Intro - Tony in AZ
Started by Tony Rockwrll
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Tony Rockwrll
Hi all, I currently live in Buckeye Arizona. On my 5th Jeep, a 2026 Wrangler Rubicon extreme recon Whitecap (gotta reduce the heat out here!). I have been offroading since way before I ever should have by running a 2wheel drive pickup in places I had no business going. It did teach me to carefully pick lines and how to struggle to self-recover more often than I want to admit. I finally got my first 4x4 in 1991, a Jeep Cherokee sport and I took that thing down lots of trails in the southwest. It was a moderate build, small lift and tires (30's were considered big enough) etc.
I did some overlanding, and actually really enjoyed it but as I get older it gets tougher and I have been doing less and less overlanding and more trail runs to enjoy getting out into the wilderness and away from crowds. Thus my new rig will be minimal build and maximum enjoyment. More roadtrips to destinations for trails that include hotels lol. Always on the look out to learn more, never think you know it all about your Jeep, offroading or gear IMO.
My first mods, so far, have been Bulletpoint dash mounts for phones, camera, etc.; American Adventure Labs TACS mount for my ARB twin; Rock Slide Engineering tire rack for my rotopax fuel and a shovel; and a Hooke Road cargo rack basket. All of my recovery gear came with me from my previous Jeep and the X package came with the warn winch & I re-installed my Midland GMRS radio so I am pretty well setup already. Going forward slowly, and likely not going to do a lot more, we shall see - easy to say that, harder to stick to it haha.
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Tony Rockwrll
Hi all, I currently live in Buckeye Arizona. On my 5th Jeep, a 2026 Wrangler Rubicon extreme recon Whitecap (gotta reduce the heat out here!). I have been offroading since way before I ever should have by running a 2wheel drive pickup in places I had no business going. It did teach me to carefully pick lines and how to struggle to self-recover more often than I want to admit. I finally got my first 4x4 in 1991, a Jeep Cherokee sport and I took that thing down lots of trails in the southwest. It was a moderate build, small lift and tires (30's were considered big enough) etc.
I did some overlanding, and actually really enjoyed it but as I get older it gets tougher and I have been doing less and less overlanding and more trail runs to enjoy getting out into the wilderness and away from crowds. Thus my new rig will be minimal build and maximum enjoyment. More roadtrips to destinations for trails that include hotels lol. Always on the look out to learn more, never think you know it all about your Jeep, offroading or gear IMO.
My first mods, so far, have been Bulletpoint dash mounts for phones, camera, etc.; American Adventure Labs TACS mount for my ARB twin; Rock Slide Engineering tire rack for my rotopax fuel and a shovel; and a Hooke Road cargo rack basket. All of my recovery gear came with me from my previous Jeep and the X package came with the warn winch & I re-installed my Midland GMRS radio so I am pretty well setup already. Going forward slowly, and likely not going to do a lot more, we shall see - easy to say that, harder to stick to it haha.