four wheeler Jan 2011 Letters

[CHKNFKR]

Not so much commenting that one of our members (Jordan Owens) here mentioned the site and made it in the mag. What i am commenting on is the fact that the magazine basically blew him off.

On the same page there is a letter titled "blazer vs. ranger" where a reader states he has the availability of either vehicle and that he can get the ranger for free and only has to put about $500 - $600 into it, where the blazer will cost $1000 plus repairs. they respond "... if you're looking for a rig that can be built for serious wheeling duties with a zillion aftermarket parts, it's the blazer" This bothers me, as what they are saying is spend more money on the blazer because rangers aren't for off road.

They continue in yet another letter about the ranger to say that with a 2 1/2" leveling kit on a 2010 you are limited to 32" tires. beyond that the aftermarket stops. i don't see this as being true to begin with. even so the serious off road enthusiast doesn't install a lift/leveling kit and try to take on the most difficult trail with any vehicle. bolt on lift kits are for mall crawlers. does that mean that a 2010 ranger can't compete in ttc or koh or baha?

I know I'm biased, but so is four wheeler and its not helping them. there were three letters specifically about Ford Rangers, thats where the talk stopped. the only other sighting of a ranger was a gen 3 on forklift axles in their calendar.

/rant

 

[nitrofan1]

I have been reading magazines for 38 of my 46 years and no matter what the editors say there has been a GM bias always except of course the "Factory" mags such as Mopar Power, Fast Fords etc....

The Ranger is the red headed step child of the truck world as proof even the mags that lean toward Fords show F-Series articles all the time and it takes a special situation to see a Ranger.

Thanks to the economy many of these mags are dying off and if we are lucky Four Wheeler will be one of them. Don't subscribe and don't buy them and they'll go away.

 

[Ranger Sport Honduras]

most editors and witers wont even leave the desk and go out and play in the dirt or even see the trucks they are writing about.

 

[bobbywalter]

you guys are crazy

 

[ranger_mclaren]

Four wheeler tends to lean toward mall crawlers anyways and there seems to be more Chevy out there than any. Peterson's awlays has and always will be my favorite.

 

[02RangerXLT]

Cry, cry, cry, its a big magazine, what else do you expect?

 

[gwaii]

you guys are crazy

 

[Ranger44]

Thats just the reason I don't subscribe any longer. They are biased, and show it.

Thats ok, we know what these trucks can do. When people want to modify a ranger........they know where to ask. TRS

 

[That Baker Guy]

Four wheeler tends to lean toward mall crawlers anyways and there seems to be more Chevy out there than any. Peterson's awlays has and always will be my favorite.

yeah ive noticed that, most chevys around here are mall crawlers if you were anybody in high school you had a lifted z71 on nice rims, but rarely saw them offroad and when they did it was too look cool covered in mud. its actually pretty funny to watch the idiots try to one up each other

 

[Jim Oaks]

Magazines are just about selling advertisement anymore.

Here's my thought........

The internet is taking over the media industry and magazines will continue to struggle. I use to buy up the truck magazines looking for articles and photos. Now you can just go online and find all this stuff for free. There's no reason to not have a computer anymore and even McDonalds offers free wifi.

So what's cool about magazines? Guys like to see their trucks in print.

I found a place online that will print magazines. You create it, they send you a proof, and then once you approve it, you set a price and people can buy it online. The printed copies are sent to your customer.

Now, that can be more costly than a tradition magazine you buy at the store (volume discount for big publishers), and we already know magazines are dying.

So how does this all come together?

I want to provide our online magazine every January, April, July and October. However, I want to create an actual print Magazine in late January or February that's a TRS year in review. That's where you see things like every TOTM rig pictured, article on truck of the year, and other highlites of the previous year. It would be a once a year magazine. Probably be a collectable for everyone who was TOTM. If it was successful we could offer a quarterly printed version, but I like the 'year in review' idea for now. The quarterly would only be if there was a request from the members for it.

Now then, because I said this another Ranger site will probably do it to copy us. God knows they all seem to want to say they're the 'Ultimate Ranger Resource' (ya, we were the first to use that line). Just remember you heard it here first.

 

[Xandor]

"Now then, because I said this another Ranger site will probably do it to copy us. God knows they all seem to want to say they're the 'Ultimate Ranger Resource' (ya, we were the first to use that line). Just remember you heard it here first."

Had me loling a bit there.

Anyways I LOVE the idea of a yearly printed mag. I'm as cheap as they come but I will buy that. Def makes geting TOTM better also. Because your totaly right: to see your truck in print would rock.

 

[Toms01PSD]

Now then, because I said this another Ranger site will probably do it to copy us. God knows they all seem to want to say they're the 'Ultimate Ranger Resource' (ya, we were the first to use that line). Just remember you heard it here first.

I chuckled at that because I know exactly where it is.

 

[heptofite]

TRS shouldn't need to *say* it's the best.

If it is the best, people will figure this out naturally.

Right?

 

[ChrisR1S]

TRS shouldn't need to *say* it's the best.

If it is the best, people will figure this out naturally.

Right?

Right

And love the Idea Jim. If you were to do it I'd be in!

 

[straycat]

I can find a lot of stuff for my old 89 BII and my super duper neat old 83 Ranger on line.....but not much for my 99 Ranger or my buddies with their 2000-2010 Rangers. You really have to have it fabricated....bumpers....light bars...any custom thing you can think of. My buddies that have newer Doges, Chevy's and GM' can buy there stuff on Ebay or other 2wd and 4wd websites. That does sorta bite. For a good amount of cash you can add solid axles, heavier rear ends on the Rangers and put a bigger motor in them. So many Chevy options are out there and that is why most people are going with the GM rides. I see a lot of nice GM rides that are real sharp. Just don't see too many Ranger that are fixed up too cool unless we look at all of us TRS people. Here is the best site for our Rangers / Exploders!!!!!!

Don't let those mags bring you down, Bro!!!