Jeep Gladiator is the Truck of the Year!
Industry News June 1, 2020
FCA execs state that the “Gladiator is 100 percent Jeep and 100 percent truck”! And we agree! Each year Four Wheeler puts a number of vehicles against each other to determine who comes out on top of the best the off-road industry has to offer. Four Wheel put the... Read more
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The ModernJeeper Show, Ep. 66 – [Winching 101] The Everything WARN Tech Episode!
Podcast May 21, 2020
Hello ModernJeepers, welcome to Episode Number 66 of The ModernJeeper Show… the show about Jeeps, Jeeping and Jeepers. We are another week closer to getting back out on our favorite trails and to our favorite events! This week, Jessy, Matson and myself get a chance to talk with one of the... Read more
![[pics & vid] Quick Tech – Change that Differential Oil!](https://i0.wp.com/modernjeeper.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/GearOilchange-scaled.jpg?resize=180%2C180&ssl=1)
Other than typically being a messy job, changing the oil in your differentials is really pretty simple. While axles vary in configuration, most share the same basic traits: a number of bolts securing a cover and a drain and/or fill plug. If we were talking about a Ford 9″... Read more
Hello ModernJeepers, welcome to Episode Number 65 of The ModernJeeper Show… the show about Jeeps, Jeeping and Jeepers. 65 Podcasts! Oh Baby, we’ve come a long way and have covered a lot of ground over the past 15 months. Each day we feel like we are one step closer to getting back... Read more
![[pics] Events! What We Know and What We Look Forward To!](https://i0.wp.com/modernjeeper.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/events-5-scaled.jpg?resize=180%2C180&ssl=1)
2019 was a year of attending events that we had not been to in the past. During 2019, the MetalCloak CTI Tour travelled to 20 of the larger off-road events around the country, covering more than 41,000 miles. 2020, while starting off with a bang, has changed the Jeep... Read more
REWIND: Techniques to Avoid Getting Stuck!
Tech Tips May 12, 2020
Editor’s Note: Originally posted in 2017, we take a look back at timeless, tried and true techniques that work! Welcome to our 2nd installment of helpful information to get us on and off the trails safely! Taken from our friends at the Southern Four Wheel Drive Association where Off Road... Read more
![[vid] Latest Crash Test Shows 4-Door Wrangler Tipping Over](https://i0.wp.com/modernjeeper.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Jeep_Wrangler_IIHS_Rollover.png.jpeg?resize=180%2C180&ssl=1?v=1589208997)
Rollovers. We as avid off-road folks don’t think much when a Jeep rolls over…when it’s doing extreme stuff off road. When the newest 4 door Wrangler hit a barrier at 40 miles an hour during the two random audit tests conducted by the Insurance Institute, tipped onto it’s side,... Read more
Hello ModernJeepers, welcome to Episode Number 64 of The ModernJeeper Show… the show about Jeeps, Jeeping and Jeepers. Congratulations to all of our listeners out there for making it through another week! AND, even though the day has come and gone, we recorded this on Cinco de Mayo which was also... Read more
![[pics] Smell the Dirt Road Before Its Too Late! Social Distancing Since 1941](https://i0.wp.com/modernjeeper.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/trips-17-scaled.jpg?resize=180%2C180&ssl=1)
Do that trail. Go to that Park. Take that trip! Quick! Before its too late! How is it that we all have become so rushed? I left a career of rushed. Some of my first jobs were in roles where time was of the essence. McDonalds. A photo lab.... Read more
![[vid] Jeep And Ram Owners File A Lawsuit Against FCA US, LLC](https://i0.wp.com/modernjeeper.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/702952.jpg?resize=180%2C180&ssl=1?v=1588600996)
Manufacturers have always been challenged with providing high quality products with controlled costs in order to meet the demand of the automobile purchasers, us. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was founded in 1970, and part of its mission was to make manufacturers adhere to strict standards and... Read more