Wheeling Advice and Know How

We have learnd a few things along the way…. I hope

Trail Repair, Almost

Posted on October 6th, 2012

We got a bit of a night run at CTW this year after all.

After getting back to camp at the end of the Friday Run I found out that one of the guys rigs was left in the woods on the Rocky Uphill trail due to a steering issue.  And not a minor one at that.  The sector shaft (thats the one inside the steering box that the pitman arm is attached to) had broken off so there was no way to steer the rig.  Read more...

Ouch!

Posted on October 6th, 2012

Our rigs can bite us in numerous ways and I found another on our recent trip to Cruise the Woods down in Oregon.

I love the fact that my rig has manual steering, no hoses to rupture or pump to fail or belt to break.  But there is one downside.

Generally all it takes is one trip through the woods and you learn to forever keep your thumbs out of the wheel.  All it takes is an errant rock, stump or moments in attention and you will know why.  Read more...

Wheelbase and Track Width

Posted on May 5th, 2012

There is a lot of discussion about just what is better, short or long, wide or narrow.   While our wagons are pretty much set when it comes to length there is some room to change the width either through an axle swap or wider rims.  But you need to realize there are trade offs.

Recently I got to go wheeling with two very different FJ 40’s that pointed out differences in wheelbase and track width very clearly.  And it was really interesting to see how my wagon and their 40’s all handled the same obstacles.  Read more...

Picking a Line

Posted on November 20th, 2011

By Tony K

When I first started taking on tougher wheeling I did what a lot of people do, I used the line of the rig in front of me.   And lucky for me that was usually a wagon driven by Eric.  All in all this was a great way to learn, mostly because Eric really knows where to put the wheels on his wagon.  Read more...

The Nemesis of a Wagon

Posted on October 30th, 2011

By Tony K

If there is one great vulnerability to a wagon it is the propensity of the tail lights and rear quarters to find obstacles. I can’t say how many times I have had to replace a lens or pound out body damage just so a new lens would even fit.  But even with this problem I am not about to start wheeling something else.  Read more...

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