- Cal4Wheel

Transcription

- Cal4Wheel

CORPORATE SPONSORS
Our sponsors generously donate throughout the year to assist CA4WDC with its fundraising efforts.
GOLD
schuttindustries.com
SPONSORS
4wheelparts.com
advanceadapters.com
metalcloak.com
extremeterrain.com
bfgoodrichtires.com
poisonspyder.com
SILVER
warn.com
BRONZE
SPONSORS
currieenterprises.com
ridefox.com
SPONSORS
dynatrac.com
rockhard4x4.com
synergymfg.com
differentials.com
tuffyproducts.com
calcasuals.com
elkgrovejeep.com
4xshaft.com
trbeadlocks.com
arbusa.com
4x4spod.com
aev-conversions.com
rigidindustries.com
magnaflow.com
yukongear.com
WIN-A-JEEP
SPONSORS
racelinewheels.com
rockkrawler.com
reeldriveline.com
pscmotorsports.com
To become a sponsor, contact David Jones at 530-367-2443 or marketing@cal4wheel.com
2
IN GEAR February/March 2015 cal4wheel.com
CA4WDC, INC.
Bonnie Steele, Office Manager
8120 36th Ave.
Sacramento, CA 95824-2304
(916) 381-8300
Fax (916) 381-8726
CA4WDC@cal4wheel.com
cal4wheel.com
IN GEAR OFFICE
Suzy Johnson, Editor
222 Rainbow Dr. #12269
Livingston, TX 77399
(805) 550-2804
Fax (866) 888-2465
editor@ingear4x4.com
cal4wheel.com
I N S I D E
President’s Message
7
CA4WDC Contacts
6
5
District Meetings
8-9
VP Reports
Natural Resource Consultants
10-11
Fire roads offer great opportunities12
Panamint Valley Days run report14
Convention Info16-17
Mission accomplished thanks to grant18
What is the CA4WDC?
Molina Info
19
Hi Desert Round-Up Info
21
The California Association of Four Wheel
Drive Clubs, Inc. (founded in 1959) is a nonprofit organization comprised of member
clubs, individuals and business firms, united
in a common objective — the betterment of
vehicle-oriented outdoor recreation.
We represent four wheelers, hunters,
fishermen, and other outdoor recreationalists.
Ours is the largest organization of its type in
California.
Sweepstakes 201523
Poser Pages
24-25
Club Directory
26-27
Rowher Flats good for novice
28
Calendar
29
Gearbox Directory
29
30-31
Associate Members
THROUGH A UNITED EFFORT WE:
•
•
Promote responsible use of public lands.
•
Develop programs of conservation,
education and safety.
•
Encourage state and federal agencies to
develop new four wheel drive trails and
preserve existing ones.
•
Distribute information to vehicle-oriented
recreationalists.
•
PERMISSION TO REPRINT ITEMS IS NORMALLY GIVEN, PROVIDED PERMISSION IS REQUESTED AND
PROPER CREDIT IS GIVEN TO BOTH THE AUTHOR AND THE PUBLICATION. ALL VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
AUTHORS OF ARTICLES, AND PHOTO CONTENT HEREIN, ARE THEIR OWN AND DO NOT NECESSARILY
EXPRESS THOSE OF THE CA4WDC. CA4WDC DOES NOT ENDORSE ITS ADVERTISERS, NOR IS IT
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OF ADVERTISING.
Promote statewide activities and four wheel
drive events for the enjoyment of members.
POSTMASTER: SEND FORM 3579 TO CA4WDC, INC. 8120 36TH AVE., SACRAMENTO, CA 95824-2304
Prevent legislation that would restrict offroad vehicles and vehicle use.
ON THE COVER: Chipper Ross of the Eldorado Jeep Herders on the
Rubicon in his 1994 Jeep Cherokee.
FEBRUARY-MARCH 2015 / VOLUME 55 #6
THE IN GEAR (USPS 436-110) IS PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY FOR $10.00 PER YEAR BY THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CLUBS, INC., 8120 36TH AVE., SACRAMENTO, CA 958242304. IN GEAR IS THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE CA4WDC — SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE
ONLY THROUGH MEMBERSHIP IN CA4WDC. PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID AT SACRAMENTO, CA, AND
ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES.
3
in gear
The In Gear is the official publication for the California Association of 4WD Clubs, Inc.
It is published every other month (see schedule below) in a glossy magazine format.
We have a circulation of 10,000 to our members and off-road businesses in California
and adjacent states.
Frequency discounts are available. Please call or email for more details.
ASSOCIATE MEMBER AD RATES
AD SIZE
AD DIMENSIONS
RATE PER INSERTION
2.24” wide x 1” high
$35.00
Business card
2.24” wide x 1.3” high
$75.00
1/8 page vertical
$125.00
1/8 page horizontal
$125.00
1/4 page
3.4479” wide x 4.75” high
$260.00
1/3 page without bleed
7.0625” wide x 3.3” high
$350.00
1/3 page with horizontal bleed
8.5625” wide x 3.3” high
$350.00
7.0625” wide x 5” high
$500.00
8.5625” wide x 5.5” high
$500.00
Full page without bleed
7.0625” wide x 9.375” high
$800.00
Full page with 1/4” bleed
8.5625” wide x 10.75” high
$800.00
Cover without bleed
7.0625” wide x 9.375” high
$900.00
Cover with 1/4” bleed
8.5625” wide x 10.75” high
$900.00
Gearbox directory listing
1/2 page without bleed
1/2 page with bleed
PRODUCTION SPECS
EDITORIAL CALENDAR
ISSUE
DEADLINE
DELIVERY
February
January 1
End of January
April
March 1
End of March
June
May 1
End of May
August
July 1
End of July
October
September 1
End of September
December
November 1
End of November
• All ads are full color on glossy stock.
• Ads must be provided electronically in CMYK color at
300 DPI with fonts embedded. PDF files are preferred.
• All ads should abide by Tread Lightly! guidelines.
CONTACT INFO
Suzy Johnson, Editor
(805) 550-2804
Fax (866) 888-2465
BANNER/PRINT COMBO PACKS
Combine your print ads with banner ads on
cal4wheel.com and receive a discount!
Contact us for details.
4
http://cal4wheel.com
cal4Join onl
whe ine
el.co
m
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
I pledge to support the goals and objectives of the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF 4 WHEEL DRIVE CLUBS, INC., in the
protection, respect and the enjoyment of our public domain lands and towards the betterment of off-highway vehicle
recreation. I am enclosing:
$45.00 for my yearly Individual Membership dues.
($10.00 of your association dues is for a one-year subscription to In
Gear.) Ownership of a four-wheel drive vehicle is not a requirement
for membership.
$675.00 for my Life Membership dues.
Please make check payable to:
California Association of 4 Wheel Drive Clubs
Note: The Federal Tax Reform Act requires that we advise members that contributions or gifts to
CA4WDC are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.
NAME_________________________________________________________________________
TYPE OF 4X4 VEHICLE___________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER (
YEAR________________________________
)________________________________________________________
ADDRESS______________________________________________________________________
MARRIED? o YES o NO CITY________________________________________________________STATE_______ ZIP___
SPOUSE’S/CO-MEMBER NAME*
EMAIL_________________________________________________________________________
Please send information on how I may become a member of the
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF 4 WHEEL DRIVE CLUBS, INC. by:
o
o
o
o
____________________________________
*Must be legally married to share life membership.
Communication Preferences
o Subscribe to email updates
o Subscribe to email access alerts
o Do not release my information
Becoming an Associate Member (business firm)
Becoming a Life Member through your installment plan.
Joining an established Club
Forming a new four-wheel drive club
Signed____________________________________________________________________________________________________Date________
Referred by___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Return to:
California Association of 4WD Clubs, Inc.
8120 36th Ave., Sacramento, CA 95824-2304
916-381-8300 / 1-800-4x4-FUNN
CA4WDC MEETINGS
OFFICE USE ONLY
Amt. Received__________ Ck#__________ NM List____
NM Mailing________________ Computer____
CHECK CAL4WHEEL.COM/CALENDAR FOR UPDATES
WEB LINKS
cal4wheel.com
BOARD MEETINGS*:
February 20-22, 2015 Convention, Visalia
CENTRAL DISTRICT:
• April 25, 2015 - Location
TBA
cal4wheel.com/forum FORUM
cal4wheel.com/ca4wdc-store STORE
facebook.com/cal4wheel FACEBOOK
NORTH DISTRICT*:
• April 18, 2015
SOUTH DISTRICT:
• April 11, 2015 - Location
TBA
Board and district meetings are held each quarter and are open to all members.
*Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held at the CA4WDC Office at 8120 36th Ave., Sacramento, CA.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact your district secretary, the CA4WDC office, or visit cal4wheel.com
twitter.com/cal4wheel TWITTER
LIKE US ON FACEBOOK
•Cal4wheel
•SierraTrek
•Cal4Wheelnorthdistrict •OperationDesertFun
•Cal4Wheelcentraldistrict •winajeep
•Cal4wheelsouth
5
I
s the name change a game changer? The delegates have a very important issue facing
them at the convention this month. After more than 50 years of being known as the
California Association of 4WD Clubs, are we ready for a name change?
I rarely write editorials in my space, but in this case I am going to. Our logo, association name and acronym (CA4WDC) are precious to me. I grew up with the decal on all
of our vehicles, my parents were on the board at various times, and I have known many
of you for almost 50 years. However, I do agree with our association president. It is time
to update our image and be more welcoming to people who don’t necessarily want to
join a ‘club’ (since that’s what many non-members think we are), and to make owners
of all vehicle makes and models feel like they belong. It’s also time to officially embrace
the nickname that we have used for years: Cal4Wheel.
Yes, it will involve additional cost. Yes, I will miss the old logo and acronym and
association name. And yes, it will be a major pain to change everything everywhere. But
if it will help us convey the message that we are an association of like-minded fourwheelers, and recruit more members to help us fight for our cause, I’m all for it.
— Suzy Johnson, Editor/Web Coordinator
CA4WDC CONTACTS
STATE OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
Steve Egbert
559-685-1928
559-936-3030 (cell)
steve@calaccess.net
PAST PRESIDENT
Mark D. Cave
559-623-5338 (cell)
559-733-4091 (home)
559-625-2000 (work)
mdcave@sbcglobal.net
TREASURER
Don Spuhler
530-333-2047
dspuhler@cal4wheel.com
RECORDING SECRETARY
Sherry Stortroen
209-602-4788 (cell)
sherry.s@comcast.net
CENTRAL DISTRICT
OFFICERS
VICE PRESIDENT
Robert Escalera
559-904-5430
broncodealer1@hotmail.com
MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN
- VACANT Election at January 2015
district meeting
ALL BOARD MEMBERS: BOD@CAL4WHEEL.COM
SECRETARY
Phil Moreno
559-901-2413
swamper2@pacbell.net
NORTH DISTRICT
OFFICERS
VICE PRESIDENT
Jo Snyder
209-331-5753
jsnyder@cal4wheel.com
MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN
Troy McClintock
916-508-7907
Troy.McClintock@cal4wheel.
com
SECRETARY
Dennis Atkinson
925-443-6014
Cell 925-518-2552
dennisatkinson09@comcast.net
SOUTH DISTRICT
OFFICERS
VICE PRESIDENT
Jesse May
562-421-6185
Cell 562-505-0075
jemay.xj@gmail.com
MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN
Terry Dean
661-917-3296
dadzztazz@aol.com
SECRETARY
Bonnie Ferguson
661-943-9744
jeepnbonnie61@yahoo.com
NATURAL RESOURCES
CONSULTANT - SOUTH
John Stewart
619-390-8747
jstewart@mac.com
NATURAL RESOURCES
CONSULTANT - NORTH
Jeff Blewett
ndnrc@cal4wheel.com
209-210-7880
MARKETING &
PROMOTIONS
COORDINATOR
David Jones
530-367-2443
marketing@cal4wheel.com
WEB PAGE
COORDINATOR
Suzy Johnson
805-550-2804
Fax 866-888-2465
Send your change of address to
CA4WDC, Inc., 8120 36th Ave.,
Sacramento, CA 95824-2304 or
change it online at cal4wheel.com
PRINT MAGAZINE DEADLINES
6
You may also fax your new address
to 916-381-8726.
Feb./March - January 1
June/July - May 1
Oct./Nov. - September 1
April/May - March 1
Aug./Sept. - July 1
Dec./Jan. - November 1
MOVING?
Be sure to include your
membership number if it is
available.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
STEVE EGBERT
PRESIDENT
T
HE SIERRA CLUB
HAS 2.4 MILLION
MEMBERS AND
SUPPORTERS, THAT’S A
LOT OF MEMBERS AND
THEY WANT TO GET
3,500 IN THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS...
Happy New Year, I am
looking forward to a great
2015. This year marks the
association’s 56th year
advocating for recreation. I joined the Board
of Directors in January
2006 as the Central District
Secretary/Treasurer with
encouragement of Mark
Cave. I am completing my
first term as your president. Being president of
this association has been
a great honor and I am up
for reelection for a second
term. I have been thinking back about all the great
times and wonderful people
and experiences I have had
since joining the association
in 2003, I feel very blessed
to have made many new
friends over the years. I
have received very positive
encouragement from many
of our members and past
presidents, thank you.
In these reports I often
talk about membership, as
our members are our biggest asset. Other than the
Blue Ribbon Coalition, a
national group, we are the
largest off-road association in the country, which
is a great accomplishment.
But compared to the antiaccess groups we are but a
blip on the radar. We do so
much with what is comparatively very little. I recently
posted on Facebook:
The Sierra Club has
2.4 million members and
supporters, that’s a lot of
members and they want
to get 3,500 in the next
few weeks. The Center for
Biological Diversity (CBD),
According to the CBD website you will see that they
have 92 people on their
staff of which 26 are attorneys! They have almost 14
million dollars in funding
and over 500,000 members. We as off roaders are
mostly all volunteers with a
few paid people working for
various organizations. WE
NEED YOUR HELP! It would
be great if we could get
more as well so we could
more effectively advocate
for recreation.
I don’t expect we will
get 3,500 new members
in the next few weeks like
the Sierra Club or get to
500,000 members like the
CBD, but if we all work as
membership advocates we
can grow our numbers.
BYLAW PROPOSAL
We have a solid base of
clubs and club members
and 54% of our members
are in clubs. Clubs are the
foundation of the association. To grow we need to
attract more individual
members. I have worked to
get new members at many
events over the years and
our name is sometimes
a barrier to attracting the
individuals. They are often
very independent and do
not want to be involved in
a club and they look at the
association as a club. We
need to work to include the
individuals as they use our
public lands and we work
for them as much as we
do for club members. This
brings me to my proposal
to alter our name to the
California Four Wheel Drive
Association. This change
will make it clearer that we
embrace everyone interested in four-wheel drive recreation and make recruiting
more members a little easier. Many people know us as
Cal 4 Wheel and the name
change brings us more in
line with our nickname.
The delegates will decide
this issue at Convention this
year. Many of the people I
have talked to are very supportive of the change, but
express concern regarding
the related cost. We have
CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
JOINTICKETS
GET FREE
FOR TWO
or more years
GET A FREE WIN-A-JEEP TICKET FOR EVERY YEAR.*
Two tickets for two-year membership, three tickets for three-year membership, etc.
*Minimum two year membership required.
Maximum five free tickets.
Visit cal4wheel.com/join
7
VP REPORTS
ROBERT ESCALERA
CENTRAL DISTRICT
VICE PRESIDENT
JESSE MAY
SOUTH DISTRICT
VICE PRESIDENT
Happy New Year, I am looking forward to another great year.
For me 2014 began with Convention, where I had a great time catching up with old
and new friends. My next event was the Kingsburg Snow Poker Run... always held the first
Saturday in March. Molina Ghost Run shortly followed which was held at Hollister SVRA,
where I was selling and tearing raffle tickets all weekend! My very first experience as a Cal4
volunteer began as Molina Ghost Run Porta-Potty chairman, it’s a smelly job, but someone
has to do it. I laugh at times.... Porta-Potty chairman to Vice President, my goodness I
didn’t know what was getting into.
I have been privileged to serve the membership of such a great organization. The Board
of Directors, the clubs and individual members all gave me direction and advice. I don’t
see myself as the boss of the Central District, but more of a messenger for Central District
membership to help shape and drive Cal4.
Convention 2015, Kingsburg Snow Run and Molina Ghost Run are right around the
corner. Please come out, invite a friend, to enjoy OHV recreation! And lastly, please buy
Win a Jeep tickets.
Best Wishes for the New Year.
Hopefully you have made it through the holidays and now into the start of the New Year.
Convention is this month and of course the Jeep raffle! (Maybe, just maybe, I win it this
year?) The next event (after Convention) is Hi Desert Roundup (HDR). Please volunteer and
help!
I have a few questions. What does it take to get YOU to volunteer? Do you vote? Do
they go hand in hand? I would like to see more Yes for all three questions! It really does
only take one person to make a difference. Have YOU ever paid it forward? Consider it
when you volunteer you are paying it forward to the next person who wants to use and
enjoy OUR lands. So how do we get more people to step up and volunteer? Are we just
too much into ourselves? Are we only about having fun in the moment? I sure hope we
could get more stepping up, volunteering and paying it forward to keep OUR lands open!
We still do not have clubs that are willing to step up to host a South District meeting —
will your club or even an individual help?
After convention our next South District meeting is April 11.
Oh and don’t forget to read our natural resource consultants’ articles to know what we
are fighting/watching/responding to and if you don’t see something PLEASE ask so we can
look into it and get some more information about it.
Support the
CA4WDC Mugs
association with red
white & blue
$5
$15
A hat like this should sell for $20!
BACK
FRONT
JK 2-door
50th Anniversary T-Shirts
$17
CA4WDC Vehicle
JK 4-door
T-Shirts $14-18
ORDER ONLINE AT CAL4WHEEL.COM/CA4WDC-STORE
8
VP REPORTS
JO SNYDER
NORTH DISTRICT VICE
PRESIDENT
I
APPRECIATE
VOLUNTEERS. WHY?
BECAUSE I AM A
VOLUNTEER.
We had a great group of
Volunteers for Winter Fun
Festival! A big thank you goes
out to each of them! I must
say Volunteers are what make
CA4WDC events happen.
Those of you that volunteer
year after year are saying,
“That is stating the obvious.”
Well it maybe not be obvious
to some, or maybe they forget too easily. Recently I got
a new perspective on volunteerism and I’d like to share it
with you.
Those of us on the
board of directors (BOD)
AND those who have
gone the extra ten miles
(!) and taken on the task of
chairing CA4WDC events
need to keep in mind how
very important CA4WDC
Volunteers are! Without
them we’d be doing an
extra 1,000 miles! Well, no,
actually there just wouldn’t
be event fundraisers. Now,
how do you treat something
that is important, so important, that without them the
event doesn’t happen? I
submit: Volunteers need
some direction and maybe
even a little correction,
but most of all they need
inspiration and motivation!
Happy Volunteers create
great events!
Okay now all of you
wonderful Cal4Wheel
Volunteers are thinking that
you should be appreciated
no matter what. However,
I need you to consider that
while it is relatively easy to
find a club to take on a par-
ticular portion of an event,
to get someone to organize those volunteers into
a successful event is not at
all easy. So I’m asking you,
Event Volunteers, to support those who volunteer
to take charge, the Event
Chairs. Please do what you
can to make their job easier.
Let them know you appreciate that they have taken on
a leadership role! AND let
them know what part of the
event you enjoyed, NOT the
part you didn’t like!
A few of you might
think I’m asking too much…
Consider this: Our mission to protect our right to
motorized recreation on
public lands is very important! We need to work
together to accomplish it.
I’m not saying everyone
needs to be BFFs! I’m saying we need to be sure that
we don’t let anything get
in the way of our effectiveness to work together to
raise the funds necessary
to protect our sport!! The
importance of having successful fundraisers is bigger
than our personal feelings
about other Volunteers, OR
how we think we would do
something different!! I like
to suggest that if you do
feel something should be
done differently, come to
district meetings or event
planning meetings and get
involved in the process.
Volunteering, is a great way
to support CA4WDC and its
mission.
Enough on volunteerism,
for now – on to a little of
what this Volunteer has
been doing:
By the time you read this
Winter Fun Festival 2015
will be history. I am in the
throes of last minute… you
name it… as I write this. A
big THANKS, from Frank
Funk and me, to all of the
volunteers, sponsors and
participants for your part in
this event!
Also in January I spent a
weekend in the CA4WDC
booth at the International
Sportsman’s Expo in
Sacramento.
The BOD has been working on an organizational
strategic plan. I’ve been
working on getting it into
presentation form for our
annual convention.
I’m getting up to speed
on the association’s awards;
what each one is and the
nomination process so as
to lighten Steve Egbert’s
responsibilities.
In my spare time I’m
prepping for volunteer leadership training in February.
Again I lay down the
challenge: Find as many
ways as you can to support
Cal4Wheel! Think about
how much time and money
you’ve spent on your rig(s).
Protecting your right to use
it/them on public lands is
worth more than a yearly
membership, isn’t it?
PS: Bought the winning
Jeep ticket yet?
DONATIONS
•
•
•
•
•
Curtis & Michele Kimble, CA4WDC Foundation, $100
Jeff & Linda Zeber, Jack Edwards Legal Fund, $50
Tim & Lizz Nowak, CA4WDC Foundation, $25
James & Jill Cherne, CA4WDC Foundation, $10
Wayne Gray & Sybyl Yacuzzo, General Fund, $25
•
•
•
•
•
Dan Hanlon, CA4WDC Foundation, $10
Jeffrey Langdon, General Fund, $10
Tom & Kim Tiberi, General Fund, $10
Ralph Wight & Cheryl Erwin, General Fund, $10
Carlos Fuchen, CA4WDC Foundation, $5
WANT TO DONATE? http://cal4wheel.com/donations
9
NATURAL RESOURCES REPORTS
JOHN STEWART
NATURAL RESOURCES
CONSULTANT
W
ITHIN THE OHV
COMMUNITY,
DEDICATED PARKS
(WHILE IMPORTANT)
ARE NOT PROVIDING THE
DISBURSED AND TOURING
ADVENTURE THAT MANY
OHV ENTHUSIASTS ARE
BEGINNING TO DEMAND.
10
DRECP
The California Energy
Commission (CEC), Bureau
of Land Management (BLM),
California Department of
Fish and Wildlife (DFW), and
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (FWS) have prepared a Draft Environmental
Impact Report/
Environmental Impact
Statement (Draft EIR/EIS)
and a proposed BLM Land
Use Plan Amendment for
the Draft Desert Renewable
Energy Conservation Plan
(Draft DRECP).
The DRECP is a longterm, utility-scale renewable
energy and conservation
plan. The DRECP is comprised of three elements
that form an integrated
interagency plan for permitting renewable energy and
electric transmission line
development in the Mojave
and Colorado/Sonoran deserts of southern California:
1) BLM’s proposed Land
Use Plan (LUPAs) Amends
to the California Desert
Conservation Area Plan; 2)
the FWS’s proposed General
Conservation Plan; and
3) California Department
of Fish and Wildlife’s proposed Natural Community
Conservation Plan.
The Draft DRECP
includes six alternatives, or
proposed approaches, for
achieving the DRECP goals.
Preferred Alternative
– Under this alternative,
renewable energy development is distributed across
the plan area; moderate
development flexibility.
Approximately 2 million
acres of development focus
areas. Recreation designation on over 3.6 million
acres of BLM-managed
lands (SRMAs, ERMAs, and
Open OHV Areas, etc.).
On the surface there is
some good in that none of
the existing recreation areas
in southern California are
identified in development
focus areas (DFA). However,
there are concerns with a
couple of areas (Ocotillo
Wells SVRA and Spangler
Hills OHV Area). Also of
concern is disbursed recreation opportunities in other
areas of the desert.
The changes to the
LUPA involve some yet
to be defined changes in
the other two parts of the
entire DRECP. The addition of Critical Management
Areas and Areas of Critical
Environmental Concern
pose a threat to on-going
OHV route designation
efforts in the West Mojave
area.
FOREST PLANNING
As previously reported,
the Sierra, Sequoia, and Inyo
National Forests are in the
process of updating their
land use management plans.
Public listening sessions
were held in November
and a revision to the proposed draft is expected in
May-June time frame. Also,
another of the continuing
Sierra Cascade Dialogs was
scheduled for January.
PARKS FORWARD
Governor Brown initiated
a Park Forward effort to
review the entire California
State Park system and provide recommendations for
parks of the future. A presentation of the on-going
efforts was provided to the
OHMVR Commission in
December. The presentation stressed the belief
that demographics studies
indicate people want to be
in a “park.” Also, recreation
opportunities are important,
with fun and spontaneity as
driving factors.
From my experience,
those concepts are partially
correct, but are simplistic
views. While recreation
opportunity is important,
most people do not equate
a “park” with being only a
state (or local) park setting. The desire is for a
recreation opportunity that
provides space other than
a backyard. Within the OHV
community, dedicated parks
(while important) are not
providing the disbursed and
touring adventure that many
OHV enthusiasts are beginning to demand.
More important, the “old
attitudes” concerning recreation are rooted in what
land managers thought
people wanted based on
ideas from 10-20 years ago.
That old attitude of developing concentrated areas
for intense recreation activities lead to development of
OHV areas. Now people are
looking for a different experience, outside OHV areas.
114TH CONGRESS
The new Congress was
seated in January and will
feature a Republican majority in both the House and
Senate. There will be many
issues coming up, including Highway Transportation
Funding (the source of
funds for the Recreation
Trails Program) along with
a continuing push to create
more wilderness areas. The
Republicans have not been
strong opponents of wilderness designations. However,
they have not endorsed large
scale proposals of the past.
Senator Feinstein is reintroducing her proposal for
two new monuments in the
west Mojave Desert region.
The proposed language
will codify OHV activity on
existing designated routes.
Basically, no change from
existing management of
OHV activity.
NATURAL RESOURCES REPORTS
JEFF BLEWETT
NATURAL RESOURCES
CONSULTANT
T
HE OHV RECREATION
GROUPS STRESSED
THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW
OUTDOOR RECREATION
FITS INTO THE PLANNING
PROCESS. THAT PROCESS
SHOULD EXPRESS A
CLEAR VISION FOR HOW
OUTDOOR RECREATION OF
ALL TYPES FITS INTO THE
AGENCY’S GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES.
PLUMAS NF
4WD and OHV users of
roads in the Plumas National
Forest in the French Creek
area are invited to share
their ideas about which
roads in that area should
be the focus of the OHV
grant recently secured by
Butte County. The work will
be completed next summer and volunteers will
also be needed for matching volunteer hours. The
county hopes that this will
be the first of many annual
OHV grants to provide for
maintaining OHV and 4WD
routes in Plumas and Lassen
National Forests.
Each forest will distribute a “Save-the-Date” flier
before these scheduled
meetings. Additional public
involvement opportunities
will be available during the
formal public scoping process - once the NEPA process begins.
Please visit http://www.
fs.usda.gov/main/r5/recreation/travelmanagement or
contact Kathy Mick at the
Regional Office, at 707-5628859, for more information.
5 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
FORESTS PLAN OVERSNOW VEHICLE USE
ANALYSIS MEETINGS
The Pacific Southwest
Region (Region 5) of the
U.S. Forest Service will
soon begin environmental
analysis under the National
Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) based on Subpart C
of the Travel Management
Rule. Five national forests
in California are undertaking Subpart C analysis to
improve their management
of over-snow vehicle use
and to designate a system of over-snow vehicle
trails, including groomed
trails, to meet the terms
of a settlement agreement
between the Forest Service
and Snowlands Network,
Winter Wildlands Alliance,
and Center for Biological
Diversity. The Forest Service
will soon begin the process of preparing a separate environmental impact
statement for each of the
five forests: Lassen, Tahoe,
Eldorado, Stanislaus, and
Plumas National Forests.
TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST
I attended both open
house workshops in
Sierraville and Nevada City.
The workshops were held
to discuss the forest roads
system and look at the relationship between roads and
various resource impacts.
The open houses are part
of engaging the public
in Subpart A of the U.S.
Forest Service’s 2005 Travel
Management Rule. Subpart
A is an analysis of the forest’s road system. The open
houses are an opportunity
for the forest to share information and the public to
help inform the ongoing
analysis. It’s important to
note: this is not a proposal
or decision document, but a
transportation study that will
help inform possible future
road management planning and can serve as an
additional resource in future
projects. Before any future
actions are taken, the Forest
Service will provide additional opportunities for the
public to participate in the
decision making process.
SIERRA, SEQUOIA AND
INYO NF
I attended the second
round of “open house”
styled meetings to share
the issues and concerns the
agency heard during the
recently completed scoping
phase. The meetings are an
opportunity for the public to hear discussion how
those issues and concerns
are being used to frame a
preliminary range of alternatives. There is no formal
comment period associated
with the November public
meetings, but an opportunity for dialog with agency
regional and forest planning
specialists. Region 5 is considering feedback it received
from these efforts as draft
environmental impact statement (EIS) alternatives for
the forest plan revisions.
There will be another formal
comment period when the
draft EIS is released.
SIERRA NF OHV OPEN
HOUSE
The Sierra National Forest
hosted an Open House style
public meeting requesting
public input for the 2016
State Off-Highway Motor
Vehicle (OHV) funding/proposal submission cycle. This
year the state has funds that
are available for education,
operation and maintenance,
law enforcement and restoration projects and the
Sierra National Forest will
be submitting an OHV grant
application for this funding.
As part of the application
process, the Sierra National
Forest is requesting public
input and project ideas on
what individuals and organizations would like to see
included in the next round
of proposed grants.
PACIFIC COAST TRAIL
CORRIDOR
The Pacific Crest Trail
Association is proposing
to create a one-mile wide
Pacific Crest Trail (PCT)
corridor, likely restricting
all forms of recreation and
land management in three
National Forests. They also
seek to limit trails and roads
crossing the PCT to no
closer than five miles apart,
11
FIRE ROADS OFFER GREAT OPPORTUNITIES
TERRY DEAN
SOUTH DISTRICT
MEMBERSHIP CHAIR
A new year has just began and
some are working on their New Year’s
resolutions or have decided to modify
them. I have made a few myself: get in
shape, get restarted on my Jeep CJ-7
project again so I can drive it this year.
I was thinking about some ways to
help get people to get involved with
Cal4Wheel and local clubs.
I was driving on my local fire roads
recently and realized that these are
great runs to introduce someone to
driving off road. It’s also a great way
to allow family members who are
licensed to drive get some off-road
experience. Some of these roads do
offer a chance to allow someone to
drive next to a drop-off, narrow road
and moderated climbs using the fourwheel drive system.
STEWART REPORT
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10
Representative San Farr is reintroducing his proposal for the Clear
Creek Management Area that will open
the currently closed area to OHV recreation.
There is a pending proposal for
Berryessa-Snow Mountain Monument.
That specific issue MAY become a
monument via Executive Order under
the Antiquities Act.
There is a continuing effort where
the agencies talk about science and
all decisions being based on sound
science. Experience has shown this is
little more than rhetoric, as the only
“sound science” is science that meets
the current political agenda.
All land use decisions are based on
politics and involvement of people
interested in the outcome.
NEW LIFE MEMBER
Sean & Linda Brennan
12
These roads are also an opportunity
to show those new to our recreation
how to be responsible while driving
off-road. While I was driving I happened to drive upon a pile of shotgun
shells someone had left. I stopped and
picked them up. Driving these roads
also have another benefit for the new
four-wheeler, they are close to home.
They don’t require someone to camp
overnight or put out a lot of time.
The drive I went on lasted about 2-½
hours and was quite enjoyable.
I have had people tell me that they
are afraid of the difficult trails friends
have taken them on and they don’t
want any part of that. We as the off
road community need to understand
that not everyone is willing to drive
on double black diamond trails. There
are those who just want to have a
good time getting some easy dirt on
their tires.
Consider planning to run some of
your local fire roads and invite those
you know who own a 4x4 but seem
to never use them. Invite those family
members who don’t enjoy riding on
the difficult runs. Explain to them these
are roads are designed to allow fire
trucks to get to the back country and
that it will be a very easy run. They will
see some beautiful country they never
knew existed. You never know, this
might be the stepping stone they need
to join Cal4Wheel or your local club.
In addition to being the South District
Membership Chair, Terry is also the
president of the High Desert Four
Wheelers.
EGBERT REPORT
looked into the immediate and longer term costs and we will have more
information on the fiscal impact at
Convention. I am looking forward to a
lively respectful debate.
CONVENTION 2015
Also at Convention we will doing
a few other fun things. We will give
out our annual awards to very deserving clubs and individuals who have
worked hard over the past year. It is
always very exciting to recognize the
people who help move the association
forward each year. The board, with
the leadership of Jo Snyder, will reveal
the outline of the long range plan that
we have been working on. The board
has been working on revisions to the
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
and we hope to finalize the revisions
at Convention. We will hear about the
latest land use issues from Jeff Blewett
and John Stewart, our natural resources consultants.
The highlight of Convention will
be giving away the 2014-2015 Wina-Jeep Expedition California built by
CloakWorks 4x4 and MetalCloak. I
cannot completely express our gratitude to Matson, Arron and all their
crew for building a great Jeep this
year, Thank you so much for the great
donation. Don’t miss out on winning
this Jeep get your tickets today.
Sunday we will reveal the 20152016 Win-a-Jeep Mini Moto, built by
GenRight Off-Road. This vehicle is destined to create a lot of excitement, as
have the builds from the past two years.
Registration is now open for the
Molina Ghost Run and Hi Desert
Round-up both of these events are
sure to be a lot of fun, go to cal4wheel.com to register.
I am writing this article on New
Year’s Day and I spent the day working on the Rubicon YJ, and it should
be back on the trail by King of The
Hammers hope to see you on the trail
soon.
I you have any questions about
anything the association is working on
please feel free to contact me anytime
by phone or e-mail, I enjoy explaining
what we are up to at any time, you can
also follow us on Facebook for all the
most updated information.
- Steve
BLEWETT REPORT
as well as restrict horseback and hiking
events. The PCT Proposal is contained
in the Proposed Action for the Sierra,
Sequoia and Inyo National Forest’s
Forest Plan Revisions. According to the
proposal the management area designation will not lead to the closures of
any multiple use trail systems. We will
be closely monitoring this proposal.
BLM 2.0
I attended the BLM 2.0 public listening meeting in Sacramento and as
part of its ongoing effort to improve
the management of the nation’s public
lands by working more efficiently with
the public and partners. The Planning
2.0 effort is aimed at creating a more
dynamic and efficient way of developing the Resource Management
Plans (RMPs) that provide the framework for the management of public
lands. Congress has directed the BLM
to develop RMPs under the principles
of multiple use and sustained yield
and in consultation with the public and
with its partners from tribal, state, and
local governments and other federal
agencies. RMPs provide the basis for
every action the BLM takes and serve
as its primary tool for providing the
public a voice in the management of
public lands. OHV recreation was well represented with staff from CA4WDC, BRC,
AMA, AMA Dist. 36, NOHVCC, CORVA,
and CA State Parks OHMVR Division.
TUFFY PROTECTION
®
SECURITY
PRODUCTS
The OHV recreation groups stressed
the importance of how outdoor recreation fits into the planning process.
That process should express a clear
vision for how outdoor recreation of
all types fits into the agency’s goals
and objectives. The OHV groups felt
the agency should analyze its route
and trail network on a landscape level
for connectivity and functionality. The
group also stressed that the agency
should continue to improve its relationship with partners, local agencies,
volunteers, and other stakeholder
groups. This listening session is a good
first step to improving the planning
process.
PRAIRIE CITY SVRA
I have been attending the Prairie
City SVRA general Plan meetings for
a couple of months now. The SVRA
has added several parcels of land to
the park and before this land may be
added to the SVRA they must update
the long-range plan. This update process will result in the completion of a
General Plan document used to guide
future management and operation of
Prairie City SVRA. At the December
meeting the main topic was how to
manage the water quality exiting the
SVRA during storms and what steps
the SVRA needs to take to reduce erosion and run off during these storms.
The Barton parcel of land that was
just added to the park will be used
to reduce the water quality issues by
building ponds to catch the sedimentation before it leaves the SVRA. It
seems to me that the end result will be
that the open riding areas of the SVRA
will become more of a designated
trails system to be able to meet the
water quality standards.
DINKEY LANDSCAPE RESTORATION
PROJECT- SIERRA NF
I attended two more meetings
that are part of the Dinkey Landscape
Restoration Project (DLRP). The first
meeting was regarding the routes and
roads within the Exchequer area of the
DLRP. The principle concern was the
unauthorized routes found in this area.
The USFS can do a couple of things
with these routes: they could restore
these routes back to nature (close the
route) or they could add them to the
trail inventory. The group had a rather
long discussion on what should be
done with these trails and as expected
OHV groups wanted the trails added to
the inventory and other groups wanted
to close them all. It was suggested
that if we add trails to the inventory
we should restore the same amount
of trails back to nature. In the end the
group suggested that the Sierra NF
needs to finish its Travel Management
Plan before we go forward with this
issue.
The next day we had the monthly
DLRP meeting. We had updates on
ongoing projects and the 2015 budget. We also had a very interesting
presentation on how LiDAR is used to
measure the forest canopy. LiDAR also
can help locate areas that could be
prime habitat for protected wildlife and
areas that could be candidates for fuel
reduction treatments.
OHMVR COMMISSION MEETING
The meeting was held in Grover
Beach. The Commissioners toured the
Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Area
(SVRA) and discussed many aspects of
the California OHV program. The SVRA
staff updated the commission on many
programs that include interpretation,
education, safety, volunteer assistance,
air quality, weed control, water quality,
habitat monitoring, and habitat conservation. In addition, staff highlighted
their very successful western snowy
plover and California least tern protection efforts.
Oceano Dunes In 2013, annual
attendance at Oceano Dunes SVRA
was approximately 1.6 million visitors. With its primitive beach and
dune camping, the SVRA is the most
popular camping destination in all of
State Parks. The park provides access
to about 1,500 acres that are open for
OHV recreation and several additional
miles of beach routes that are restricted to street-legal vehicles. According
to a 2011 Economic Impact Report,
park visitors generate about $171 milCONTINUED ON PAGE 15
13
PANAMINT 2014: A RUN REPORT
JOHN LABBETT
We got to PVD on Thursday afternoon and the weather started out
beautiful – sunny but not hot nor
windy and stayed like that all weekend.
On Friday we ran Cummins Cutoff
up to the Defense Mine, which is a 7-8
out of 10 rated trail. As a precaution,
we took the doors off – which turned
out to be a real aid to spotting for both
the driver and passenger as visibility
of rocks was dramatically increased
on both sides of the Jeep. This turned
out to be a tough but makeable trail
with very few breakages in the group.
Having said this, all the participants
had well prepared Jeeps with high lifts,
lockers and well armored. Surprisingly,
few of the many well equipped Jeeps
attempted the Bath — which is a vertically sided one side entry bath looking obstacle. This is a serious damage
inducing challenge and all those that
got most of the way up it had to be
winched out at the top. One slipped
sideways and put his hands outside his
Jeep to try to keep the body off the
walls — to the shouts of the guides to
keep his hands inside the Jeep. Good
news is that there was no damage suffered.
Going into the Defense Mine is
always fun as it involves trekking into
tunnels with flashlights on and mak-
ing sure you keep up with the leader.
This is because it is so easy to get lost
in there with the multiple tunnels and
levels. We kept close to the leader
(who admitted he wasn’t sure which
time ladders scaling up about seven
stories. One person goes up and calls
out when he reaches the top for the
next one to go up — as they aren’t
strong enough for more than the
weight of one person at a time. When
you get to the top,
you come out into
the blinding sunshine about 100 foot
higher than where
you went in. Great
views and then you
have to scale down
the outside scree
without falling down.
The rest of the group
went back to camp
and, as it was my
Getting in
trouble in
The Bath on
the Cummins
Cutoff run.
way to go to
get out) and
we found the
ladder system
to go up. These are rickety one at a
BONNIE FERGUSON & TERRY DEAN
PANAMINT VALLEY DAYS
CO-CHAIRS
WOW. Our 29th annual Panamint
Valley Days is history and what a historic event it was.
We had great weather (specially
ordered), great trails and leaders, a
delicious barbecue and the best bunch
of volunteers.
The Gear Grinders from Ridgecrest
took on the task of spearheading as
trails coordinator and run leaders.
They prepared trail descriptions with
color coordinated dots on the camp
14
map to show the line-up
spots for the multitude of
runs.
The High Desert Four
Wheelers led two runs,
prepared the base camp
with the generator that lit
up the night – especially
helpful during registration,
ticket sales, dinner, safety
checks and the raffle.
They also helped Sherri
Scari and Mike Johnston
from Eastern Sierra 4wdc
STEVE EGBERT
PANAMINT 2014: A GROUP EFFORT
BLEWETT REPORT
lion dollars in economic benefit to the
business community. That activity sustains approximately 2,000 jobs in San
Luis Obispo County. USFS The Forest Service gave a
presentation on the Region 5 Wet
Weather Soil Study that could help
better manage trail access during the
rainy season. This could allow for trails
to be open during dry periods instead
of having trail access restricted via
extended seasonal closures.
BLM gave presentations on
the Desert Renewable Energy
Conservation Plan and the West
Mojave Travel Planning process.
The West Mojave Plan is a federal
land use plan amendment adopted in
2006 that presents a comprehensive
strategy to conserve and protect the
desert tortoise, the Mohave ground
squirrel and over 100 other sensitive
plants and animals and the natural
communities of which they are a
part, and provides a streamlined program for complying with the requirements of the California and federal
Endangered Species Acts. The planning area covers 9.3 million acres in
the western portion of the Mojave
Desert in southern California, covering
parts of San Bernardino, Los Angeles,
Kern, and Inyo Counties. The plan
applies to the 3.2 million acres of public lands.
Desert Renewable Energy
Conservation Plan is a renewable
energy and conservation plan covering more than 22 million acres of land
in Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles,
Riverside, San Bernardino and San
Diego counties. The draft proposes to
protect areas in the California desert
that are important for wildlife, recreation, cultural and other uses while
also facilitating the timely permitting
of solar, wind and geothermal energy
projects and associated transmission in
appropriate areas.
Consumer Product Safety
Commission In October the CPSC
voted to move forward on a proposed
rule to impose a mandatory product
standard for recreational off-highway
vehicles (ROVs), commonly referred to
as side-by-sides. The proposed rule,
if ultimately approved, would limit
the ability of ROV manufacturers to
design vehicles to safely provide the
level of performance that is expected
by OHV enthusiasts. CPSC voted to
move forward despite the fact that the
proposed rule relies heavily on CPSC
assumptions, rather than on scientific conclusions drawn from relevant
testing or incident data. In addition,
CPSC’s proposed rule would inappropriately apply standards developed for
on-highway vehicles, without ensuring
that those principles apply in off-highway environments.
US CONGRESS HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES 1776 (REP
FARR) CLEAR CREEK NATIONAL
RECREATION AREA AND
CONSERVATION ACT
Summary: Clear Creek National
Recreation Area and Conservation
Act – Establishes the Clear Creek
National Recreation Area in California
to promote environmentally responsible high-quality
motorized and
non-motorized
trail based recreation, including off-highway
vehicle use,
scenic touring, and access
for hunting and
gem collecting,
while protecting landscape
resources. Status:
Active – Latest
Major Action:
Subcommittee
Hearings held on 5/20/14.
US CONGRESS HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES 4886 (LUMMIS)
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
TRAILS STEWARDSHIP ACT OF 2014
Summary: This bill would direct
the Secretary of Agriculture to publish in the Federal Register a strategy
to significantly increase the role of
volunteers, partners and outdoor
recreation stakeholders in National
Forest System trail maintenance, and
for other purposes. Status: Active –
Latest Major Action: Referred to House
Subcommittee on Conservation,
Energy, and Forestry on July 7, 2014.
U S CONGRESS HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES 4315
The Endangered Species Transparency
and Reasonableness Act
Water and power projects continue
to be impacted by the Endangered
Species Act and the litigation surrounding it. After an extensive House
Natural Resources Committee-led
process aimed at modernizing the
Endangered Species Act (ESA) to benefit both species and people, the House
of Representatives passed H.R. 4315,
the Endangered Species Transparency
and Reasonableness Act with a bipartisan vote of 233-190 on July 30, 2014.
This common sense legislation focuses on sensible and specific updates
to the ESA in order to increase data
transparency and species recovery;
encourage the use of state, local, and
tribal data in federal listing decisions;
require transparency for ESA-related
litigation costs; and discourage costly
attorneys’ fees. These improvements
are necessary in light of the potential
listings stemming from the Obama
Administration’s mega-settlements
with the Center for Biological Diversity
and the WildEarth Guardians (see inset
map). Passage of the bill represents
the first time in almost a decade that
the House passed specific changes to
the Endangered Species Act.
15
CONVENTION COMING UP FEBRUARY 20-22
BONNIE FERGUSON & ANGELA COOK
CONVENTION 2015 CO-CHAIRS
Hey out there! Have you signed
up for convention yet? Hurry, hurry,
you can still get your
reservations by the
deadline. You can
register online until
mid-February. For
more info visit cal4wheel.com/convention
There will be
lots of things to do
over the course of
the weekend. Pick
up your registration
packet on Friday
from noon to 8 pm
or Sat from 8:30 am to 1 pm. Have
fun at Friday night’s wine reception,
hosted by the hotel right in the hotel
lobby then head to the Grand Ball
Room for tacos and a drink. Visit with
The vehicle show
and awards banquet
highlight the
weekend.
friends and meet new people.
Come Saturday morning you
can meander through the
vehicle show and vote for
16
your favorite vehicle. Visit the vendor
show outside in the parking lot. There
will be booths for everyone to enjoy.
The vendors are waiting for you. Be
sure to thank them for supporting our
association.
You can come and sit in on the
general assembly/annual meeting of
the association starting on Sat at 1 pm
until 5 pm. We will be nominating and
electing our president for a two-year
term and we will be voting on a bylaw
proposal. We need your input on this.
This is YOUR association and feedback
and ideas are always welcome. Come
join in on the conversations and discussions. We’ll be done in plenty of
time to get ready for our evening banquet and awards presentation.
Join us again for a general session
Sunday morning from 9 am to noon.
You’ll get to hear from all the event
chairs.
You are an important part of
Cal4Wheel and your attendance is
needed for the wellbeing of the association. Come meet your district and
state officers and the volunteers who
work hard on your behalf to keep Cal
4 Wheel alive and well. They make the
events possible.
It’s a fun time... We’d like to see
everyone attend this year and if you’d
like to volunteer to help, we would
greatly appreciate any time you could
spare.
See you soon.
CONVENTION/ANNUAL MEETING FEBRUARY 20-22, 2015
VISALIA, CA
Registration Information (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE)
Name (FIRST REGISTRANT) _______________________________________________________________________________
Delegate: o Yes Club Name _________________________________________________________________
Life Member: o Yes
Past President: o Yes
Board Member: o Yes
Position __________________________
Name (SECOND REGISTRANT) __________________________________________________
Delegate: o Yes Club Name _________________________________________________________________
Life Member: o Yes
Past President: o Yes
Board Member: o Yes
Position __________________________
Address _____________________________________________________________
City/State/Zip _________________________________________________________
Phone: _________________________________ Email: _______________________
Additional Registrant(s) __________________________________________________
Payment Information MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO CA4WDC CONVENTION 2015
Quantity
Registration (per person)
Dinner Choice (ENTER QUANTITY):
Beef___ Chicken___ Fish___
Life Member Breakfast (Life Members Only)
Total
$55
$
$15
$
Past President Lunch
$ Pay on your own
New/Old BOD Lunch
$20
$
Sponsor a banquet table
$25
$
Vehicle Show Entry
$10
$
Win-a-Jeep Tickets
$5
$
Quantity
Size(s)
Total
$
$
$
$
Subtotal $
DONATIONS:
Legal Fund $_____ Foundation $_____ Scholarship $_____ General Fund $_____
$
Grand Total $
Friday night hospitality
Annual banquet
One dash plaque
Special events
Vehicle show
HOTEL INFORMATION:
Call for room reservations:
(800) 662-6692
Merchandise ORDER BY FEBRUARY 1, 2015
$15
$17.50
$25
$3
•
•
•
•
•
Lamp Liter Inn
3300 W. Mineral King
Visalia, CA 93291
Subtotal $
T-Shirt
Pocket T-Shirt
Hooded Sweatshirt
Extra Dash Plaque
REGISTRATION INCLUDES:
Rooms limited to 60
Ask for Cal 4 rate of $75 + tax
Make reservations by February 1, 2015
MORE INFO:
Bonnie Ferguson 661-943-9744
Angela Cook 760-505-3579
cal4wheel.com/convention
MAIL COMPLETED
REGISTRATION FORM TO:
Cheryl May
4432 Vangold Ave.
Lakewood, CA 90712
Mail by February 1, 2015
REGISTER ONLINE AT CAL4WHEEL.COM/CA4WDC-STORE
17
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED THANKS TO TDS GRANT
MIKE JOHNSTON
Thanks to a generous grant from
the Tierra Del Sol Four Wheel Drive
Club (TDS) of San Diego the 4x4
trails are now safer and more user
friendly in the Inyo National Forest and
surrounding BLM area. TDS supplied
the money and the Eastern Sierra Four
Wheel Drive Club (ES4WD) supplied
the leg work and muscle to get the job
done.
It started in the summer of 2013
when the TDS announced that due to
a very successful Jeep Sweepstakes
they would fund ground-level projects
to benefit 4x4 trails. At that same time
the ES4WD Club was having preliminary discussions with the Inyo National
Forest about how to distribute the new
California Trail Users Coalition (CTUC)
maps. They are terrific maps and they
need to be in the hands of the fourwheelers exploring the area. One of
the primary goals of the map is to
keep the OHVs on the legal roads and
not create new ones. Furthermore,
some of the information on the map,
such as “Most Difficult” and “Difficult”
sections of the trails needed to be on
the ground in certain locations. The
problem arises when a driver encounters a difficult trail and it is very hard to
turn around or back out. The mission had three parts to it.
First, the Inyo National Forest had to
agree to allow for “Difficult” and “Most
Difficult” signs to be placed on the
trails and for the installation of a kiosk
with the map information. Second,
the TDS Club needed to approve a
grant to pay for the project. Third,
the ES4WD Club would have to get
all the materials and install everything. By the end of 2013 the Forest
Service approved the project and the
TDS issued a check for $4,247 to the
ES4WD Club to pay for it.
During 2014 the BLM also approved
a kiosk and the ES4WD club installed
everything on the trails.
A big thank you also goes to everybody who bought Tierra Del Sol’s Jeep
Sweepstakes tickets. You probably
did not win a Jeep but you helped to
make four wheeling a fun experience
in the Eastern Sierra.
18
Mike is a member of the
Eastern Sierra 4WD Club.
To learn more club visit
easternsierra4wdclub.com
MOLINA
GHOST RUN
May 8-10, 2015
Hollister Hills SVRA, Upper Ranch 6 miles west of Hollister in San Benito County
Runs:
Saturday Group 1, One Locker Required,
Harder Trails & obstacles
Saturday Group 2, No Lockers, Easier Trails
& obstacles
Saturday SUV Run
This annual event had to be relocated due to the
closure of Clear Creek Management Area. We will
have some new activities to challenge you and your
vehicles. Improved dry camping is included. Let's
make this the best event yet so that we can help
fight closures like the one at Clear Creek!
REGISTER ONLINE AT CAL4WHEEL.COM/MOLINA-GHOST-RUN
Name____________________________________________________________________
Phone (_______)___________________________________________________________
Email ____________________________________________________________________
Address __________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip _____________________________________________________________
CA4WDC Member? Yes____ No____ Individual____
Club Name _______________________________________________________________
Complete and mail
before May 3, 2014 to:
Molina 2013
1465 North "M" St.
Tulare, CA 93274
Have questions?
Steve Egbert (559) 936-3030
steve@calaccess.net
Help keep
public lands open!
Proceeds benefit Cal 4 Wheel
REGISTER ONLINE AT CAL4WHEEL.COM/MOLINA-GHOST-RUN
Registration includes Saturday poker run, camping, Upper Ranch access Friday-Sunday,
one dinner, one dash plaque, one drawing ticket
SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
CA4WDC Members $45/Vehicle
$ ______________
Non-CA4WDC Members $55/Vehicle
$ ______________
-- OPTIONAL --
Cal 4 membership ($45 per family)
$ ______________
Extra poker hands
#_____ @ $5 each
$ ______________
Extra adult dinners
#_____ @ $15 each
$ ______________
Child dinners (under 12)
#_____ @ $8 each
$ ______________
Contribution to Clear Creek Legal Fund (voluntary) $5
$ ______________
T-Shirt M___ L___ XL___ XXL___ XXXL___ #____@ $15 each
$ ______________
Sweatshirts L___ XL___ XXL___ XXXL___ #____@ $25 each
$ ______________
CHECKS PAYABLE TO CA4WDC/MOLINA
Total fee enclosed
13.
14.
Roll bar or factory hard top
Functional parking brake or
micro lock
Tow strap or winch
First aid kit
Jack capable of lifting vehicle
and tools to change tire
Spare tire within 3" of existing
tire (no temp spares)
Fire extinguisher with gauge
properly stored
Seatbelts for all vehicle
occupants
Antenna(s) properly restrained
Adequate attachment points
front and rear
Battery hold downs, no bungie
cords
Functioning low range in
transfer case
License or green sticker
registration
Traction aiding differential in at
least one axle for some runs
Safety committee has final say over any
questionable issues regarding vehicle
inspection.
$ ______________
MAP TO CAMP WILL BE SENT WITH REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION LETTER
19
PANAMINT: GROUP EFFORT
Get
with the
Program
The 4 Wheel Drive Hardware
Jeep® Club Program
Benefits Include:
• Discounts Off Retail Advertised Prices
• A Check Back to the Club Annually
• News on Special Promotions
• And Much More!
STEVE EGBERT
with the safety checks.
Amanda May did a
tremendous job with the
kids raffle. The Gear Grinders donated two bicycles and
helmets and Bonnie donated a telescope. We had some
happy kids.
Steve Egbert was our MC for the evening, with help
from Terry Dean for the adult raffle.
We had donations for the raffle from many businesses, clubs and individuals. Please remember them when
you are doing your vehicle and regular shopping.
Thanks to: BFG for the tires, Warn Industries for the
winch, Advance Adapters for an adapter. Certificates
were received from: ARB, Tom Woods Custom
Driveshafts, Tuffy Security Products, Metalcloak, Extreme
Terrain Off Road Outfitters, Randy’s Ring & Pinion, West
Coast Differential, Trail Gear, Auburn Gear, Randy’s
Worldwide Automotive, and Marlin Crawler.
4 Wheel Parts donated gift cards, Blue Ribbon
donated two memberships, California Casuals donated
t-shirts, Hellwig Products – t-shirts and hats, Fun Trek
Guidebooks – Colorado Back Road Trail books and
Mojave Desert Heritage and Cultural Center – many
books on the Mojave Desert and surrounding areas. Also
donating: Kelly Robbins – Damsel in Defense – personal
safety items, Coyote Enterprises – tire deflators, Sidekick
Off Road – DVD’s and Dirk and Danette donated an ACT
Jeep clutch.
Many clubs and individuals donated items or cash
for the adult and the kids raffle. Thank you to all who
donated.
We had over 149 families who came to this extraordinary place to enjoy the weekend. It’s such a beautiful
peaceful area with great trails to travel. You could come
out a bunch of times and not get to travel all the trails or
see everything.
We thank all who participated and all who volunteered their time to help make this a weekend to
remember.
Love you all.
PS: A chairperson is needed for the 30th annual
Panamint Valley Days. Please volunteer. The Gear
Grinders have already volunteered to be Trail
Coordinators and run leaders. Set the date of November
13-15, 2015 on your calendars.
20
Sign Up Today!
4WD.com/jcp
800-333-5535
Gear to get you there.™
MAY 22-24
STODDARD VALLEY
Round-Up
Slash X, Stoddard
Valley Off-Highway
Vehicle Area,
Barstow, CA
REGISTRATION FORM (Please Print)
Driver’s Name_________________________________________ Phone__________________________________________
Address______________________________________________ City_____________________ St_____ Zip ____________
Vehicle Type__________________________________________ Vehicle License # _________________________________
Membership Category: Individual o
Club o
Associate o
CA4WDC # __________________________________
Name of Club _________________________________________Email __________________________________________
REGISTRATION
Pre-registration must be received by May 16, 2015 (On-site registration is $10.00 more)
Registration includes 1 dash plaque, 1 sweepstakes ticket and, your choice of runs on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
CA4WDC Member (Per vehicle)
$50.00
$ ____________________
Non-members
$60.00
$ ____________________
CA4WDC Membership + Registration
$95.00
$ ____________________
Optional Donation to Johnson Valley Legal Fund
$ ____________________
Optional BLM Usage Fee (per day)
Extra Dash Plaques
$ 5.00
$ 2.00
$ ____________________
# ____________ $ ____________________
T-SHIRTS
We will have a minimum number of t-shirts available onsite; therefore it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you pre-order.
All shirts will be $5.00 more on site. T-shirt; Sizes S-2XL. Sweatshirt Sizes S-3XL
Mens’ and Ladies’ Tanks only available in S- XXL. Pre-orders must be received by 5/13/15
T-shirts:
Size(s) __________________ # _________
@ $15.00 each
$ ____________________
Men’s Tank Top:
Size(s) __________________ # _________
@ $15.00 each
$ ____________________
Ladies Tank Tops:
Size(s) __________________ # _________
@ $15.00 each
$ ____________________
Sweatshirts:
Size(s) __________________ # _________
@ $20.00 each
$ ____________________
Hooded Sweatshirts:
Size(s) __________________ # _________
@ $25.00 each
$ ____________________
Children’s T-shirts:
Additional Donations
Size(s) __________________ # _________
@ $10.00 each
$ ____________________
$ ____________________
AMOUNT ENCLOSED (No refunds after May 16, 2015)
In addition, all refunds are subject to a 10% processing fee.
Make Checks payable to CA4WDC
and send to: Hi Desert Round-Up
c/o Jesse May
4432 Vangold Ave., Lakewood, CA 90712
TOTAL
$ ___________________
For more information contact:
Chairmen
Jesse May 562-421-6185/jemay.xj@gmail.com
Keith Graham 909-581-3186
REGISTER ONLINE AT HTTP://CAL4WHEEL.COM/CA4WDC-STORE
21
PANAMINT
friend’s first time there, we went on to
Look Out Mountain. Spectacular views
as shown in the photos. We decided
to take Nadau Road home (rough dirt
trail) as we were aired down and this
would save getting back on the tarmac road. We won’t do this again as
it turned out to be a long slow very
bumpy trail.
Buoyed by our success on Cummins
Cutoff the day before, and being reckless at heart (some would say foolish),
we decided on Saturday to attempt
Isham Canyon – which is without
doubt THE most difficult run there. It
is rated 9/10 and the description states
“body damage is likely” — it should
have stated body damage WILL happen
somewhere on the trail. We thought
we’d try it and if it got too tough, we
could always turn around and leave.
That was the second mistake — the first
was going on it! There was nowhere to
turn once you got into the canyon. Of
the 151 entries to the event, only seven
Jeeps signed up for this run, and three
of them were guides! This was another
indication that we may have been too
ambitious here! As Mike Johnston and
Sherrie Skare were good enough to
volunteer all their time over the weekend for Jeep inspection duty, two related club members came with us to do
the run. I think they may have regretted
this later when they found out what
was in store.
The trail lies about 15 miles south
of the campsite towards Trona and the
start was easy, leading into a winding
and rutted canyon. When we got to
what we thought was the first major
turn we were thinking there must be
a way out to the left as there was no
way we could make it up to the right
— but we were wrong as this was the
only way forward. So started a series
of incredibly difficult and large rock
crawling challenges with multiple high
boulders, very steep inclines, V notches,
waterfalls and combinations thereof.
Not one Jeep got away without any
damage — but mostly this was limited
to minor body dents, with one notable
exception. In one particularly difficult
series of offset three foot boulders,
22
while getting over the ones on the
left (which tilted the Jeep way over to
the right), it forced my Jeep into the
one on the right and I got scraped
along the passenger side behind the
door and ripped off my rear fender —
aka battle scars. Upon surveying the
damage when we got back to camp,
Mike was muttering about me being
the new proud owner of the Wrench
Award!
Maybe there is a way out!
But not without some
battle scars...
Another tough obstacle was a V
notch that you had to crawl over to get
into and then bump around sideways
to get up. I had really good spotting
from the guides and made it up fine.
Then my guide attempted it and not
only could he not get up it like he had
directed me, but in trying multiple times
to do so in a very well prepared Jeep,
he broke his rear driver side axle and
had to be towed out of this section.
We were almost at the top, but we
had to wait for three hours while he
repaired his Jeep to at least limp out
of there. We then had to get up the
waterfall (only a six foot vertical climb)
and traverse another tough V-notch.
Only one Jeep made this and all others had to be winched up it. I almost
made it to within two feet of the top,
but when the rear wheels are going
up vertical you just lose all traction.
Having gotten pretty tired of these
heavy duty obstacles at this point, we
attached the winch line and pulled
ourselves over it.
The next sideways V-notch was also
a major challenge and the front axle
was screeching as the passenger front
tire was well above head level to avoid
sliding into the lower rock on the left.
Relief – we had done it all and were
on our way out! But we were wrong
— one more challenge, which didn’t
look like it would be. This was a very
steep tracked hill trail which, relative to
the previous challenges, looked easy.
As a combination of steepness, very
loose gravel and small
rocks, we couldn’t get
enough traction to get
up this exit slope —
we were all surprised.
Fortunately, the leader
had enough traction
to make it and he was
at the top ready with
his winch. It was
so far up that we
had to take out all
our winch line and
attach it to his fully
extended winch
line and connecting
them together, very
slowly pull us out
a long way up the
hill. I think all the other Jeeps had to
be winched up this final part. We were
free and clear — except the guide who
broke down then had a punctured tire
and had to change over to his spare.
By this time it was almost dark and we
drove out on easy trails to the road
and back to camp by well gone 6 PM.
This was without doubt the most
difficult trail I have ever attempted and
I feel fortunate to have done it without
much damage. As a comment on the
difficulty of these trails, I have had my
winch for almost three years and only
used it once to help a friend out. This
weekend I used it five times to pull
myself up or out!
Definitely a 9 out of 10 rated trail
and not for the faint of heart nor for
the not well prepared vehicle. What
a thrill to have challenged and completed such a difficult run. Not sure
I will do this one next year though
— I think once may be enough — but
who knows how you feel at the time!
Definitely the toughest trail I’ve ever
done.
23
Joe Rodriguez in
Clovis Independent memb
er Steve Neel does the Du
sy
Ershim trail in his 2001 Toy
ota Tacoma.
lude a Dana
GMC 2500. Upgrades inc
Jack Chapman’s 2003
later.
es
mil
0
ing strong 230,00
60 and 37” tires. Still go
24
Last Chance Ca
nyon.
Bob Easley enjoys the Stone Cabin in his
Samurai. The cabin is located at 11,000 feet
at the Montague Mine on the side of Mount
Patterson in the Sweetwater Mountains on the
California/Nevada border.
Ralph Wynn and friends on
the Dusy. Three of the Jee
ps are
10th anniversary Rubicons.
Joe
e Rubicon.
ranite Slabs on th
ends at the G
Rodriguez and fri
POSER PAGE
SEND YOURS! editor@ingear4x4.com
Life Memb
er and Frie
nds of Ford
Sierra Trek
yce Directo
in his Jeep
r Keith Ratzb
.
u
rg at
Club,
t of the Madhatters 4x4
John Allen, the Presiden
Hill on the Rubicon and
at the bottom of Cadillac
ab Easter Jeep Safari.
Golden Crack at the Mo
25
CL UB S
Check the list below to see if there is a club in your area. Visit www.cal4wheel.com to find out more or
contact your district membership chair (see listing on page 6). Most clubs meet monthly and schedule
regular trail outings.
NORTH
our website at fourdice4x4.com
4X4 CLIFFHANGERS of Vacaville meet the second Tuesday
of each month (except December) at the fire station located
on Vine St. off of Gibson Canyon Rd. at 7 p.m. Contact Eron
at 707-410-7820 (twoyotas@ymail.com) or Dan at 707446-6905 (dragenfab@sbcglobal.net). Like us on Facebook
at facebook.com/4wdCliffhangers
GOLD HILLS POSSE 4x4 Club of Folsom/EDH, a very
active family-oriented club, meets at 7:30 p.m., the second
Thursday of each month at Round Table Pizza, 8755 Sierra
College Blvd., Suite B, Roseville CA 95661, (916) 791-7288.
Please call Brad at 916-933-0731 or email bkbouillion@
sbcglobal.net, or check our website at posse4x4.org for
additional information.
ALL SEASON (Somerset). Email chuckandclaudia@wildblue.
net for meeting info.
GOLDEN GATE JEEPERS (Belmont). Bernard 650-593-4456.
BEDROCK 4 Wheelers, Sacramento. Contact Perry at 916927-4858 for info.
BLACK SHEEP 4X4 CLUB of Redding meets the first Tuesday
of every month at 7 p.m., Players Pizza, 2305 Balls Ferry
Rd., Anderson, CA. For info contact Mario at mario@
reddingblacksheep.com or 530-227-1973, Tony at 530397-7755 (atvnfool@charter.net).
BOONIE BOUNCERS 4X4 CLUB (Sacramento). A fun and
active club for families and singles that enjoy the great
off-road. Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of
each month at 7:30 p.m. at Round Table Pizza, located at
4010 Foothills Blvd., Roseville, CA. Find us on Facebook or
contact Bob at 916-783-0233 or rgreenslade@comcast.
net for details.
BUTTE COUNTY TRAIL HOGS, Chico. Contact Chris at
c-damato@hotmail.com or 530-570-3810.
CAL-SIERRA ATV CLUB (Sacramento) meets the second
Thursday of the month at CA4WDC office. Contact Felton at
fomary@aol.com or visit calsierraatvclub.com
CALIFORNIA TRAIL RUNNERS. Family and community
service oriented 4WD club. Open to 4x4s and SUVs of all
makes.
CAPITAL CITY MOUNTAIN GOATS meet at 7:30 p.m. the first
Friday each month. Contact Dennis Bartholomew at 916421-7788 or Tex Texiera at 916-423-1369 for info or visit our
website at ccmg4wd.org.
CONTRA COSTA JEEPERS, Walnut Creek area. Meetings
are the first Tuesday of each month. Family-oriented club.
Short wheelbase, difficult to extreme trails. Contact Jeff at
925-837-6015.
CRUZEN CRAZY’S 4WHEELERS, Grass Valley. Contact
Joseph at 530-263-1189 or Tony at 530-205-8399 or
cruzincrazys@gmail.com
DIABLO 4 WHEELERS (Concord). Family four-wheeling.
Established since 1964. All makes of 4x4 welcome. Activities
range from conservation projects, community involvement,
Adopt-A-Trail, social runs, easy and hard rock wheeling.
Meets the first Tuesday of each month, 7:00 p.m., Meets
every first Tuesday of each month, 7:00 p.m., Fuddruckers
Concord, Willow Shopping Center, 1975 Diamond Blvd,
E-260 Concord, CA 94520. Contact Steve Mallo at
stevejpii@comcast.net or visit diablo4wheelers.com.
DIRTY DOZEN (Somerset). Call for meeting info,
530-620-1637.
DIXON 4 WHEELERS, families and singles, all types of 4x4’s
welcome. First Monday of each month at 7 p.m., call for
location. Contact Jim at 530-979-1596 or Bill at 707-3447010 for info.
ELDORADO JEEP HERDERS, Granite Bay. Contact Sean at
916-215-2613.
ESPRIT DE FOUR (San Jose), second Tuesday each month,
7 p.m. Please consult club’s website for location. Activities
range from community services, Adopt-a-Trail and safety
clinics. We welcome newcomers to our meetings and
events. For more info visit www.espritdefour.com or
contact Ellen at ellenjeep@comcast.net (650-964-4705).
EZ JEEPERS (Vallejo). Call 209-604-5194 for meeting info.
FORESTHILL FOUR WHEELERS. Family-oriented 4WD club
meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month at the Pizza
Factory in Foresthill. Contact Kurt Huebner at khuebner@
ftcnet.net or 530-367-3637 for more meeting location and
other details.
FOUR DICE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CLUB (San Jose/South
Bay Area) meets the first Monday of each month, 6:45 p.m.,
Harry’s Hofbrau, 390 Saratoga Ave., San Jose, CA. Contact
Keith at 415-309-2658 (kratzburg@wsgr.com) or Alan at
408-218-6774 (ratz4wd@sbcglobal.net) for info, or check
26
Guests are welcome. Feel free to check our website at
mudsuckers4wd.com or contact Brian at 916-871-3458 or
bkdittmer@sbcglobal.net for details.
NAPA B.E.T.S. 4-WHEEL DRIVE CLUB, an active club and
member of CA4WDC. We have one run per month in the
summer, one of which is our annual Rubicon Trek. We are
open to all 4x4 owners, families and singles alike. For more
club information, call Dave Toboni, 707-257-1709.
NAPA VALLEY JEEPERS meet the second Tuesday of each
month. Families and singles are welcome, as well as all
makes of 4x4s. For further info contact Jim MacLellan at
707-432-1479 or email napavalleyjeepers@gmail.com.
GRASS VALLEY 4-WHEELERS meet on the first Tuesday of
the month at Alta Sierra Pizza and Grill, 15690 Johnson
Place, Hwy. 49 and Alta Sierra Dr., Grass Valley, 7PM.
Guests welcome. Visit gv4w.com or contact Jason at 530292-9338 (jr1@ncws.com) or Jim at 530-477-0348 (jim.
troutner@comcast.net).
NORCAL 4 WHEELERS, Sacramento. Contact Amy at 916803-3699. Check website for meeting info and location at
nc4w.net.
GRIMM CREEPERS 4WDC, Vacaville. Contact Dylan at
707-685-6681 or dylanepperson@yahoo.com; Randy
707-249-8326.
NORCAL CRAWLERS meet the first Thursday of the month
at 6 p.m. For more info contact Tim at 530-518-4785 or
Jason at 805-612-7700 for info.
HI-LANDERS 4WD CLUB (Sacramento), meet on second
Monday of month at 7:30 p.m., Orangevale Community
Center, 6826 Hazel Ave. For more info contact Jerry Hicks
at 916-988-2070 or visit our website at www.hi-landers.
com.
NORTH COAST CLIFFHANGERS meets first Wednesday of
every month at 6 p.m. For more info contact Jim Pofahl at
707-464-3961.
HIGH LAKE TREKKERS, Paradise. Contact Norm at 530-8777025 or normsov@sbcglobal.net
HIGH ROCK TREKKERS (Silver Springs, NV) meet annually
in July to host the Lassen-Applegate Emigrant Trail event.
Contact Dennis at 775-577-9157, dlporter2@yahoo.com;
Warner at 775-629-9232, wana7448@sbcglobal.net, or visit
highrocktrekkers.com for info.
HILLHOPPERS JEEP CLUB (Dublin). Email leadermann@aol.
com for meeting info.
JEFFERSON STATE 4WD ASSOCIATION (Central Point, OR).
Meetings to be announced. Contact Pat, 541-883-2044, or
Dick at 541-891-4537 (dbleever@msn.com)
JOAQUIN JEEPERS meet every second Tuesday of
each month at 7 p.m. at 4 Wheel Parts in Salida. For
more information call Glen at 209-324-4774 or Todd at
209-847-2238.
JUST FOUR FUN (Sacramento). Contact Craig at
craigcallahan@sbcglobal.net or Jason at j4wheelintoys@
gmail.com for info.
LAKE TAHOE HI-LO’S 4WD Club meets the fourth Tuesday
of each month, in S. Lake Tahoe, CA. Contact Rod at 530543-0320 for info.
MADHATTERS 4x4 Club, est. 1978, participates in a variety
of family-oriented OHV activities. The club meets on the
fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Mountain
Mike’s Pizza, 1304 First St., Livermore, CA. Everyone
welcome! Contact Tom at president@madhatters4x4.
com or Art at vicepresident@madhatters4x4.com or visit
madhatters4x4.com for more info.
MENDOCINO 4X4 CLUB (Ukiah) meets every second
Monday, 6 p.m., Jensen’s Truck Stop, Redroom Room,
Ukiah. Frank 707-972-0233, (Orchardman78@yahoo.com).
MOTHERLODE ROCKCRAWLERS (Amador County).
Family oriented, established in 1987, all types of rigs
are welcome, responsible four wheeling and Adopt-ATrail clean ups, easy and hard 4wheeling. Meetings are
the first Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Gold
Country Driving School 242 French Bar Rd., Jackson
CA 95642. Contact Ron at 209-920-3150 or Jack &
Kitten at c-209-304-0510 h-209-274-4508. Email us
at motherloderockcrawlers@yahoo.com Or look
us up on the web at www.motherloderockcrawlers.
com Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/
Motherlode-Rockcrawlers/140315172796414 We welcome
all newcomers.
MOUNTAIN TRANSIT AUTHORITY (MTA) (San Jose) meets
on the first Thursday of every month at 7 p.m., Luigi’s Pizza
and Pasta, 2495 Winchester Blvd., Campbell, CA. Family and
single members, guests are welcome. Host of the annual
Mud-n-Yer-Eye Frolic event held at Hollister Hills, CA.
Contact Debbie at dsemmler@hotmail.com or visit mta4x4.
com
MUDSUCKERS 4 WHEEL DRIVE CLUB (Sacramento)
meet first Tuesday each month, Mark & Monica’s Family
Pizza, 4751 Manzanita Ave in Carmichael at 7:00 p.m.
NORTH TAHOE TRAIL DUSTERS meet the first Wednesday
of every month. For info contact John at 530-546-3642.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LAND ROVER CLUB. Visit
norcalrovers.org or contact Brenton at president@
norcalrovers.org or secretary@norcalrovers.org for more
info.
OPHIR GOPHER JEEP CLUB meet first Friday of the month
at varying locations. Call David at 530-589-1434 or Judy
530-533-8443 for more information.
PAIR-O-DICE 4 WHEELERS meets on the second Tuesday of
each month at 6:30 p.m., Round Table Pizza (near Safeway)
on Clark Road in Paradise. Family club with single members.
Runs monthly, Adopt-A-Trail, lots of fun, etc. Contact Jim
Earl 530-872-8218, or Doug Poppelreiter 530-872-9287 or
ivwheeler@att.net.
RAILTOWN OFFROAD CLUB meets the second Wednesday
of the month at 7 p.m. Call for locations. For more
information contact Stevean at 209-833-6244 or Brad at
408-472-2131, or visit railtownoffroad.org.
RAT PACK (Shasta County) meets on the fourth Tuesday of
each month except December at Players Pizza, 2305 Balls
Ferry Rd., Anderson at 6:30 p.m. (come at 6 if you want
dinner). All types of 4x4s welcome. Alden at 530-604-9848
or Herb/Mary at 530-357-3768 (mudslinger91@hotmail.
com).
ROUGH & READY JEEP CLUB (Sacramento) meets the first
Tuesday of each month. For more info contact Jack at
916-991-5756.
SACRAMENTO FLAT FENDERS. Contact Jason at 916-4296553 for meeting info.
SACRAMENTO JEEPERS, INC., family Jeeping since 1957.
Meets the second Tuesday each month at 7:30 p.m.,
CA4WDC office, 8120 36th Ave., Sacramento. Please visit
our web site at www.sacramentojeepers.org for more
information, or contact Jami at 916-806-6121.
SACRAMENTO VALLEY TOP GUN. Contact Glen
(chevyjeep@surewest.net) or 916-685-5215.
SACRAMENTO WIDETRACKERS meeting on the first
Saturday of each month at the Pizza Factory in Loomis
(Taylor Road) at 6:00 p.m. Family-oriented club. Contact
Gary at 916-652-7889 (glsypnicki@cs.com)for info.
SAN FRANCISCO JEEPERS, meet only as necessary. Contact
Michael at cj-8scramble@sbcglobal.net (650-504-0703).
SANTA CRUZ 4X4 CLUB. Third Thursday of each month,
Bruno’s BBQ, 230 Mount Hermon Suite G (upstairs dining
room), Scotts Valley, CA. Contact Robin at officers@
sc4wdc.com or 831-239-3350 or see our website at http://
www.sc4wdc.com.
SANTA ROSA 4X4’s meet on the first Monday of each month
at 7:30 p.m. at the Boy Scout Clubhouse on Schurman
Drive. Our club accepts singles and families with all levels of
four-wheeling experience and all types of four-wheel drive
vehicles. We welcome you as a guest at our next meeting!
Visit our club website at www.sr4x4s.com or call David at
707-575-4160 for more info.
SIERRA TREASURE HUNTERS, a family oriented 4WD
club, meets at 7:30 p.m. the first Thursday each month
in Sacramento. Email medfly65cj@aol.com or visit our
website at http://www.sth4x4.com.
SOUTH COUNTY TRAIL RIDERS 4X4 CLUB meets at 5 p.m.
the first Sunday of the month at Monarch Solid Surfaces,
1910 Camden Ave., San Jose. For more info call Glyn Zeiler
at 408-224-6549 or James at ditbkrsxy20125@yahoo.com
or 408-410-6100.
TRAILBUSTERS 4X4 CLUB (Solano County) meet on the
second Friday of each month at 7 p.m. in Vacaville at the
Round Table Pizza, Alamo and Merchant. For more info
contact James at 707-685-0653 or holdon@jump.com.
TRI VALLEY ROCK KNOCKERS, Livermore. Contact Richard
at kerri@comcast.net.
WANDERING WHEELERS JEEP CLUB (Hayward):
Meetings first Tuesday, 7 p.m., Round Table Pizza, 20920
Redwood Rd., Castro Valley (map at club web page at
wanderingwheelers.com). Call Al Paiva 925-634-4472 or
Paul Tavres 510-783-0263 for info. Guests always welcome.
WINE COUNTRY ROCK CRAWLERS (Sonoma County).
Meet every third Monday night of the month, Round Table
Pizza, 2065 Occidental Rd., Santa Rosa. For info contact
Ken at ken.herlihy@gecapital.com (707-792-2265) or visit
winecountryrockcrawlers.org
WOMEN OUT WHEELING (Sacramento). Contact Shirley
Bramham at 916-383-7128 or Claudia Smith at 530-6200914 for meeting times and locations.
CENTRAL
4X4HIM CHRISTIAN WHEELERS (Fresno/Clovis). Meetings
on 15th day of every month at rotating location. Check
website at 4x4him.com or contact Cecil at 559-2504419 (sent4him@gmail.com) or Don at 559-972-2200
(monyman@4x4him.com) for info.
4X4 IN MOTION (Modesto/Turlock) meets the first
Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Families and
individuals welcome. Contact Wayne at cabugman@
hotmail.com (209-541-7420) or Chris at cv70_00@
hotmail.com (209-485-4348) for details.
BAKERSFIELD TRAILBLAZERS meet the first Wednesday
of each month. Guests welcome. Contact Richard at
661-706-1600 or James at 661-873-5487 for info or visit
bakersfieldtrailblazers.org
BRONCOS UNANIMOUS, Laton, CA. Contact Bobby at
bobaroo62@hotmail.com (559-867-2128) or David at
rochadvai0659@att.net (559-923-9563) for info.
CEN CAL CRAWLERS, Visalia. Meetings second Tuesday,
6:30PM. Jeep vehicles only, open to new members. For info
contact Craig at 559-972-7978 (cencalcrawlers@gmail.com)
or visit website at centralcalcrawlers.com.
CLOVIS INDEPENDENT 4 WHEELERS meet first Sunday
each month 6:30 p.m. Call Mike at 559-352-9780
(emailmcgarity@gmail.com); Trina at 559-280-5263
(cvchtrina@aol.com); or visit our website at clovis4x4.com
EASTERN SIERRA 4X4 CLUB, Inc. meets the second
Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. Meet at the Bishop
Pizza Factory and come at 6 p.m. if you want to eat. Please
check club website for the most current information at
www.easternsierra4wdclub.com or contact Mike at
760-937-6663 or Sherrie at 760-920-0424 or email at
es4wdclub@gmail.com
FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CLUB OF FRESNO meets second
Tuesday of the month, 7:00 p.m., at Yosemite Falls Café,
4020 N. Cedar Ave., Fresno. Visit our web site at http://
www.4WDCFresno.net for a map. Contact Bryan at
559-907-9542 or bryanweldrick@yahoo.com for more
information.
HILLHOPPERS (Fresno). Contact Shawn at sf77bronco@
yahoo.com or 559-324-0372.
KINGSBURG 4WD CLUB meets the first Tuesday of each
month at 7:30 p.m., 21253 S. Locan, Laton. Call David at
559-923-9563 (rochadavid0659@att.net) for info.
LOCK & LOW 4 WHEEL DRIVE CLUB of Visalia. Active family
oriented club interested in responsible four-wheeling. Meet
first Thursday each month. Call Larry at 559-597-2008 or
Dan at 559-733-2723 for info or visit our website at http://
www.lockandlow.com.
NO ONE LEFT BEHIND, Fresno. Meetings TBA. Contact Joel
559-333-2629 or toyota19864x4@yahoo.com for info.
HILL & GULLY RIDERS, Jason 562-824-0367 or Robert
951-443-3809.
ROCKEATERS 4WD (Modesto) meet the second Saturday
of each month at 2 p.m. Check our website for location.
We are a family-oriented club open to new members of all
types and experience levels. Check us out at http://www.
rockeaters.com.
INLAND JEEP FREEKS (Temecula area). First Sunday of each
month, Pizza Factory, 31725 Temecula Pkwy., Temecula.
Contact Dave at 909-841-5086 (jeepdavep@msn.com) or
John Maciel at 951-679-8231 (maciel25@verizon.net) or visit
inlandjeepfreeks.org
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY 4WD CLUB. The SLO
4-Wheelers invite you to come join us on the first
Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m., Round Table Pizza,
Atascadero. Contact Mark at anev942@aol.com or George
805-466-7659 (gwestlund@charter.net) or visit our web
page at slo4wheelers.org.
JEEPING JEEPERS JEEP CLUB (Orange County), meet the
first Wednesday of every month at 7:30, Polly’s Restaurant,
18132 Imperial Hwy., Yorba Linda. Contact Don at 714-7791673 (lovetojeep@aol.com) or visit jeepingjeepers.org
SANTA BARBARA 4WD CLUB, first Wednesday of every
month, 7:00 p.m., call for location. Call Dick at 805-9682437 (hoppe120@juno.com) or visit santabarbara4wdclub.
com.
SANTA MARIA 4-WHEELERS meet on the fourth Tuesday of
each month at 7:30 p.m., Giavanni’s Pizza, 1108 E. Clark Ave
in Orcutt. Contact Duane at 805-925-2626 or Misty at 805937-5712 for more info.
SEQUOIA SIDEWINDERS, Porterville. Meet the third Tuesday
of each month at Round Table Pizza on Henderson Ave. For
info contact Marvin at ppjeep@ocsnet.net or Gary at 559781-0151 or shaf@ocsnet.net
SIERRA CRAWLERS (Clovis), meetings TBA. Contact Mike at
scavenger2069@yahoo.com or 559-647-1181.
TRAIL BUSTERS (Kings County) 4WD CLUB in Hanford meets
on the first Thursday at 7 p.m., Kings Co. Bowl, 1050 E.
Lacey Blvd., Hanford. Call Paul at 559-924-5875. Families
and singles are welcome.
SOUTH
ANTELOPE VALLEY FOUR WHEELERS meet the third
Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m., at the Round Table
Pizza, 44204 N. 10th St. West, Lancaster. For additional
info, contact Don at 661-947-7082, Brian at 661-9031659 (brian@antelopevalleyfourwheelers.com) or visit
antelopevalleyfourwheelers.com.
BABES OF THE DESERT, contact Ginger at ga.hughes@
verizon.net.
CAPO VALLEY 4 WHEELERS (S. Orange Co.) meet on the first
Thursday of each month, 7:30 p.m., Wind & Sea Restaurant
in Dana Point Harbor, Dana Point. Family-oriented. Contact
Bruce at 949-361-3411 or visit http://www.cv4w.org.
DESERT DAWGS (Riverside) meet the second Tuesday of
each month. Call John Snell for meeting info at 951-6818608 or president@desertdawgs.org. Visit our website at
desertdawgs.org
DIRT DEVILS offer family-oriented four-wheeling of all
calibers, from mild to wild! Join us on the first Tuesday of
each month. 7 p.m., Marie Callender’s, 5711 E. La Palma
Ave., Anaheim. Contact information is on our website at
http://www.dirtdevils.org or contact Ray at raykleinhuizen@
yahoo (714-579-7504) or Emi at emiwebber@hotmail.com
(714-649-9836).
DRIFTERS JEEP CLUB meets first Thursday of month,
Michael Angelo’s Pizzaria, 2467 S. Euclid Ave., Ontario, CA
91761. For more info contact Mark Phelps, suzyq111963@
yahoo.com, (909) 938-8713 or David Meyer, dgm4x4@
verizon.net, (951) 487-6693 or visit our blog at http://
driftersddd.blogspot.com/
EARLY BRONCOS LTD. (1966-77 Broncos) meet second
Sunday of month near Ramona, CA. Contact Steve at 858740-7149 or visit earlybronco.com.
GAD-ZUKS! SUZUKI CLUB meets at 4:30 p.m. on the first
Sunday of every month. All vehicles are welcome. For
meeting place info contact Guy 909-466-1513 (oldguy4x4@
yahoo.com). Check our website at www.gad-zuks.com.
GEAR GRINDERS 4WD CLUB meets the fourth Wednesday
of each month (except Nov. when Thanksgiving is the day
after and Dec.), 6:00 p.m. for dinner, 7 p.m. for meeting,
Casey’s Steaks & BBQ, 1337 N. China Lake Blvd., Ridgecrest.
Contact Gary at 661-803-3418 (luckygary@rpmwin.com)
or Jim at 760-371-2458 or visit geargrinders4wdclub.org
GEARED 4 FUN 4WD CLUB (north San Diego county) meets
the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Call for
more information, contact Angela Cook at 760-505-3579 or
Chris Chase at 760-723-3661 or visit our website at www.
geared4fun.com.
LOCKED AND LOADED 4X4, Ripon. Meet first Tuesday, 7
PM at KMD Garage, 775 E. Roth Rd., French Camp. Contact
Robert at 209-661-3266 (kmdgarage@gmail.com) or Nick
at 209-834-7649 (anticanman@gmail.com) for info.
GENERAL 4 WHEELERS. Contact Donna at dlchisum4444@
sbcglobal.net or call 928-237-9190.
MID VALLEY 4 WHEELERS (Merced) meet the first
Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m., 2220 E. Childs Ave.,
Merced. Contact Rick at werdalaytons@sbcglobal.net or
209-725-8531.
HEMET JEEP CLUB meets second Wednesday of each
month. Call Mike at 951-929-6492 or mike.ledbetter@
verizon.net or Mike Hardy at 951-929-5337. You can also
visit our website at www.hemetjeepclub.com
MUD, SWEAT & GEARS (Sonora) meet the first Wednesday
of each month at 7 p.m. at the Pine Tree Restaurant, 19601
Hess Ave., Sonora. Runs are third Saturday of the month.
Contact Erik (president) rohdemoe@yahoo.com or 209890-5599. Club website is msg4x4.com.
HIGH DESERT FOUR WHEELERS meet first Tuesday of
each month, 6:00 p.m. for dinner, 6:30 p.m. for meeting.
Greenhouse Café, 1169 Commerce Center Dr., Lancaster.
Contact Terry at 661-917-3296 (dadzztazz@aol.com) or
Bonnie at 661-943-9744 (jeepnbonnie61@yahoo.com) for
info or visit www.hd4w.com.
MISFITS 4WD (Highland), meetings second Saturday of the
month at Buffalo Wild Wings, 8188 Day Creek Blvd, Rancho
Cucamonga, CA 91739. Call Maurice at 562-650-5023 for
meeting time. Contact Maurice at misfitsjeepclub@yolasite.
com (562-650-5023) or Zachary at zsconngdon@gmail.
com (909-609-4283).
ON THE ROCKS meets the fourth Tuesday of each month
at Ameci Pizza & Pasta, 1724 E. Avenida De Los Arbolos,
Thousand Oaks, at 7:00 p.m. Contact Mike at 805-3830806 (mikewhitn10@juno.com) or Damian at 818-7090280 (carkiwi@aol.com) for info. Or visit website at
ontherocks4x4.org
ORANGE COUNTY 4-PLAY, second Wednesday of the
month, Carrows, 16931 Magnolia St., Fountain Valley. Check
their website at oc4play.org for info or contact George at
murph6326@yahoo.com (714-376-3377).
OUT FOUR FUN 4WD CLUB (Inland Empire area) meets
the second Monday of each month. For location and club
info contact Gary at a_dforgedie@yahoo.com or Paul at
yoderp@sbcglobal.net.
PACIFIC OFF ROADERS, Long Beach. Contact Bob at 562422-9640 or Charles at 310-450-4163.
THE ROUGHWHEELERS IV CLUB (L.A.-South Bay) meet
every second Friday at 8 p.m., Redondo Rod & Gun, 2023
Vanderbilt, Redondo Beach, CA 90278. See roughwheelers.
com for map and details. Guests welcome. Contact Tuvia
at 310-404-3232 (webcontact@roughwheelers.com) or
Montego at 310-751-0828 (webcontact@roughwheelers.
com).
SAN DIEGO 4 WHEELERS meet the first Thursday each
month (except February), at the Automotive Museum in
Balboa Park, located at 2080 Pan American Plaza, Suite
12, Park Boulevard, San Diego. See the website for info at
sd4wheel.com or contact Joe at joeaida@cox.net or Rod
at 619-445-5310.
SAN DIEGO OUTBACKS 4X4 CLUB meets the second
Wednesday at the Santa Maria Masonic Lodge, located at
the corner of Main and 9th Streets in beautiful downtown
Ramona. For info call Marc at polarchina@aol.com.
SCOUTS WEST meets the second Thursday each month,
7:30 p.m., at Marie Callender’s, 5711 E. La Palma, Anaheim.
Call Paul at 714-313-3303 or visit our website at www.
scoutswest.com for info.
SPINNIN’ FOURS (L.A.-O.C.) meets on the first Thursday of
each month at 7:30 p.m. Call Art Hastings at 562-693-2303
for location and information.
TIERRA DEL SOL (San Diego) meets the third Wednesday
each month at Al Bahr Shrine, 5440 Kearny Mesa Rd., San
Diego, 7:30 p.m. Contact Tim at 760-765-0772 or Sue at
619-562-1225, or visit tds4x4.com
TRAIL CREW (Santa Clarita). Meets the first Tuesday of every
month at the Lulu’s Restaurant, 16900 Roscoe Blvd, Van
Nuys at 7:00pm. Come join us and hang out. We adopted
and maintain the Look Out trail at Rowher Flats. Our website
is www.thetrailcrew.com. For additional info contact Ron
at ronreyes@pacbell.net or 323-646-3090.
VICTOR VALLEY 4 WHEELERS meet first Tuesday at 7:00
p.m. at Victorville Motors, 14617 Civic Dr., Victorville. Safari
night (family night) is the third Tuesday of every month at
5:30-7PM at Pasco’s Pizza, 17348 Main St., Hesperia. Club
run the following weekend. For info call Dave at 909-8809030 (president@victorvalley4wheelers.com) or John at
vicepresident@victorvalley4wheelers.com or visit www.
victorvalley4wheelers.com.
OUT OF STATE
KOMSTOCK KRAWLERZ, Dayton, NV. Call for meeting
location. Larry, larrycalkins@yahoo.com, 775-246-3212.
NEVADA NOMADS. We hold meetings infrequently by
consent of the members. Open to all types of 4WD vehicles.
Contact Larry at 775-246-3212.
SIN CITY OUTLAWS 4WD CLUBS (Las Vegas, NV).
Meetings to be announced. Contact Gary 702-242-9400,
texasjeeps@yahoo.com
Need to change your listing?
Contact Suzy at editor@ingear4x4.com
or online at cal4wheel.com
27
TRIP REPORT: ROWHER FLATS GOOD FOR NOVICE
DIRK STARKSEN
HIGH DESERT FOUR
WHEELERS
My son Andrew was
home from college and
really wanted to go fourwheeling, so I contacted my
GETTING THERE:
USFS Website:
http://tinyurl.com/pmo6dft
club to see if they had any
ideas.
Terry Dean suggested the
club’s Adopt-A-Trail, Rowher
Flats in the Santa Clarita
Ranger District.
Great run indeed. We
did as Terry suggested and
started on the Bouquet
Canyon side and
took Lookout Trail
down to Rowher
Flats. The weather
was perfect, great
views, no wind, low
dust, and decent
traction. I found the
trail just challenging
enough to make it
interesting, without
really putting my
Jeep at risk. There
are usually choices
for parts of the trail
that may be too challenging
for stock rigs. We ran across
only a few others on the
trail and Kelly was able to
help out a buggy driver by
providing air for his low tire.
I wish we had more time to
enjoy the trip back on the
trail, but unfortunately I had
to keep it short.
I was nervous to make
the run by myself since I am
not familiar with the whole
trail and still a bit green to
four-wheeling. Having Kelly
(who has more experience)
and his son Kyle was great.
I am still learning the capabilities of my TJ and I was
able to learn a couple more
limitations. Nothing that a
few modifications can’t fix.
I was also able to gain valuable Jeep knowledge from
Kelly.
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
All vehicles must be maintained to conform to highway safety standards,
as well as meet the minimum requirements listed below:
1. Roll bar or full cage or factory installed hard top.
2. Emergency brake, parking brake, line-lock or other redundant braking system.
3. Tow strap or rope (recommend rated at 2 times the vehicle weight).
4. First aid kit.
5. Jack capable of lifting the vehicle and a tool capable of removing lug nuts.
6. Spare tire within 3” diameter of other tires, or, for tires 37” or larger, run-flats
or tools to repair/reinflate tire.
7. Fire extinguisher with gauge indicating good/full, appropriately stored.
8. Seat belts for all passengers.
9. Antennas must be rigid or restrained in a manner to prevent injuries.
10. Adequate attachment points front and rear, i.e., tow hooks, receiver, etc. Tow
balls are not generally recommended.
11. Battery hold downs (no bungie cords).
28
Publication Title: In Gear
Publication Number: 436-110
Filing Date: 10/10/14
Issue Frequency: Bimonthly
Number of Issues Published Annually: 6
Annual subscription price: $10.00
Complete Mailing Address of Known Office of Publication: 8120 36th Ave., Sacramento, CA 958242304
8. Complete Mailing Address of Headquarters or General Business Office of Publisher: 8120 36th Ave.,
Sacramento, CA 95824-2304
9. Full Names and Complete Mailing Addresses of Publisher, Editor, and Managing Editor: Suzy Johnson,
222 Rainbow Dr., #12269, Livingston, TX 77399
10. Owner: California Association of 4WD Clubs, Inc., 8120 36th Ave., Sacramento, CA 95824-2304
11. Known Bondholders, Mortgagees, and Other Security Holders Owning or Holding 1 Percent or More of
Total Amount of Bonds, Mortgages, or Other Securities: None
12. Tax Status: Has not changed during preceding 12 months
13. Publication Title: In Gear
14. Issue Date for Circulation Data Below: August/September 2014
15. Extent and Nature of Circulation: Membership magazine
Average No.
No. Copies
Copies Each
of Single
IssueIssue
DuringPublished
Preceding
Nearest to
12 Months
Filing Date
a. Total No. Copies (net press run):
5,000
5,000
b. Paid Circulation (by mail and outside the mail
1) Mailed Outside-County Paid Subscriptions Stated on PS Form 3541:
3,798
3,822
2) Mailed In-County Paid Subscriptions Stated on PS Form 3541:
13
0
3) Paid Distribution Outside the Mails Including Sales Through
Dealers and Carriers, Street Vendors, Counter Sales, and Other Paid
Distribution Outside USPS:
0
0
4) Paid Distribution by Other Classes of Mail Through the USPS:
0
0
c. Total Paid Distribution:
3,811
3,822
1) Free or Nominal Rate Outside-County Copies included on PS Form 3541: 0
0
2) Free or Nominal Rate In-County Copies Included on PS Form 3541:
0
0
3) Free or Nominal Rate Copies Mailed at Other Classes Through UPS:
0
0
4) Free or Nominal Rate Distribution Outside the Mail:
200
200
d. Total Free or Nominal Rate Distribution:
200
200
e. Total Distribution:
4,011
4,022
f. Copies Not Distributed:
1,009
978
g.Total:
5,000
5,000
h. Percent Paid:
95.00
95.03
16. Electronic Copy Circulation
a. Paid Electronic Copies
0
0
b. Total Paid Print Copies & Paid Electronic Copies
3,811
3,822
c. Total Print Distribution & Paid Electronic Copies
4,011
4,022
d. Percent Paid (Both Print & Electronic Copies)
4,011
4,022
x I certify that 50% of all my distributed copies (electronic and print) are paid above a nominal price.
17. Publication Statement of Ownership: If the publication is a general publication, publication of this
statement is required. x Will be printed in the February/March 2015 issue of this publication
o Publication is not required.
18. Signature and Title of Editor, Publisher, Business Manager, or Owner: Elaine S. Johnson, Editor
I certify that all information furnished on this form is true and complete. I understand that anyone who furnishes false or misleading
information on this form or who omits material or confirmation requested on the form may be subject to criminal sanctions (including
fines and imprisonment) and/or civil sanctions (including civil penalties).
EVENTCALENDAR
CHECK FOR MORE EVENTS AT CAL4WHEEL.COM/CALENDAR
FEBRUARY 2015
20-22
CA4WDC
CA4WDC CONVENTION, LampLiter
Inn, Visalia. See cal4wheel.com/
convention for details.
TO ALL CALENDAR CONTRIBUTORS:
Putting an event here is FREE to member
clubs and associate members. Please try to
narrow your event location down to a city,
if possible, or an easily located region of the
state. This helps our members and guests who
are unfamiliar with our events.
MARCH 2015
7
KINGSBURG SNOW POKER RUN,
sponsored by the Kingsburg 4WD
Club. Sequoia Lake turnoff off of Hwy.
180. Registration 7AM-10AM. $30 per
vehicle. Raffle, chili beans, hot dogs,
hot cocoa. Runs for both novices and
experienced four-wheelers. Contact
Steve at 559-647-7466 or Nancy at
559-904-3574 for info.
6-8
TIERRA DEL SOL’S DESERT SAFARI,
Truckhaven Hills area of the North
Ocotillo Wells SVRA. Over $100,000
in prizes, over 100 off-road vendors
on site, spectacular fireworks show
after the raffle. For more information
on Tierra Del Sol and the Desert Safari,
please visit www.TDS4x4.com.
raffle and more. See ad in this issue or
visit cal4wheel.com/molina-ghost-run
for info.
8-10 CA4WDC
MOLINA GHOST RUN, Hollister Hills
SVRA. Runs for all levels, barbecue,
DIRECTORY
Gearbox listings are only $35! Get yours.
Call Suzy at 805.550.2804
or email editor@ingear4x4.com
16-17
CA4WDC
OPERATION DESERT FUN, held at
the Truckhaven 4x4 Facility in the
Ocotillo Wells SVRA. Runs for all levels,
including 4x4’s, motorcycles, ATVs
and side-by-sides. Proceeds benefit
the Paralyzed Veterans of America
Cal-Diego Chapter and CA4WDC. Visit
cal4wheel.com/operation-desert-fun
for info.
22-24 CA4WDC
HI DESERT ROUND-UP, Stoddard
Valley OHV Area near Barstow, CA.
Runs for all levels, games, raffle and
more. See ad in this issue or visit
cal4wheel.com/hi-desert-round-up
for info.
NOVEMBER 2015
13-15
CA4WDC
PANAMINT VALLEY DAYS, near Trona,
CA. Runs, camping, raffle and more.
See cal4wheel.com/panamint-valleydays for info.
AUGUST 2015
6-9
CA4WDC
SIERRA TREK, in the northern Sierras
near Truckee, CA. Several runs for all
levels, meals, camping, entertainment,
raffle and camp activities. Visit
cal4wheel.com/sierra-trek for info.
SEPTEMBER 2015
MAY 2015
OCTOBER 2015
4-7
ONGOING
RUBICON OHV AND IRON MOUNTAIN
Road Patrols. Volunteers needed to
patrol the Rubicon and Iron Mountain
trails on Saturdays and Sundays.
Contact Dana Holland for more
information at 916-457-7272.
CA4WDC
HIGH SIERRA POKER RUN in the
Sierras near Shaver Lake, CA. Several
runs to choose from, including Ladies
Run and UTV run, and an overnight
run on Swamp Lake. For more info visit
cal4wheel.com/high-sierra-poker-run
LOOKING FOR THE
CLASSIFIEDS?
cal4wheel.com/classifieds
29
ASSOCIATEMEMBERS
VIEW/SEARCH ONLINE DIRECTORY: HTTP://WWW.CAL4WHEEL.COM/ASSOCIATE-DIRECTORY
NORTH DISTRICT
ALAN YORDY EQUIPMENT CO....................................209-462-1495
3412 E. Miner Ave., Stockton, CA 95205;
Laundry & dry cleaning sales, services, parts; welding, fitting,
bending, etc.
ALL AWARDS.................................................................... 916-729-0505
7335 Greenback Ln., Citrus Heights, CA 95621; Awards
ARNOLDS FOR AWARDS.......530-677-0623/arnoldsawards.com
3971A Durock Rd., Shingle Springs, CA 95682;
Awards, trophies & ad specialties
BIG CEDAR MINI STORAGE........................................ 209-295-6600
P.O. Box 1464; Pioneer, CA 95666;
Repair, rebuilding & services
ASSOCIATE SPONSORS
FHP AUTOMOTIVE
530-721-1441
fhpautomotive.com
2907 Lake Forest Rd. #1
Tahoe City, CA 96145
4x4 parts/repair, automotive repair
and diagnostics
RUGGED ROCKS
909-547-4651
ruggedrocksoffroad.com
Nissan offroad parts
COLLEGE OAK TOWING...............................................916-648-2580
4125 Winters St., Sacramento, CA 95838; Towing
CORNERSTONE COPY & PRINT PROJECT MGMT..916-393-9700
3132 Dwight Rd., #700, Elk Grove, CA 95758; ccppm.com;
Printing
877-795-JEEP (5337)
jeeperformanceinc.com
Full service Jeep performance shop
DOBRA ZEMLJA WINERY.............................................. 209-245-3183
12505 Steiner Rd., Plymouth, CA 95669; dobraz.com;
Winery & tasting room
ELLYSON CHIROPRACTIC OFFICES.......................... 530-743-2093
605 E St., Marysville, CA 95901; Chiropractic office
ENTERPRISE PUBLICATIONS....................................... 916-684-7348
3437 Point Pleasant Rd., Elk Grove, CA 95758-9719
EVERYTHING RADIOS................................................... 916-248-8748
3380 Industrial Blvd., #105, W. Sacramento, CA 95691;
everythingradios.com
Sell, service, install every kind of two-way radio
EXTREME GEAR OFF-ROAD PRODUCTS.................916-635-4900
11389 Trade Center Dr., Ste. C, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742;
extremegearoffroad.com
4 wheel drive repair/specialty shop/product sales
FHP AUTOMOTIVE...........................................................530-721-1441
2907 Lake Forest Rd #1, Tahoe City, CA 96145;
4x4 parts, repair, diagnostics
GM SPECIALIST............................530-755-9700/gmspecialist.com
232 Garden Hwy., Yuba City, CA 95991;
Repair, service, tires, installation
HOOFERS WELDING......................................................916-348-0662
5729 Manzanita Ave., Carmichael, CA 95608;
Vehicular racks and welding
HUNTERS 4X4................................ 916-704-8867/hunters4x4.com
7521 Cook Ave., Citrus Heights, CA 95610;
Parts, accessories, installation, fabrication
916-248-8748
everythingradios.com
Every kind of two-way radios
719-536-0722
funtreks.com
4WD guidebooks, GPS data cards
sneveysoffroad.com 530-255-4302
Custom and aftermarket parts
& accessories
714-963-1897 fountainvalleytirepros.com
18302 Ward St., Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Tires, alignments, auto repair, lifts
J&S TRUCKING...............................................................916-424-5800
117 Otto Cir., Sacramento, CA 95822; Truck brokerage
J&W AUTO WRECKERS.................................................800-924-9732
8626 Antelope Rd., Antelope, CA 95843;
New and used Jeep parts
JEEP JAMBOREE USA.....................................................530-333-4777
2776 Sourdough Flat, Georgetown, CA 95634; Jeep trips
30
KARMERE VINEYARDS & WINERY.............................. 209-245-5000
11970 Shenandoah Rd., Plymouth, CA 95669; karmere.com
Winery, tasting room, special events
OFF-ROAD ENTERPRISES.............................................209-931-1170
2953 Cherryland Ave., #B, Stockton, CA 95215
PARTS MIKE......................................................................530-885-0673
9600 Hill View Rd, New Castle CA 95658;
Internet 4x4 consultant; www.partsmike.com
PRECISION WELDING & OFF ROAD..........................530-534-8960
1683 Parker Ave., Oroville, CA 95965;
Welding of off-road vehicles
PULSKAMP........................................................................916-802-5896
2715 Curran Rd., Ione, CA 95640; Signs & screenprinting
RICHARDSON PERFORMANCE.. richardsonperformance.com
916-936-9790;
Off road, Jeep, UTV/ATV, marine parts & accessories;
RUBICON SAFARIS...................530-320-4625/rubiconsafaris.com
PO Box 1047, Georgetown, CA 95634;
Day and overnight trips on Rubicon trail with Jeep Rubicons
provided
SNEVEY’S OFF ROAD.............530-410-1653/sneveysoffroad.com
4302 Bowyer Blvd., Redding, CA 96002;
Off-road parts & accessories
VINO NOCETO WINERY................................................209-245-6557
11011 Shenandoah Rd., Plymouth, CA 95669; noceto.com;
Winery & tasting room
WARN INDUSTRIES................................... 916-984-2122/warn.com
104 Emigrant Ct., Folsom, CA 95630; Winch manufacturer
WEST COAST DIFFERENTIALS.....................................916-635-8696
2429 Mercantile #A, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742;
Differential parts
CENTRAL DISTRICT
ADVANCE ADAPTERS....................................................805-238-7000
4320 Aerotech Center Way, Paso Robles, CA 93446;
Engine & transmission components
BRIDGEPORT INN.......................................................... 760-932-7380
P.O. Box 128, Bridgeport, CA 93517-0128; Motel
COASTAL FABRICATION................................................ 831-394-7315
PO Box 222278, Carmel, CA 93922; Fabrication
IDIC ENTERPRISES, LLC.................................................916-216-5337
PO Box 340213, Sacramento, CA 95834; Logistics
J&M OFFROAD.................................................................530-273-7627
125 Spring Hill Dr., Suite 6, Grass Valley, CA 95945;
4-wheel drive fabrication
JEEPERS JAMBOREE, Inc..............................................530-333-4771
P.O. Box 900, Georgetown, CA 95634,
jeepersjamboree.com; Jeep trips
EXTREME OFF ROAD..................................................... 559-323-8222
1320 Brookhaven, Clovis, CA 93612; 4WD repair
richardsonperformance.com 916-936-9790
Off road, Jeep, UTV/ATV, Marine Parts and accessories
BAS OFFROAD
760-963-9933
basoffroad.com
Aftermarket parts and accessories;
installation and fabrication
HARDCORE 4X4..............................................................559-733-3279
2433 E. Main St., Visalia, CA 93277; Off-road parts & service
MARLIN CRAWLER..........................................................559-252-7295
1543-B N. Maple, Fresno, CA 93703;
Aftermarket off-road parts
SANDERS OFF ROAD......................................................661-319-9252
1904 Marcilynn Ct., Bakersfield, CA 93312;
LED offroad lights, LED work lights, LED bulbs for RVs
WILD HORSES FOUR WHEEL DRIVE..........................209-943-0991
640 N. El Dorado, Stockton, CA 95202; wildhorses4x4.com;
4WD parts
ASSOCIATEMEMBERS
VIEW/SEARCH ONLINE DIRECTORY: HTTP://WWW.CAL4WHEEL.COM/ASSOCIATE-DIRECTORY
SOUTH DISTRICT
BAS OFFROAD.................................760-963-9933/basoffroad.com
8380 Fairlane Rd., Lucerne Valley, CA 92356; Aftermarket
accessories and installs
JOE BRADLEY AUCTIONEERS......................................619-297-7653
San Diego, CA; www.joebradleyauctioneers.com;
Auctioneer services, autos, fundraising, real estate &
business liquidations
CALIFORNIA CASUALS SPORTSWEAR.....................909-880-0860
P.O. Box 9462, San Bernardino, CA 92427;
Silkscreen/screenprinting
COYOTE ENTERPRISES LLC.........coyoteents.com/949-645-7733
P.O. Box 12137, Costa Mesa, CA 92627;
Manufacturer, importer/exporter offroad aftermarket
accessories
CRAIG’S BIG GARAGE....................................................951-271-0780
13486 Pheasant Way, Corona CA 92880;
Off-road parts & sales
DIRTY PARTS....................................................................310-390-9086
12012 Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90066-5802;
dirtyparts.com; 4WD parts/accessories/installs
EARLY BRONCO REGISTRY........ 858-740-7149/earlybronco.com
PO Box 1354, Ramona, CA 92065;
National Early Bronco association
FOUNTAIN VALLEY TIRE & AUTO................................714-963-1897
6852 Manhattan Dr., Huntington Beach, CA 92647;
fountainvalleytirepros.com
Auto repair, tires & lifts
FOUR WHEEL PARTS WHOLESALERS........................310-900-5570
801 W. Artesia Blvd., Compton, CA 90220;
Off-road parts & accessories
GENRIGHT OFF ROAD..................................................805-584-8635
4535 Runway St., Simi Valley, CA 93063;
Gas tanks, body armor, and more
HEARTLAND PAYMENT SYSTEMS..............................818-497-6920
26111 Bouquet Cyn Rd., Ste. A3, Saugus, CA 91350;
heartlandpaymentsystems.com;
Payroll & credit card processing
JEEPERFORMANCE INC................................................ 877-795-JEEP
32215 Dunlap Blvd., Suite B, Yucaipa, CA 92399;
jeeperformanceinc.com
Full service Jeep performance shop
MILLER OFF-ROAD PRODUCTS..............................888-90-4MORP
330 Elm, Ramona, CA 92065; Manuf. accessories for Jeeps
POISON SPYDER CUSTOMS....951-849-5911/poisonspyder.com
1177 W. Lincoln St. Ste. 100A, Banning, CA 92220; Hard core
Jeep accessories & parts
PREMIER DIGITAL PRINTING....................................... 714-293-8790
735 W. Taft Ave., Orange, CA 92865; Printing
RUGGED ROCKS............909-547-4651/ruggedrocksoffroad.com
13525 Sutter Ct., Fontana, CA 92336; Nissan off-road parts
sPOD.................................................... 661-755-8139/4x4s-POD.com
27804 Zion Ct., Castaic, CA 91384;
Switch and power components
OUT-OF-STATE
ARB-USA............................................................................425-264-1391
720 SW 34th St., Renton, WA 98055; Air locker distributors
2533 W 1800 N, Far West, UT 84404; Custom driveshafts
TUFFY SECURITY PRODUCTS............................. tuffyproducts.com
25733 Road H, Cortez, CO 81321;
Storage boxes & accessories
ASSOCIATE LIFE MEMBERS
JOE BRADLEY AUCTIONEERS......................................619-297-7653
San Diego, CA; www.joebradleyauctioneers.com;
Auctioneer services, autos, fundraising, real estate & business
liquidations
COYOTE ENTERPRISES LLC.........coyoteents.com/949-645-7733
P.O. Box 12137, Costa Mesa, CA 92627;
Manufacturer, importer/exporter offroad aftermarket
accessories
ENTERPRISE PUBLICATIONS....................................... 916-684-7348
3437 Point Pleasant Rd., Elk Grove, CA 95758-9719
EXTREME GEAR OFF-ROAD PRODUCTS.................916-635-4900
11389 Trade Center Dr., Ste. C, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742;
extremegearoffroad.com
4 wheel drive repair/specialty shop/product sales
B.F. GOODRICH TIRES..................................................800-458-5000
One Parkway South, Greenville, SC 29615; Tire manufacturer
J&M OFFROAD.................................................................530-273-7627
125 Spring Hill Dr., Suite 6, Grass Valley, CA 95945;
4-wheel drive fabrication
CB TILE & STONE............................................................ 208-284-5710
546 Knox Ave., Star, ID 83669; cbtilestone.com; Custom
tile work
J&S TRUCKING...............................................................916-424-5800
117 Otto Cir., Sacramento, CA 95822; Truck brokerage
CRAWL MAGAZINE...........................crawlmag.com/775-393-9056
PO Box 61091, Reno, NV 89506; CRAWL magazine
J&W AUTO WRECKERS.................................................800-924-9732
8626 Antelope Rd., Antelope, CA 95843;
New and used Jeep parts
CRAZY SUZY PUBLISHING & DESIGN....................... 805-550-2804
222 Rainbow Dr., #12269; Livingston, TX 77399;
Graphic & web design; crazysuzy.net
OFF-ROAD ENTERPRISES.............................................209-931-1170
2953 Cherryland Ave., #B, Stockton, CA 95215
FUNTREKS GUIDEBOOKS, INC.........719-536-0722/funtreks.com
PO Box 3127, Monument, CO 80132;
4WD guidebooks, GPS data cards
KNUCKLE UP FITNESS...................................................404-339-5425
5956 Rosewell Rd., Atlanta GA 30328; Fitness
PULSKAMP........................................................................916-802-5896
2715 Curran Rd., Ione, CA 95640; Signs & screenprinting
sPOD.................................................... 661-755-8139/4x4s-POD.com
27804 Zion Ct., Castaic, CA 91384;
Switch and power components
TOM WOODS CUSTOM DRIVE SHAFTS................................4xshaft.
com/801-393-4538
31
p
e
e
p
e
J
e
p
e
J
e
J
>>>
EXPERTS
®
®
®
WINTER
WINTER
WINTER
2014 CATA
2014
LOG CATALOG
2014 CATA
LOG
FREE SHIPP
IN
WINTER
‘14
G*
ASK XTR
EME
*On Qualifyin
g Orders.
AB
Contact
your Jeep
Expert for
details.
T WARRANTY
FREE SHOU
IPP5IN
201
FREECA
“GU
G*
LEN NNY”
WINTER
‘14
*On Qualifyin
g Orders.
Contact
AS XTR DAR
ABOUTK WAR
EME
RANTY
SH
201
FRFR
INY”
5 IPPNN
EEEE
G*
CALEN“GU
AS
DA
XTRREME
ABOUTK WAR
RANTY
your Jeep
Expert for
With Orders
WINTER
‘14
*On Qualifyin
g Orders.
Contact
With Orders
your Jeep
details.
over $250
Expert for
details.
over $250
2015 “GU
FREECA
LEN NNY”
With Orders
DAR
over $250
Jeep ®
OGG! !
L
A
T
CAATALLO
OG!S
A
FRREEEEC
T
FREE CA NAMEES
F ANDNAMES
BRAND
NAM
D
!
BR
N
A
BRIN STOOCCKK!!
STTOCK ES
IN
N
I S T PRIICCES
RICES
GRREEAATT P
P
GREA R
G
2007−Prese
nt
Jeep ®
Wrangler
Wran
JK 2007− gler JK 2007−
Present
Present
Jeep ®
Wrangler
JK
4WD.CO
M 800.
913.81
89
4WD.CO
M 800.
913.81
89
4WD.CO
M 800.
913.81
89
We Insta
ll Everythin
g We Sell!
We Insta
ll Everythin
g We Sell!
We Insta
ll Everythin
g We Sell!
ULTIMATERUGGED
RUGGED
ULTIMATE
ULTIMATE RUGGED
WRANGLER
GIVEAWAY
WRANGLER
GIVEAWAY
WRANGLER GIVEAWAY
Visit 4WD.com for info on everything Heated LED Headlamps
Visit
4WD.com for
infoto
onWIN
everything
Headlamps
$549
99 a pair
fromLED
wE installed
& how
THIS JEEP Heated
Visit
4WD.com&
for
info
everything
Heated
Headlamps
$549
99 a pair
from LED
wE installed
how
toon
WIN
THIS JEEP
from $54999 a pair
wE installed & how to WIN THIS JEEP
Get Your FREE JEEP CJ/WRANGLER
Get Your&FREE
JEEP CJ/WRANGLER
CHEROKEE
CATALOGS
Get Your
FREE
CJ/WRANGLER
JEEP CATALOGS
& CHEROKEE
& CHEROKEE CATALOGS
800-883-2057
4WD.com
®
®
®
800-883-2057
800-883-2057 4WD.com
4WD.com
Jeep® Wrangler and the Jeep® Grill Design are registered trademarks of Chrysler LLC.
Jeep® Wrangler and the Jeep® Grill Design are registered trademarks of Chrysler LLC.
Bowless Combo
Bowless
Combo
$39999
Tops
from
Bowless
$39999
Tops
fromCombo
Tops from $39999
Find us on
Find us on
Find us on

- Cal4Wheel

Transcription

Similar documents

Rotary Club of Denver West | Golden, Colorado

Das Casino Gewinnt Immer

Billfish Bulletin - San Juan International Billfish Tournament

- California Four Wheel Drive Association, Inc.

15th Edition

January 2011 Newsletter - Houston Big Game Fishing Club

VCMHC Newsletter August 2016 - Virginia Carolinas Morgan Horse

October 2015

Peach Festival Brings Crowds to Lewiston

Yacks Elementary - L`Anse Creuse Public Schools

Braeburn Nanyuki Week 4 Term 1 Newsletter