Innholdsfortegnelse for August 2017 i Four Wheeler

How did you become a four-wheeldrive enthusiast and what was your first 4x4? I’ve found that it’s a topic which often comes up while sitting around a campfire or leaning on a shop bench with new 4x4 friends, and I love to hear the stories of fellow wheelers. Me, I’ve always been a gearhead. It started when I was just a young’un; about the time I got a ride in my uncle’s ’62 Plymouth Fury convertible. To this day, I remember that grumbly V-8 and the feel of the wind in my hair. After that, I was all about cars. I bought magazines about cars and read ’em cover to cover. And then I read ’em again. I absorbed every word, which in retrospect was amazing because I couldn’t focus…

Want to own your own off-road business but don’t know how or where to begin? There’s help! Performance Off- Road (POR) is a company that has been in the off-road accessory business for over 20 years and it can help you open your own POR. You’ll be part of a national chain of dealers that is well established in the industry and you’ll be trained on many key topics that are critical to a new business. The knowledgeable and experienced POR staff will train you in a variety of areas that include market research in the area you wish to open a location, assistance on location, showroom design and product setup, product training, territory referrals, the importance of maintaining a low overhead, and much more. POR offers in-house financing on…

KEEPING UP WITH THE LATEST ADVANCEMENTS IN EVERYDAY LIFE CAN BE A DAUNTING TASK. THE CHANGES being made to televisions, cell phones, computers, and social media sites happen at such a fast pace, as soon as you think you are keeping up with the Jones’, they have already moved on and posted photos. Fortunately, the 4x4 world is making advancements too. Even the staunchest most rigid and unbending individuals can find usefulness in 4x4 modernization. It’s not like anyone is dying to put a points ignition and a carburetor on their ’17 Ford F-150. With our sights set to help you step into today’s available technology, we scoured the aftermarket to find the most interesting and useful products. Here are a few functional advancements that can bring your 4x4 into…

EVERY YEAR THE OLDE NORTH STATE CRUISERS CLUB HOLDS SEVERAL LARGE four-wheeling events, and for the last six years, they’ve traveled to Uhwarrie National Forest for a gathering of camaraderie and trail running they’ve named Logan’s Run. Uwharrie is located in central North Carolina and covers just more than 50,000 acres. The land was first purchased by the federal government in 1931, and in 1961, it was proclaimed as Uwharrie National Forest. The Badin Lake OHV Trail Complex offers a number of trails of various degrees of difficulty, offering moderate dirt trails to some with more substantial rockcrawling. The club’s biggest run yet was in 2016 with nearly 70 registered vehicles, and there were Toyotas spanning some four decades of models. The trails were challenging and fun, and it was…

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’90S TIRES Read your article in the magazine (Trail’s End, Apr. ’17). I, for one, feel the tires I ran in the ’90s were better that the ones of today. I primarily ran mud tires for the purpose of getting around checking my trap lines as a high school/college student. I used to run the Jetzon Dual Bite HD on my .-ton F-150. I believe this was a nondirectional 7.00-15 bias ply. After I could no longer find these tires, I went to a Multi-Mile Super Traction King directional tire. These tires ran really well also. From there I went to, I believe, Star or Multi-Mile Premium Traction tires that I run still today on my older truck. Some other tires my friends have run were CO-OP Grip Spur tires…

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“MY GOAL WAS TO CREATE A TRUCK AS CLOSE TO ORIGINAL THAT I CAN DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY AND THE TRAIL.” —HOMER SMITH DON’T BE SHOCKED BY THIS ’87 DODGE RAMcharger’s stock-ish appearance. This daily driver is wheeling and able to take Homer Smith to work every day and deliver a comfortable ride to far off the beaten path family camping trips that include trail moshing. “My goal was to create a truck as close to original that I can drive on the freeway and the trail,” Homer says when asked about his build goals. Even the little things mattered. “With only minor fender trimming we were even able to keep all the stock molding,” he says. The Ramcharger also has many personal touches. “Sometimes I get ribbed about that old…

GM SOLID AXLE SWAP QI’m probably beating a long dead horse, but is there anyone that has ever published or released a start to finish leaf-sprung solid axle swap on a ’96 GMC Yukon? I’d like to see it done by a reputable source, not the misleading BS from the millions of forums. @TIMSKIEDUB VIA INSTAGRAM @CAPPAWORKS AThe IFS suspension, differential, CV axles, and steering parts found under the ’88-’98 GM 4x4 platform are delicate and can be extremely problematic when combined with lift kits, large tires, and aggressive driving off-road. If you’re tired of constantly replacing frontend components or you simply want improved trail performance, it’s hard to beat a solidaxle swap. Fortunately, the ’88-’98 GM 4x4 chassis is probably the most common to receive a solid axle swap.…

WANT A WHEEL THAT DOESN’T EXIST? TRY RACELINE’S BESPOKE BILLET DIVISION. THEY CAN MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE. If you’re a fan of Barrett-Jackson and frequent their auctions (or watch their television show), then you just may have spotted this ’62 Lincoln Continental that was up for grabs a few months back. Even before the sale, the sheer sight of the Lincoln created quite a commotion and it piqued the interest of many car customizers. While the site of a clean ’62 Lincoln is already rare, the main focal point of this particular build happened to be the wheels. Oversized, clean, and well refined, the wheels became a central point of the vehicle and in turn created a gaggle of Internet chatter with people trying to figure out where exactly…

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WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE FIRST WHEEL? According to the Smithsonian Institution, evidence shows that wheels were NOT originally used as a form of transportation. If fact, the first wheel was created around 3500 B.C. in Mesopotamia and used as a pottery wheel—that was 300 years before chariots used them as wheels for transportation. SPACE SHUTTLE TIRES CAN HOLD WHAT? A space shuttle tire is not much larger than a truck tire, but a main landing gear tire can carry three times the load of a Boeing 747 tire or the entire starting lineup of a NASCAR race—40 race cars—all hitting the pavement at up to 250 mph. 318,000,000 The amount of tires pushed out annually by Lego. Yes, Lego. The toy company produces tires 24 hours a day/365…

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