Awesome to hear. I only touched the Tip of the iceberg in Dahlonega. There's Georgia Traverse, Beasley Knob (Jeeb Badge Trail) and Iron Mountain park all near by to name a few! I don't know much about Murphy, but I know it's out West and there's plenty to do there. I can't compliment this...
I think it depends on your exploring area. I'm out East, in Florida. We don't have vast areas to just setup and camp in the wild. Mostly everything is designated. If we go out of state, there's more options, but I'm driving 7+ hours just to get to the mountains, so I'm less keen on a trailer...
Don't have recorded stats, but I observe my mileage all the time. I'm in a stock JTR Automatic. Here's my experiences in flat, trafficky South Florida:
Short drives to the store/school all week long - 12-14mpg
Flowing city commutes (10 or so miles)- 17-19mpg
Flowing Highway commutes (50-65...
Flawless in the rain. The top corners of the windows are covered by the fly so you can still crack the windows open towards the top so the rain coming off the fly won't come in. They actually open from the inside and are connected at the bottom of the window, so if some water gets through the...
I'm in the same boat, but you missed one thing. Leaving the car in Acc or Run (but without engine running) will keep the power running to the back. There's a 30 minute limit with Acc though, not sure about Run. Will at least keep it running while you step out for gas, lunch, etc.
That said, I...
Set off on our first extended, multi stop, camping trip from South Florida with the Gladiator with stops in Dahlonega in Ga, Bryson City in NC, and finally a Airbnb in Asheville, NC to comfortably finish off the trip.
Nine days total, exploring areas I've quickly seen on Mountain Bike trips...
I go with Coleman Triton 2 burner. I go with "kitchen box" packing. One large Plano Sportsman trunk and fit everything except the table in there. I use one of those GSI Outdoors cooking table and then the small Plano box for dry foods. Will fit in the bed of the truck end to end and the table...
Just getting started with Camping setup. Voodoo Crossbars and Mopar Soft Trifold (came with the truck) cover.
Will soon be swapping to factory rollup or Rugged Ridge Soft Rollup, but this works to start. Rack left some gaps in the tonneau seal so used weather seal strips to close up the open...
Lol yeah it was on hold for purchase real quick. It fell though and he jumped on it and made it happen.
I was in same boat for a Max Tow build. Best we could find was a nicely built one at about 46k. Then this Rubi showed up and after running a few numbers on mods to the Sport S the Rubi just...
Dropping info for reference. A buddy just got a 8k mile (or so) Launch Edition for 49k (sticker) on Carvana. Last month I got a loaded Rubi (Original 59k sticker, really only missing camera and color match fenders) with 2500 miles for 48k. I'm not a dealer defender, I think the value at that...
Cliff Notes. Typocal TFL Apples to Watermelons review. I'm not a Jeep fanboy going to defend everything negative, but these guys constantly put half ass reviews.
Towing at the absolute limit and complaining about mileage. Most other reviews they stay off the tow limit. Complaining about nowhere...
Unless you're doing a drawer system or something bigger, I'll add another vote for two burner stove. Basically all my cooking gear goes in a large Plano trunk (Moved to the 108L size since this pic) and goes along with a camp kitchen table and I'm set. If you want griddle they have griddle tops...
Couple of things as I think I've been down a similar path. Sorry if I'm stating something you already know. If your battery is just shot, You should be able to replace the battery pretty easily with generic brand with matching capacity.. Also you can daisy chain a 2nd battery using the Anderson...
Just contributing for the research. Lucked into a 59k Rubi for 48k w/2500 miles. Was owned for about 6 months then sat around the dealer for another 6. Even if they did play around with it for some mileage, damn thing looked brand new. Couldn't find anything to be concerned about anywhere. Even...