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That is a rare beast and will be even more rare on a trailer. Projects start out easily enough. It's the pushing thru to the final product that gets in the way. I saw a very rare C-class, Sunrader on a Toyota 1 ton, 4X4 chassis that had a lot of custom work to make it work including a complete...

Desert Dan, We have certainly trod some of the same trails over time. I remember you posting on here a few years ago about Baja travel. I have in a briefcase marked Baja, every one of the ACSC brochures and maps you show, except one. I have not opened it for 30 years...but it's still there and...

It was July, 1965. Do not continue reading if you averse to nostalgia. An intrepid, 22 year old off-road traveler (Today i turn 72 years) and his new bride drove south from Los Angeles for a 10 day trip to "The Baja" as it was then called. A few months earlier, I purchased a 1949 Willys Overland...

Lot's of upgrades as of late. The complete converter system on my 1998/Lance 165-s went south this year. I'm replacing the board with a big upgrade and adding 100W of solar to boot. Also an extra battery installed along the frame rail of the truck will give me 4 batteries to drain. The truck is...

I like the way you think outside the box. To make the truck more mild-off-road-ready, you might want to install an Eaton/ Detroit True Trac gear driven limited slip rr diff. Very transparent and nothing to wear out. I think you have a Dana 60HD rr diff, so the part number is 915A385. It's 35...

The term ultra light and family of four are a bit of an oxymoron, no matter how small the kids are, unless you are talking about nylon tent camping. Many of us have previously faced your predicament. If you are planning ANY trips not in summer, I would suggest looking at a Burro and Casita or...

Free, The trail of off-road RV's left by us hard core people is long and strewn. It all has to do with age. I can usually guess an RV-er's age by seeing what type of RV they ply. When Jeanie and I were first married we camped in a tent on the ground next to some kind of Land Cruiser (an FJ-40 or...

I'm assuming you have an early Wagoneer or a later XJ, faux-wagoneer, both with a flatfish hood. I had an FJ55 with a lot of glare on the white painted hood, and painted the hood flat black. End of story. If you still have glare, get some visors for the lights and put them on the bottom of the...

I don't know about a GM, but my Dodge 2 series hard tonneau was not high enough for me to roll over in a sleeping bag in the bed. We were on the Mojave Road and I was just going to sleep in the bed with the lid up. What could possibly go wrong? I started to snow, so i lowered the top with me in...

Hmm? Lots of opinion here, based on each driver's experience. After owning 14 4WD's and driving about 1.5M miles in them, I have lots of experience; maybe too much. I just sold my '82 CJ-8 to-the-max. When it had the hardtop and hard doors it was great with a family of 4. Wait, we loved our...

I would think twice about having a rack out the rear receiver. There are a few woo-pde-doos on the east end where it will drag if you don't have a lot of lift. We've done it several times with a small hard side Lance Camper on a short bed Dodge pickup. I was the chuck/gear wagon for 6 guys on...

Most of the time I would suggest 3-4" of clearance between the cab and the TC, especially with a Ford anything, but you are not going to get much frame flex out of this setup so just keep an eye out for any contact. jefe

I like it. way too much truck and way too little camper: just the right combination to last, off-road. Neither is going to stress the other. What were the miles you would need to recoup the cost of a diesel vs. a gas truck? 250K miles? You are good to go. regards, as always, jefe

Buliwyf The Detroit Locker,Yukon Locker, and Truetrac are good to go for towing and heavy use IME. jefe: Unselectable, full-time lockers on the front axle? I don't think so. You still do not address the extreme weight on the rear axle. It has almost nothing to do with towing. I"ve had all kinds...

This has been a long running, reoccurring thread; as well it should be. The OP mentioned his rig and driving style and a few have actually addressed those specifics. It's good to hear all the feedback from the different smaller 4x4's, but dealing with his specific set up (near and dear to my...

The Jeep was sold for the asking price of $12K, U.S. jefe

I get the shivers when I hear about this mining road. I went up there one time in September of 1965 in a 1949 Willys SOA Ute wagon/Chevy V-8, 3-speed manual, 5.38 gears, Dana 27 front/Dana 41 (6 spline) offset rearend, Studebaker 33% Overdrive, great big 7.00/16 tires. This was one of our very...

Allan, Nice build and wonderful pix and travelog. It is hard to beat that part of the country for exploring byways. Under certain conditions, like the weather related ones you endured, these are fine teachers about what recovery equipment to take and what to leave behind. Congrats, you are a...

jefe here. You don't know me, but you should know my son Matt. He lives in Truckee. He left on a 4-day Fat Bike pack this A.M. He is one of the kings of fat bike. Almost all dirt. No support whatsoever; unless you count the stop at the fox and hound, the only civilization on the trip. He carries...

XTC in Death Valley, 2015-03 Some Gnarl from our March trip through Death Valley: the flash flood right after a downpour;