Recent content by Ron Clark

Monstro is due for her new exocage and roof rack. Does anyone have any recommendations for a shop or welder in the Phoenix area? Thanks Ron

For anyone interested in a Cleater Trail run, they are having another one on Oct 21st! Just remember this is more 4x4 then overland.

If your Samurai has at least rear lockers, you should be OK. Your Silverado would have the same troubles I had. There is also a clearance issue. Unless you are lifted you will bottom out. I smacked my rear diff a couple times. I also tore up my nerf bars. Not concerned, that is what they are for.

The Cleator run was insane. This was hard core off road. Got stuck in two feet of mud. Winch made quick work of that. Four jeeps were lost to mechanical damage. Other then the mud Monstro made it without any real problem. This paint from Lone Star 4x4 is insanely tough and worth every penny! We...

We are heading towards Cleator.

I am planning on attending the Cleator Jeep run tomorrow. Instructions say to meet at trail head south of Bumble Bee bridge. I have no clue where this is. Does anyone know the area?

I spent six years as an LEO air support SAR pilot. Since my stroke I can no longer command a chopper but the folks I use to work for know what I am up to. So yes I just get calls. I am currently looking over a couple options in the area that are a little more active. I was SAR certified through...

Did not end up going. It was a really hard choice to make. Now, looking at what is happening to a lot of responders down there, I am glad I did not go. Main reason was fuel. I currently get 9 miles a gallon. It would have been $1000 to get there and back. Then there is a shortage of fuel in the...

Will it be enough to damage my lockers?

Electronics are not an issue. They were already taken care of when my red and blues were installed. They don't want me for boat work. They want me for search and security patrol. My rig is built for SAR. Plus I have all the tech goodies like NODS and Thermal Imaging. Really concerned about...

Just got a request to get me, my truck and my rescue gear to Houston. I have a total of 9" of lift and 35s. I can cross 4 feet of water without risking my intake. My concern is that I have not moved my breathers yet. How big of an issue will this be? 02 Ford Excursion 7.3.

It is funny that they teach 4" proximal to injury site. Yeah Right! In the real world you throw them on as high as possible. No time to check for a wound site location. Get that thing on, get it tight, stop the blood loss, THEN look for the actual injury.

We have the exact same method. The way I carry gear is to decide how far from help I am. On my person I carry a hemorrhage control kit. I figure that only a mass bleed would stop me from getting to my truck. In the truck I carry items to fix someone up so that they, or I, need to keep them...

Go ahead and plan what you would like, then we can run it in my truck to make sure it is friendly.

I can plan if you still want. If you have it under control it is a great learning exercise.