Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Crawl- May/June 2007
Crawl is here, bow down! The newest issue of Crawl steps up again and delivers the goods. It’s got everything you could ever need in a four-wheel/off-road magazine. Great tech, detailed feature trucks(buggies!) and outstanding event coverage.
This month has some of the finest buggies/trucks in the nation. My personal favorite is Donald Hadden’s S-10 creation. Deuce and half’s, 44's, coilovers and streetrod quality paint add to up to one amazing truck. Graeme Tydeman of 4lockedfilms.com budget buggy is loaded with interesting details. Hummer wheels(dig the naked lady beadlock rings), flipped front 60, 4.3 Chevy, axle mounted winch finishes off one bad ass 6 Shoota. Darin Allison of Badlands Machine Shop fabbed up a cool four seat buggy. Darin went with twin 60's, Krawlers and all the other fun stuff that any self-respecting rig should have. You know I never wanted a buggy but this magazine is really starting to change my mind. You bastards!
Have an 8.8 rear axle under your rig? Then the article on Superior Axle’s "Super 88" kit should be of interest. It takes care of all the shortcomings of the 8.8, no more c-clips and better axles! Crawl welcomes Extreme 4x4's Ian Johnson(probably the best 4x4 show on tv) and his first article is on welding and its top notch. Its well photographed and easy to understand.
There is great coverage on W.E. Rocks all girl event, a trail ride with the Florida Flatlanders, the Big Meat run in Disney, OK, the 2007 Chile Challenge and quite a few others. They all sh