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  1. J

    Well, kinda going a differnt route this time.

    We had the exact camper, you will love the dry bath! Very high quality unit.
  2. J

    Aeon Rubber

    Yeah no problem. I only recieved one email today and responded to the email address provided.
  3. J

    Desert Rat needs Winter Tire Recommendations

    That is a very good way of dealing with deep snow AND ice, we sipe mud tires very heavily and it works.
  4. J

    Are there any other 2WD overlanders here?

    I grew up in the far northern part of Alberta. There is not a lot up there, and all we had were 2wd 3/4 ton trucks. Throw a locker in the rear and grab a good quality set of tire chains, think v-bar style, and you will be amazed at how much snow and mud you can get through if you have to deal...
  5. J

    Sleeping in the Tj

    I'm 6'1" and 230, I get a great nights sleep in my TJ when I park it up hill and recline the seat as far back as it will go.
  6. J

    Maximog

    Did the rear Cummins work? Looks wise if the weight distribution on the rest of the build balanced things out, a little quieter and nicer to steer I would suspect.
  7. J

    Headache Rack?

    The other trucks catastophically failed, they were approved by other methods which did not involve any real world testing and I won't disclose the details as it could potentially be construed as "damaging".
  8. J

    Headache Rack?

    You can use it for heli extraction too!
  9. J

    Headache Rack?

    Hi Big Al, check this out. We built a headache rack/roof rack that bolts to the frame and encapsulates the box floor in structural ares as well. They were designed to take a roll too. This was a field test where we threw this truck as well as trucks from our competitors down a 120' cliff. The...
  10. J

    Vehicle Idling "neutral" vs "park"

    At -46*C I boldly idle in park on high idle hoping to get the engine temp needle to move! Good info on the Dodge trans, I didn't know they lost cooler circulation in park. It's a little chilly in Alberta right now. The coldest spot on the planet was an hour North of us on Saturday.
  11. J

    Jeep Product Makes Jalopnik's 10 Worst Cars of the Decade List

    I strongly agree. I have owned too many Jeeps to count, CJ, YJ, TJ, XJ. But the Compass? Seriously should have had a Chrysler badge on it.
  12. J

    Kilby rant

    Oh yeah, I recieved a Callies crankshaft for a 572 BBC that had what remained of the wood crate jammed like a cork in the balancer bolt hole, there was road rash on the counterweights, and DHL claimed the product was not packaged correctly, until I showed them the wood crate they came in.
  13. J

    Wrangler is "Last American Chrysler"

    Thanks Redline. I like to base my posts on experience....jeez, now I'm feeling old too :). I agree with your view on the terminology, I think the SUV market is a marketing scheme save for the vehicles that were around for more than 2 years at a time like the Suburban, Bronco, Ramcharger, Blazer...
  14. J

    Wrangler is "Last American Chrysler"

    A Cayenne or LR 4 can trace it's heritage to the same spot a SRT Grand Cherokee can, luxury. Neither however can claim the historic and to me iconic status or off road capabilities of the conventional Jeep, the machine built to help win the war. Sure the creature comforts have crept into the...
  15. J

    Kilby rant

    I'm with ya there!:)
  16. J

    Aeon Rubber

    Check out thier wbsite or a dealer, you can get them by dimension.
  17. J

    Inexpensive Lift

    You can buy the factory snow plow front spring kit directly from Ford or a spring shop, it's an add a leaf that sits on the bottom of the spring pack and will pick it up 1.5"-2" . Worn out shocks will move in and out quite easily but will not affect ride height. Your truck is old enough that the...
  18. J

    building the Bullet XV

    Princess auto has some 500 pound 18" stroke electric actuators that aren't made in China, they looked pretty stout and had a 8 amp draw, 10:1 ratio and a ball bearing worm gear assy. I've never considered them being into hydraulics but they looked very good.
  19. J

    Aeon Rubber

    I use them all the time. Check my equipment out at www.liteindustries.ca. They last forever, they are very good at stabilizing a chassis, they will squish as flat as a pancake but seem to do so very progressively. They are not real good on light rigs in the 1/2 ton range, they give a bit of a...
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