Offroad

When rumors started swirling about the return of Bronco, off-road enthusiasts everywhere began getting excited. Then, news of a smaller “baby Bronco” emerged, and the four-wheeling world was cautiously optimistic about what this pint-sized Bronco may be. And then it happened: The Bronco family was fully revealed, and that optimism about what was shown to View the full article

The large SUV market is a crowded and competitive place to be these days, especially with the recent redesign of the Chevy Tahoe/Suburban and GMC Yukon on new independently suspended platforms. However, there is one option that seems to be underrated in this class and deserves a look, and that’s Nissan’s Armada. Based on Nissan’s View the full article

They say mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery. We say sometimes the mimic is better than the original. We met Pat Soffe a few years back. He introduced himself and said he was working on a 1956 Willys truck that was deeply, if not totally inspired by our own recent project vehicle Wicked Willys. View the full article

When you see this Ford F-550 4×4 cruising around the Rubicon Trail, you might call it the Pooper Duty, the Super Doodie, the Poop Truck, the Dump Truck, or the Dump Pumper. Why? It was built to crawl the world-famous off-road trail to maintain its restrooms—which includes removing human waste. El Dorado County, the agency View the full article

A lot may have changed in 2020, but one thing that remained constant was Americans’ love of the pickup truck. The experts at iSeeCars.com analyzed more than 12.9 million vehicle sales in 2020 and has released a study listing the most popular vehicle overall, by state, and even down to by metropolitan region. The study View the full article

Powertank Power Plate Power Tanks give you the ability to fill 40-inch tires in under a minute and pack the punch to run air tools on the trail, among other qualities. Now the company offers the Power Plate—a piggyback mount designed to mount a 5-, 10-, or 15-pound Power Tank (or a 5- or 11-pound View the full article

As the saying goes, if you have to ask how much something is, you probably can’t afford it. That just may be the case with the Wrangler Rubicon 392, the straight-from-the-factory Wrangler with a big V-8 under its hood. (It’s based on the 392 Concept.) The Hemi-powered SUV is something Wrangler aficionados have been craving View the full article

Talking about the “best” of anything can lead to quite the slippery slope. Thankfully, fuel economy is a rather straightforward subject thanks largely to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA issues a fuel economy rating for all light-duty vehicles and publishes them in the form of city, highway, and combined mileage. Everyone of driving View the full article

We just got back from punishing the Kenda Klever R/T tire in rocks, snow, gravel, and with thousands of highway miles. Here’s what we thought: If you’re gonna shell out top dollar for a tire, you might expect a commensurate increase in its performance. What if that increase in performance could be had without paying View the full article

Jeep prices have gotten pretty crazy lately. Not everybody has tons of money to throw at a newer JK or JL Jeep Wrangler. But if you still want to go Jeeping, there are plenty of older YJ and TJ Jeep Wranglers out there for somewhat more realistic money. The most common engine choices when shopping View the full article

Hot on the news that Toyota is discontinuing the Land Cruiser after the 2021 model year, the folks at GR86.org have uncovered a recent patent application from Toyota for the “Grand Highlander” name. Filed on December 24, 2020, the application lists use of the name for the United States and Canada. So, what’s the takeaway View the full article

Decades ago I wheeled my 4×4 a lot on the farm, but the idea of an organized trail run was a bit foreign to me. As an avid reader of all the 4×4 magazines, I was very familiar with the concept of an organized trail run, but I’d never participated. I was a wheeling loner. View the full article

The world “overlanding” has taken on such an interesting meaning in the recent years. It can be used to describe everything from a simple weekend off-road trip with friends to an expedition around the globe. In either case, it’s important to have a sufficient supply of tools and parts on board to be able to View the full article

Like its name implies, the General Grabber A/Tx grabbed whatever was below it—and our attention. So, we took the General Grabber A/Tx on a wild, 10,000-mile-long ride to feel out just how well the tire performed in a wide variety of on- and off-road situations. We’ll throw out a spoiler here: Despite the rigorous driving View the full article

When we last left off, we had introduced our new long-term 2020 Ford F-250 Super Duty Limited. The truck sports a 6.7L Power Stroke diesel engine with 1,050 lb-ft of torque, 445 hp, and a 10-speed TorqShift automatic transmission. And the truck arrived to us in top-of-the-line Limited trim with an $89,000 price tag. In View the full article

Gerber is a huge company that makes a vast array of bladed tools and ships them all over the world. Many of its products are made in the USA, but some are manufactured in China and other countries. We recently did a story highlighting the pros and cons of eight new Gerber Overland and Camping View the full article

When you think of the Dodge Power Wagon, the extremely capable and surprisingly comfortable heavy-duty Ram 2500 pickup likely comes to mind. But the Power Wagon nameplate is hardly new; it was first used after World War II, when Dodge realized there was a civilian market for go-anywhere, heavy-duty trucks. Want to mix some of that new Power View the full article

On This Week’s Show: Lessons in Welding 2021 Nissan Armada Merry Christmas! Curious about welding, or what equipment you might need to start? Learn the basics and hear some tips from master welder Rick Wright of Wright Designs, LLC. Brent Hagan from Nissan returns to talk about the redesigned 2021 Nissan Armada, and the guys View the full article

If trucks or off-road vehicles are your passion, then there’s a high likelihood that there’s a trailer or two in your life. Speaking from personal experience, I have been towing trailers my entire adult life. If your hobbies involve project trucks, hardcore wheelers, or UTVs, then you likely have a flatbed utility trailer. And if View the full article

Forget racks on racks because Toyota’s TRD-Sport trailer is a bed on, in, and with a bed. Created for this year’s SEMA360 show (the online replacement for this year’s canceled in-person SEMA event), the TRD-Sport trailer concept uses the bed of a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck as the canvas for an adventure-ready overlanding camping rig. In View the full article