Offroad

Truck Falls Off Bridge in Idaho, Saved by Safety Chains A Ford F-350 was found hanging over the railing of the Malad Gorge bridge on Idaho Interstate 84, connected to its trailer by only the safety chains. Rescuers were able to retrieve two dogs and two human occupants from the vehicle with non-life-threatening injuries. Is View the full article

According to the manufacturer, it’s not actually a sport utility vehicle—it’s an all-terrain vehicle (ATV). Whatever you call it, SHERP the Ark 3400 is impressive. Earlier this year on Top Gear America, Jethro Bovingdon got to—throw?—one of these 10-wheeled beasts around when the guys were comparing $250,000 luxury SUVs in Colorado. Where SHERP (The SHERP? View the full article

It’s always a good thing when the time comes for one of our quarterly long-term vehicle reports and we genuinely have nothing to say. During the past three months we’ve managed to log 5,441 additional miles on our 2020 Ford F-250 Super Duty and can say with authority that we have almost no complaints. The View the full article

UPDATE: This Hellwagon is now headed to Mecum. It will be auctioned off at the Kissimee Summer Special Event from August 27-29. There’s no pre-auction estimate, but for reference the listing on the page of the shop that built this incredible Jeep Grand Wagoneer has it listed for $128,000. After talking with the owner in View the full article

It’s not every day that an automaker gets to create an entirely new category of vehicle. Or at least create a new category within their own lineup of vehicles. However, that seems to be exactly what Hyundai has done with the introduction of the all-new 2022 Santa Cruz, which the company is calling a “Sport View the full article

“What is that, a VW microbus with a Willys pickup truck bed stabbed on the back of it?” Although we’ve never actually heard somebody ask that exact question upon first laying eyes on a Jeep Forward Control FC-150 or FC-170, we can see where somebody would have a hard time positively identifying exactly what a View the full article

I was talking with Four Wheeler staff editor Jered Korfhage the other day. We’re both California transplants from colder climates, so in addition to talking about the nice weather and staggering number of meth heads SoCal has to offer compared with the places we’re from, we sort of compared notes on our respective events. Jered, View the full article

What is your favorite Moab-area 4×4 trail? I just boomeranged back to the office from the 2021 Easter Jeep Safari (EJS) in Moab, Utah, and it sure was good to get back on the Moab-area trails after the cancellation of the 2020 event. As a matter of fact, wheeling on the slickrock, ledges, and sand View the full article

We’ve used Battle Born Bead Lock wheels on a couple of different project vehicles and can attest to their strength and good looks. This includes running their steel wheels on our UA abused and proven 2012 UA JKJ, Redferd the Ford and later the Derange Rover, and a set of Battle Born’s Bootlegger wheels on View the full article

Moab Easter Jeep Safari 2021 rolled into town and brought thousands of Jeeps and other off-road vehicles into Utah’s famed slickrock. We spent some time on the trail and sponged up the action, watching all sorts of machines take on the obstacles throughout the week. Click ANY IMAGE for a FULL GALLERY of the Moab View the full article

Carl Limpus bought his first 4×4 in 2005 while he lived in Colorado—a 2000 Dodge Ram. The truck made Colorado winters a bit more fun, and its duties included daily driving and moving building materials about for Carl’s home improvement projects. Rockcrawling wasn’t even in the plans until he moved to California in 2009. With View the full article

It wasn’t too long ago now that Nissan pulled back the covers and allowed us all our first look at two brand-new vehicles. Nissan is incredibly proud of the coming 2022 Frontier midsize pickup and 2022 Pathfinder SUV, both new from the ground up. As anyone who has read one of our First Look stories View the full article

On This Week’s Podcast: Petro-Masculinity David Borla from Borla Exhaust SAE J1349 The guys discuss a recent article that attacks and labels truck owners. David Borla from Borla Exhaust shares his company’s story and how the premium parts manufacturer continues to thrive while making performance exhaust systems in the U.S.A. Lastly, find out how SAE View the full article

While the definition of rat rod can be up to some debate, we’re creating our own category here. This, in our minds, qualifies as a rat rod rockcrawler for reasons that should be obvious. Kerry Handcock is a fabricator and welder by trade. He has an eye for detail that many lack and most can View the full article

Our pal Ned Bacon is an off-road legend. He is a car guy through and through, with a car collection, several cool projects, and racing on- and off-road in various forms over the past several decades. Ned is also a fabricator and an artist, two things that go hand in hand with an obsession with View the full article

Jeff Kirschner had a few goals for his Wide Open Design LJ. He wanted to be able to claw through the gnarliest rocks, roots, and hillclimbs the East Coast of the United States can serve up; crawl through the boulders and slickrock of the West; and have enough suspension travel and horsepower to go fast View the full article

Flat fendered Jeeps or flatfenders are without question icons of off-roading. Without them as the first mass-produced 4x4s that folks took off-roading, the off-road world could be a very different place. We love flatties for many reasons. One thing that we love about any old Jeep (especially flatties) is the fact that is that each View the full article

On This Week’s Podcast: Bronco Choices EPA Doesn’t Want You to Race Easter Jeep Safari Mutual friend of the show and nationally syndicated radio personality Nicole Alvarez taps the guys to help her design her dream Ford Bronco, and Kory Willis of PPEi checks in to give an update on his battle with the EPA. View the full article

Clint Malburg was in Yuma, Arizona, around Christmas when he found the Jeepster Commando. The owner had plans for building the Commando but was selling it because they needed quick cash to fix the air conditioning in the house. Clint brought the Commando home in 2017 where it sat dormant until he decided to get View the full article

On This Week’s Podcast: Ford Ranger Tremor Team Levvel Air’s Danny Hentges Alpha Wolf EV Go on a deep dive with some of the members of the global Ford Ranger Tremor team and hear about how the latest Ranger variant came to market and the technical changes that made it possible. The guys also talk View the full article