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Absolutely a personal choice, but it seems you have experience very similar to mine and important that we pass on our miserable failures as well as our good decisions about how to fit our vehicles.. the internet/these forums are a goldmine of good advice for anyone willing to use it. If the OP...

Years ago, I’ll admit, I was the TJ go to guy in our area. After several Jeeps and a lot of experimenting with different suspensions, I came upon the realization that my last Jeep, an 04 Rubicon could and did, traverse just about any trail I chose to travel with a very mild 2” suspension lift...

I’m with M Rose, I’m wracking my brain trying to think of my least favorite mod on our current vehicle/trailer. ( very long brain fart as I’m still wracking ) does older stuff, from way back when count? If so, my vehicle choice itself ended up being a mistake. It/they were a lot of fun, but we...

Is that a Warrior rack? I had one a half lifetime ago. It was noisy but livable. Have you considered cutting the rails off? Flat racks are a lot less noisy.

Ah, yes. Try finding them in an all terrain tire. I wish Goodrich would build them or Cooper make them readily available.

I tried to find out if these trucks had open differentials to no avail, LSD or Posi wasn’t invented yet so I naturally wondered about the rear axles. They must have had good ol Lincoln lockers.

Thankfully it is a debate devoid of politics. Landcruisers, (real) Jeeps, Land/Range Rovers and Subarus are all fine vehicles. Growing up on a farm we did not have brand loyalty to any equipment, we had a John Deere/Oliver dealership about 20 miles away so most all our equipment was JD or...

This is a cool video.

That’s hilarious, I often wondered why Subaru’s are the “go to” overland vehicle in Africa and Australia. (Actually Landcruisers are the “go to” vehicles with Land Rovers running a close 2nd.)

It’s tough to find 255/85/16s or that’s what I’d be using, so we are sorta kinda limited to using what is readily available.

Hey guys & gals, this is one of the best videos I’ve seen explaining why we overlanders employ the KISS method stay as close to stock as we can, especially with tires. Me? I run 285/75/16s one inch larger than stock- if 255/85/16s were readily available all over north ‘Merica I’d be using...

Some insurance companies, not all, will do anything they can to avoid paying on a claim. I would find a “ public insurance adjuster”. They specialize in going to war against insurance companies. A fee? Yes, generally 10% or so, at the very least though, free advice. Who are your insurance...

Nice job. I believe Alu-cab stole your idea. We have the 63qt ARB and the profile is low enough that I can get in and out of it without having to tilt it. But your idea is spot on. I’ll copy it if you don’t mind if I ever decide ours is too high

Yes, I don’t get the speedy set up , ASPW places a very high priority on the speed of the set up and tear down angle. I think only because he spends more time setting up shots and filming than many of us do setting up camp, preparing our food, eating , drinking and relaxing.. We, however, are...

We are in the seemingly constant process of rearranging and modifying our set up in order to get all the weight possible off of the roof rack and into the trailer. I can’t even imagine carrying the weight of an RTT up there. Even with 2850/63 J springs.

Salmon, Chicken, Steaks, burgers, along with fresh Veggies for dinner. If we’re beat and it’s late we’ll just boil some water and eat MREs. For lunch sandwiches or dogs. Oatmeal with fruit or sausage and eggs for breakfast. I’m the cook when we are out and about and this kinda food is quick...

Yea, funny eh, the dudes from Miami. Liberal/conservative has nothing to do with crime rates..

Bummer about your loss. You’ve handled it much the same i that I hope I would. Crime where I live is almost non existent. 10 years ago a couple of kids stole a garden tractor and parked it on the railroad tracks just to watch it get demolished and posted it up on YouTube. They were caught...

Electrically? The solar panel wires have plugs, 2 each, male/female and connect to the wires which are run to the regulator/monitor/controller mounted to my firewall. (a really cheap one btw; might have been 25 bucks) but be sure to get one that you can program how many volts gets to your...

I still have a CB. I like it. We also carry a PLB in case of a dire emergency. I have an idea that the HAM fad will eventually pass and the HAM hobbyists will remain true to their Hams. CB radio went thru the fad faze back in the 70s. Having said this I may well be getting a HAM liscense as...