The road trip. If Americans didn't invent it, we certainly perfected it. Nowhere else on the planet do you have the freedom to explore millions of square miles without a passport, permit, or personal army. It's part of who we are.
But no one ever said that a road trip has to follow a paved path. In fact, the best road trips take place far away from the asphalt freeways. These great road trips are adventures to locations few others have ever been, or will ever go. And the ultimate road trips are the ones that test your preparation and prove what you're truly capable of. That's why you're here. To join us on the Ultimate Adventure 2005. Welcome to the greatest (off)road trip on Earth!
Every year we pick four of the hardest trails in the country and string them together with an all-American 20-rig road trip that keeps us off the interstate and into the heartland of this great country. To make sure things go smoothly, we assemble a support team from the top off-road product manufacturers in the country. Then we stack the guest list with a crew of the best minds and most capable hands in the off-road world to guarantee that no matter what happens, where, or to who-we've got it covered. From there all we need is six of you, our readers, to come along and share in this great trip with us. Otherwise no one would ever believe it.
To really get a feel for this year's Ultimate Adventure, you need to go into the bathroom, wash your hands in gear lube, turn on the shower to steam up the room, and dump about 100 mosquitoes into the air. Perfect. Now picture yourself wrenching on your 4x4 for weeks on end with only enough sleep to keep you from welding your fingers together. Now call the credit card company to see if they can up your limit so you can drive, tow, or push your rig to Seymour, Missouri, for the start of the trip. When you're done reading, start planning on joining us for real next year-you won't be disappointed!
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The Ultimate TireThe Ultimate Adventure would not be possible without the BFGoodrich Krawler T/A K/X. It's the only tire we trust for wheeling thousands of miles of the nastiest terrain on earth and getting us back home again. Way beyond being just a championship rockcrawling tire, the Krawler cut its teeth on our annual Ultimate Adventure on/off-road trips. From its prototype form that we debuted in Utah and Colorado in '02, to the production 37-inch Krawler and prototype 39-inch tire we tested in the southeast mud in '03, we've always been impressed by this extreme traction tire. This year BFGoodrich brought us a new version of the Krawler, a 39x13.50R17 tire with a DOT approval. Designed to handle the heat generated by on-road use, the 39-inch Krawler shares the same prize-winning tread design and construction as the competition-only version. But for 4x4s that will also see street use, these tires benefit from the harder tread compound used by the production 37-inch Krawler. With just over 4,000 miles of use on our Ultimate K10-mounted on a set of Hutchinson Rock Monster wheels and run at pressures from 9 to 35 psi and temperatures from 50 to 118 degrees-these tires never let us down.
U.A. '05 SponsorsTitle SponsorBFGoodrich Tires877.788.8899www.bfgoodrichtires.com
Dynatrac714.596.4461www.dynatrac.com
Flowmaster800.544.4761www.flowmastermufflers.com
Hobart Welders800.626.9420www.hobartwelders.com
Motive Gearwww.motivegear.com
Off Road Design970.945.7777www.offroaddesign.com
Poison Spyder Customs303.777.4820www.poisonspydercustoms.com
Sam's Offroad800.446.5503www.samsoffroad.com
Tuff Country800.288.2190www.tuffcountry.com
Warn Industries800.543.9276www.warn.com