i grew up riding motorcycles as a kid, got into a really bad car wreck when i was 20 and then went to sport 4 wheelers. Then in 2002 some friends and i decided we wanted to learn to snowboard, i had a 2wd s-10 and made the mistake of taking it to Ski Beech in NC. When we left Ga the temps were in the 50's and when we made it to Beech Mt. it was in the 20's with 6 inches of slush on the road...we liked to wrecked getting to the parking lot,.
So after that experience i knew i need a 4wd, that is how i ended up with a Jeep TJ. Growing up my parents were totally against Jeeps (always said it would roll over) so when i got where i could afford a Jeep i bought it....and it has been down hill with nothing but dust in my wallet ever since.
AND i would not take any of it back! we are not far from Tellico and a friend of mine has a cabin in the private land that surrounded the trails,so i started going up their and trail riding, Dixie Run, Jeep Jamboree, and rec stuff, one thing led to another and that is how i got into an Ftoy. Ftoys were popular trail rigs back then so i bought a chassis around 2009 before Tellico was shut down, after that happend i put it up in the barn for a few years and did not do anything with it. So a few year ago i decided to build the chassis and learn some things in the process. Wheeling to me is who i am, and it truly is a Lifestyle! I hope it is something that we can pass on to future generations and not just tell them how it use to be.
15 years Broke and wheeling since 2002
