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Yes, there is a center brace, slightly offset (you can see the silver nutserts slightly biased to the passenger side). I put it there because it keeps the Action Packers on the far right side from sliding towards the left side. It seemed sturdy enough to not need another brace doubly serving...

The deck surface is 33d x 38w. It is bolted onto the frame with #10 machine screws coming up into the wood, with those nutsert threaded things tapped into the top side of the OSB. I only had six or eight around when I built it, and will add a few more later. I may add side rails like the...

Will do - I'll get the unloaded pictures and exact dimensions tomorrow or Saturday. The Jeep is off at the lazyman shop, since I didn't feel like changing diff fluid or redoing the u-joints on my driveshafts myself.

What do you get when you combine a couple scrap bedframes, a 110v Lincoln welder running flux core wire, and a Metabo 6" grinder with the thin .040" cutting wheels? Yup, you get a TJ interior storage system, representing the pinnacle of Polak engineering. But hey, I'm able to get this into the...

Whatcha planning on welding? That's really going to be the determining factor. The second question is where you will be welding. I went with a 110v Lincoln when I bought a welder a few years back, largely because I was living in an apartment at the time and I was welding on my patio. It is...

Yeah, they'd dry rot way sooner than that.

Corn: gently desilk, pull husk back over, tie off with sisal twine. Soak in water for a while. Throw on grill, rotating occasionally, until outer husk is charred. Pull husk back (makes a great handle), and season to taste. If it's good, fresh corn, just a hint of real butter. If it's...

Excellent point. I'd hardly figure on the pin being the weak link, especially on the rusty old receiver hitch setups hanging off the back of so many trucks. Utilizing two points at once on even a straight recovery would seem to inject unnecessary forces acting on the frame into the mix, unless...

I believe that the grade 5 versus 8 is going to favor 8 in this instance. Sure, it might not want to bend as happily...but as I recall, while it will break dramatically, it will do so after the 5 would have distorted AND busted. In any case, it would seem that the more relevant issue would be...

Huh? Explain the difference between attaching the strap to the hitch pin versus the shackle insert which is held in the receiver by...the hitch pin. I don't see what the difference would be.

In Camelot. Didn't you see his member name?

Fangars - incredible shot. Diplostrat- Good topic. I'm looking forward to answers on how to capture trail difficulty, degree of grade, etc., as those things usually seem lost when I try to photograph them, too. Everything comes away looking far more flat and smooth than it really is.

Yup, it counts. Looks good!!

Ruger GP100 and SP101 are excellent choices. Heavy enough to damp recoil, and built like a tank. A used S&W medium-frame would also be a good choice (a model without the locking mechanism...one more thing to break at the worst possible time). Any of these will be pussycats with .38spl. Heck...

Having owned the second one (albeit from another source) and having had good results in road use as a utility trailer, I still think that you're throwing good money after bad buying the HF trailers and then swapping axles, etc. By the time you swap an axle and add some decking, you're into the...

From an ecological standpoint, I suspect that the bypass should become the trail and the mud pit should be closed off, replanted, etc. Not that this would satisfy the sorts of trash that likes to bomb through mud pits, obviously, but so what? Let them go find a muddy field or something to play...

Wow. Incredible stuff. Stuck in a 3rd floor office, I can assure you that I'm feeling the envy kick in pretty bad right now.

Great write-up. I'm glad you guys enjoyed the trip. I really think our state is underrated as a destination. Which is good, in a way.

If I wasn't still stuck in the 3-speed world, I'd be so all over that.

I suspect they're just being ultraconservative, so I wouldn't stress about a few hundred pounds either way. Anyway, if you go the Northern/Harbor Freight route, a couple things to consider: check bolt torque from time to time, carry a spare tire and bearing/seal kit, maybe an extra spring...