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This one was epic: https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/the-best-breve-latte-youve-ever-had-and-me-a-summer-sojourn.83503/

One of my favorite quotes and I use it with my kids all the time. The way I know this saying is "Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from bad decisions." Then the next sentence out of my mouth is usually something like "Don't beat yourself up over the stupid thing you...

I think this is a tough question because it really depends on what "your build plan" is, you know, what are you planning to do with the Gladiator. The Overlanders will have one prioritized list, th Krawlers will see that list differently, as will the hunter/fishermen and the guys using it for...

i suppose he should try all the helpful tips you have provided to resolve his dilemma. People who hide behind the internet to be nothing but critical...SMH

worked on mine

FWIW, there is one REALLY weak link in the Jeep's front end and that is the ball joints. Yes, you could have dozen things causing death wobble but those ball joints are "basically" plastic; at least the cup is and these things can wear out fast depending on use and lubrication...because they...

From an outfit in Montreal called Frog Fab. https://frogfab.myshopify.com/en-us/products/chape-de-pare-chocs-avant-pour-jk-jl-dorigine Yes, they say they are for JK’s but they fit on my 2020 JTR

Absolutely right. The funny thing about it IMHO is that there are other vehicles where their design teams came up with outward facing throats and the vehicles were manufactured that way. I even think the 90’s era RAM trucks came that way. In one of my previous lives I was a certified rigger...

Totally agree. What I don’t like about the hooks in that scenario is the possibility that the loop can pop off the open throat before the back swings and then seats it in the back of the hook.

Not trying to disagree, but the scenario you propose only applies if the vehicle pulling on your hook is off centerline from your vehicle and pulling at an angle; much like examples others have already cited where a vehicle has slid off the road into a ditch. In that type of scenario, the...

Agreed. Here's a question (for anyone really)...I have thought about swapping mine right to left, so that the hook opening faces away from the centerline of the vehicle. I always look at it and think that if you were to hook up a bridle to pull someone, then there is a risk that a loop...

I'll second the Bandit as well. The rear bumper hooks are perfectly fine. I've not had to use mine but I have winch pulled on other people's JLU's and Gladiators that had the same hooks. To head off the obvious next question: the front hooks are fine too. I personally don't like that style...

Right there with you brother. Generation Jones!!

I've found that the adaptive cruise control is best on those 2 lane highways that run through the country side, esp. when there's rolling hills that making passing a challenge. Many times, driving from Cedar Rapids to Sioux City by way of Fort Dodge on US 20, it was great to set the ACC based...

Well...it's about all I do anymore since I retired. This should be the new mantra: Get Retired. Get Better. :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:

I use walnut a lot; it is so nice to work with hand planes and chisel. Purple Heart...not so much. I like the look of purple heart but once it starts to oxidize, it goes greyish and loses what makes it so cool. I'll tell you the wood I really like using is Caribbean Rosewood: This one is...

The sad part about it is there's no "real way" to make money at it. I mean I'd love to start a little retirement business doing this stuff but people don't realize the cost of custom wood items. As an example, the box in the first video was for my mother-in-laws husband's birthday. She...

Before I retired, I was a Reliability Engineer and was certified in things like Oil Analysis, Vibration Analysis, etc. One of the technologies used in Predictive Maintenance is Ultrasonic Analysis which is a device that actually can detect those frequencies and convert them to a sound you could...

Family members have been asking me to make jewelry boxes for birthdays, etc.; so here are a couple of my latest projects:

I tell my wife that the human hearing range is between 20 Hz and 20kHz and that if she wants me to remember things she told me, she should try not to tell me things in a voice outside of that range...