Moab Friends-For-Wheelin '

Members

Rick

Rig: Samurai

Mods: 1.6 8-valve with Sidekick auto trans, 4-link front and rear, 37″ SSR’s on beadlocked aluminum wheels, full hydro steering, 97″ wheelbase, custom everything. Rick also drives a well-set-up TJ!
Favorite Saying: Get’r done!
Favorite Trail: Need to go them all before I can decide. I love to take our guests to Fins & Things.
Bio: Moved to Castle Valley in October 2007 from the Seattle area. I have wanted to live in the Moab area since I was in college (in other words a long, long time). I work as a computer consultant/programmer.
Claim to Fame: In a former life I was a two time world champion of the Team Sport Kite Championships (2005 and 2006).

Geoff & Sandy
Rig: FJ Cruiser (aka FitzJeryld)

Mods: 33″ BFG AT’s, FAB-4 bumpers, Warn 9.5ti, Tuff Country 3″ lift
Favorite Trail: All the ones we haven’t done yet
Bio: Moved to Moab in ‘01 to enjoy rafting, hiking, and exploring new trails and canyons with friends.

Jeff

Rig: Samurai

Mods: 1.6l 8-valve EFI, 38×12.5″ TSL’s on Allied beadlocks, Dana 44’s with chromo axles, CTM u-joints, Detroits and 5.38’s, 6:1 t-case, 102″ wheelbase, linked front and rear with Fox Air Shox, Rock 4X doubler, ram-assist steering
Favorite Trail: Pritchett Canyon
Favorite saying: Anytime, anywhere!

Jim

Rig: Samurai

Mods: Sidekick 1.8l EFI, auto trans, Toyota axles & t-case, ARB’s, 37″ MTR’s on Allied beadlocks, 98″ wheelbase
Favorite trail: Coyote Canyon
Bio: I retired Master Chief U S Navy. I have wheeled in Moab since 1992. My wife Mary and I sold our gift store in Breckenridge Colorado and retired here in Moab in 2005.
Favorite saying: Life is short!

David G.
Rig: Samurai

Mods: Dana 44’s with Detroits and 5.38’s, 37″ MTR’s, 106″ wheelbase, 6.5:1 transfer case, MY-Side 2 carb, Hydro assist steering, springover with Toyota leafs.
Favorite Trail: Coyote Canyon
Claim to Fame: Unofficial club photographer and computer geek extraordinaire!

Gary

Rig: Samurai Before After

Mods: J-10 Dana 44’s with 5.38’s and Detroits, Beadlocked 37″ Pitbulls, hydro assist steering, custom tube work, 6.5 t-case, link suspension with S-A-W air shocks, 103″ wheelbase, Mastercraft seats, custom dash
Favorite Trail: All of ‘em so far!
Favorite Saying: My name is Arnold Snow and I’m in the orange Jeep.

Devon and Marlene
Rig: CJ-7

Mods: Dana 60’s, 39″ BFG Crawlers, auto, lots of “trail character”!
Favorite Trail: Rusty Nail
Factoid: Devon also has a TJ Rubicon Unlimited, which is used for easier trails and his “street jeep”. Wife Marlene is often at the wheel of the Ruby!

Susan
Rig: Samurai

Mods: 37″ MTR’s, 1.6′ 8-valve EFI, Toyota axles, Spool rear & Lock-Right front, 4.89:1 t-case, auto trans, ram-assist steering, 97″ wheelbase
Favorite trail: Pritchett Canyon
Favorite saying: Chicks DO body damage!

Melissa

Rig: Jeep TJ

Mods: 40″ LTB’s on Allied Beadlocks, 14 bolt rear / Dana 60 front, Detroit Lockers, custom 4-link rear, 3-link front with 2.5″ Sway-A-Way air shocks, hydro assist steering.
Favorite trail: Pritchett Canyon
Favorite saying: Drive it like a girl!
Bio: Gary and I love Moab. We came here the first time in 1996 on an RV trip and we’ve been “circling the drain” ever since, moving from Indiana to Tucson, AZ and then to Draper, UT. We finally were able to purchase a second home here in March, 2008 and are spending most weekends running with Moab Friends-For-Wheelin’.

Ber & Charlotte
Rig: CJ7

Mods: 33″ BFG’s, ARB Air Lockers
Favorite trail: All of ‘em!
Nickname: Ber Bunny (he just keeps going, and going, and going…)

David and Misty
Rig: CJ-7

Mods: TJ frame, RE long-arm suspension, Dana 60 front / 14-Bolt rear, Detroit Lockers, 39.5″ Irok’s, twin-stick, ram-assist steering
Favorite trail: Green Day
Claim to fame: Rolled off White Knuckle and lived to tell about it

Larry
Rig: Toyota Tacoma

Mods: 40″ MTR’s on Allied beadlocks, custom 4-link front and rear, hydro assist sterring, Inchworm t-case, auto trans, factory JK D44’s, S-A-W 2.5 air shocks, custom exo-cage.
Favorite trail: Steel Bender
Claim to Fame: Larry also wheels a Rubicon Unlimited on 35’s , and puts more miles on his Harley every year than most of us do on our cars!

Mary
Rig: Range Rover

Mods: Stock
Favorite trail: 7-Mile Rim
Claim to fame: Once drove Pritchett in a stock Rover!

Matt

Rig: Silver 2003 Jeep TJ Rubicon

Mods: 4″ Skyjacker short-arm lift, 2″ body lift, “Woody” CV driveshaft, 35″ x 12.5″ BFG All-Terrain tires on 15″ Mickey Thompson rims.
Favorite Saying: Works for Me!!
Favorite Trail: Green Day (So Far)
Bio: Moved with wife and kids to Castle Valley in August 2006 after spending 24 years in the Los Angeles area. I Work for the software company I co-founded in 1999.
Claim to Fame: Ran “Behind the Rocks” trail as my second trail.

Ryan Melton, Moab

Ron Robertson, Moab

Supporting Members
“Supporting” membership is for those who either live out of the Moab area, or are otherwise unable to attend regular club functions, but still wish to support Moab Friends-For-Wheelin’. For information on supporting memberships, please contact MFFW at drtsqrl@frontiernet.net.

Jerry and Carol Parker, Chino Valley, AZ