I have no idea how you are supposed to spell that, hopefully you could tell the sound effect that I was going for in the title. lol
Ive got a busy couple months ahead. Its technically my off-season right now from racing, but that just means that Im even more busy than before. Ive got races and riding planned for the next 5 or 6 weeks. But I dont even have a place planned to stay. Im in the dorms this semester and I have to be out of my room for christmas break by Dec 10... And I dont plan on flying home until Dec. 21. Gotta plan the important stuff first!
But the Duhn Duhn Duhn was for the sort of "revealing" of my truck. I haven't seen it in months, but I hear that it has come a long ways. Im sure some of you have been wanting to see pictures of it finished. So I have! I was supposed to get it back about a month ago, but of course, some delays happened. Now Im planning on driving it back to Vegas on Jan 1 when I leave Boise. The last time I saw it we had just barely finished up the rear shocks and suspension. Ive been told that since then the rear fiberglass has been mounted, a bumper has been built, the bed has been customized so it is still removeable in the future with the shocks going through it ( I absolutely HATE the designs that everyone does that when you bend or break something, you have it cut it off. Why the heck would you just weld your front bumper to the frame! Spend just a little more time to make it bolt on!) Along with maybe some bed liner sprayed in there. And the biggest detail, that I think is delaying it the most.... something that no other pre-runner has.... a rack system for my quad. Im a professional racer, so there is no way I can have a truck that I can't load a quad into. So my truck will eventually have a system to pull the quad up and over the shock hoops. Stoked to see it!
Once again the Vegas Valley 4Wheelers "got it done right!" The 29th Annual Hump 'N Bump was a tremendous success with over 200 rigs registered and several wonderful wheeling trails on the menu. Stacie and I were able to recruit several new BlueRibbon Coalition members, and we represented BFGoodrich Tires in a tire give-away to support the raffle. BFG kicked in five (5) tires up to 37's for one lucky winner. Awesome.
Hump 'N Bump supports the Southern Nevada Trail Fund which helps support groups like BlueRibbon Coalition and United Four Wheel Drive Associations and others.
Some businesses supporting the cause at the event included Ted Wiens Custom 4x4 from Vegas, Genright Off Road, Go Treks, Superchips, Findlay Toyota, Olympic4x4 Products, Maximum OffRoad.com, OptimumGear.com, Magnum Ink, and others. Tread Lightly (and BLM) were also on sight with a very nice display and friendly folks to help answer questions.
Notably, we found nearly NO trash on the trails and EVERYONE was courteous and smilling the entire event. I did manage to scare my better half (Stacie) with a few tail-walking airborne Jeep episodes, but no damage was done and my Jeep is ready for another adventure.
See the video of some bodacious rock crawling, and get more info here on my website:
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