Del Albright

Moab Easter Jeep Safari attendees:  AreaBFE and Team Albright, official Landuse Ambassadors for AreaBFE, are asking for volunteers to help staff the Landuse Team Booth at AreaBFE during Easter Safari week in Moab, UT.  You DO NOT have to be an expert to help.  Just willing to spend a few hours or whatever you can spare. Staffing will be needed on Tuesday (CRAWL Magazine Reader’s Ride Day) and Saturday, WE ROCK DirtRiot Race Day. We are asking for any help we can get from any group/club or organization that can afford a couple hours.   Tuesday, 3/26, 8 to 10am; noon to 3pm. Saturday, 3/30, 9am to 3pm (when ever you can fit in). Shifts of roughly two hours; two people per shift desired. Generic EZ Up with club/organizational banners hung as appropriate (but no logos on EZ up so everyone feels welcome to staff it).  Bring your club/group stuff and show it off; add it to our display. Anyone helping staff the Landuse Team Booth will get free entry into the Di...

THE RIGHT TIRES MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE IN YOUR FUN TIME! A Few Simple Tips and Some Safety Reminders Recently I had the opportunity to see how tires are made, and to learn the significance of the right tire, taken care of properly.   Some of this I knew; some I didn't.  But I can tell you this; there is little more important, save brakes, than your tires on your rig. Depending on what kind of off-roading you do, an aggressive lug tire like the BFGoodrich Mud Terrain will take you anywhere you need to go, at a fair price, with reasonable road life.  But did you know that on the road, if you leave your tires at low air pressure, you can experience 1/2 (yea, 50%) loss of the traction in wet conditions -- with any tire!  And that is if you reduce your pressure by merely 15 psi (from 35 to 20). Brand and tread are meaningless in this statistic -- you will lose half your foot print at 60 MPH going driving on wet pavement if you drive your tires at a re...