This is were it all started... I had my hands on a digital camera and a laptop, those two items along with 4 big trucks 4GIVEN 4x4 came to being. There were 4 of us, Jacob, Anthony(Ant), Brian, and myself. I asked if I could just get some cool pictures of the trucks on some hills or just around some scenery (not knowing that a clam picture of an off-road truck is seldom seen!)
So we went down the road abit thanks to Katie's (Brian's girlfriend) suggestion of something we were probably looking for. As soon as we pulled down the lane it started. 4x4 blood runs deep! There wasn't much to play on but I've learned that there doesn't necessarily have to be. First for the photoshoot was Brian in his Jeep.
After watching in awe of what a Jeep with out 4 wheel drive is capable of we decided to go with Jacobs Yota next. His was the only one that compared to Brians Jeep and with the two of them just finishing a 'built from scratch' frame, I'd say it was a real crowed pleaser. They were pleased with thier work. Quite a bit of nice articulation.
I was next on the list. The Bronco was by far the biggest body of the 4 making it the longest too. I was probably the only one who recieved any damage for the harmless photo shoot, I saw the Jeep and Yota roll right over this little hill and decided that the Bronco is just as good, so I attempted to shoot right over it...oops... next thing I know is I am teetering on the transfer case gaurd, yikes! With a little help from the boys I was off the hill with out recovery equiptment. This was what I needed, a little pride dampener and a bent gaurd.
Ant went last with his stock Jeep. After finding out the limits of the untouched Jeep compared to Brians monster, he proceded to a 2 inch body lift two days later. He is much happier now thankyou! After Ant was done with his pictures we drove back and celebrated the rest of Brians birthday party! A dent on a gaurd and nothing broken except some pride, it was a great first meeting.