More Ultimate Adventure Coverage in 4W&OR Mag!
More UA Coverage! Check out the December 2011 issue of Petersen’s 4Wheel & Off-Road Magazine for more coverage of the 2011 Ultimate Adventure. This issue covers the last few days of the journey around the Midwest as 20+ rigs get pushed to max tryign to complete this week long journey full of long road days, challenging off-road terrain, and immense heat and humidity. The UA combines some lucky readers, event sponsors, magazine staff, and a number of camera guys that have an eagle eye on the action. Dave DeVormer and Carter Reed, Zone Offroad Reps piloted the company’s ’90 Jeep
Butler, PA: Birthplace of the Jeep and now host of the 1st Annual Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival
The crew from Zone loaded up the show truck and trailer this past weekend and headed out to Butler, PA, birthplace of the Jeep and home of the 1st annual Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival. Events started Friday as downtown Butler was taken over by over 1000 Jeeps taking part in the largest Jeep parade ever and continued through the rest of the weekend as everyone made there way over to the fairgrounds. The weekend’s events included vendor show, show and shine contest, onsite obstacle course and trail rides, live music, demonstrations, historical exhibits, and more. The show saw international exposure
Come see us at the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival
Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival, August 12-14 Dave and Carter from Zone Offroad are on the road heading east to Butler, PA for the 1st Annual Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival this weekend. The event runs from August 12-14, with events planned throughout the weekend. Bring your Jeep and partake in the Show & Shine contest, with all types of military and civilian Jeep classes and my personal favorite, the 4Wheel & Off-Road Ugly Jeep Award. Other events include products demonstrations, Jeep parade and cruse, Camp Bantam, Jeep heritage exhibits, Jeep playground, trail rides at a near by off-road park, and vendor show where
Ultimate Adventure Recap (Part 1 of 3)
Ultimate Adventure Recap (Part 1 of 3) Each year Petersen’s 4Wheel & Off-Road Magazine hosts an offroad excursion that brings together some old cronies, event sponsors, magazine staff, and a few lucky readers. This will serve as the first of three posts to cover Zone’s first experience on the Ultimate Adventure (UA). This year Zone Offroad has the coveted position of the official suspension and with that gave us the opportunity to build a rig to test out some new prototype components the engineers have been working on. The UA is known as a grueling test of man (or woman)
Project MJ Update VI: Suspension, Coilovers, Steering, Brakes, More Paint
Project MJ Update VI: Suspension, Coilovers, Steering, Brakes, More Paint The 2011 Ultimate Adventure starts this weekend, and although we’re unable to disclose the location, it’s a full day’s drive and then some to make it to check-in and tech inspection from the Zone R&D Shop in Coldwater, Michigan. While many of the attendees are currently in route to the rendezvous, the crew from Zone has been working overtime to get this Jeep fully prepped for the rigors this trip demand. With paint and graphics complete, a big sense of accomplishment started to set in, followed by panic as there are