My part in this build started on April 1st of 2014, and has a story to go with it. My grandpa bought this truck long ago and I have fond memories as a kid riding in it with him and my grandma on camping trips. He used it to pull his 5th wheel and fishing boat during his retirement years. Around 5 y

So I recently picked up a new 4x4 project vehicle with the help of Brian. She's a 1976 Scout II, ex mud racing truck. The drive train has been converted over to GM powwa!! Power is supplied by a 454 fuel injected big blocked. The gear grinder is the infamous SM465 mated to a NP205 tcase. My goa

Thank you to all who were able to come out to this years clean up of 5 Mile Pass! We had 78 volunteers sign in, and over 100+ participants coming together to enjoy and give back to our public lands. I want to give a special thanks to Aj Swenson and Northridge4x4 for sponsoring the event, providin

We had a great time kicking off our summer season of service up AF Canyon. Our group met up at the horse transfer station and divided with one part tackling repairing and installing new signage on the station kiosk, while the other part installed and repaired fencing. Near the end of last season

The 2019 Salt Lake Off-Road Expo has ended and I wanted to say thank you to everyone who came out to support the expo, and stopped by the BOAR booth to say hi. It really is an awesome experience to have so many great off-road related groups and vendors all coming together. I want to give a special

A quick thank you to everyone who was able to make it out to our year end get together last night. It was a fun evening with food, contests, games(including some serious looking ping pong rounds and Mario kart sessions), give aways, and a brief recap of the groups impact during the year. Thank you

It was another great year for the Chilly Willys Charity Drive, with even more donations that the year before and lots of new participants. It is also the first year we have gone to the Midvale location due to the Rio Grande location no longer housing the homeless. We also were able to complete the

Thank you to everyone who made it out to the Children and the Earth, Inc.Trunk-Or-Treat on the 25th! And thank you to those who could not make it who allowed me to bring their clothing donations to the event on their behalf. The event brought in quite a bit of items which was awesome to see! Unfort

After completing our NPLD fencing project in September, a couple of us decided it would be a good idea to return to the canyon and extend and install some further fencing to deter additional bypasses from forming in the area. We met up just after noon, headed up to the ranger station to pick up som

Thank you to all our volunteers yesterday who came together to dismantle some structures up American Fork Canyon. It was a great evening up the canyon with pleasant temperatures and fresh air as we made our way up the hiking trail to the first section of structures. Some worked on dismantling the

What a fantastic day to be on the trails in Eureka this morning for this months ride! We were fortunate to have the mayor of Eureka take the group on a guided tour of various mining sites and related historical areas surrounding Eureka. Each stop we were treated to a history of the area, stories,

BOAR returned again this year for the 4th year of the Wasatch Wigeon Outdoor Youth Fair. Our members have been supporting this event since its first year and we had another great time showing kids that there is tons to do outdoors that is load of fun. This year we brought back the roof top tent fo

Had a great time tonight at the Tiny Tim’s Toy Factory tracing patterns and assembling the wheels for the cars. It was humbling to hear Alton share the story of how he got started making these toys, and all the places these cars go to locally and around the world including The Road Home Shelter th

Had a great time on today’s group trail run. Was an awesome mix of vehicles with Jeeps, Toyota’s, full size trucks, and land rovers(which now I kind of want). The day started out near 5 mile where we met up and talked about the trail. We expected it to be covered in deep snow or a complete mud bog

It was great seeing everyone who made it out to the end of year snow bash today. As usual I managed to get hardly any pics, but I did manage to get 2 drone pics of half the group in the black rock meadow and it shows the cloud we were in most of the day, and my wife captured a couple others. If yo

BOAR was fortunate to be able to work with the Combat Crawlers in a charity drive for Toys For Tots and Candy Cane Corner. These two charities help provide children with toys, clothing, blankets, and other items during the holiday season and it was a privilege doing our part to support them. The c

We had an excellent training on Monday concerning the usage of HAM radios, what to expect on the tests for the various license levels, discussion on types and recommendations on what to get, along with a Q&A to get any questions answered. There were also some great stories shared about why HAM radi

Have you ever had something you thought was really neat, but didn't have the time to look into it so it sat dormant in your mind? Thats how it was for me with a photo of a trestle bridge along the Tintic Range Railway(AKA Eureka Branch Rio Grande Western Railway). Over 10 years ago i was wanderi

Due to the popularity of the Eureka Mayor trip we setup this second trip 2 weeks later for those who weren't able to attend the first one. Nick(Mayor of Eureka) was great again as our tour guide of the area showing us historical sites and sharing the history of the area. Since i had attended the p

Been a while since ive built up a new rig, and hence no build threads, however that all changed a few weeks ago when a friend posted up a 1979 DJ5. Better known as a postal jeep. These jeeps typically came in 2wd and so have been overlooked by offroaders for the most part. I've wanted one for a l

We enjoyed another great welding class this month, and at a new location with CompuTune in Provo hosting the event along with their welder teaching. This larger shop space allowed for the use of multiple styles of welders, and different welding scenarios such as axle tab welding, exhaust welding, f

Lots of fun today on our February trail ride. This month we took a backroad past Nutty Putty Cave into the Little Moab area. After meeting up at the gas station near the trail head, we were on our way. We passed through many ranches and the longhorn steers were out in force, with some of them a litt

With the government shutdown still ongoing, there were some concerns about the upkeep of facilities in AF canyon. Today a small group of us checked and emptied trash bins in the vault toilets, along with restocked toilet paper. For the most part the lower day use sites in the canyon were in decent s

It was another humbling and fun filled day for this years Veterans trail ride through the Jacob City area. The day started out a bit chilly and those arriving early fought off the chill around the propane campfire while having some great conversation. As the last of the attendees rolled in we had

Tonight was the Forest Service volunteer appreciation dinner. Its awesome to attend this event each year, see all the different user groups various projects and achievements, and the large impact everyone working together made during the year. I was honored to accept the certificate of appreciat

Here's the little Toyota truck based utility bed trailer I picked up for a great price. The plan is to convert it into an overlanding/ camping trailer.

Another great NPLD, and another great service project completed this past weekend. On Saturday the bulk of the group met up at Smiths, while Coy and I went up the canyon early to meet with the Forest Service and pick up some last minute supplies. Once our trailers were loaded we started up the tra