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Read the payload and towing test protocols, the rated capacities are established under worst case conditions - high ambient temperatures, altitude, steep grades and highway speeds. In reality the safe limits (mind not rated or legal limits) will vary with the conditions. What can be safely...

Suboptimal for sure

Are the straps replaceable when they inevitably wear out or become damaged? I use ratchet straps on a nearly daily basis and the biggest pain with them is keeping them clean and organized, which to date means rolling them for storage in a tough box in the bed. My wife tends to leave my...

Where I live the UPS vans chain up if we get a good snow and even then know better than to venture down the very common steep gravel drives and private roads. A lot of homes here are 1,000' higher than the highway and on private roads that aren't plowed or maintained well and don't tend to have...

We bought a Subaru with cloth seats after our son was born, not a great choice in retrospect. Prior to that we’d had a VW with a faux leather, we had a big dog at that time. The leatherette was far easier to clean, while the cloth soaked up awful spills and messes that come with young...

The XJ I learned to drive in had reverse like that. Just don't forget after driving a modern six speed with the gated reverse or you might go for the deadly "6th" at highway speed.

Well, people are idiots..

I very much agree with your sentiment. Then when I think about it deliberately, having owned motorcycles longer than cars or trucks in my life, pulling up / back / toward me with my toe = upshift; pushing down / away = downshift. Now a really cool trick would be: keep the AT selector bump...

There's actually a fair bit of discussion on the overly soft Rubicon springs but they are a common and relatively inexpensive upgrade afterwhich the complaints stop. I've been very happy with the Clayton triple rate coils which are a better solution that fixed or dual rate springs.

It looks like a geo tracker.

Some of the old tractors I've been aquainted with had two fuel tanks, a small pony tank of gasoline to start the engine then switch over to diesel once it's warmed enough. One in particular I belive was an old iH Farmall. Sadly such utilitarian designs are long gone and now even Ag machines...

Here me out (but don't steal my IP!) - An arm that locks to the driveshaft, with a spike on the end, so it punctures the fuel tank when the thief tries to drive off.

It seems the southern border is the common theme per the replies. I live within eyesight of the Canadian border, and per the CBC news I pick up on FM, Vancouver has a thriving grand theft auto scene. That doesn’t seem to have bled over the border as much though. From what I’ve heard the...

Seriously, where do y’all live that you have such a concern about theft? I feel like in such a circumstance I would just drive a beater when it’s necessary to park in a sketchy area.

Start it up, get the car seat situated, then it’s 1,000’ up to the gate at about 5mph. It idles while I unlock and relock the gate, then I accelerate gently up to the 55mph speed limit. If it’s in the teens or below I remote start it so the truck can warm up enough to soften the door seals...

Jeep/Stellantis understand that the minority of hardcore Jeepers are essential to the brands cachet. There is no better advertisement than seeing real jeeps in the wild doing jeep stuff. The no-shit authenticity of a Rubicon is why sells every other jeep in the lineup. The new Cherokee isn't...

I won’t make friends with the cool kids saying this - the 3.6l is a reliable if antiquated PFI/NA engine. It’s basically what the V8 boyz say they want without the excess power and fuel economy penalty. I’ve never been held back because the Gladiator lacked power, that’s what gearing is for...

I've only had to to use 4H at higher speeds a few times. Once was driving from Yellowstone to LoLo one snowy November. Two lane highway glazed with ice and snow, I was pulling a small 3,000lb trailer which would get a tad squirly until I pulled the lever to 4H. The truck generally does...

Could be the flat spots mentioned or it could be the shocks. I put on a set of falcons this spring to replace the blown out stock fox shocks and since it's turned colder I notice they are a bit bumpy first thing. I've been thinking it's the cold fluid based on the fact that it smooths out...

I like to get good photos of the wear pattern when I do the diffs. I bought a low profile cordless ratchet before I did my suspension and it’s money for all the diff cover bolts. It doesn’t take any longer than doing an oil change and if you do them all together you can let the crankcase drain...