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to answer your very first question. To be completely transparent I do not, nor will ever own an IFS equipped vehicle. They are that bad. However, the Toyota IFS will last nearly twice as long as domestics before failure.

In short - no. I learned long ago that a defroster will ice up the windshield in a heavy snow. Just heating the cabin down low, and nothing on defrost and no icing up will occur. Since LEDs don’t heat up, then nothing would melt, hence, no icing up.

Just got ourselves a roof top tent. Because of where we go and what we do, and because of lessons learned about tents over the decades, we purchased a Tepui Autana 3 Ruggedized. Why? Multiple reasons. More often than not we have come upon the perfect campsite and not been able to pitch our...

It has more to do with proper tongue weight while hooked up and traveling. We’ve all seen someone’s trailer wiggling wildly on the highway - not enough tongue weight. And we’ve all seen the tail of a tow vehicle dragging butt - too much tongue weight. I use a bathroom scale for my very light...

The only conundrum is when to rebuild? 400-500-600k miles? Another conundrum? Which engine & drivetrain? My first impulse is to keep it stock, however, there are a lot of options. The 2.8 Cummins comes to mind as does the stock HDJ 81. I’m just a bit leery of swapping to the Cummins...

True, however, the driveline itself will last as long as an old Farmall tractor engine. Certainly there are all kinds of parts that will need replacing over the years and /or rebuilt. but the heart of the beast is nearly indestructible. I’ve yet to even hear about a bottom end, transmission...

194,000 miles hmm. It’s just now broken in.. the 80 was engineered to last 500,000 miles.

I confess that I have done zero research on the new Bronco so I’ve learned a bit here. I’m not sure how Ford is able to label two completely different vehicles with the same name.

My BIL is attempting to figure out a way to have an RTT, atop a water proof and dust/dirt proof stowage area down below for battery system, fridge, kitchen, etc, etc for his new Chevy pick up. I have a triple locked 80. Admittedly, the 80 has been a labor of love over the years but it has...

Hmmmm. Just hmmmmm... sounds like you know exactly what you’re doing, tip o the hat to you

Wait a minute- Ok, minute is up — a Ford Focus has more cargo space than the new Bronco? Am I the only one that sees that as horribly wrong?

My BIL will soon be in the same boat that you are. He’s building out his pick up truck and I know for certain he will tire of the constant inconvenience of everything being full of trail dust and dirt. Get your Landcruiser and be happy forever after. I’ve an 80 series FZJ and if it ever...

You You will not regret going with ARB, most of their kits are designed and tested specifically for Toyota as used in the outback of Australia

I used to think the same way, larger tires, less stress, on bearings designed to support 1,200 lbs, with bearing buddies. Those 1,200 lb axles/bearings, no matter what size tires, simply do not hold up to the constant hammering of off highway abuse even when the trailer is well under payload...

As with most things you get what you pay for and sometimes you pay way too much for gear that is more about a fashion statement than utility. My bolt on accessories come from one of two places, Slee Off-Road or ARB. Unlike many of the knock off companies I’ve never heard a single complaint...

All quiet on the Pennsylvania front. Gonna spend a very quiet Christmas with our daughter who works in a sterile environment with or without covid - 19. Planning a trip for late April, going where we might run into 4 or 5 people the entire time out.. we avoid cities like the plague, ( oops...

Yes, very much so. When loaded down with and all our gear the vehicle scales out at 7,000 lbs. that includes about 150 lbs of tongue weight for the 1,000 lb trailer. All told, 8,000 lbs. the cruzer drops about 3/4”. The rubicon did about the same. Be mindful though, your truck will ride...

The first thing Brian did was remove the axle, springs and bolt on tongue. Then flip the trailer over and level it up. The spring hangers removed, cuts were made, and the fun begins with the addition of the new sub-frame, and replacing the hangers. once it was flipped back over 45 cuts were...

agreed 100% that trailer does need traction on slick or loose terrain. There's not much worse than having your trailer come round and smack you up side the head. As far as Chinese being junk? I'm old enough to remember the very same things being said about the Japanese junk. So, just friggin...

On the OME springs. I had them on my overloaded Rubicon and now have them on my 80 series. Spring spacers will not keep you from bottoming out.