Turner built the roof, half-doors, and tailgate out of 0.125 aluminum plate per Ultra4 standards. She also filled the rest of the bed with permanently mounted tools and spares for race day. She also replaced stock seats for a used set of racing buckets and upgraded to a 12-gallon race-safe fuel cell, which is mounted in the bed (the stock tank is 10 gallons). She changed the C-pillars on the ’cage, added several gussets, and a firewall. “A lot of KOH prep was general maintenance on the car and adding essential safety features in order to pass tech inspection,” Turner adds. Turner built the rollcage for her dad’s 4Runner last year. However, some items were upgraded to make her 4×4 ready for the grueling competition. Her Samurai changed little from what it was before to a KOH-ready race machine due to strict stock (4600) class rules. “Jessi was again my inspiration for competing at this level her untimely is what spurred me to take on the world’s hardest one-day off-road race with my little car.” “My skills in fabrication lent a huge hand to modifying my Samurai to meet strict Ultra4 tech rules for King of the Hammers last year,” Turner explains. One of Turner’s greatest achievements came when she outfitted her Samurai and competed in the 2020 KOH, the world’s toughest one-day off-road race. Consequently, she’s now leading trail rides through the Rubicon trail in that very same Suzuki Samurai. “I’ve spent the last seven years building and wheeling my Suzuki Samurai on the hardest trails on the West Coast.” Everyone Turner wanted to go off-roading with had bigger rigs than she did, but she always tried her best to keep up. “Outside of the shop, I’m known as the girl with the Samurai,” she says with a smile. She is a welder/fabricator living in Northern Nevada. Turner is pushing the limits like never before.
Unfortunately, the stock class bypassed that obstacle during the race. “We primarily built off-road armor for Tacomas at that shop, and having a job in the off-road industry gave me a leg up in my racing career, too.” Five years and two jobs later, she can weld and build almost anything.ĭropping into the Backdoor obstacle while pre-running the KOH course. She pushed a broom until “the boss let me stick metal together,” she says. Her first position was at Bay Area Metal Fabrication in Benicia, California. One project led to “taking every welding class that the school offered and then landing my first job at a real fabrication shop,” Turner shares. Turner enrolled in her first welding class in community college to build a set of rock sliders for her Samurai. “I remember watching her in an American Welding Society video in one of my first welding classes and thinking to myself: If Jessi can do it, so can I.”
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“ was a huge inspiration to me since her days on the Xtreme 4×4 TV show ultimately I credit her with my decision to choose a career in welding,” Turner says. No matter what trail Jessi Combs was on, she was always smiling. In addition to off-roading, recent rock crawling competitions, and her other favorite outdoor activities, her passion lies with welding and fabrication. Now, she and her Samurai go all over together. Turner wasn’t afraid to use her hands or ask questions. “That realization has opened opportunities to explore on my own and grow,” Turner exclaims.
She could trust herself enough to get out of any sticky situation, if needed. The first solo camping trip she took made her realize she could do it unassisted-it changed her whole agenda. Learning to do those things by herself was a huge turning point. These activities have two things in common: outdoors and solitude. If I could, I’d be outside exploring every weekend.” “In the summertime my husband and I enjoy taking our ski boat out on the lake with friends for fishing and floating. My dog, Raven, usually comes with me and we enjoy watching the wildlife, hiking to spots where I can’t drive, and taking a dip in the alpine lakes near where we live,” she exclaims. “Camping and off-roading go hand-in-hand I prefer a secluded campsite in the wilderness over an established one. Turner, an outdoor enthusiast, enjoys camping, hiking, boating, and off-roading. A big morning stretch at the overlook point on Rubicon Trail.
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