Offroad

Where do you wrench on your 4×4? Do you have a shop? Carport? Garage? Or do you wrench in your paved or unpaved driveway? Gravel Driveway Transmission Swap I was talking to a friend recently, and he was telling me that he driveway-swapped a new transmission into his Ford F-250. His driveway is gravel, and View the full article

UPDATE: Since we first published this when Ford announced the all-new 2021 Bronco in July of 2020, Jeep has been hard at work on the Wrangler. From the V-8-powered Wrangler 392 to the new Xtreme Recon package, Jeep has answered the biggest of Bronco’s claims. We’ve also learned a thing or two about Bronco having View the full article

Well, it used to be a rental-truck-white 1995 Ford Ranger, until James Tow had his way with it. We met James and his Ranger at the 2021 Sierra Rock Crawlers 31-Inch Tire Run, where drivers unbolted their hulking meats, torqued on 31-inch tires, and tackled the Rubicon Trail. For the 31-Run, James and the Ranger View the full article

Ever since the introduction of the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 for the 2017 model year, pickup enthusiasts everywhere have been longing for a Silverado ZR2, a truck that would finally bring Chevy into the ring with the likes of the Raptor and now the TRX. Chevrolet introduced the new Trail Boss trim with the all-new Silverado View the full article

When Ford launched the all-new 2021 Bronco, the company did what so many others are doing now: opened the vehicle up to preorders. Not surprisingly, Bronco garnered an enormous amount of interest, with Ford saying more than 190,000 people had plopped down a deposit on the new off-roader. Also, not surprisingly, some of those orders View the full article

When Michael Walters bought this 1973 International Scout, his only intention was to turn it into a rockcrawler. At the time, the Scout was pristine—but now it’s perfect, just in other ways. Andrea, Michael, and the 1973 Scout can often be found making proper use of the off-road trails of Northern California and beyond, whether View the full article

No matter if the weather is nice or naughty, running down the trail, back roads, or highway in an open-top Jeep is a life rite of passage. You gotta do it once, and chances are if you do it once you’ll be hooked and want to do it almost every time you’re driving anywhere. But View the full article

One of the 2021 Ford Bronco’s most interesting features is the available seven-speed manual transmission. If seven gear ratios seem odd, it’s because it is. It’s remarkable that in a time when manual transmissions are going the way of the dodo, the 2021 Ford Bronco comes with a unique crawler gear in addition to the View the full article

Ford’s much anticipated 2021 Bronco has finally begun production in earnest and is beginning to trickle out to dealer lots and reservation holders’ driveways. Getting more people behind the wheel of the Bronco has brought up more questions about the feature sets that come with the Blue Oval’s new off-roader. One of the features is View the full article

When we first met the Volvo Sugga in 1972, we called it a “Volvo-powered, ex-military, taxi-inspired, cross between a late depression American sedan and an early Dodge Power Wagon fitted with enough antennae to track a moon shot.” Its real name is the Volvo Radiopersonterrängbil 915, and the machine is the result of a tremendous View the full article

When it comes to shopping for a used 4×4 truck, there are a lot of factors that need to be considered. Is off-roading your top priority? Do you need a front locking differential, or just a rear locker? Is tire size important? What about a V-8 engine? The list goes on. To help, even just View the full article

The 2021 Bronco is finally here and, if the reception around our first drive location in Austin, Texas, was any indication, highly anticipated. The 2021 Ford Bronco has hit the scene in a way that riding zebraback in our skivvies couldn’t have caused more of an entrance. The last vehicle we drove that drew this View the full article

Diesel Dyno Explosion! The crew at Power Driven Diesel (PDD) is in for a full teardown and rebuild of its “Godfather” truck after the rig’s 12-valve Cummins diesel engine exploded on the dyno during the 2021 Ultimate Callout Challenge Dyno Competition at Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Indiana. After shifting into Fourth gear, the truck View the full article

More dirt roads. More off-road fun. More spectacular scenery. This time in south central Utah. The Moab Easter Jeep Safari crew is branching out and conducted a monthly trail ride in mid-May 2021 in the Green River, Utah, area. Club President, Mike Kelso said this area will become the site of an annual trail ride View the full article

The Sierra Rock Crawlers hosted the 5th Annual 31-Inch Tire Run on the Rubicon Trail, filling the wheelwells where 40-inch sticky tires once lived, with 31-inch spare tires. “Why?” Might be the question you’re asking since the Rubicon is known for its endless onslaught of boulders. “Because it’s fun!” Is the answer. We joined the View the full article

Many things look great on the surface but when you live with them on a daily basis sometimes drawbacks and compromises erode away the luster rather quickly. Flat out, Jeep sells every new Wrangler it can manufacture. For the Wrangler model specifically, there are no real incentives, manufacturer deals, or leftover vehicles of consequence. And View the full article

On This Week’s Podcast: 2021 Daytona Truck Meet Lightning heads to Florida to cover the massive Daytona Truck Meet truck show. The Truck Show Podcast Presented by Nissan in association with Duralast, Borla, and onX Offroad …is a fun, irreverent, and edgy look at today’s world of custom and factory trucks, hosted by automotive journalist View the full article

Proving that competition is good for the consumer, Jeep is responding to Ford’s 35-inch-tire Sasquatch package on the Bronco by announcing the Xtreme Recon package on the Wrangler. The Xtreme Recon package, which adds 35-inch tires to the Wrangler for the first time, will be available as an option on the four-door-only 392 and gas View the full article

Midland MicroMobile MXT275: Now With USB-C! Midland’s MXT115 and MXT275 (shown here) MicroMobile radios now come with a built-in 18-watt USB-C charging outlet, allowing you to charge your USB-C-powered electronics directly from the MicroMobile unit. The MXT115 and MXT275 MicroMobile two-way radios allow transmissions on 15 GMRS channels and 8 split tone-capable repeater channels as View the full article

Due to many requests, we’re republishing some of Granville King’s “From the Backcountry” columns. These columns ran in Four Wheeler from 1984 until Granville’s passing in 1989 at age 70. Granville was a retired aerospace engineer and television screenwriter who lived off-grid in a trailer in Baja, Mexico. His off-road experiences were many, and his View the full article