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Corey my wife wanted me to say how much she hates you......every time I read this thread I see something new that I need/want and a trip to REI, Cabela's, Bass Pro, Gander Mtn. soon follows. Personally, I love this thread, keep up the good work. In the meantime, I'll try to improve her attitude.

The biggest problem I can see with yours is the V6, too bad you don't at least have a 4.7. CB was one of the first things to go in, the truck has been used for a couple of cross country trips as well.

Awww, temps are dropping into the comfortable range for me to be working outside. Storage box is about 3/4 done now, hopefully will have all the construction done on it Monday or Tuesday, decided the finish will be a mix of DIY bedliner material, exterior paint, and carpet. Did the bedliner...

Mosquito isn't difficult, however, coming from Leadville to Alma is much easier than Alma to Leadville. The East side is very rocky, undercarriage damage is possible, if you don't have skid plates I would not recommend it. It will toss you around inside the vehicle quite a bit, the West side...

gawd I have been so lazy lately, haven't done a damn thing on the truck. Partly because it's soooo hot that I hate being outside in it, but my work has been screwy, one week we're majorly slow and it kills the paycheck, the next week we're busy but not enough to offset. Now the wife's Audi has...

I'm looking at having the purge done as well as a motorvac where they clean the top end, considering I'm at altitude, it probably won't do much, but at least she'll be cleaned up.

My daily carry, regardless of what I'm wearing (pisses the wife off when I'm in a suit/tie and my knife is still clipped to my pocket), is a Spyderco Serrated Byrd. I use it daily at work, I've cut my food with it (hey so it gets some grease on it at work, just helps the food go down better)...

I have a fairly base model Astro, slider side windows and drop slider up front. The only thing I wish I would have done was the one-piece glass single lock rear window. I currently have a Yakima system on top, did it myself. Most toppers are rated 250/300 lbs max capacity. Was recently...

I live in Colo., lots of trees/rocks in my area to hook a line, wrap, etc., I currently have 100' of standard winch line and twice I've come close to it not being enough. On one occasion, I was down to 9 wraps left on the drum when I was able to get a solid winch point to pull myself out...

contact a dealer, see if they will warranty replace or reimburse for the ball joint

Some of the SAR teams here in Colo. definetly have nice expensive equipment. In some cases (El Paso, Cty) it depends on your sponsor, in other cases (Alpine, Larimer Cty., Rocky Mtn.) , it helps to have the right people, in the right "locations" and "affiliations" with the state. I spent 5 yrs...

the sludge issue is more of a problem with the 4.7 then with the 5.9, at 120K on mine I haven't seen signs of sludge, but I am going to run a can of BG oil purge to clean mine out. Your mileage is a little off for your altitude (believe me I'd be jumping for joy if I could get 17 mpg), the...

If we're going down this road, don't trust Goodyear, Sears, Firestone, Big O, K Mart, Sam's Club, Costco, etc., hell don't trust most independent mechanics either. I have two independent Audi shops I deal with for my wife's Audi, three years ago, took the car in for an oil leak. The shop...

The only way a Dakota has a cramped backseat is the ext. cab model, the quad cab model, which is a true 4 dr has the largest back seat room in it's class. That's not my opinion, that was a comment from several magazies that tested the quad cab when it first hit in '00

nice truck, there are a couple of other Dakota builds on here. I've also got a Quad cab that I'm building. I would refer you to another good site for a wealth of Dodge info, www.dakota-durango.com ' I've got the same engine with a modified gibson exhaust. One thing you will find is a good...

alright, mine is pretty close to stock, and I'll definetly 2nd x 1,000,000 Nick's comments I will agree with the less than 48" between wheel wells, and yes it was intended to be a mid-size, unfortunately, the press dubbed it a mini-pickup and sadly that stuck. But as for reliability/quality...

lol at the 4x4 only sign, I've done Mosquito 4 times. First time was in 1989, 2wd Mazda B2200 p-up with 31's, got 3/4 of the way up from the Alma side but it was blocked with snow, mid-July. Did it again a month later, same vehicle, no problems made it all the way across. Have done it twice...

I have 120K on my 2000 Dakota Quad Cab, properly equipped they can tow as much or more than a simlar Ram 1500. My Dakota has the 360, 46RE trans, HD cooling and towing, and a factory class IV hitch. My buddy has a 2000 Ram 1500 with the 318, 5spd, HD cooling and towing, yet my Dakota has a...

I can't believe they sold so few, I think their numbers are waaaay off. I see a lot of Dakota's in my area, they seem to very popular, Chrysler would be foolish to discontinue this truck. Toyota, Nissan, Chevy continue to build mid-size, if any of the models should go away it would be the...

my biggest gripe, they don't have the interior space and ingress/egress for the back seat as their competition. Dodge Dakota, Toyota Tacoma, Nissan Frontier all have more interior space, the Toyota and Dodge have the easiest backseat access for a 4-dr application. Engine wise, Chevy and Dodge...