Great Outdoors
The new truck isn’t the hunting rig I dreamed of
The old 2015 Ram has been fading rapidly over the last few weeks. It’s still running, but it’s not running well. I took it to the mechanic, and he had bad news for me. It’s […]
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Few things are worse than shopping for trucks
Now that we’ve got horses everyone in the family can ride, and since my wife’s back on the barrel racing trail, it’s time to upgrade the pickup. I’m not completely happy about that, because the […]
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Put the Hillsdale Traction System to use
I’ve talked about my driveway on this show several times. It’s not as bad as it used to be, because we finally got it mostly fixed. It still gets to be a problem when we […]
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Santa, please bring me the perfect hunting rig
I think most of the auto manufacturers are missing a heck of a niche. The big three have quite a few vehicles that do well in the woods, but nothing that’s designed specifically for hunting. […]
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We don’t want your stupid Cybertruck
Today’s post is an open letter to the auto industry. I think I speak on behalf of all sportspeople when I say we don’t want Cybertrucks. We might be willing to give electric trucks a […]
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The best off-road rig is the one you own
I had no end of unkind names for a couple of guys who were stuck in the snow on a forest road in Vedauwoo not long ago. I mean, come on. There was two feet […]
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You don’t have to have a 4×4 to get into the toolies
I’ve been doing auto reviews as part of my freelance work for a couple of years now. I focus mainly on the four-wheel-drives, but once in a while, I test a vehicle that isn’t exactly […]
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I’ve learned to temper my off-road driving ideas
It’s a wonder I’ve made it this far. I made more than my fair share of stupid decisions when I was growing up, and many of them involved a motorized vehicle. And a great many […]
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Light bars are for off-road use, bright guy
If you have those five-million candlepower light bars on your truck, like the guy I meet on my way home from work every single night, do the rest of us a favor and keep them […]
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When did wheel rims become poorly designed?
Both my wife’s Toyota 4Runner and my Ram 2500 have stupid wheel rims on them. All eight wheels just collect dirt, mud and snow when we take them off road, and that causes the wheels […]