[ODDJOB UNO]

since we have been doing this off road thang since dinos roamed we kinda know something about it.

it is a given sooner or later no matter how much money ya got,who you are, who you think you are, who yer daddy iz or isnt.................yer gonna break down no matter what.


and in that case ya better have some spares(hopefully the ones ya need) and some tools and lots of elbow grease. and beer.


we have known the geiser bros since the 80's . they are the gurus of all thangs offroad that go FAST! they are up to like #28 mfg'd trophy trucks.

in the old daze, hp was king. but with that give and take suspension suffered. when ya gotz 1300 hp thangs break alot. nowadaze its around 850 hp and a hell of alot of suspension. read that as 4ft + long king shocks.


well now, its tranny issues. trannies cannot keep up.


a TT tranny if it finishes a race 250/500/1000 must be removed and sent back to dee-troit to the tranny gurus. and there is no warranty. we are talking ser-i-ass bucks here to buy/refresh/rebuild.

geiser bros rick and jeff live right by me. they are the WINNINGEST TT builders ever on the planet.


they will build a TT for anyone no matter race color creed. and they will support you also aka pits at a race. or hire/beg/borrow yer own pits.

but the one thang they wont do...................is gurrantee finishing. too many variables to even count.

and so it goes once it goes offroad , no gurrantees. and once yer offroad...........well you have now entered the VOODOO ZONE! and thangs do go bump day and night. be it racing or playing.

our thought patterns on this is simplicity. for example: on our pre-runner every single damn part # from napa is listed under the hood. how many quarts of tranny fluid, how many quarts of oil etc. fuel filter # abc-123.

now you ask why(porqui?)? because in the likely event of failure(note i said likely), you can give the other vehicle yer with(always use the buddy system) the part number and they can go to ensenadaa or san felipe to get correct part if we dont have spare with us. in the real world(reality) if it aint in ensenadaa-da or san felipe, then calexico or san dago parts store will have it. and ya get the correct part after a day or 2 of sitting on yer ass counting how many rocks are around you bored to tears in the middle of freeking BFE nowhere.

ask how and why we do this? bean der doned dat and it sucks. and ya cant carry spare axles.spare engines,spare trannies.


so bottom line no truck is badderer *****ener mo betterer-er. its those of us who painstakingly PLAN thangs out for "worst case" scenarios, and PREP PREP PREP!


yes we have it pounded into our heads that it aint driver skill, it aint how much money is in the vehicle, its HOW MUCH YA PREP! PERIOD!


dont matter if yer going on some sissy ass FSR(forest service rd) or a triple diamond 4wd only jeep trail in the rockies. PREP PREP PREP!

every year here in the dez we hear of some idiot, goes offroad, gets stuck, breaks down, and they DIE!


i flat will not GO OFFROAD, unless PREP has been done. i have learned my lessons and have been POUNDED INTO SUBMISSION on this.


and i sure as hell will not/would not bring some goofy ass fereign type vehicle into the badlands anywhere, for the simple reason of a breakdown where in hells name are you going to gets parts for it?????


so yeah its best to stick with chebbies/ferds/dawgs(dodge) or heaps(jeeps) because PARTS ARE A-WHALE-ABLE! in rural areas.


try finding range rover/land rover parts in baja or for that fact anywhere but a major metro area. ask me how i know????

on our pre-runner please note warn 9000tii winch, note floorjack w/sandplate(drag across sand) and a hi-lift jack,and shovels and tools(alot) and ice chest(beer),and 1st aid and tow straps and mucho other blah blahs too numerous to count and of course GPS!

i can gurrantee this: no matter what ya gots, doing 100 miles of any baja course, will FOREVER CHANGE YER VEHICLE IN WAYS YA NEVAR DIDNT REALLY THINK OF!

thats why after killing our vehicles at the MINT 400 numerous years, we used to drive up with all of our crap, go to a certain UN-NAMED rental car agency, and RENT CHEBBIE FULL SIZE BLAZERS and go pre run the mint 400 course over and over until we either broke down or pounded ourselves into SUBMISSION!

then come back to lost wages(las vegas), hit the dollar car wash, open all the doors, douche the living hell out of interior/exterior, duct tape/safety wire/glue anything we broke, go back to no-tell/motel(drink heavily), leave windows open at night to dry, and the next day, return the un-named rental blazer that had been pounded to poo, back in to rental agency.


and of course..........."how was your trip?, any problems?" "thank you for renting with us!" and we would be rolling on the ground in hysterics knowing full well, that vehicle was NEVAR GOING TO BE THE SAME!


just invision going thru 4-5ft DEEP SILT BEDS at mega mach speed with beer flying everywhere!

YEEEEEE_HAWWWWWW!