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I solo camped a for a couple nights a few weeks ago to take in the solar eclipse. I added a table and propane burner to the spare wheel carrier I built for my XJ and it was the first time I got to test it out. It was a success! Very easy to use and nice and compact. Most of what need...

I agree with this. I've considered buying a relatively new pickup but I'm so used to using my old and smaller one that I don't think I could handle a "big" one. I camp with several guys with F150s, Silverados, etc. and they always seem to be getting up and into the beds to get their stuff...

I'm currently building a square back trailer. My plans amount to notes, sketches and thoughts in my head. It's amazing how many things change once you get the point of actually putting them together. I've always kept a box of what I call "fab scraps". I cut 6" lengths of pretty much...

What a great trip!

Minor thing but the term AMC used when XJs came out in 1984 was "uni-frame". They probably thought that made it sound stronger.

Since the early 1980s, every Friday the 13th, regardless of the month of the year, Port Dover, Ontario which is located on the north shore of Lake Ontario hosts a motorcycle event. It's a single day event and draws about 150,000 people. The population of the Town is just over 6,000, one of...

I'm going through the same process. After finishing my expedition trailer I started a square back trailer build, also 5x8. I used Drifter Trailers for a lot of my design cues. I'm still using my expedition trailer but if all goes well this will be its last year. Good luck with your new...

I found a light duty rake I liked at Home Depot but it came with a wooden handle that was too long and difficult to store away. I replaced it with a folding handle from a snow brush. This thing is surprisingly handy.

This is pretty much the way I see it too. I tried 1" spacers on my Jeep LJ for a couple of months. I didn't have any problems with them but, right or wrong, I couldn't get them out of my mind while driving so I removed them. I've had 2" spacers on 2 trailers for years and have haven't had...

I use bike looks too. I'm less concerned about theft while camping than I am about coming out of a store (for example) and seeing some whacko kid or nut bar hacking up my stuff ... or worse. It's hard to see in this pic but I made a wire cable with loops that goes through the shovel handle so...

I've replaced worn out seats in 3 Jeeps (XJ, TJ & LJ) with Hyundai Tiburon seats. In each case I wanted seats that fold forward so ones from a 2 dr. car worked well. You can usually get these at a junk yard for about $40 ea. I put DORMAN seat heater kits into 2 sets and it's a pretty...

I have a few options that include a tear drop trailer and an off road trailer with a RTT but I've camped several times in the back my Jeep XJ and really enjoy it. I use it for various things and have resisted making a sleep platform. Mine is a 2 dr. which makes it easy to dive in head first...

Love it! A few days ago I posted some pics on a Facebook group of various cars I raced with 50 years ago (Canadian Off Road Racing Association seasons 1973 & 74). I was in the single seater class but several were of bugs. Yours reminds me of one of them.

Well said. I'm old enough to have voted for Trudeau Sr. but that's the last thing I would have ever done. He was as an arrogant narcissist too but at least he was intelligent. Trudeau Jr. ... not even close. I don't know what our American friends know about him but his place on the...