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Both of our boys learned to drive, and took their driving test, in an F350 Crew Cab, Dually, long bed pickup. Needless to say, they both can drive pretty much anything!

I thought the weight difference was weird too, then I figured it's the difference between 65 feet of steel vs. 80 feet of synthetic. I guess I should compare the cost of upgrading to the synthetic and the cost of the hawser fairlead vs. the cost of the Apex to get a better idea of the...

So, I'm thinking I want to put a winch on my Gladiator, I've got a limited budget, and Harbor Freight just sent me a 25% off coupon with no exclusions, and good for a week. I'm looking at the offerings from Harbor Freight and comparing the Apex and the ZXR, both rated at 12K lbs. The ZXR comes...

We're towing with our 2007 Bounder 35E on the Workhorse W22 chassis - we know it's back there, but it does fine.

I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken... :angel:

One thing to be aware of when saving receipts: if the receipt comes from a thermal printer then the information will disappear in a relatively short time - the thermal paper tends to turn a uniform grey color as it sits around. I make a copy of all thermal receipts and save the copy.

I thought the build sheet shows 4 gallons of fuel as part of the build, not a full tank?

I did mine about a week ago and it took overnight for the email showing my license...

We finally got to test out the Gladiator towing behind our motorhome - it tracked straight and true like expected with no issues. But, we have an issue with the turn signal wiring. I built a copy of the CoolTech harness, with a 4PDT switch on the dash, and wired into the harness in the...

I'm interested - like to see how the tie rod gets installed.

We use a mechanical braking system called Ready Brake, from NSA, that works well. How does it work? Well, when the tow vehicle slows down the towed vehicle pushes against the tow bar, which activates a lever built in to the Brady Brake, which then pulls on the toad's brake pedal via a length of...

My wife and I have done the classes the past 2 years - the first year I drove my JT and last year she drove her JKU. It was her first time yanking the lever into 4WD and she had an absolute blast!

Okay - I managed to get a photo of the cab side of the firewall. The 2 separate brake cables went through pretty easily, directly inline with the brake pedal and then I routed them along the driver's side frame rail up to the front bumper.

I usually get a whining sound from the passenger seat if I accelerate to quickly...

Back in the 60s I had heard that a way to clean carbon out of engines was to slowly dump a quart of transmission fluid into the carb with the engine running at a high idle - seemed to me it was a good way to eliminate any mosquitos in about a 1/4 mile radius...

We had one of these on our old 2017 JKU - pretty much ignored it, but once we sold the vehicle to Vroom it's kind of entertaining being able to see where they are storing it, and maybe still see it when it gets sold...

We didn't bother going through our insurance - we just went online to Safelite and set up the appointment. They asked if we wanted the little Jeep or not, and showed the price difference - it wasn't much.

Back in my Army days we had the M151 vehicles - independent suspension all the way around. They are extremely difficult to find in the surplus market because they were deemed to be too unstable on the roads. We also had our M274 Mules - 4-wheel steering capable and a fun vehicle to drive. The 2...

Yes, it's installed and waiting for our first trip of the year, happening in March. Installation was pretty straightforward, once I determined that the spot I needed to drill through the firewall was safe.

My wife has been driving mine for about a month now - we sold her 2017 JKU to Vroom for about $7K more than we paid for it, and now she's patiently (?) waiting for her 2022 JLU to be born and delivered... Fortunately we're both retired so we can get by with only one vehicle for a while...