Every year, StanceWorks hits the open road in search of empty trails and breathtaking scenery. Our travels have taken us through both Utah and Colorado, but after a hiatus in 2020 thanks to the globa...
The Hummer name has, for better or worse, always been synonymous with environmental devastation. No brand name has more firmly placed their carbon footprint than Hummer, or at least that’s what we’ve...
A monolith, set upon a backdrop that can only be found in the foothills of the San Joaquin: Justin Chenoweth's 4x4 E-150 is, at mini,um, an imposing force on the trail. It towers above seemingly ever...
Photography contributed by Charlie Scott. No, it's not 2020's "StanceWorks Off Road" annual excursion, although we wished it could have been. There's been a number of curve balls this year, which com...
We all own cars and trucks for different reasons, largely to fill practical needs of transportation, while some fill selfish voids that we convinced ourselves that we have. I was left with a gap when...
Nitto has teamed up with their friends at Toyota USA to tackle some of the best off road terrain in Southern California. The Holcomb Valley trail system lies up in the mountains just across from Big ...
At first glance, there's an undeniable simplicity exuded by Gehn Fujii's HJ60 Land Cruiser. From front to back, it relies on its core character to make a statement, leaving "staple" mods behind in fa...
With each passing year, it becomes tougher and tougher to find time to escape. In all of 2019 thus far, on only two occasions have I had the opportunity to hit the trail: once for a week and a half e...
Another day. A new day. We made the descent from camp, pulling off and over into a turnout to pop our hoods and air up our tires: we had some driving ahead of us, and for the first time in a while, w...
It was, undoubtedly, the coldest night of the trip, although at just shy of 11,000 feet, with small patches of snow still on the ground, that doesn't quite come as a surprise. The clearing we had fou...
We awoke on Friday morning, perched on a mountainside at roughly 9,000ft of altitude. For me and Jim Bob, it was technically the start of Day 3, but for most of the gang, the trip was just beginning....
With the hot rod build and the rush of SEMA, it's been months since I was able to hit the trails and put my Land Cruiser to work. On top of that, a failed transfer case from mid-summer left the truck...
Photography by: Jim Bob Barnett - Additional Photography by: Jandy Mendo Jandy sent out a message to our group chat: “Death Valley Veterans Day weekend.” That's all he said, but we all knew we had to...
There's no better way to enjoy a vehicle you've built with your own hands than to use it, or perhaps in this case, abuse it. Earlier this spring, Emily and I, along with our dog Chloe, set out for th...
The sun crested the mesas bright and early, and the occasional shuffle and burble of a truck passing on the nearby trail hurried the morning along. Our excitement was high: Day Five was underway. The...
Sunrise came early, and day three began with a storybook sunrise. As the horizon began to glow in the distance, the lake below us shimmered and danced in the growing light. The silence of the desert ...
In 2017, the StanceWorks Off Road crew planned a trip to the mountain ranges of Colorado, set for mid-summer as the temps throughout the country became unbearable and the climb to higher altitudes wo...
This year, our annual trip to Monterey for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion was made a bit more special, having taken my own truck up as opposed to the comfy leather seats of a new BMW. There a...
In the days leading up to the famous Monterey Car Week, we took our Land Cruisers up for some trail fun in Big Bear, CA, to escape the heat. With our project FJ60 complete, Jeremy Whittle's FJ62 tune...
It's been almost six months since I purchased my FJ60, following an accident that rendered my FJ62 Land Cruiser a total loss. I purchased this particular FJ60, bone stock, for two reasons: it's compl...
Two months ago, we took to our project FJ60 with a slew of Turtle Wax goodies, and with a bit of elbow grease, showed how one man's farm truck can be another man's treasure. After reaching all of the...
Gregor Halenda is a man whose talents I’ve followed for many years. Long-time readers will remember the post I wrote up about Gregor’s multiple projects (with no less than 6 links to various threads)...
I started planning this trip a long time ago, in my free time. When it was finally time to leave, I left Santa Barbara around 9am on Saturday to start the long trek towards the St. George area to mee...
Truth be told, I'm impressed we managed to post a Daily Grind piece without adding a new vehicle to the fleet. It was our first in a long, long time - Andrew's Project Mini update - but the reality i...
There's no doubt that as racing enthusiasts, we all revel in the glory of rallying's hey day: Group B. Legendary for their unmitigated speed and balls-out approach to racing in the sand, mud, dirt, a...