Stevie Deitsch

When my truck was totaled in an accident, I took it as an opportunity to build it back up. Now, it has a 500 C.I.D. Big Block with a shopping list of top-shelf performance parts, includingWhen my truck was totaled in an accident, I took it as an opportunity to build it back up. Now, it has a 500 C.I.D. Big Block with a shopping list of top-shelf performance parts, including, Bushwacker fender flares, Goodyear 40” MTR tires, custom reverse shackle kit, rear disc brakes, and much more.

After trying to sleep with all the tree frogs and other critters (it was deafening), we awoke to our normal PB&J sandwiches and hit the road. We were off to the tallest hill in the state. It is just a few feet shy of being a mountain. This trail was a two-mile loop through the trees.

The next day, I saw some of the most incredible ‘wheeling I have ever seen in my life. We were traveling up and down a seasonally dry riverbed that had to have 50 different waterfalls to climb. On one of the trickier waterfalls, we were being spotted by one of the locals. We were trying to finesse our way up this thing, since we were getting good at it now (we have been learning a lot of new techniques). Anyway, this guy – not knowing of our reputation – tells John to stand on it, so John stood on the gas.

The next morning we were up at 6:00am so we could have a few hours to fix our damage, get packed up, and be ready to go for another road trip. It looked like a NASCAR pit in the parking lot with all the people scrambling around trying to fix things and get ready. Amongst all the confusion and not really knowing anybody, I made the decision to walk 3 miles back to town in hopes that the auto parts store was open and we could get some taillights. This is not normally a big deal, but I had just recovered from knee surgery a month and a half earlier.