Southern California Hummer Owners

INFORMATION

Welcome to the information section of our website. Despite what may appear to be quite a bit or reading, we must insist that you completely read and understand everything herein expressed.
Thank you.

DISCLAIMER

The Southern California Hummer Owner Group is merely an affiliation of Hummer owners. We are brought together with the common interest of enjoying our Hummers and exploring the outdoors. We do not carry any form of liability insurance, towing service, trail support (mechanics, technicians, etc) or represent any form of professional driving instruction. The events organized are typically pre-run to promote a safe and determined path through an area, but you follow and join us entirely at your own risk.

Any time you leave the pavement you depart from an engineered road and conditions of designed safety. Loose terrain, extreme variations in surfaces and other factors can lead to personal and vehicle damage. You are entirely responsible for using your own judgment and exercising caution when off-roading.

On the side or reality....nobody wants to get hurt and few are interested in damaging their vehicles. We strive to take routes that have been pre-run and select trails which offer safe "by-passes" or "round-abouts" so that the more challenging obstacles can entirely be avoided. We look for trails that all levels of driver experience can enjoy. Many of our members have significant experience and our prime interest is in making sure everyone has a fun time without harm or damage to either people and vehicle.

You will be asked to sign a liability release waiver before joining us on any trail or event. AND while naked pictures of hot celebrities are entertaining, they will not (again) be accepted in lieu of signing the release waivers!

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT

Common sense dictates that spare tires, water, first-aid and other such supplies be brought. All this aside...most the recovery equipment is carried by many of the group...about the only thing that really really really helps is having a CITIZENS BAND RADIO.

The CB radio is our primary means of communication while on the trail. The FRS radio's are often brought, but their limited range have held them from being our primary means of communication. The hierarchy of communication is as follows:

CB radio	Very effective, best range
FRS radio	Moderately effective, limited range
cell phones	Rarely effective due to coverage
screaming out of the window	Limited range, especially with diesels
Morse-Code using the horn	Few understand it, too slow
tin cans tied together with string	perhaps better then cell phones?
hand gestures	can get you shot in the inner-city

Please invest in a CB radio, without it you will miss out on LOTS of fun as well as valuable information that can seriously be useful. Running a trail without a CB is like watching television with no volume....tune in and be part of the fun. We have simple & cheap designs for radios that just slip in between the seat and center console, then it plugs in to the cigarette lighter and a magnetic antenna goes up top....no drilling holes of elaborate installs.

EVENTS

Events are usually scheduled with 2-3 weeks of notice, often polls are taken to see which dates work best in order to optimize turn-out. We travel all over the Southern California area and have an affiliation with a Northern group as well. Additionally, members are encouraged to post their own excursions and invite other members to join them. As a rule...if you're headed out to off-road, post a thread and invite a buddy: safety in numbers!

The greatest service you can bring to the club is to help us find, organize and run events. If you know of any trails...please bring us your experience....this is YOUR club too!!! We are family oriented and encourage you to bring your spouses, kids and even dogs.

WHO CAN JOIN

Let's face it...Hummer owners are often thought to be elitist, snobby and stuffy. NOT with this group. We are open to all enthusiast who seek to enjoy the great outdoors and share a common interest in exploring the unpaved world that elusively lies just beyond the boundary that separates us from....what was I saying??? Oh yeah...we like Hummers and off-roading.

Anyone and any vehicle can join us....provided they clear it with the event coordinator and ample room is available. We don't play "brand/model" ego games....we all come together in the spirit of enjoying the trail and helping everyone get through unscathed.

While the host-website is H2 oriented, this club is open to ALL models of Hummers. This is a HUMMER club, not an H2, H1 or anything-else club.

At events, there may seem to be a cohesive crowd...but more often half the people are new. Please push the limits of your extroverted nature and introduce yourself around....it'll likely pay-off when initiation time rolls around! But seriously, this is a great bunch of people and we have a great time....get involved!

WEBSITE

This swell website has been donated to us and is maintained by his lordship Jason Rosoff...he runs the Elcova website and has brought a valuable tool to the Hummer community. Our website is completely invisible to the outside world....unless you have the web address, you can't find it. Our membership directory and calendar is private and you should post your email address without concern for solicitation. Our discussion forum is slightly open to the regular Elcova forum....but it's well tucked away.

Take the time to explore the vast features of our website....it's packed with all sorts of great things. You DO NOT have to join the "H2 Club" either. You'll want to register in the forums, in order to post to threads and be counted. Also, be sure to fill-out your profile and include a picture of your rig

.HISTORY

The Southern California Hummer Owner Group was founded in mid 2002 by Steve Reisman (that's me). In a very short time we've grown to just over 160 members and have captured the attention of the entire Hummer community with our pictures, video's and media coverage by national news networks.