2020 MUTJAC EVENT

Rugged Mountain Ranch, Sept. 18-20

- Kasey Mills

Back in October of 2019, a couple of TJ owners were discussing upcoming wheeling events when they noticed something, there are a lot of vehicle-specific events ranging from Willy’s to FSJ’s, LJ’s to Early Broncos, but nothing for the TJ crowd. The group decided it was time to change that and create an extreme event, just for TJ’s. The plan was simple, put together a group of TJ owners that were prepared to wheel some of the hardest terrain available.

REQUIREMENTS:

• vehicle began life as a TJ, retaining a portion of the factory tub

• one-ton axles or equivalent

• winch, to prevent slowing up the group up on the trails.

The idea quickly moved its way to a Facebook group, starting out with around 20 TJ owners spread out from East Coast to West Coast. By early 2020, the planning had started with choosing Rugged Mountain Ranch in Daisy, OK as the location. Rugged Mountain Ranch is a 3700-acre park with over 25 miles of established and mapped trails with everything from mild to nearly impassable/buggy only trails, with additional trails being cut all the time. The amenities made RMR a unanimous decision, it ticked all the boxes - insane wheeling trails, housing for up to 40 people and many RV spots available. Everyone could stay on location.

Once the location was decided, the group started working on a time everyone could get together. As we all know, the hardest part of making any wheeling event happen is finding a time everyone is available to get together. About 50% of the group committed to making the event in mid-September, so the date was set for Sept. 18-20, 2020.