Episode 243 with Keri and Paul Porter of Discover 4x4
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.
Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
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.
Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
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Episode 242 with Jeff Mckinlay, man of experiences.
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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The PRP Origin story with Aaron Wedeking on Episode 244
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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Conversations with Big Rich - Episode 243 with Keri and Paul Porter of Discover 4x4
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Welcome to Conversations with Big Rich. This is an interview-style podcast. Those interviewed are all involved in the off-road industry. Being involved, like all of my guests are, is a lifestyle, not just a job. I talk to past, present, and future legends, as well as business owners, employees, media, and land use warriors, men and women who have found their way into this exciting and addictive lifestyle we call off-road. We discuss their personal history, struggles
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