09/04/2025
The wheeling community is AMAZING!
Listen people, we have to send a huge shout out to F.H.P. Automotive for making Fordyce Trail possible for us this year! We wheeled the s**t out of the Rubicon Trail, doing Old Sluice and Rubicon Trail Foundation Loop for the first time.
The Blazer had a welded-in Clayton crossmember when we bought it. We discovered it was tearing off the frame (or rather, tearing the frame off. S10s have pretty thin C channel frames). We remembered selling a double-shear steering bracket to a local dude, who invited us to stop by his shop if we were ever in the area. Bill's shop is in Tahoe City, CA, a few miles outside of the Tahoma trailhead (or exit) of the Rubicon. We needed a good welder to patch up the Blazer, so we pulled up at FHP on a Saturday while they were closed. Bill, who was walking out the door for his prior engagements, happily rolled out a welder and some steel for us anyway, so we could hit Fordyce Trail Sunday morning with our group. He wouldn't accept payment, but we recently sent him our newly redesigned, stronger double-shear steering bracket as a gift.
Thanks again Bill, and to our offroad family, who helps each other at every opportunity. ❤️