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The differential lock is the holy grail in off-road equipment.  A four-wheel-drive vehicle is only as good as the power it can transmit from its […]

It is a 50/50 shot if you are from a part of the U.S. that is desolate and void of life, or from rolling hillsides […]

The Land Rover Defender is both myth and legend to those of us in the States. Tales from far away lands tell the history of […]

How do beadlock wheels work you ask? We’ve got your back. In normal non-beadlock function, the tires bead (the smooth portion that joins the wheel […]

The Swiss Army Knife was not the first multi-use pocket knife. In 1851, Melville references a “Sheffield contrivances, assuming the exterior—though a little swelled—of a […]

Inertia is your friend. There are so often times that off-roaders will creep into places that require tact with the throttle, rather than a whimper. […]

Navigation systems have become almost second nature in our lives. They are practically standard on all new vehicles, and with most of the world’s population […]

Beam axles have always ruled king when it came to off-road. Even decades after they’ve been displaced by the better handling Independent Front Suspension (IFS) […]