I bought my first Jeep ever-JKU Rubi in March 2011 and in July my wife and I hit the road from FL to west. We have been wheeling alone for 3months in Moab,Colorado and ofcourse we did the Rubicon trail. I did learn offroad tips on the trail and we made it safe back to Florida after 3months and 15K miles. So if you play safe you can do a lot alone, but I wished few times to not be alone and have more Jeepers around to help. It is hard to find someone in Florida who can go with us for few months .

 

I have a 4X4 pickup with FourWheller camper, travel alone most of the time into remote areas of Mojave Desert. Have Verizon cell in OnStar in truck and AT&T cell phone. Carry DeLorme PN-60w GPS that works with Spot. I can send text messages to Family and friends to let them know I am O/K. In case of emergency can signal 911, with insurance from spot that covers all cost of rescue service.

I go prepared and hope to never need Spot 911, but wife feels safer getting text message that I am O/K when no cell service. Some times when Verizon cell is not working, AT&T cell works, and some times the reverse. I love my JKUR but my dog and I enjoy the comfort of Camper on trips more, such as refrigeratorfurnacece, bed.

 

Always take someone with you! Then, if you get stranded somewhere and run out of food you can always eat your buddy!

 

LOL!! Good idea! Then my buddy will ask me why I brought along a fork and a knife if I didn't bring along any food.

 

I almost always wheel alone. If I waited around for someone else to go along, I'd never go anywhere. I backpack along. Hike alone. Geocache alone. Week-long trips do tend to get a tad boring in the evenings, though.

When I'm alone, I prefer to be by myself.

 

I wheel alone because I don't really have anyone tto go with. I don't push the Jeep hard though, but ill take chances if I'm not too far from town and have cell service.

 

My thoughts exactly.

 

There are some guys I know from my work who take their Jeeps out 4x4ing and have asked me to go with them... The thing is these guys are pretty hardcore into it. Their Jeeps are so heavily modded that they are not even street legal. One of the guys owns a trucking company, so they just load the Jeeps on a flat bed semi trailer and that's how they get to the trails and back. I could go with them, but almost feel like I'm more likely to break something trying to keep up with them (being that I'm a newb) than if I were to go somewhere alone.

 

Depends upon how one defines wheelin. At an off road park where a bunch of folks are around, makes no difference.

If you are going into the woods, there can be wisdom in using group methods. Again, it depends upon what kind of wheelin. Last year my lady and I headed down ahead of the group and were staying afterwards. We do remote camping and were scouting out some options. We hit one trail that was a bit of a pain in the butt. One of those only sorta steep with a turn to be made on it. The problem is the whole thing is made of 10-20 inch rocks. I actually turned around because it was loose enough that slipping off a rock and busting the oil pan or other important item was indeed a reality and we were way too far from camp to get it with CB. None of the folks coming down were hams so we would indeed be on our own.

I will also state I am likely not the only person to have tied one heep to another on a hill not for towing but for securing it to jack it up and change a cut tire.

You can get in trouble on the pavement so having a prepared kit is wise. Mild wheelin alone is not a huge risk, getting into questionable terrain back up is wise and can increase the safety factor greatly.