While the interior storage space of a 4 door JK Unlimited seems like a U-Haul compared to a 2 door, it still leaves a lot to be desired especially when you're traveling with multiple people and pups. After spending a fair amount of time around JKU's on the trail, I quickly realized a roof rack was going to be necessary to haul over-sized gear such as my OzTent that wouldn't … [Read more...]
Maps: Digital or Paper
The argument of digital or paper maps will most likely continue as long as the waxed cotton vs. gore-tex debate. Which means forever, unless Filson and Barbour stop selling coats. I remember growing up in my fathers red Volkswagen Golf with a manual transmission, AC/DC or George Thorogood in the tape deck, and a Maryland road map in the seat-back pocket. I spent some of the … [Read more...]
Red Cloud – Snow Run
With the DC area recovering from our most recent mediocre epic snow storm, we headed out for a quick snow run at Red Cloud Off-Road. I know, all you guys from Boston are probably screaming about how you got more snow than Antarctica this year, how the Bruins are going to win the Stanley Cup, and how harbor is spelled with 3 H's. Well snow storms are in a little different … [Read more...]
UORTC – 4WD-202 Class Part 3
The first half of the UORTC 4WD-202 was some of the most in depth off-road driving training any of us had received. So after a quick lunch in the field we got right back to it. The instructors immediately started covering what I refer to as the worst case scenario portion of the class. They covered everything from radiator repairs, to field fixes for u-joints utilizing only … [Read more...]
UORTC – 4WD-202 Class Part 2
After finishing the rollover recovery portion of the course and trying out some new recovery techniques, we thought we were through the toughest part of the day... Scott and the rest of the UORTC staff had us air down and load up the trucks in preparation for a ride around the property. After weaving through the hills and seeing some gnarly man made obstacles, we ended … [Read more...]
