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IMHO, people are far too hesitant to use 4LO, and depend on braking far too much. Ideally I like to go downhills using the service brakes as absolutely rarely as possible, saving them for a potential emergency. I'd rather go into 4LO and be able to shift between a few gears in the trans to...

For years and years b'fast burritos were our go-to. If I'm camping without the wifey, it still is. But many years back one of my buddies that always camped with us (he had his own trailer, but just a member of our "regular" group) worked for a local butcher shop. The place makes...

Same here. Interesting. What is the attack vector? Does it manifest as similar Layer 5 ports/protocols as opening lots of tabs? -TJ

Classic. It seems like I tend to go "fancy" camping and forget sometimes the classics are so great - they're classic for a reason right? -TJ

Also, I swear there was a thread on here talking about tire sizes, weight and accelerated wear. My search-fu isn't finding it, but here's what some of my rear axle parts looked like after 130k+ miles and lots and lots of heavy towing including 17k lbs 5th wheels (all with about a 450/900...

Foxes are on: -TJ

I'm going to be selling my '17 WK2 Trailhawk with the 5.7 Hemi and Trailhawk Luxury Group soon. If you scroll back in this thread you'll see my Trackhawk, which we've sold, and orderd the wife a TRX. I bought it about a year ago and I've taken it on a several Overlanding trips, mostly with my...

It's back under its own weight, temporarily. Just a quick test, as well as moving it over to the axle side of the house at WFO to regear (and refresh) the rear along w/ the ARB. The front will probably come back up about 1.5" and the new leaf spring pack still needs to go in the rear which...

Super cool! Would like to see more pics/details. -TJ

Nice, congrats! Can't wait to see the build. -TJ

My big Class A I just sold had a 150 gallon fuel tank. The one I had previous to that had a 100. My truck has a 58 (or 59) gallon aftermarket stock location fuel tank and had a 65 gallon fuel transfer tank in the bed (~123-124 gallons total, before I took the bed-mounted tank out out and sold...

Totally forgot to update this thread with progress: IFS knocked off, and frame plating starting: Getting the Super 60 under it: More or less buttoning up the front: We're going to see how she does without hydraulic assist for now, but if it sucks turning the 37x13.5"s on the...

Have you weighed it to confirm those numbers? Just seems incredibly light, at least as compared to my teardrop. Of course, mine is built -very- beefy... but you're still well below half the weight. -TJ

I can't speak to towing with a 2-door JK, but I can give you some ideas on weights of my teardrop (which is for sale ;) )... with the box behind the diamond plate storage box full of hardwood firewood, a full 30 gallons of water, and all of my gear/food for a ~week trip it was 2800lbs, and had...

To be clear, I wasn't suggesting the TRX for Overlanding. I Overland with either my '11 Silverado 2500HD (with the aforementioned Four Wheel Camper), my '17 Jeep Grand Cherokee Traihawk (5.7 Hemi), or my old '03 WJ. The TRX will be the wife's. ;) The Power Wagon is a great option, IMHO, but...

You'll love that RAM. We had a '19 1500 with the 3.92s and similar options (33gal tank, rear locker/off road package, etc) and it was a great truck. With just a leveling kit it sat great on 35x12.5-20" tires. I don't think the rig would hamper you in any way for most/all Overlanding. It...

I love that idea. It's something a good buddy of mine talk about all the time: fly somewhere, buy a vehicle, get camping gear and tools at a Walmart or whatever, and Overland our way home. Obviously we stole the idea from Roadkill, Dirt Every Day etc. (really just David Freiburger). I say...

Do-it-do-it! -TJ

I am a "Chevy fan" but gawd I still love those Ramcharger/Traildusters (I want a Trailduster, just to be a bit more Mopar-weirdo :p ) and as a FWC owner those ones with the FWC grafted on are the ultimate in cool! I'd love to build one "someday." -TJ

Gotcha... it sounds like it could be the "right" project for you if it's not a total rust-bucket. I suspect you could handle the manual conversion if you're just going with something like a SM465 that could have been optioned originally in it. I helped a buddy do that swap on a '72... it was...