Alaska Off-Road Warriors (1 Viewer)

[BionicCruiser]

anyone else watching this on History channel? it's fluffed a bit for the masses and added in fake drama, but 3 of the 5 vehicles are Toyotas. it's a race across Alaska, off road, with 5 teams of "real looking" people. no million dollar trucks. an FJ55 with stock 2F is actually in the lead as of last episode.
Fj55 with 2F
4runner, 1st gen w/ 22re and 35's
4runner 2nd gen
Rover 90 Defender
Jeep(old flat fender) with 350

this is a pic from the show/web page

 

[juane]

Is Mark Whatley in there?

 

[juane]

After watching a couple of clips....nevermind. Mark would likely not be involved with these yahoos.

 

[BionicCruiser]

you're right, he probably wouldn't be game for the false drama and overacting of a semi-reality show like this. it is a bit entertaining anyway. I have liked watching that iron pig work and hearing the 2F.

 

[facepillownap]

Is Mark Whatley in there?

I know he spent a lot of time this Summer working with film crews and renting out his rigs as support vehicles. This might have been the show he was working with I'm not sure.

 

[Fireman]

It is.

 

[BionicCruiser]

I'm glad he got to make some (hopefully) profit from it. it is fun to watch.

 

[TLC Norway]

Watching it is just painful, with the drama hyped three times before and four times after the 20 commercial brakes…
But I do love the fact that the toyotas are in there.
The superjeep was apparently about to explode and created a serious situation when the chicken**** weld popped on the front light bar.

Best part so far, was someone stood up for threading lightly on the trees.
He had a point!

 

[BionicCruiser]

any of these shows nowadays are scripted. I'm sure the tree thing was scripted too. it was a good add, to show more trail friendly wheeling people.

yes, the 2 non Toyotas have broken. the jeep with a hack bumper/brush guard and the rover broke a drive shaft. I've seen little actual difficult wheeling, but the spots they did have trouble on looked fun. I'm still gonna watch. just taking it w/ a few grains of salt.

 

[TroutRunner]

I've watched 2 episodes. My first impression...probably reversed the image of responsible wheelers back 20 years. Reinforces the idea that we are all a bunch of redneck hillbillies.

Bc it is so fake and dramatized it turns me off and I like all things off road.

4CornersTV.com visited the Glade 2 weekends ago. Had fun. http://www.4cornerstv.com/channel/in-the-neighborhood/episode/813#.VIsrVL6HE20