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Stupid question, how much is the rear hitch on the trailer rated for, if it is rated? Dream state, i'd love to attach a motorcycle carrier on the back for a ~300lb bike (CRF250L) and put another similar sized on the front tongue in place of the spare tire/tongue box. Crush my dreams and tell...

I'm not seeing the big issue here. The pictures all show at least 1 tail/brake light. If you were looking straight behind, you'd see both. The 3rd pic shows someone adding trailer lights to the bike hauler, that's the same thing I did for mine. Magnetic lights were super cheap and stick...

The entire DEF system, particulate filter issues, EGR/cooler issues just like on any new diesel. Diesels used to be the simple motors that just ran forever. Plus the VM diesel isn't known for being the most reliable, something about the cam gears coming off?

Can't wait to check out one in person. I've had 2 JK rubicon 2door 6-speeds in the past, one with the 3.8, one with the 3.6. It's nice to see how much Jeep listened to their customers and integrated previously aftermarket items such as the aux switches, Molle webbing, spare tire mounting...

Manual locking hubs are great! They aren't common any more because people are lazy. When unlocked and in 2wd, the internals of the front axle and the front driveshaft don't turn, reducing wear and improving fuel economy. You would need to get out and lock the hubs when engaging 4wd. Lock...

fun for a period of time... 2.5 ton (deuce): -most are multiful, run on about anything flamable if needed. -all except the last ones are all manual trans, manual steering -air over hyd brakes 5 ton -auto trans, power steering -full air brakes All are slow and loud. Deuce is louder due to...

I've used a few of them. As others have mentioned, their setup is not ideal. They weigh a lot (because they are rental trailers), the surge brakes work ok, but the big thing is you have no adjustment how far forward you can situate the vehicle, causing a lot of tongue weight. There are no...

Guess it depends on what it is in and manual vs automatic. Automatics make it much easier to add quite a few gears, they can be programmed to skip gears, start in 2nd or 3rd, etc. When Porsche came out with the Cayenne with the 6-speed auto, they would start in 2nd gear unless you stomped on...

Stay stock as long as possible. Once the stock stuff starts wearing out (which if you're driving a 3rd gen, I'd be betting it is), then start up grade. No reason to go crazy. OME offers many small to no lifts. You'll probably see a small lift anyways just because everything is so worn. As...

Get a quality fridge with a voltage monitor and you'll be golden. Worse case, it trips for low voltage then you're back to a cooler until you turn it on again. I recently switched. I went with a Dometic 40L because i found it cheap on Amazon. I first used it in my 4runner, no issues. It...

If you are looking for a mostly on-road, good riding and wearing tire lift he cooper AT3, the Michelin AT2 will be a great tire. They are very well known for being a light duty AT tire, better on road then off of course, but they are probably p-rated too so it's par for the course.

IMO, don't finance mods. If you are going to have to finance a modded vehicle, finance *at most* what the vehicle is really worth. You don't want to be paying interest on an already depreciating asset plus depreciating mods on that asset. People think their vehicles are worth how much they...

I have a hard time believing they moved to an open channel frame just due to corrosion. That seems very odd when many other (even Toyotas) have been fully boxed for decades without the corrosion issues (such as 4runners and land cruisers).

And it doesn't take a rocket scientist to just back up after hitting the rock...not forcing it further along which is what probably bent the pan. He's lucky he got off that easy.

You're comparing a reliable motor to a reliable vehicle. There is no reason you should have to replace a well maintained gas motor at 150-200k miles. Maintenance is cheap on them, timing belt being the largest expense if it has it. Plus, if you are actually going to be taking it off-road, a...

Just to bring this thread back up... Took the cap of my trailer a while ago, it does fairly well at bike hauling duty. She just did a 1500 mile trip last week. Thinking how to modify the bed to get the bike in straight and more forward for more tongue weight. Other than that, it's been...

220,000 miles, average condition, $24k. I can see this selling super quick...

Love it. And that's from someone who has spent enough time driving and working on them, that I'd never want to own one...

no KDSS > KDSS.

Nice! Looks like a good setup, let us know how it looks and rides