Recent content by nickw

If the front diff does then you can use the HD front diff. I'm pretty sure the rear axle from Bronc can be used which mean you have option for HD rear axle. Too bad about axle shafts, but I know they make upgrades ones from the Ranger so maybe those can be used. Do you have a current gen...

I'm ever trying to streamline my setup, did the Ridaho Grit 3 in Aug and have transitioned to a lightweight backpacking setup, 5 days, camped 2 of them, down into the low 20's one night. Ended up 5 days @ 750 miles of some of the more difficult singletrack in central/southern ID, got up to 10k...

100% agree on the last part and makes complete sense, I do the same.

Why are they calling it a "G class rival", it's nothing of the sort, what am I missing? If it is based on the LC then it's going to be the size of the BB with the drivetrain of a much heavier duty platform....

You keeping backing down from you original comment: "Speaking of suspension. No, my dear friend, a stock 2500 or 3500 can not take 37" tires. Even the vehicle you show in that video is lifted, has a body kit and wheel flares. I can only imagine it has a big brake kit as well. So after adding...

Wrong - $3k + labor for AEV...

If you wanna use a food analogy, he asked for healthy food and ordered a dozen donuts, is it wrong to recommend a chicken salad if it better meets his requirements? These people travel all over the world in a full size Ford but I guess they should of talked to you first...

I didn't make the diesel mechanic comment amigo. Fuel consumption is largely a factor of power requirements - hook 10,000 lbs to a LC70 it's going to use about the same amount of fuel as a domestic diesel pickup. Driving around unloaded, LC70 wins, it's lighter duty and weighs a lot...

I spent some time in Aus - they loved Raptors when I was there, if you had money, it seemed like that was what you bought and not a LC70....

I'm not going to address all the random stuff you are saying - the original post, page one, post #1 "Longing for what we can’t have. At least here in the USA...." I followed that up by saying how is a domestic rig lacking "having that"? Nothing you've said in your multiple diatribes has...

I know it's absolutely wild the prices, the first gen Dodges seem to be driving a lot of that. With that said did you see the FZJ75 on the top of the page for sale? It's local to me, 353,000 km, almost $100k! https://expeditionportal.com/classifieds-toyota-land-cruiser-troopy-2/ I don't get...

LOL - ok, so the mines should go buy old beat up cruisers from the 2000's? We are talking new rigs - it's been beaten to death on here and IH8Mud, you can't get new cruisers street legal outside of a few workarounds if newer than 25 yrs. Again - I was talking domestically, FJ40/FJ60/FJ80 parts...

JC you write a lot and are going in a bunch of different directions....but it's easy to upgrade a Ram / Ford for big tires and not expensive, you can almost fit them stock. The point was to modify a 2500/3500 rig to fit big tires + haul a big load it's a piece of cake the platform can handle...

I've heard good things about the Baja Boss, embarrassingly I actually have them on my Ram 2500 starting last summer, the tall skinny ones (255/85R17), but took them off to go with with dedicate snow tires for winter.....how do they work in glaze ice and hard compact snow? I imagine they work...

Here in Central Oregon we get snow and ice on the reg and dedicated snow tires are a must for the glaze ice we get along with traffic jams up to the mountain where you are forced to stop/start on inclines. I've had several AT tires over the years, snowflake rated, not remotely close to...