In the pantheon of cool axle tech, there is one axle that stands above the rest. Literally. Portal axles give you built in lift height, better clearance under the differential and can increase available power delivered to the tires with extra gear reduction.
With the advent of the hybrid mud-terrain tires from almost every manufacturer, the Cobalt from Interco is a genuine throwback to a single purpose tire with some modern tweaks.
So last week we talked about gear ratio and how to calculate your effective gear ratio. This week I want to dive into an important and definitely more complicated calculation. How to calculate your crawl ratio.
Everyone says it. When you go to bigger tires you need to re-gear. Many people know to post that answer on FaceBook when someone asks, but not everyone understands what is happening in your differential and why you need to change the ratio.
Normally we don’t run a second review on a tire so close to the last one, we also didn’t expect to get snow right after publishing it either.
Yokohama keeps pushing the limits of tire design with each new tire they introduce. It’s been really interesting testing different brands and styles over the last year and this tire once again offers excellent performance with few compromises.
We have had the M101A2 trailer for a while now and I thought it was a good time for an update.
Cast iron cookware is my favorite way to make food. Nothing imparts flavor and even heating like cast iron. The downside to cast iron is that it weighs a ton so how do you compensate?
When I sold tires in the late 90’s General Tire made these super inexpensive rubber band tires that we sold at Montgomery Ward’s for about $20. I would not have thought 20 years later that they would build some of the best off-road tires I have tested, and yet here we are.
With the advent of mud terrain tires that incorporate many of the features that used to differentiate them from their all-terrain brethren, is there a reason to buy all-terrain tires anymore?
I have had the L.T. Wright Overland Machete for quite a few months now and it has become my go-to tool for camping.
I have never been a fan of strapping a rooftop tent to my vehicle. While they can be eminently convenient a rooftop tent really limits your mobility. When your base camp is your rescue vehicle, your adventure vehicle, and now it’s completely stationary until you pack everything up. M101A2 History
Cooking with soda is a simple way to add a lot of ingredients using one item. Combined of water, sugars, and coloring, soda is used to make barbecue, glazes, sauces, and more. Today’s recipe uses it to make delicious Dutch Oven chicken over the campfire.
Mother Nature is a fickle mistress but sometimes her random weather patterns really help a fellow out. That was the case on the first day of spring when she left 6 inches of snow on the ground. I was able to get some tire testing done in the snow with our General Grabber ATX.
It’s a brand new year and we are definitely excited here at the 4WAAM offices. To kick off the new year here is a brand new tire review. Check out the Treadwright Axiom all-terrain tires.
Tire carrier solutions for the JK seem to be a dime a dozen….. well, several thousand a dozen but you all know what I mean. There are a lot of options out there to decide from, each has their own selling points, and that leads to a lot of thinking on which will be best…
For the last 5000+ miles, I have been testing out a new set of Yokohama’s 37 x 12.5 R 17 Geolandar G003 M/Ts. I went through my normal routine of taking notes on several categories we always make sure to cover like install, road noise, overall performance, and other observations. I actually wrote the bulk of…
Around the 4WAAM offices, we really like doing tire reviews. Comparing tread life, debating aesthetics, and arguing who makes the best tire has led to some pretty epic arguments. In the case of the General Grabber X3, the people are split on the red letters but we all agree on the performance.
Could this be one of the more controversial pieces we have ever published? We sure hope so. The concept that the lowly rubber joints would be the preferred choice over the mighty heim joint is blasphemous and possibly a commitable offense.
This requires more than just a dutch oven – but the final prep and finish rely on the tried and true bucket of awesomeness. Today’s recipe is a combination of natures two greatest foods. The humble potato, savior of nations, and bacon the world’s most versatile food.