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I guess I'm raining on this parade by saying you don't need MaxTraxs. Anytime you need to build a ramp of any kind indicates a lack of pressure regulation of the tires; a lack of floatation, unless it's bottomless mud or sky high rocks. In that case you need to reevaluate the need to enter...

PD545, Charge Wizard, 200w Renogy, offset to clear trees on one side: works very well. 3- group 27 batteries. Power consumption ceases to be a worry.

Wildcat, Another approach is to put on add-a-leaves with maybe longer U bolts. It really depends on how much weight you carry back there. If a small camper, I would add a couple slightly more curved leaves to the pack. It's kind of apples and oranges but I added 2 more upper secondary leaves to...

S.E., I like your humor. I haven't been a hipster since 1970. We heat our home on the west slope Northern Sierra Nevada with firewood. Wood preparation is a way of life. That's why my post is likely the only one on EXPO that mentions a cat choker for recovery work. We have downed quite a few...

I'm sure glad I missed this one, all entertainment aside. I've never had use of a pulley for vehicle extraction, but various snatch blocks, comealongs, and high lift jacks, yes. I've had 6 or 7 winches in my time of all stripes. I bought my first snatch block from my friend ******** Cepek in 1967 as...

Successful extraction and winching is an art form honed by a lot of practice and application. To the O.P.'s question, I would say it depends. Firstly, I would never try a two rig pull unless it was the last chance at recovery, and never with two straps and no winch. There are too many things...

I've tried a lot of both on-wheel and off-wheel tire repair kits over the last 50 years and the clear winner is as described above the Safety Seal kit: one or the other of their offerings that fits your size tire. I've owned 13, 4WD's and traveled and camped over 1.5 million miles in a vehicle...

Up armored vehicles are heavy. Not suitable for an expedition rig. I like the 12 wheel drive truck above. Or is that 8X8? It is made to carry a lot of weight. jefe Here's my buddy's Mog with an Alaskan Camper. It was an ex-fire wagon. He takes the rig on jeep trails with his 4WD club.

Ben, beautiful rig. Well thought out and well executed. You made a lot of great choices for 4 season, full time travel, anywhere except south of the U.S. border. How about some interior shots? The w.b. is short enough to not require any 3 or 4 point suspension of the box. Have you twisted up the...

Seems we have a trio of gearheads with similar backgrounds with Jeeps and trails trod. My last hard core Jeep was an '82 CJ-8 with lots of stuff. If you'll indulge me in the specs, here is what I spent 2 decades building up. Jefe's Scrambler as of 01/15. Sold: May 2015. Start with the...

Yep, even in CA the rocker panels; roof drip edge welds and sundry fender attachments all started to go south with rust the minute I bought it. After a couple years we replaced both rocker panel with braised in diamond plates which appear flat in the photo. After a while, Bondo was the only...

Is that a transfer case with two outputs for a walking beam tandem? I found a transfer case for a WWII, 1-1/2 ton Dodge WC-62, but it is much smaller hardware than this. Does that steering axle have brakes of any kind? jefe

Papa, this is a good project. You've made a lot of interesting choices. I had a couple land cruisers back in the day: Who knew they would be worth anything 40 years ago? 1966 FJ-40, stock everything including a factory Toyota PTO winch. It had such a low max pull that I drilled out the shear pin...

If I were to do it again, I would get (4) 18x10 inch wheels with the stock back spacing (6.25 inches) as they would fit over the disc brakes with more clearance and you would not loose the scrub radius on the front axle. Plus, they are deflatable since they have enough sidewall and are not a...

c7train, Q: Have a hard time making up your mind? A: Well, yes and no. I'm having a hard time with Jeanie in regards to our 2001.5 RAM/6 speed Cummins, as she is no longer willing to drive the stick shift with the camper on. But, I hope it does not come to this for me. Good luck. Are you...

Before you settle on anything answer me this question: Are you planning on going to Mexico or any other third world country that doesn't offer super low sulfur diesel? If so, any domestic diesel pickup built after about 2006 or 07 depending on the mfgr. will have particulate filters, D.E.F...

Nice rig. This is about as compact as you can get: single cab, long bed. No center of gravity problem here. It should be under 20 feet. Mine is 20 feet with a Xcab and a short bed. My bro has a 1999, 6-speed, wired F250 in the same era as yours and the only downside is the very wide turning...

The most important issue is how much eventual weight is going to be put on each axle, and how far off road you plan to go. I drive an off road truck camper and had to do a lot of improvements/upgrades to the suspension and running gear to carry my measly 2700 pounds of loaded camper (1842 pounds...

That's good to know. I went a completely different route when they became unavailable. Your discussion of what to do with a spare tire has me thinking about what I had to do to 'make it work'. As long as the spare tire is the same diameter, within + or - 3% of the diameter of the road tires, it...

Yeah, anything on Craigslist that looks to be too good to be true or WAY underpriced is usually a scam. Typically, these fake ads came with big, inviting, eye-candy pix. Years ago I followed some 4WD on craigslist from CA all the way back to Pennsylvania and the seller simply disappeared at the...