×4 crowd has been using “water quality” issues to close our trails, saying that 4x4s dump sediment into the water. Water quality was the issue that closed Tellico, and in California the anti 4×4 crowd complained to [...]
4405 “landuse” driver Travis Carpenter literally grew up on the Rubicon trail, so when the time came for him and Stephanie his bride-to-be to get married, what better place than Rubicon Springs, which is located deep into the trail. Normally by June the trail is dry, but with massive storms this year, the Carpenter’s were [...]
