The best selling midsize is facing new competition, putting its reputation to the test For many years, off-road enthusiasts who wanted a new midsize truck had only one real choice — a Toyota Tacoma equipped with Toyota Racing Development options. For starters, hardly anyone else was even making midsize trucks. And the closest competitor, the…

The Bison is off-road ready with a package that adds five new skidplates under the truck, heavy steel front and rear bumpers with provisions for a winch and recovery points, and special wheels. Chevrolet has a lot of competition for its midsize Colorado pickup truck. The Toyota Tacoma is the best-seller in the class, and…

The optional turbocharged 3.0-liter EcoDiesel V6 produces a whopping 442 foot-pounds of torque and delivers 25 miles per gallon When I was growing up in Southern Oregon, just about every other family had at least one Jeep. Some were World War II military Jeeps that had been bought at surplus sales after the war ended….

Now days when shopping for a winch, you have to decide wether your line will be the traditional steel cable or the new lightway synthetic rope. The steel is for some a trusted natural old friend. Yes, it is heavy, but it takes a lot of abuse without issues. Although when it fails, and it…

While upgrading my vehicle, I came across optional components mentioning different metal alloys. Curiosity got the better of me, and I dive right into what makes an axel shaft, stronger over an OEM one. One of the options I started to notice was something called Chromoly. Basically the difference between Chromoly(4130) and a normal medium…

Hello all, my name is Colton and I’m a founding member of the OOR(Eastern) chapter as well as Tollgate Off-road and Recovery Club.. you may have heard about us on the news and Facebook due to our massive flooding disaster. I would just like to say these last things about Adam Woodbury before we squash all the…

So I recently ran into a situation where I was stranded on the side of the road with a locked up rear end. I calmly thought to myself how do I get home. Did the manufacturer of my vehicle plan for something like this to happen, is there a way to limp home. Well, I…

Last year I upgraded my Jeep’s front axle and re-gear to 4.56s. The place I took my beloved Jeep was 4WP of Tigard. Last time we inspected the gears about a month ago, they found metal shrapnel hiding inside a cavity from the axle that could cause excessive wear on the gears. The shop technician,…

Today is one of those times we as a community can really come together and make a difference for those in need. By now we all know eastern Oregon is getting slammed by floods, the Eastern OOR chapter is already out there making the best of their resources. Lets do what we can to help…

Matt was testing his 1995 Toyota 4Runner, running 37s on a field near Happy Valley where he knew the owner, when his rig got badly stuck in mud all the way to the chassis. On Tuesday, the day he got stuck, he called a tow company, which quoted him $150 per hour, but they also…