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    Portable Tiki Torch...any suggestions?

    We use citronella oil in a hurricane lamp. Puts out decent light and helps keep the bugs away.
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    First Ten Things to Purchase Before an Overland Adventure

    Thank goodness I didn't see this list 40 years ago when I started taking off and going places. I proably wouldn.t have gone. I found a good water cooler, ( you can also use it to store in the top), sleeping bag, a tarp, full tank of gas and the will to go someplace were the essentials. I...
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    Tiger Build up

    Good point on the rear leafs. I should have stated on the front end. I have wanted to do what you did in the back, but have not followed through since I am thinking about changing trucks again.
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    Tiger Build up

    I would really recommend that you check out http://lorenzindustries.com/ , http://thecarlisuspension.com/ and http://thurenfabrication.com/home.html before going with the blocks. THe blocks are inexpensive but I think in the long run you would be happier with one of the other suspensions.Lorenz...
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    Tiger Build up

    With the weight of your rig you will burn through those tires fairly quickly. You may want to consider Toyo M55's or go to some load G tires on 19.5 rims. I had some softer tires on, Dayton MT's and Buckshot Mudders on my Dodge CTD with an Alaskan Camper and used them up in less than 10,000...
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    SRAM need a problem for this solution

    I still have a set of the pedersn SE brakes. They replaced the u brake that I had cut off and canti mounts braxed on. I really hated the u brake.
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    SRAM need a problem for this solution

    Maybe they are for us old guys that use the brakes a lot more than we used to but have problems with carpal tunnel? I thought disc brakes on a mtn bike were a joke ... until I got them.
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    Manual locking hubs onto a T-100

    I have been going to to pu tlocking hubs on my T 100 also. The other item that I was going to do was this http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/tech/add/ to additionally simplify the system.
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    Which 255 85 R16 to choose?

    The dry weight of an Alaskan is 1955#'s. I think the Cummins probably weighs the same as your jeep. I ran some 285/75 16 Buskshot Mudders earlier and burned through them in 10,000 miles. I had picked them up real cheap so ran them. THey were a D rated tire and the side wall was a little soft...
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