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Entries from April 26th, 2009

ARB Bumper – Long-Term Review

April 26th, 2009 · No Comments · off road adventure accessories

It has been about two years since we first installed ARB’s Bull Bar on our expedition based Toyota FJ Cruiser. In the early days of the FJC, our choices were limited to only a handful and ARB was there in the beginning. These days FJC owners have a wide array of the options [...]

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Off Road Adventure Recovery Made Easy

April 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · off road adventure accessories

4×4 off road adventures can put you in some sticky places and the last thing you want is to get your 4WD truck stuck. We tested out a recover system (aka sand ladders) from Maxtrax out of Australia to find an easy one man means for getting unstuck.

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Adventure Puzzles For Your Mind

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management

Puzzled about how to get out on the trail, need a break from the day to day grind… or just looking to kill time between meetings? How about attempting one of our puzzles. On the road (in the airport this time) I’m always looking for something to kill time so thought folks might enjoy [...]

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4×4 Adventure On “The Slab”

April 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Trail Runs

Let me start by squelching the rumors that I’ve got an IFS dark cloud circling over head…  But more on that later…
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4×4 Adventure on “The Slab” from Hula Betty on Vimeo.
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The Press Can’t Stop Complementing The FJC

April 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management

Seems like this year which is probably its last, Toyota’s FJ Cruiser has received more press than ever before. Take for example “FJ Cruiser does its off-road namesake proud, Toyota’s rock-crawling mud eater is the real deal in an era of phonies” on the Edmonton Journal site.
Like most of the reviews, it talks [...]

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