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Off-Roading Events Near Me: 2024
Off-Roading Events Near Me: 2024 Top Regional Races, Rallies, and Jamborees For The Second Half Of The Year! There are many opportunities in the United States to get outdoors and enjoy off-roading events, thanks to the many ATV, UTV, and...
2024 Dodge Ram 2500: A Mid-Year Comprehensive Review
2024 Dodge Ram 2500: A Mid-Year Comprehensive Review The 2024 Dodge Ram 2500, promising to be a game-changer in the world of heavy-duty trucks. Renowned for its power, capability, and rugged design, this year's model brings several updates that cater...
What You Need to Know About Maxtrax: A Comprehensive Guide
What You Need to Know About Maxtrax: A Comprehensive Guide In the realm of off-road vehicle recovery, few tools are as indispensable as the Maxtrax recovery board. Designed to extricate stuck or bogged vehicles from challenging terrains, these anti-skid traction...
Leaf Springs vs Coil Springs
Leaf Springs vs. Coil Springs: Which is Better for Off-Road? Leaf Springs and Coil Springs: Two contenders in the realm of vehicle suspension systems. Both have their merits and drawbacks, but which one reigns supreme, especially when it comes to...
Mastering Your Truck's Potential: A Guide to Calculating Payload and Towing Capacity
Mastering Your Truck's Potential: A Guide to Calculating Payload and Towing Capacity In the realm of truck ownership, understanding your vehicle's limits is paramount. Whether you're hauling cargo or towing a trailer, knowing your truck's maximum payload and towing capacity...
Why are tire load ratings important when purchasing tires for your truck
Why are tire load ratings important when purchasing tires for your truck? Embarking on a journey down the winding roads of tire selection and maintenance, one cannot overlook the pivotal role played by the enigmatic 'tire load rating.' Often overshadowed...
What's New with the DTX Forum?
Dear Dodge Ram Owners, We want to start by congratulating you on your choice of vehicle. There's something special about owning a Dodge truck. It's a formidable machine. We'd like to encourage you to become part of the shenanigans and...
How To Live In The Desert…for About A Week
Desert Dwellers, otherwise known as off roaders, live different. Most of their existence is covered in several layers of dust and before the trip ends, they’re planning the next trip. It takes a special sort of person to voluntarily live...
The new RAM EV Revolution Concept Truck
The Dodge Ram EV is an upcoming electric pickup truck from the iconic American automaker. The company has not released many details about the truck yet, but it is expected to have a range of around 250 miles on a...
Thuren Fabrication Takes on a Rivian Wheel Design
Designing The Right Wheel For The Rivian R1T Pickup Truck And R1S SUV Having the utility and off-road capabilities of a pickup truck or SUV has long been a gas or diesel affair. As technology has been getting better and...
How To Camp With Dogs
How To Camp With Dogs You’ve decided to go camping and of course you want to bring the whole family, including your dog right? This brings up the question, how do you safely camp with a dog? Will it be...
Hot Weather Camping And How To Stay Cool
Hot Weather Camping And How To Stay Cool For those of you that like to camp overnight after an epic day on the trail, even the most seasoned camper dislikes being hot and miserable. Luckily there are steps you can...
Lacking Cell Reception? What Kind Of Radios Do Off Roaders Use?
Lacking Cell Reception? What Kind Of Radios Do Off Roaders Use? Most everyone that Boogies with friends out on the trail has a Walkie Talkie type radio but might not have a long range (over 5 miles) device other than their cell...
Top 10 Tools Every Off-Roader Should Carry
Tools have come a long way over the years and there is pretty much a tool for every job. A lot of tools have multiple uses and purposes as well so when you’re setting up your tool kit, it’s a...
Fk Heim Joints: Performance You Can Rely On
Fk Heim Joints: Performance You Can Rely On? A tale as old as time or as old as off-roading is. As soon as an engine had wheels, the off-roading community was born. Fast forward to the current day and you’re...
Overlanding: what is it and why is it so popular
Overlanding: What Is It And Why Is It So Popular? Over the past few years, Overlanding has grown over 200% in popularity. With a sustainable lifestyle in mind, many have taken to the road. Tons of fully kitted jeeps and...
Winter Weather Driving Guide
Winter Weather Driving Guide: What You Need To Know Preparation Is Key And It Should Happen Before It’s Required Getting Your Vehicle Ready For Cold Weather Snow Tires Or Winter Tires: What's The Difference How to drive in winter conditions...
Our Take On The Dodge Ram Generations.
What’s The Difference From One Year To The Next? The Ram Brand generation opinions regarding the newer models of Dodge Ram Trucks are immeasurable as far as internet research goes. We thought we’d break it down a bit and give...
Confirmed Or Rumor: Will Dodge Be Making An Electric Ram Pickup
As the rumor mill churns the question remains: will Dodge have an electric Ram in their lineup soon? CEO Mike Koval confirmed that they do have an electric truck on the horizon. The development of the Electric Dodge Ram will...
Prepping Your Diesel Truck For The Winter
Getting Ready For Sub-Zero° Temperatures Cooler temps are slowly creeping into our lives up here in the Pacific Northwest and if you happen to be an essential part of the workforce like we are, the winter is not going to be...
Thuren Fabrication Track Bar: The Delrin Advantage
Does The Delrin Frame Bushing Surpass The Competition? A robust engineering plastic with metal-like properties. Delrin Bushings operate with high strength, Fatigue endurance, and stiffness. Resistant to gasoline, solvent, and chemicals, but the material is rather expensive to manufacture from....