Deby Kortas from Bundy Hill Off-Road has sent me an email about a special event they well be having on Valentines Day weekend, February 13th and 14th. That there will be a special hunt for Cupids arrow on the trails inside their park that will be worth $100 if you are lucky enough to find it. Bundy Hill will be open 8AM to 5PM on Saturday and on Sunday 9AM to 5PM for the hunt Cupids arrow and other things.
If you haven’t heard of Bundy Hill Off-Road yet, they are southeastern Michigan’s newest off-road park. It’s full of trails, sand dunes, extreme rock crawling, gravel hills, sheer drop-offs, bottomless mud pits, and hood-deep water. They are constantly doing work to make sure you can find everything from mild to wild! In addition to this, they strive to keep the park family approved.
Be sure to read the rules of Bundy Hill Off-Road before you go here.
Click here, if you need directions and don’t forget the phone number (517) 917-04WD.
Some day I plan on having a dream Jeep, that specific model is an 2006 LJ Rubicon with 2″ of lift and 37″ MTR tires and one of the parts that it would include is the new advance adapter Rubicrawler.
The Rubicrawler is a gear reduction box that allows you to have more selections in your gearing choice. Your standard Jeep only has 1:1 gear ratio in 4HI and when shifted into 4LO your generally have some where around 2.72 unless that Jeep of yours is Rubicon and in that case it would be 4.0:1. This means that your drive shaft will rotate once time every time the engine does one rotation in 4HI. Where as in 4LO the dive shaft will only rate once every time the engine does 2.72 rotations.
This where the Rubicrawler comes in handy becuase it give you additional choices for gearing. The options are 1:1, two choices of 2.72:1, and 7.40:1 for wranglers produced before 2006, and for you lucky ones with the Rubicons package the options are 1:1, 2.72:1, 4.0:1 and an impressive 10.88:1. Now some of you maybe saying that the 4.0:1 gearing is good enough, I would disagree because I think this allows you to run much better highway gears and still have a very low gear ratio. Instead of gearing my dream Jeep with 5.13 in the differentials, I will choose 4.88 and maintain reasonable gas mileage and still have a lower gear ratio than factory Jeeps.
The factory transfer-case shifter is replaced with a twin stick design in the same location that requires no modifications to the interior. The best part of the Rubicrawler is that it replaces section of the drive train that nothing more than open space. Meaning that you do not have to modify the drive shafts in anyway, or anything on the Wrangler for that matter.
There is one draw back to the Rubicrawler, which is also the reason why it is low on my dream build list, the price. The Rubicrawler costs $1784.75 and that isn’t installed, but hopefully with time demand will increase and reduce the price of the Rubicrawler. Be sure to check out the other things Advance Adapters sell because this isn’t their first great product they have produced.
CA4WDC will be giving away a brand new 2009 Jeep® Wrangler Rubicon at their convention on February 20, 2010 in Sacramento amount other things, where all proceeds benefit CA4WDC, Inc.
To enter, just buy a ticket for $2 and send the completed stub back with your payment. The winner does not need to be present — They will call you to come and get it! All proceeds benefit CA4WDC, Inc.
Grand Prize:
New 2009 Jeep® Wrangler Rubicon with aftermarket
accessories & factory warranty
Winner to pay DMV and sales tax cost, delivery not
included
Jeep® purchased in conjunction with Magnussen’s Dodge & Jeep, Auburn,
CA
I would like to introduce you guys to “Experience El Dorado,” A new show all about Rubicon Trail. I just got email from Jamie saying that the whole Rubicon Trail will be online December 7th.
Join Experience El Dorado for a landmark trek only the likes of Todd Stanley Productions can take you on. History is rich at the the Marshall Gold Discovery Park where real life miners team up with costumed docents who give insights into why thousands flocked to California and toiled long hours in icy water hoping for the “big strike.” Then it’s off for a stroll through downtown Placerville and the El Dorado County Historic Museum. Then an action-packed glimpse of modern day cowboys as they “shoot for the stars”. Our field correspondent Cory Tapia time-travels into El Dorado County’s historic past. An absolute must see episode!
The much anticipated Rubicon Trail Episode will broadcast December 6th, 2009. This episode brought the crew of Experience El Dorado on a three day trek over the historic Rubicon Trail in El Dorado National Forest. We joined legendary 4×4 pioneer, Mark A. Smith and Jeep Jamboree USA for this trip. This entire episode will be dedicated to the many 4-wheeling opportunities that exist on the Rubicon Trail. Our Title Sponsor for this episode will be The Rubicon Trail Foundation: www.rubicontrail.org The Rubicon Trail Foundation is a federally recognized non-profit organization dedicated to the future health of the Rubicon Trail.
I thought I should post up an update to my post on GPS Tuner 6.1, that a new version of the software came out. The new Version is GPS Tuner Atlas with some new features that I’m sure will impress you.
Some of the new features and improvements are:
Compatibility with an increased number of Windows Mobile devices
I am constantly looking out for new GPS products and software and every now and then I find some really good stuff, and it so happens I just came across a just such a product. GPS Tuner 6 is a GPS-software for windows mobile 6.1 phones, which enables the phone to draw 3D maps, record GPX tracks, digital compass, and digital elevation to name a few.
My current phone I have is HTC Touch Diamond which is running windows mobile 6.1 so decided to test this software out since I would be nice have my phone do almost everything for me on the trail.
Take photo’s
Map the 4×4 trails
Geocach
Surf the internet
Make phone calls
Check the weather
Texting
Etc.
To get started you install the software on your home computer which doesn’t take long. You must then register an account with them and try to install the software on the phone. I ran into a few problems because I am currently running Windows 7 on my home computer which their software doesn’t currently support. Once I install it on the computer in the house running Vista I had no problems, and started messing around with the software.
I personally thought using the software is very intuitive and simple. If you have ever used a Garmin or a similar GPS you already know everything there really is to know and could jump right it. I didn’t like how much processing power it uses but what can I expect from 3D Graphics on my cell phone, so expect short battery life if you leave the phone on constantly. I should note that if you where to check the 3D interface once in a while and put the phone to sleep in-between uses you could greatly extend the battery life.
All in all it is way better to me to buy this software at $84.50 instead of saving up for a Garmin Oregon 550t which costs $599.99 or the Dakota 20 at $349.99. With the best part being the fact that I always carry my cell phone with me. But I can’t help wanting a Dakota 20, and I should also mention I feel as though GPS Tuner 6 has the better 3D graphics.
