On Saturday morning, Gina contacted Offroad Portal using our direct link online. After going back and forth, we gather enough information to help her submit a recovery request for her husband, Paul. He was out exploring with his Dodge Ram 1500 when he got stuck going down the road in mud. Unable to get himself…
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Trail cameras?
For a few years now, I have played with using some wireless cameras on my Jeep. I installed a few in different locations. I tried having two forward, then I switched and had one looking forward, and one pointing below toward the front axle. So far, the best option I found was using just one…
Time to clean up Browns!
Chatting with Jordan today, from @capturesbyclark, he told us, he is organizing a clean up at Browns Camp OHV for June 20th. Last year he told us he got about 30 rigs, so maybe we can all participate and get much more done! Let’s all help him get more rigs to do more! Overlanders, Rock…
How does this works?
By now most of you understand we don’t use facebook to organize our recoveries. That’s what we used to do when we started years ago. Our facebook page is now mostly to chat and share photos and tips across volunteers. Our organization is now 100% relying on our web-app system to coordinate recovery efforts. We…
Integration Completed
We finally completed our integration with Twilio giving us the tools we needed to coordinate efforts with our volunteers. The new system is fully integrated and from within our system connects our volunteers with us in two-way directions. This part of the project was in the works for about 45 days, and finally last week…
Mapping our Data
We recently updated our web-app to help us map the location of our members. It is a slow process since we need to wait for each user to log in on the web-app, but while doing this, I thought it was a good idea to map the data we have so far, only about 10%,…
I’m stuck…
Monday night (4-27-20), around around 7:00 PM, Cody, sent a recovery request. He was turning around when he got stuck on the shoulder of a road near Mt. Hood. The message read: Hoping someone might be around this area. I have a 2003 Ford F-150 that I dropped the front end into the shoulder turning…
2020 Nissan Frontier gets new driveline, improving performance and fuel economy
If you’re looking for a traditional small truck, the Frontier is enjoyable to drive, capable for work or play, and a great value. Nissan brought its first small trucks to America in 1959, and that decision started a revolution. When gas prices started to climb in the 1970s, buyers loved fuel-efficient Datsun mini-trucks, and their…
GMC in trouble
Jason Edens, sent us a recovery request on Monday, April 13th, at 12:45 PM. By 12:50 we were already chatting with him and gathering more information before assigning the ticket to volunteers. The incident was in Wallowa County. Jason was high centered in snow in a GMC truck. He left the truck and was safe…
Saturday Recovery “you guys are life savers!”
Saturday at 8:47 AM, we received a recovery request thru the app, sent by Jonathan Middleton. He was driving his 2006 Dodge Durango when he slid in the snow and vehicle was send in the trees. He was in Brooks Meadow Rd, in the Mt Hood National Forest. By 8:49 we text message him to…