1999-2003 RubberDuck 4x4 first started back in 1999 as a side business in a small 480 sq/ft section of our shop building accessories that placed function first on the list of design requirements. At that time, the only Hummer accessories available were made to look tough but were mostly untested and lacked the ability to stand up in the harsh, real world environment of off-road. With a background in Mechanical Engineering and a passion for Off-roading, the CEO focused heavily on strength and protection for “hardcore” off-road use. He would personally test everything before it would become available to the end user. If it didn't pass his test, it didn't get sold. This philosophy quickly spread RubberDuck 4x4's reputation throughout the community as being the only company to thoroughly test and abuse our products in the real world.

 

2003-2004 With the introduction of the H2 in 2003, the market dramatically changed with a flood of resellers who new little about the accessories they sold as well as offering thousands of chrome "widgets" and non-functional "fluff". RubberDuck 4x4 stayed true to our roots by not clogging our website with these "widgets" and remained focused on building and offering functional hardcore off-road equipment with product knowledge that is second to none!

 

2004-2007 As our popularity grew, RubberDuck 4x4 became a full time business for our CEO and incorporated in 2004. We expanded to a 1920 sq/ft building and continued to design, build and test more products as well as offer full service and complete builds of trucks. We also appeared on the TV series "Overhaulin" to lend our experience as well as install some of our products on the CNN Warrior One H1 build. (see "In the News")

 

2007-2009 Customers wanting to send us their trucks for complete builds became so popular that we had to expand again. To accommodate this we added an additional 3600 sq/ft for manufacturing, warehousing and shipping our products and dedicated our old 1920 sq/ft section to service and builds of customers' trucks. With this addition, our facility is now 5520 sq/ft and growing!

 

We were also very proud to have taken 1st place in the 2007 Lynch Hummer Adventure Challenge where we competed against some of the most heavily customized trucks in the world.