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'That light's still not working,' I yelled to the owner. He spit out a string of obscenities, cursing whatever electrical demons had possessed the Jeep. The electrons were once again [...]

Working the steering wheel all day on a Jeep with manual steering can really wear you out, and the bigger the tire, the greater the effort. We wanted to change [...]

On a sunny fall Saturday, a group of Jeepers dove into a trio of trails to satiate their appetite for big rocks and tight squeezes. The Table Mesa trails lie [...]

TEXAS IS CHOCK FULL OF TOYOTA owners eager to get their 4WD rigs on trails. We saw that plain as day when some 440 Toyotas showed up for the 2018 [...]

The AMC Model 20 rear axle was at one time a common component in Jeeps, some American Motors cars, and as IFS/IRS differentials in the Hummer H1. Easily identified by [...]

Jeeps for the civilian market officially began with the CJ-2A, followed by the CJ-3A a few years later. The Jeeps you see here are quite similar to the CJ-3A models, [...]

The nostalgia and feel of driving an older Jeep on a nice day is quite special. On the other hand, stopping that older Jeep with front drum brakes can be [...]

CHEVROLET HAS INTRODUCED THE ALL-NEW '19 SILVERADO 1500 WITH A FRESH, SMALLER ENGINE, AND IT has also added to the off-road capabilities of the midsize Colorado pickup. We had the [...]

AS A TEENAGER, NATHAN DAY REALLY WANTED a Scout to drive. However, his prudent parents overruled his choice of transportation and voted to have him drive a 'reliable' car instead. [...]

SCIENTISTS SAY THAT MILLIONS OF YEARS ago the force of nature heaved and eroded large masses of earth, which formed the Grand Canyon. The Canyon runs about 277 miles from [...]

A 200-MILE-LONG GEOLOGIC UPLIFT ON THE southern edge of the Colorado Plateau rises majestically. The Mogollon Rim is sometimes called the backbone of Arizona. Flooding and erosion here during the [...]

FLORIDA ADVENTURE RIGS CONSISTS OF A GROUP OF good friends that spend nearly a week each year exploring in the dirt. Drivers are instructed to meet at a starting point [...]

THE ALL-NEW '18 JEEP JL WRANGLER WAS eagerly welcomed after a long run of JK Wrangler production. Among other things, on- and off-road performance has been improved and the flagship [...]

THE CITY OF SEDONA LIES NEAR THE CENTER of the Grand Canyon State, where it offers its own breathtaking scenery and diverse high-desert habitat. The city got its first post [...]

Eric Askins purchased this 1973 Jeep CJ-5 as a project vehicle while still attending college. At the time it had been modified somewhat, with a stretched tub and coil springs [...]

BRENT REDERICK AND AMBER WEST OF CHANDLER, ARIZONA, spend a lot of time in the dirt. That is to say, you'll often find them exploring the Southwest backcountry in some [...]

Drew Norman has owned a lot of Jeeps, and he builds a lot of Jeeps. As owner of The Jeep Farm outside of Phoenix, he's heavily involved in Jeep modification [...]

Allen Ribelin picked up his Impact Orange '06 Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon in 2007 with a scant 20,000 highway miles on it, and then drove it from Montana to his home [...]

EVERYYEAR, THE FLORIDA ADVENTURE RIGS (FAR.) PLAN ABOUT A WEEK OF adventure exploring the backroads, dirt tracks, and trails of some area in the Southeast. The trip planner devises a [...]

THE SUBJECT WAS A '13 RAM 1500 4WD. The owner was looking for a rise in height of the truck and the ability to run 35-inch tires. Skyjacker was the [...]

THE NP205 TRANSFER CASE IS a heavy-duty, gear-driven unit manufactured by New Process Gear in Syracuse, New York. It was introduced in 1969 and used until about 1993, The part-time, [...]

The keys were already prone to falling out of the ignition and the lock cylinder had been acting flaky for quite some time. Also, the turn signal switch would only [...]

With summer temperatures dropping and October right around the corner, we had the opportunity to join some friends from Omix-ADA in northern Georgia for a few days of fun. The [...]

You're a gearhead or another type of automotive enthusiast. You'd like a job, and possibly a career, in an automotive or similar field. Those jobs are out there, offer a [...]

THE NEW PROCESS 241 IS AN ALUMINUM-CASE, chaindrive unit that was used in Chevy, Dodge, and Jeep 4WDs beginning in 1987. It was offered with both passenger-and driver-side front outputs, [...]

BIG TIRES AND BIG OBSTACLES CAN ROB YOU OF torque, traction, and possibly wheel speed. Changing axle gear ratios can help and is most often done to restore reasonable gearing [...]

LIGHT AT NIGHT. IT'S WHAT WE WANT. IT'S WHAT we need. Whether you're trail riding, on the jobsite, or high-speed haulin' after dark, quality lighting provides reliable vision and safety. [...]

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 [...]

THE OWNER OF THIS '16 RAM 1500 4WD TRUCK WAS LOOKING for suspension performance improvements and the ability to mount 35-inch rubber under the truck. The independent front suspension (IFS) [...]

JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF SUPERIOR, Arizona, is a high-desert landscape that has seen habitation by Native Americans, explorers, settlers, prospectors, and miners. It was here that many sought [...]

AS FALL APPROACHED AND the mercury dropped, we set out into the high desert with the High Country Renegades searching for the source of some of that metallic element. The [...]

The factory Dana 35 rear axle found in most TJ Wranglers is a little on the light side, and if you run larger-than-stock tires, you're likely looking at an eventual [...]

INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER [IH] HAS A LONG HISTORY OF BUILDING agricultural and trucking equipment. The company was founded in 1902 and has just about as long a history building light trucks. [...]

The np242 transfer case was introduced in 1987 and provides the option of both full-and part-time function with four operating modes. The medium-duty transfer case is built using a cast-aluminum [...]

A Aron and Natalie Pennell have built a few unique off-road rigs in the past, so it's no surprise that they have once again put together a truck that turns [...]

THE NEW GRABBER A/T X IS THE LATEST TIRE IN the General Tire light-truck line, and is designed to be an aggressive all-terrain tire. It carries on with many of [...]

LIKE MANY OF YOU, WE HAVE A trail truck that spends a good amount of time on trails but is also driven good distances on the pavement. Wed ideally like [...]

Sometimes we must go through tough times before we truly enjoy the fruits of our labor. Winston Churchill is quoted as saying, 'If you're going through hell, keep going.' That [...]

Mechanical breaks and 4WD failures are inevitable. If you're sitting in weekday traffic when it happens, you can call a tow truck to get you to the nearest repair garage. [...]

IT MIGHT HAVE SEEMED A BIT UNUSUAL AT first for Floridians to head north for the winter, but this was a four-wheeling adventure, and it was time for something a [...]

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE A VINTAGE Bronco and want stronger V-8 power? You probably look to Mustang engines. But what if you already have a hot rod [...]

THE THIRD LINE TO FOLLOW THE HUMMER legacy consisted of the H3 models produced by General Motors for the '06-' 10 model years. There were two versions: the four-door SUV [...]

TOYOTA BEGAN DEVELOPING ITS BJ MODEL PROTOTYPE IN JAPAN IN 1950. However, it would not be branded Land Cruiser for about four more years. Unlike the Willys Jeep of the [...]

SPRING SEASON IN THE SOUTHEAST IS ALWAYS A GOOD TIME FOR A WHEELING ADVENTURE. THE COLD, sleet, and ice have cleared. Then comes warmer temperatures and spring rains. For us, [...]

The carburetor was invented well over a century ago and served the internal combustion engine well. Later, electronic control was married to carburetors with so-so results. Okay, the results were [...]

CHEVROLET AND GMC C/K SERIES TRUCKS WERE INTRODUCED FOR THE '60 model year, but Chevy had been in the pickup truck business for over three decades at that point. The [...]

DODGE STARTED BUILDING 4WD PICKUPS AFTER WWII AND HAS SINCE RACKED UP NEARLY SEVEN decades of providing them to consumers. Many were built under the Dodge name as W-Series pickups [...]

THE FORD F-SERIES PICKUP TRUCKS WERE INTRODUCED TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC FOR THE '48 MODEL year and continue to roll off the assembly line today after more than a dozen [...]

You're looking for more power out of your Jeep and your buddy suggests the tried and-true engine swap to transplant V-8 power. He goads you on, telling you how it's [...]

James Martinez found what he thought was the perfect Jeep in 2008. It was a '76 CJ-7 set up on Scout Dana 44 axles with ARB Air Lockers at each [...]