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Skyler7381

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Getting there, still debating to lift or not to lift? That is the question.

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if you plan to run 35s and want full articulation then a 2.5" lift would be good but otherwise you dont really need one.
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My favorite color. My favorite truck.
My GCM JTLE is the only GCM Iā€™ve seen in New Mexico... in fact only one Iā€™ve seen anywhere! When I picked it up in Albuquerque, my dealer said it was the first one theyā€™d seen... and yesterday I stopped by the dealer in Santa Fe (Iā€™ll be using for servicing), and they said it was the first one theyā€™d seen too!
Got my Warn ā€˜BullBarā€™ today and installed it! (Winch hasnā€™t come yet!)
Some shots of my typical ā€œroadsā€ around the ranch.
ā€˜Big Buckā€™ the ranch truck! Haulinā€™ hay!
If you look close you can see my FlyRod across top of gun rack... (above Winchester 30/30 Saddlegun)... seats down to accommodate Kreel and cooler.
Mounted my MaxTrax, Shovel, and Axe, in the bed.
Still havenā€™t gotten my personalized ā€˜Big Buckā€™ plate, yet, to match ā€˜Lilā€™ Buckā€™s (TJ) plate! For those who havenā€™t read all my posts, ā€˜Lilā€™ Buckā€™ my TJ Golden Eagle, likes to ā€œCrow Hopā€ (Rodeo bucking term) across washboard roads. Hence his name.
When my JT came along, he just naturally became ā€˜Big Buckā€™! :turkey:

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Had a gator colored Rubicon on order until this morning.

Saw this at the dealership and decided I didn't want to wait any longer...

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That's drop dead gorgeous! Congratulations.
Do you happen to know what make and model wheels those are? I haven't seen them before.
 

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My favorite color. My favorite truck.

Got my Warn ā€˜BullBarā€™ today and installed it! (Winch hasnā€™t come yet!)

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Does the Bull Bar block your trail camera view at all? Could you post a screen shot? Thanks
 

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Does the Bull Bar block your trail camera view at all? Could you post a screen shot? Thanks
I only use the front cam when I come up to the top of a steep rise, that drops off on the other side, and I canā€™t see anything over the hood. Then Iā€™m just concerned with whatā€™s directly in front of me, and the TrailCam sees about 15, 20, feet ahead... plenty! ;{

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I only use the front cam when I come up to the top of a steep rise, that drops off on the other side, and I canā€™t see anything over the hood. Then Iā€™m just concerned with whatā€™s directly in front of me, and the TrailCam sees about 15, 20, feet ahead... plenty! ;{

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Yeah, the camera is so fish eyed that the bars don't really distract from anything...

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I only use the front cam when I come up to the top of a steep rise, that drops off on the other side, and I canā€™t see anything over the hood. Then Iā€™m just concerned with whatā€™s directly in front of me, and the TrailCam sees about 15, 20, feet ahead... plenty! ;{

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Yeah, the camera is so fish eyed that the bars don't really distract from anything...

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Thanks for the replies. The trail cam is one feature I'm looking forward to very much as I think it will help on the rocky trails in the Colorado mountains I frequently travel on. Being able to see where to place my tires is a huge benefit to avoiding damage and not getting stuck in certain situations.
 

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I used to chuckle to see so many write, here on the forum, how they fall more in love with their JT everyday...

now that Iā€™ve driven my GCM JTRLE for a month... Iā€™m still chuckling... chuckling... and giggling... and walking around grinning from ear to ear... like a friggin love-sick teenager!

This rig is everything I dreamed it would be, times a bazillion! It surprises me with more capability, everyday! I swear, itā€™s like the truck is learning my driving style, what it needs to do, and getting better at doing it daily! I know all engines break in, and MPG improves... but my engine feels more powerful today, has more jump off the line, than it did the first week I had it! And Iā€™ve said this before, but the steering... handles just like an MG, or a Morgan, or an Austin-Healy... it drives like a genuine sports car... the kind we used to love to drive back in the day! And my MPG is beating the sticker... with 99% mountain driving! Up one mountain, down the next. I hardly ever get it on an open freeway, where the MPG spikes up to 25, 27! At 80 mph!

I take back any mocking I did of folks swooning over their Gladiators! I confess, Iā€™m totally, and completely, enraptured with the latest, greatest, love of my life! ;{

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I used to chuckle to see so many write, here on the forum, how they fall more in love with their JT everyday...

now that Iā€™ve driven my GCM JTRLE for a month... Iā€™m still chuckling... chuckling... and giggling... and walking around grinning from ear to ear... like a friggin love-sick teenager!

This rig is everything I dreamed it would be, times a bazillion! It surprises me with more capability, everyday! I swear, itā€™s like the truck is learning my driving style, what it needs to do, and getting better at doing it daily! I know all engines break in, and MPG improves... but my engine feels more powerful today, has more jump off the line, than it did the first week I had it! And Iā€™ve said this before, but the steering... handles just like an MG, or a Morgan, or an Austin-Healy... it drives like a genuine sports car... the kind we used to love to drive back in the day! And my MPG is beating the sticker... with 99% mountain driving! Up one mountain, down the next. I hardly ever get it on an open freeway, where the MPG spikes up to 25, 27! At 80 mph!

I take back any mocking I did of folks swooning over their Gladiators! I confess, Iā€™m totally, and completely, enraptured with the latest, greatest, love of my life! ;{

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Curious what youā€™re doing to get that MPG... or what Iā€™m not doing...Iā€™m averaging about 14.
 

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Curious what youā€™re doing to get that MPG... or what Iā€™m not doing...Iā€™m averaging about 14.
Donā€™t know... Iā€™m beating the sticker (19) with basically no highway driving! All mountain up & down! Iā€™m averaging 20! When I hit a long, straight, high speed, highway... it shoots way up! Iā€™m sure if I regularly split highway and mountain driving the average would fall somewhere in the middle! When I first got him, for a week or two, I averaged 17, 18. Then a little past 1500 miles, it started creeping up, and now it hovers around 20. Around 2000mi, Iā€™m going to get the first oil change, and take a Roadtrip to Colorado Springs... Iā€™ll get more of a feeling for the true average after 6 hours on the freeway! BTW I am still using Start/Stop... it doesnā€™t bother me at all... canā€™t even hear it start... so I never disabled it! Just FYI. ;{
 
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