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If you find yourself stuck while out of cellphone range, you can use a Garmin Communicator or Ham Digital Radio to send us a message. Please include your GPS location, radio type (HAM/FRS), radio frequency (for HAM) or Channel and Sub-channel (for FRS), and a description of the situation so we can initiate a recovery.
Offroad Recoveries
Two recoveries back-to-back
Friday, June 14th 2024, at 11:14 a.m. (PT), we received a request for help with an offroad recovery in Washington. The requester, John Mccafferty, submitted the following information: “RV It’s sunk about 5in. Had 2
Loose rocks uphill offroad recovery in Utah
Thursday, June 13, 2024, at 1:49 p.m. (MT), we received a request for help with an offroad recovery in Utah. The requester, Jason Anderson, submitted the following information: “Trail name: Dunns Ridge Trail entrance: Highway
I stepped out of my truck with it in drive
On June 17, 2024, a request from Thomas Tucker for offroad recovery in Alabama was received after his truck rolled off a seawall. David Mrak organized local assistance, and volunteer Kurt Burge successfully recovered the vehicle using a winch setup, completing the task in 1.5 hours, addressing the situation with minimal property disruption.
Stuck at a hill in Wildomar OHV
On June 11th, 2024, Anthony Vu requested offroad recovery assistance in Wildomar OHV, California. Stuck on a hill, he needed a winch out. Local volunteer Kyle Phillips responded quickly and freed the vehicle within an hour. Thanks to Kyle for his prompt and helpful assistance.
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Featured Rigs and Reviewed Vehicles
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Car reviews provided courtesy of Pamplin Media Group.
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Electric? Offroad? Really?
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The best SUVs (and pickup trucks) for PNW
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2023 Chevrolet Silverado ZR2
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About our system...
In this section you can learn more about how our system works and how our volunteers participate and organize recoveries. You can join us by becoming a member!
Web-App Update
We made a quick update in our offroad portal system that allows volunteers to see in real-time recoveries happening around the country. These recoveries will show the State, GPS, and status… from Done, to Canceled
What 3 Words integration
Every time one of our volunteers offers a suggestion, we consider it and try to improve our system with all your input. A few days ago, Michael Foater from Michigan, a very active volunteer who
How does this work?
We have administrators and volunteers in all states. We have multiple administrators in some states, while some share administrators across some states. We count with thousands of volunteers in some states, hundreds in others, and
New Features
We are thrilled to present a new system feature we have been testing for quite some time. For the past few weeks, some of you might have noticed we upgraded our chat room or lobby.
Our system had hiccups
We added a few new features to our system in the last few days. While trying to improve the workflow for the administration, we caused some issues with the platform’s stability in general. We also encountered some
Meet Our Team of Administrators!
2022 was the year Offroad Portal grew into a big group of friends pulling this forward. From the Volunteers, the clubs, and organizations working with us to the volunteer administrators taking care of all the