We’ve been running Project Recycle since last February, where it took its maiden run during KOH week. Since then we’ve been to EJS and our Reader’s Ride, to many events in between and finally, this last weekend, to my own Jeep club’s annual Meet & Greet. The Eastern slope of the Cascade Mountains is a [...]
We had a great turnout for the event and were overwhelmed with the support for CRAWL. Thank you all for attending. If you were not able to attend this year, rest assured, we’re already planning the 2012 Reader’s Ride in the South.
Finishing up the cage work on our Zuk project, Rick shot this video with his phone of our Torchmate 2×2 at work. The Torchmate is an amazing shop tool, and we use it often. Check out the video and see for yourself.
The Best in the West six round series of races at the Straddleline ORV Park held round three of the event today. Located near McCleary, Washington, the wooded ORV park serves up quite a few challenges for this “run what you brung” racing series. Dean Detweiler, owner of Bent Metal Customs and Issue 29 cover [...]
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 [...]
On-board with Jesse Haines and Chris Garrison in the Torchmate sponsored car that took 3rd place at the inaugural American Rocksports Challenge event in Tooele, Utah at Miller Motorsports Park. This is the complete running of the main event, including laps under yellow and initial laps prior to the green flag. The format required the [...]
Not too long ago I posted up some pics of the new CRAWL Mag “Southeast” Tow Rig, my new (to me) 2005 Ford F350 crew cab short bed pickup. After installing a Bully Dog driving coach setup to monitor fuel economy I told all of you to stay tuned to see the truck get the [...]
The 2011 Ultra4 Rausch Creek Qualifier (RCQ), sponsored by 4WD Hardware, brought West coasters and East coasters alike to Rausch Creek Off Road Park in Pennsylvania to do battle in hopes of finishing the grueling race through rocks, mud, and coal dirt. Those good enough to finish the day at the top would go on [...]
One of the common front end bearing choices used by the OEMs is the unit bearing hub. It’s less labor intensive for them to install and will work for years on a stock height rig with factory size tires. The downside is that the front axle shafts are turning 100% of the time, even if [...]
Stage 8 has been making very unique and unfailingly strong fastener solutions for quite a while, over 25 years. The simple design and robust materials belie the engineering that goes into making certain that whatever you tighten stays that way whether it’s an offroad rig, a locomotive, a space shuttle or a military armored vehicle. [...]
