Before you go

Going fourwheeling? Just cleaning your Metallica cd doesn't count for preparation. Check vitals; lights, fluids, tires etc. Also do a visual inspection underneath. Anything leaking, hanging down, broken? Fill up the fuel tank, even if your just going for an hour or two, you never know how long you'll actually be.Tell someone where you're going and how long you'll be just in case you didn't check the oil and seize up the motor 20 miles from nowhere.  

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Good post, also remember to charge your cell phone, have a CB in your rig, some tow straps, some basic hand tools, duct tape, electrical tape, a map of the area if there is one and a first aid kit!! Its best NOT to go alone, only go where you are welcome(a must) and know your surroundings!! Remember a little thought and preparation can make for a fun trip even if the unexpected happens!!  
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Good post! Let's keep this one going guys, add your tips for getting ready for a trip!  
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About going alone... Know your rig, yourself and your surroundings!  

Having a capable rig doesn't make you capable!  I've done more with stock gearing, 33's and wide open diff's than certain people who 'pound their chest' because their built to the gill.  The problem is their capabilities may not match the rigs.  Simply know your rig and yourself.

If you go out jeeping, you can be in anything... a Chevy, a Dodge, a Toyota, A Jeep, A Fiat, whatever it doesn't matter what you're driving when you go jeeping.  (You only go Jepping in a Jeep.  NOTE the capitalization) Either way, be there for your follow jeepers (offroaders). Help out each other.  Don't hog the trail. Put yourself in their shoes. Assist when/where you can. Set a good example for the sport!

Stay on the trial. Let's keep what's open, open.  

Don't go it alone.  In today's world if you break or get stuck, I can garantee this...  You can rely that someone will come by, but you can't trust that'll they will help.  Therefore set a good example and help somebody who is broke or stuck!

PASS IT ON!!!!!!  Help somebody, somebody will help someone, and someone will help you.  

One more thing to add.  Before you go make sure you have adequate recovery points front and rear.  Tow hooks cost less than $15 a piece so there is absolutely no reason not to be prepared.  And ALWAYS pack your own recovery gear.  Last time out a friend showed up with a tow strap that had broke.  He had fixed it with a square knot and thought it would be fine.  Luckily I had my own.  Out of the four of us in the group, I was the only one that brought a usable tow strap.    

On the same note, when pulling someone out don't assume they know how to hook up a tow strap.  I learned my lesson when a friend shredded my tow strap (and didn't offer to replace it).  Now I always double check their work and use a chain if they have not installed recovery points.  
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Do you think the guy (two posts up) knew he was being redundant when he wrote Jeep or Fiat...

Maybe he has a career in fortune telling waiting for him.  

i use to wheel with a guy that had a samuari, the park is an hour away and he got upset because 10 dollars in gas wouldnt get him there, wheel, and get him back home  
"WHEN IN DOUBT TACH IT OUT!"

i also do my best to pick up any crap that people throw out on the trail  
"WHEN IN DOUBT TACH IT OUT!"