The Hi-Lift jack is one of the most versatile tools you can carry while traveling off-road. The jack is ubiquitous with off-roading and can be used for lifting a vehicle to conduct repairs, lifting a tire for assisting in recoveries, used as a spreader, clamping, and also as a come-along-winch. The tool needs to be …
Knives are a tremendous tool. Blades can be used for many outdoor activities. Whether you are preparing food to cook, cleaning fish, field dressing game, repairing gear, bushcraft, etc… knives can be invaluable when in the outdoors. There are different type of knives to accomplish different tasks. Some knives are very specific. An example would …
By all accounts, this winter looks like it might be one for the record books. We just got our first snow in Kansas City and it’s always interesting to see what happens with driving. Kansas City gets snow regularly in the winter, but you still find those who look like they live in Texas and …
There’s a scene in the movie Airplane where a passenger begins to have a panic attack, the stewardess begins to yell and shake her by the shoulders telling her to “Calm down, get a hold of yourself!” Then another passenger begins to shake her by the shoulders and slapping her while yelling at her to …
With the rise of the internet and ultimately social media, people are able to exchange good and bad ideas more quickly than ever. A disturbing trend I’ve witnessed over the last few years has been to modify vehicles where safety becomes an issue. If you get on any forum or social media group and …
If you are doing any off-roading, overlanding, or touring you are quite possibly inflating your tires and deflating them from time to time. If you are not, there are a couple reasons to be doing so. Deflating tires can make the trail a more comfortable ride and deflation gives better traction by elongating the tire’s …
The leaves have begun to turn color. There are the beginnings of a bite in the air. The mornings are brisk and there is a little more rainfall than the previous months. Fall has finally come! If you live in the Midwest you have made it to a more comfortable season to be in. The …
You’ve been hitting the miles all day. The seat is beginning to feel like the padding has gone out. Your shoulders are stiff from working the wheel on technical trails and your neck feels sore from trying to lean forward to watch the front corners. There may 2-3 hours before the sunsets. Camp cannot come soon enough. …
As my family has expanded, so has my storage needs. When I first started out with vehicle dependent travel we were in an SUV. We used several bags and open top storage bins. I also used some plastic drawers from under my wife and I’s bed we used for linens. The storage was useful, but …
Growing up on a farm I knew the dangers of equipment, machines, and animals. A visual reminder to protect my fingers, was my grandfather’s left hand. Papa was missing his ring and pointer finger, on the left hand, after the first knuckle. One finger was lost while bucking hay wearing a ring. The other was a …
