How many of y'all wheel with your kids?

k9crazy · 10-09-07, 02:19 PM

As of March I am joining the ranks of "mommy" and was wondering if y'all have any advice on wheeling with your children? When did you frist take them out and why that age?

I can't wheel until the baby comes, so I am concentrating on getting the piggy done before then, but still longing to get out on the rocks.

colofish · 10-09-07, 04:08 PM

I've wheeled with my kids since they were newborns.
Strap 'em in a car seat and go for it.

I take 'em everywhere....isn't that why we have 'em

....to do stuff with

.

K2KK · 10-16-07, 07:33 PM

I've wheeled with my son since he was 3. He had to wear a bike helmet though. He loved it!

osagecruiser · 10-16-07, 09:17 PM

my son does the driving...he is a much better off road driver than i am...he has been driving/riding since the age of three...started him on the smallest suzuki dirt bike they made...at 8 he started "driving" the 40 around the pasture...now he has a license so it is all legal

9ersgirl · 10-17-07, 08:05 PM

I don't have children to call my own, however I have the temporary adoptable kind, 2 cousins (now 16 and 12), a niece (4) and a nephew (16mo). All of which have been Wheeling since they were born.
My Niece especially loves to ride with us. She sings away in the back seat, and usually will fall asleep during the roughest part of the ride. The 16 year old (who is like my son) now has his license and is very much involved in motor sports. He goes wheelin' with us every chance he gets and is also racing 4 Cly. stock cars (Dirt Devils) in '07, moving up to late-model stock cars in '08.

sk8salomon · 11-10-07, 06:07 AM

my 8yr old likes to wheel by herself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOhsEtB0y34

nuclearlemon · 11-10-07, 04:29 PM

do my dogs count?

lots of families in rising sun wheel with their kids.

PacToy · 11-11-07, 02:53 AM

I think when your first is born you will instinctively know when he/she is ready to go wheeling. I have seen parents bring kids of all ages to include infants.

I let my son steer my LJ78 on paved roads when he was about 2 y/o, he LOVED it and it just felt right to me.

You'll know when it is right, I'm sure of it.

DSRTRDR · 02-12-08, 09:33 PM

we took my nephews out in our trucks

the 2-year-old fell asleep within 10 minutes

the 4- and 6- year olds loved it

they were allowed to pilot Michael's Chevy in a sand wash sitting on Michael's lap

thenimirra · 03-07-08, 05:42 PM

does wheeling with your dogs count? They are the only children I plan on having. Can't wait to get The Girls, as I call them, in the back of my rig. One is a Husky and the other is a Malamute....they will be some wheeling dogs!

nadajeep · 03-07-08, 06:31 PM

I wheeled with all 3 of my kids starting when they were very young, now that my kids are all grown up, my son still wheels with me in his own nicely prepared toyota and my 2 daughters ride with me every chance they get...lol... so don't be afraid to take them with you just make sure there secured safely and pick your trails accordingly, save the really crazy stuff for when they're not with you..

k9crazy · 03-10-08, 07:25 AM

I am already researching the best safety seat for minimizing bumps. The baby is due in 3 weeks, so it will be a bit before she can go offroad with me, but I am thinking about bringing her to GSMTR so I can ride some and her papa can watch her back at the cabin.

nuclearlemon · 03-10-08, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thenimirra

does wheeling with your dogs count? They are the only children I plan on having. !

same here. got a rottie and a blue heeler/border collie that i wheel with, but only the easier trails cause they're both wusses.

thenimirra · 03-10-08, 05:24 PM

LOL. I hear you...I'm guessing one of my dogs will love it and the other will howl at me to get her back home!

ISOLATR · 04-09-08, 10:46 AM

My niece has been riding along with her dad since she was about 10 months old. She's been to Moab probably 6 times at least and even done the Rubicon. She has made more trips than some of the members of my club. Megan is going on 13 and frothing at the bit for her own rig.

I keep waiting for her to get to the age where she doesn't want to go and hang out with her dad, but that hasn't happened yet. Sometimes she likes to ride with me so "we can show those boys how it's done".

I love my Megy!!

JONNYFJ · 04-21-08, 11:40 AM

Here is a really nice seat from Simpson Racing 140.00
Simpson Racing, Simpson Performance Products, Simpson Racing Products, Team Simpson - Child Seats > Child Car Safety Seat

10-09-07, 02:19 PM	#1
k9crazy IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA TLCA# 16079 Posts: 1,582	How many of y'all wheel with your kids? As of March I am joining the ranks of "mommy" and was wondering if y'all have any advice on wheeling with your children? When did you frist take them out and why that age? I can't wheel until the baby comes, so I am concentrating on getting the piggy done before then, but still longing to get out on the rocks. __________________ Heather '07 FJ Cruiser and 1973 FJ55 Upstate Cruisers - Land Use Officer SFWDA - Director of Land Management Georgia Cruisers TreadLightly! Master Tread Trainer DONATE TO SAVE TELLICO

10-09-07, 04:08 PM	#2
colofish IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Durango, CO Posts: 35	I do I've wheeled with my kids since they were newborns. Strap 'em in a car seat and go for it. I take 'em everywhere....isn't that why we have 'em....to do stuff with. __________________ Life's a Journey, Not a Destination '81 FJ40 Stock Green - 120K mi. '84 FJ60 Stock Blue - 170K mi.

10-16-07, 09:17 PM	#4
osagecruiser IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: In The Storm Cellar! Posts: 1,682	my son does the driving...he is a much better off road driver than i am...he has been driving/riding since the age of three...started him on the smallest suzuki dirt bike they made...at 8 he started "driving" the 40 around the pasture...now he has a license so it is all legal __________________ 1968 fj40 under restoration and nearly complete! thanks to everyone here!!! 1972 fj55 1963 fj45 swb.... Tornado Alley Cruisers tlca member #14777

11-10-07, 06:07 AM	#6
sk8salomon IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 706	my 8yr old likes to wheel by herself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOhsEtB0y34 __________________ Running total of non-waving FJC drivers ......534 '85 FJ60 bone stock (the way i like it) '87 Ford Ocnorb with lots of redneck stuff & custom dented body panels

11-10-07, 04:29 PM	#7
nuclearlemon IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: meh-ico, colorado TLCA# 1431 Posts: 8,008	do my dogs count? lots of families in rising sun wheel with their kids. __________________ seven cruisers and 3 of em run and four are for sale


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10-16-07, 07:33 PM	#3
K2KK IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Fortuna, Ca TLCA# 18929 Posts: 186	I've wheeled with my son since he was 3. He had to wear a bike helmet though. He loved it!

10-17-07, 08:05 PM	#5
9ersgirl IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Readfield, WI Posts: 38	I don't have children to call my own, however I have the temporary adoptable kind, 2 cousins (now 16 and 12), a niece (4) and a nephew (16mo). All of which have been Wheeling since they were born. My Niece especially loves to ride with us. She sings away in the back seat, and usually will fall asleep during the roughest part of the ride. The 16 year old (who is like my son) now has his license and is very much involved in motor sports. He goes wheelin' with us every chance he gets and is also racing 4 Cly. stock cars (Dirt Devils) in '07, moving up to late-model stock cars in '08.

11-11-07, 02:53 AM	#8
PacToy Walking The Line Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Al Anbar, Iraq. Posts: 249	I think when your first is born you will instinctively know when he/she is ready to go wheeling. I have seen parents bring kids of all ages to include infants. I let my son steer my LJ78 on paved roads when he was about 2 y/o, he LOVED it and it just felt right to me. You'll know when it is right, I'm sure of it. __________________ Randy 71 FJ40 81 HJ47 Troopie 82 BJ44 13B-T/H55/Cable Lockers 86 HJ61 VX 12H-T/Cable Lockers (Now my parts Cruiser) 92 LJ78(Sold) 96 FZJ80 Locked Coxwell-59th Alabama CSA

02-12-08, 09:33 PM	#9
DSRTRDR I can mangle anything... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: BTR, PHX, OMA TLCA# 14706 Posts: 1,878	we took my nephews out in our trucks the 2-year-old fell asleep within 10 minutes the 4- and 6- year olds loved it they were allowed to pilot Michael's Chevy in a sand wash sitting on Michael's lap __________________ Claudia '72FJ40 with a no-number 2F, new MAF headers, 4spd, 33x10.5 BFG MT, 4" lift, roll cage, ARB lockers f/r, MAF disk brakes f/r, hand throttle, Painless wiring, dual advance dizzy, Bilsteins, 4+ front bumper/rear shackles/U-bolt flip, Kevin-improved frame, finally a functioning CB, with ChaseTruck Copper State Cruisers #40 www.desertrider.net

03-07-08, 05:42 PM	#10
thenimirra IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 39	does wheeling with your dogs count? They are the only children I plan on having. Can't wait to get The Girls, as I call them, in the back of my rig. One is a Husky and the other is a Malamute....they will be some wheeling dogs!

03-07-08, 06:31 PM	#11
nadajeep IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: washington Posts: 10	I wheeled with all 3 of my kids starting when they were very young, now that my kids are all grown up, my son still wheels with me in his own nicely prepared toyota and my 2 daughters ride with me every chance they get...lol... so don't be afraid to take them with you just make sure there secured safely and pick your trails accordingly, save the really crazy stuff for when they're not with you..

03-10-08, 07:25 AM	#12
k9crazy IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA TLCA# 16079 Posts: 1,582	I am already researching the best safety seat for minimizing bumps. The baby is due in 3 weeks, so it will be a bit before she can go offroad with me, but I am thinking about bringing her to GSMTR so I can ride some and her papa can watch her back at the cabin. __________________ Heather '07 FJ Cruiser and 1973 FJ55 Upstate Cruisers - Land Use Officer SFWDA - Director of Land Management Georgia Cruisers TreadLightly! Master Tread Trainer DONATE TO SAVE TELLICO

03-10-08, 05:24 PM	#14
thenimirra IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 39	LOL. I hear you...I'm guessing one of my dogs will love it and the other will howl at me to get her back home! __________________ Told ya it was inevitable....my last name is Wheeler! picture-yourworld.com--onedayonepicture.com--pictureyourworldphotography.blogspot.com

04-09-08, 10:46 AM	#15
ISOLATR IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: by the beach TLCA# 13516 Posts: 41	My niece has been riding along with her dad since she was about 10 months old. She's been to Moab probably 6 times at least and even done the Rubicon. She has made more trips than some of the members of my club. Megan is going on 13 and frothing at the bit for her own rig. I keep waiting for her to get to the age where she doesn't want to go and hang out with her dad, but that hasn't happened yet. Sometimes she likes to ride with me so "we can show those boys how it's done". I love my Megy!! __________________ www.goldcoastcruisers.com 1982 Toy Pu Short Bed - Mostly stock, rear locker, 5 spd, 2" lift, 31" BFG's, S%&tty Built bumpers, buckets, soon to have inner cage.

04-21-08, 11:40 AM	#16
JONNYFJ Quiet there's a J**P Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: IRAQ :( TLCA# 18337 Posts: 304	Here is a really nice seat from Simpson Racing 140.00 Simpson Racing, Simpson Performance Products, Simpson Racing Products, Team Simpson - Child Seats > Child Car Safety Seat Attached Images __________________ 69 FJ40 383 Stroker SM420 3Speed Toyota T-Case SOA ARBs 35 MTRs and more 84 Mini Truck 22RE Stock Tranny Duel T-Cases Flat Bed 35s

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