Conversations with Big Rich
Big Rich Klein
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Hear conversations with the legacy stars of rockcrawling and off-road. Big Rich interviews the leaders in rock sports.
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Krawlzone.tv host and creator, Nathan Riddle animates life in Utah on Episode 140
Conversations with Big Rich
12/08/22 • 63 min
Gunfighter, animator, filmmaker...I love the labels off-roaders accumulate. Everyone comes with a myriad of talents. Krawlzone.tv creator, Nathan Riddle, has been bringing us off-road content for more than ten years; it’s an awesome history. Listen in to Episode 140, and if you need to catch up – you can find all episodes on your favorite podcast apps, YouTube or www.bigrichklein.com
4:29 – “Hey, I’ve got an idea”
8:00 – A theme that we’ve kept all the way through, the passion and connectedness of the community
18:57 – the cool thing about Sand Hollow is actually blazing new trails
23:36 – I was a little jealous that I didn’t get to participate in Little Hollywood with John Wayne walking the streets
29:55 – I was a Jeff Foxworthy kid, “if you live in a house that’s mobile surrounded by a dozen cars that aren’t...”
36:57 – I moved over to Spacestation Animation, and the whole ecosystem is well over 150 people
44:56 – having more of an authentic come along, come hang out with us
50:36 – oh, hey, we’re out here on the trail with “Nobody”
We want to thank our sponsors Maxxis Tires and 4Low Magazine.
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All Automotive with Matt ClawsonAutomotive related topics. Anything from owning an repair facility to racing. Anything...
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Chris Ridgway hopping on Episode 239
Conversations with Big Rich
10/31/24 • 97 min
“I just wanna go fast,” Chris Ridgway. Chris joins us from the road as he’s hauling multi-million-dollar cars all over the US. If it’s got wheels, Chris has raced it, from motorcycles to Porches. Some great stories in here. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
6:35 – I wasn’t the most popular guy, I wasn’t the least liked guy, I was just one of the guys.
10:38 – I was still getting lapped in the ADCC beginner class. I wasn’t good. I just wanted it.
19:51 – It was a way of me feeling important and feeling like people like me, and the thing is, as you know about racing, that’s all that matters.
25:31 – I turned pro in ’91, and I got hurt. The big injury came in, I think, ‘95
40:34 – He said, “someone needs to put you in a car.” And I said, “who’s going to put me in a car?” And he said, I will.
48:13 – I had my leg all bandaged up, and I remember smacking it on the dash and someone’s wife duct taped it back up!
52:47 – He had so much more to lose, I felt like I didn’t have much to lose, and so I would take chances like that
1:06:50 – I was like, dude, we can do these doubles, he’s like, well, what happens if we come up short?
1:14:55 – and when you go to SEMA with Jesse Combs on your arm as your co-driver, you get sponsorship
Special thanks to 4low Magazine and Maxxis Tires for support and sponsorship of this podcast.
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All Automotive with Matt ClawsonAutomotive related topics. Anything from owning an repair facility to racing. Anything...
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Kelly Davis, founder and new owner of Tuff Country on Episode 241
Conversations with Big Rich
11/14/24 • 59 min
Tuff Country has been through some changes, from the founding 35 years ago to it’s purchase by a private equity firm to being back in the hands of the founder, Kelly Davis. Kelly shares all the details and what’s coming next. We wish him all the best in his reboot! Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
3:07 – I guess we’ve always been off-road entrepreneurs
6:54 – He said, “swim or sink, it’s up to you. You control your own destiny here.”
12:26 – we really engaged with grassroots events all over the country
16:45 – one thing we really tried to do was control our growth
22:06 – we thought, if we can survive 2008 and climb back out of this hole, we’re going to be some tough dudes
33:02 – they buy you because you are a well-earned machine, you’re profitable, you have value, and then they get away from your core values
43:05 – we made an offer, they accepted and the work started, we had to reboot this thing.
51:13 – Quitten’s easy, man, so easy. The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Special thanks to 4low Magazine and Maxxis Tires for support and sponsorship of this podcast.
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Episode 242 with Jeff Mckinlay, man of experiences.
Conversations with Big Rich
11/21/24 • 56 min
Jeff McKinlay, a man of experiences, from milking cows to construction; building steel buildings and rockcrawlers. Jeff has the work ethic to knock everyone out of the park; he’s the best at all he has done. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
5:38 – Wrestling was what I was good at; ended up four-time state champion, that’s what taught me a good work ethic is the wrestling and the training
12:58 – I realized it’s really hard to get paid when you’re not the guy in charge of the money
20:45 – Kevin was at his shop and had an old Twisted Customs rear steer buggy, I was like, “what in the world is that?”
26:20 – Anybody that’s crawled with Kevin knows that you don’t spot and you don’t help, you better keep up or you’re just getting left.
34:10 – I remember at my youngest son, Kade’s funeral, people were saying, “you did more with that kid in 17 years than most people do with their kids in their entire life.” That was a compliment I feel really good about.
Special thanks to 4low Magazine and Maxxis Tires for support and sponsorship of this podcast.
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Episode 243 with Keri and Paul Porter of Discover 4x4
Conversations with Big Rich
11/28/24 • 64 min
We love couples that work together. Paul and Keri Porter have been together since high school, now with the kids grown, they’ve dropped into four-wheel drive with a vengeance. Training trips, shows, and adventures keep them away from home for more than half the year. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
8:35 – It was definitely a struggle in those days, but we had a lot of fun.
16:49 – I got invited to the Badlands with a girlfriend and came home and told Paul he needed to buy me a Jeep
21:14 – They told us it had a lift on it; it didn’t but we didn’t know what we didn’t know
26:20 – During the club years we met so many who bought this adventure vehicle and didn’t know what to do with it
30:57 – Our business had two parts, we run adventure trips and offer training courses
37:23 – we’ve got big rig trips and beginner trips and not much in between, so we’re trying to fill that gap
46:22 – I love KOH, but I’m thankful we had something to do because we’re not people who just sit around
Special thanks to 4low Magazine and Maxxis Tires for support and sponsorship of this podcast.
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The PRP Origin story with Aaron Wedeking on Episode 244
Conversations with Big Rich
12/05/24 • 62 min
From the garage to where it is now, everything happens with hard work and innovation. Aaron Wedeking shares the PRP Origin Story and where they are going now, through the ups and downs and twists and turns. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
9:58 – I did well in school, but mostly, I was just waiting for the weekends!
16:53 – I’ve never set a goal, I just analyze the situation and think, What’s the smartest thing I can do today?
20:00 – We made six seats, I put them in the back of my Ford Ranger and this guy says, I’ll take them all. That’s how we started.
25:08 – I had two weeks of paternity leave from my CPA job, I ditched my wife at the hospital and picked up all the parts of that business to move it. A pretty crappy dad move and a real crappy husband move.
31:54 – It’s either work hard or be really smart, and I’m not, so I had to work hard
38:23 – it’s weird, when you’re in it, everything is stressful, it really fogs your vision.
43:01 – Nobody has come up with a lab test that can recreate exactly what happens in an off-road vehicle.
53:12 – We’re constantly innovating at PRP, and a lot of it comes from use.
Special thanks to 4low Magazine and Maxxis Tires for support and sponsorship of this podcast.
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Episode 245 with Tim Ryan of the V8 Swap Shop.
Conversations with Big Rich
12/12/24 • 62 min
The original hot-rod kid is still playing with V-8s; but now he’s taking them off-road. Tim Ryan, owner of the V8 Swap Shop is revving up as your go-to guy. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
3;36 – I got knives pulled on me daily because they knew I had a nickel for milk money
12:08 – they organized the high school drags and all the high schools were invited to participate; me and my friends rand the show because we all had hot rods
21:52 – A buddy of mine had a CJ5, it was an eye catcher; we’d meet girls like crazy when in his Jeep, I was the same guy as the one in the old car, but girls liked Jeeps.
28:48 – My wife says she only wanted a guy with a normal nose and a small truck. Maybe God had a reason to make me buy that truck so I could meet her.
38:49 – So, I ended up ultimately back in the automotive world which is where my heart always was.
43:35 – When is it going to be your Independence Day?
51:22 – Each build is difference, we’re not a cookie-cutter shop.
Special thanks to 4low Magazine and Maxxis Tires for support and sponsorship of this podcast.
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Lavender Brothers, Toby Lavender on Episode 246
Conversations with Big Rich
12/19/24 • 78 min
No matter your age, follow your passion. That’s what Toby Lavender has been doing for life. Automotive to hunting, Toby excels at all of it, and he’s not done yet. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
8:15 – I always preach to everybody that real formal education in the automotive repair industry is critical these days
18:17 – We flew in just so green to life and travel and didn’t know what the heck to expect and made the best of it
24:01 – I remember the first time we did a Million dollars in one year in sales, my accountant said, yeah, but it cost you $999,000 to do it!
29:48 – My first 10+ years in off-road was in desert racing, I learned you better have a lot of money or you better be able to build your own junk.
35:51 – I didn’t set out to do any of this, but I loved it and we just went with it and grew; Lavender Brothers grew into this 99% four-wheel-drive off-road shop
48:40 – One of my big life passions is hunting and everything related to that
54:19 – the paradigm shift was when I realized my employees were relying on me to provide the opportunity that they were showing up for
Special thanks to 4low Magazine and Maxxis Tires for support and sponsorship of this podcast.
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OneWorks Andrew Paulson, renaissance man on Episode 247
Conversations with Big Rich
12/26/24 • 115 min
Outdoorsman and Renaissance man, Andrew Paulson can do anything – if he’s interested. In the last fifteen years, we’ve watched Andrew build anything he set his mind to. The stories are fun. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
4:16 – this is why I always fought the educational institution, I had enough of it when I was a kid
10:08 – I was taught to earn my allowance, I think that was great. You work for it, that has taken me far.
20:03 – I didn’t realize a nail gun at the time was a thousand bucks, it was grand theft, adolescent charge.
36:50 – “I’m sorry, you didn’t get the rock climbing wall attendant job, we’re going to put everybody under you and make you the lead!”
46:15 – If I had the skillset to build it – why not? Why not capitalize on that?
51:19 – On the water, whether I’m catching fish or not, that’s my decompress, where my brain slows down, where the noise shuts down.
1:11:53 – I meet Dustin and Becca Webster, it’s about this time, I realize I’m in way over my head. Four minutes after the National Anthem and I’m on my lid.
1:18:58 – “Hey, we’re going to need help with recovery, we’ve got a car in a tree!”
Special thanks to 4low Magazine and Maxxis Tires for support and sponsorship of this podcast.
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Jeep Enthusiast Jim Horne in Episode 59
Conversations with Big Rich
05/20/21 • 89 min
Energetic, friendly, and knowledgeable describes Jeep enthusiast Jim Horne as he joins us for Episode 59 to share how a kid graduated from a Missouri high school ends up in Pahrump, Nevada (for now). Lots of stories and laughs along the way with his strong, beautiful wife, Barb.
2:56 – since I was born I’ve been around everything Jeep-wise
8:14 – I don’t know if I maybe had anger issues, but I love playing football
9:47 – A couple of years ago, Barb was diagnosed with breast cancer
12:50 – I really got into this industry, it’s saved us
17:26 – it’s those personal experiences that build character
18:46 – we would shut the job down because he was yelling at me and I was yelling back
27:35 – aircraft mechanic jobs were flooded with ex-military, no room for me
34:41 – it was time to settle down
37:09 – once you’re on the Rubicon, you’re not getting off until you’re done
38:57 – we started Outlaw Jeep Tours on the corner like a hooker
42:54 – Steve Nantz has been a key person in my life
46:25 – you’re living the dream
58:29 – I put her into a roll
1:04:34 – fighting vapor lock in the race truck
1:15:59 – you’re only failing if you don’t try
We want to thank our sponsors Maxxis Tires and 4Low Magazine.
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All Automotive with Matt ClawsonAutomotive related topics. Anything from owning an repair facility to racing. Anything...
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
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FAQ
How many episodes does Conversations with Big Rich have?
Conversations with Big Rich currently has 265 episodes available.
What topics does Conversations with Big Rich cover?
The podcast is about Jeep, Leisure, Podcasts, Automotive and Sports.
What is the most popular episode on Conversations with Big Rich?
The episode title 'A Shared History, an interview with Lil Rich Klein' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Conversations with Big Rich?
The average episode length on Conversations with Big Rich is 78 minutes.
How often are episodes of Conversations with Big Rich released?
Episodes of Conversations with Big Rich are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Conversations with Big Rich?
The first episode of Conversations with Big Rich was released on Apr 25, 2020.
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