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Help me spend $1100!
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But when he's ready to retire he'll have a lot more to spend on the retirement rig.
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And too old to do the work. Hopefully by the time he retires he will already have the rig he plans to use for the rest of his life. I say do it while you can, and young enough to really enjoy it ! There is no guarantee you will be around at retirement age.
You can do both, he said this is discretionary money. I do strongly believe in setting yourself up for retirement.
I also believe in living a full life, getting out there is something you will never regret. Travel and family are the most important investment to me. I lost my wife to cancer a few years back, the time we spent is all I have of her. The day her life insurance money came was one of the worst day of my life. The money is nothing compared to our time together.
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I'd spend my $$ on better shocks, better than Rancho. I run Bilsteins but would go FOX if I wasn't on a tight budget. I'd get a good deflator (I have an ARB), a Viair pump (I have the 400P and it works well), solid recovery points on both ends, a recovery kit (shackles- either soft or regular D-ring, strap, traction boards, safety jack), tire plug kit (I have an ARB one), longer sway bar end links from IRO, some sort of comms (preferable HAM), and use what's left for gas.
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My deepest sympathy for your loss, adventurer. I lost my wife from doctor neglect 7 years ago after 59 years of marriage.
I was luckier than most men, I was self employed, had a home office, and my wife had to put up with me 24/7 - 365.
She gave me six children and tons of memories, all very cherished. We never had any money for saving but God gave us everything we needed. She was ill for the last 30 years of her life and medical bills ate our lunch, but we managed with conservation and planning. Keep her in your heart, but remember, you are a young man and you can have a wonderful life with a new love to carry you through to old age. God Bless you !
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My condolence to you and your family, Lanlubber. I have not found the words that convey the feeling that go with the loss, other than "It Sucks".
As for improving his rig, take your time and do your reassure. I have found the reason I love something is the reason another doesn't like it. I am not a RTT guy, I know many that love them.
Lol the Roth is well stocked along with the 401k, tsp, etc. I’m a bit of a tight wad and have always believed in “paying yourself first” so I don’t spend much on anything for myself. However, this money literally fell into my hands (apparently I overpaid into insurance at my previous job) so it’s free money as far as my budget is concerned. Plus my 5 year old hasn’t been too interested in sports but loves to fish, bike, and camp and I think this could be a great opportunity to get her out of the house and spend time with her pops.
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Thanks Mike, "it sucks" is relevant.
There is two sides on a coin, heads and tails, take your pick. IMO the only reason people might dislike my "stuff" is because they don't have it. Personally I think the RTT is a fad presently. I would much rather be on the ground, not just because I am too old to be climbing, but because I don't want to break my neck trying to get out of the thing when a bear comes climbing up the ladder. I think a roof rack is a very useful tool and doesn't need to be cluttered with RTT's. A roof rack frees up needed space inside the rig, maybe even a bed. That's where the two sided coin comes in to play Dustin.
I can’t imagine going through what either of you have. Really makes you try to get the most out of each and every day. I guess that’s why I’m here, to see the world and share it with my loved ones because you just never know when the time comes. Or in my gf not so eloquently says “all you do is eat sleep jeep”.
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$1100.00 Well, how are you set on tools? I always travel a little heavy on tools and now days pretty much everything I buy, I end up having to fix or modify and its a lot easier with good tools. I just bought a brand new off road camper a few months ago and have already used my multimeter numerous times troubleshooting electrical problems. And don't me started on what all I had to fix on the inside, latches that are jacked up and not aligned right, etc. So yeah, tools are good to have.
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Dustinfromohio,
I would be looking into 12 VDC fridges/ freezers! Vance.
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This is a great point.... you have a jeep so you'll want to get to know it (and have lots of 13mm sockets/wrenches...).
One of my best tool purchases in the past year was a 1/2" drive DeWalt cordless impact driver. So far that has become a mainstay in my tools, it get used ALL the time and comes on all my trips. Its honestly a reason that I'm able to do so much work on my trucks, there are a lot of the larger bolts for suspension and body bits I wouldn't be able to break loose otherwise.
Shocks were delivered yesterday, started hitting the bolts with pb blaster last night, hope to have them on by this weekend. Decided to use some of the money to service my AC (by that I mean my GF decided) so that leaves me with a little over $800. My next purchase is going to be portable air, I really like the idea of swapping it to the 4Runner as needed. I’m currently debating between viair 88p and 400p. My next tires will most likely be 285s but I hate buying things twice.
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If you want to get serious about your shocks look to icon not rancho or bilstines. secret to winches like most electronics they are made overseas, many in the same factory, my costway 13k winch readily accepts the 6.5hp motor and other parts from warn winches if that tells you anything. I dont know what terrain your looking to play in but i would lift it put longer shocks on and stuff the largest mud terrain tires possible on it to start with but thats just my opinion.
Well I’ll probably get chased out of the forum with torches for this but I ended up going with the ranchos. My reasoning was pretty straight forward, my entire objective for shocks was to improve ride quality because my current suspension makes long drives uncomfortable at best. After reading reviews by quite a few people with tons of tj specific experience (Blaine, jerry bransford, etc) they all agreed that while the bilsteins were a product designed for higher performance, they also led to a firmer ride so they switched to ranchos. I also believe e that many of you running 6k lb rigs may experience different results than my sub 4K tj. The reviews also stated that the 5000x was a much different product than the older 5000s that many have switched from. As ride quality was my number 1 objective with affordability being 2, I went ranchos. You may throw spears now [emoji17]
