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You could put a NATO swivel pintle hitch on your tow vehicle (bolt it to a pintle hitch adaptor) https://www.lrseries.com/Land-Rover-Series-1-2-3-Other/NRC2051-NATO-HOOK-ASSEMBLY-NEW-REPLACEMENT And if your trailer has a 2" receiver on the tongue, you can use this...

A 265/75/16" tire is technically 31.6" x 10.5"; a 235/85/16" tire is technically 31.7" x 9.25". However, usually I've seen the 235/85 tires only as an "E" rated tire, where the 265/75 tire can be found as a "D" rated tire. Might make a difference in ride the D vs. E rated tire. Otherwise...

31x10.5x15" tires are easy to find. You only gain one inch in clearance when going to a 33" tire, and the complexity of the lift increases when lifting a ZJ for 31" tires vs. 33" tires. Shown below on 31 x 10.5 x 15" tires and a 3.5" IRO lift, and a pic of us at Eagle Plains on the Dempster...

98 ZJ 4.0, auto, 242 transfer case. Iron Rock (IRO) 3.5" lift (factory front springs moved to rear with new IRO 3.5" springs up front, IRO front LCAs, IRO front adjustable track bar), 31" tires on factory rims, Bilstein 5100 shocks, a real Dana 44 from ECGS (NOT a 44A) rear, Dana 30 front with...

X-Bulls. I paid about $75/pair for them (so two pair - four tracks - about $150 total). Used them twice so far; no issues. MaxTrax are around $325/pair (so for two pair - four tracks - about $600 -to $650 total). Are they worth four times the cost of the X-Bulls? Probably not. If I were...

I like it with a little ketchup. Also good if you scramble it up with an egg. Everything tastes better when camping/overlanding.

Jeep TJ. Never used the back seat, so eventually took it out (and the seatbelts). I should have done it a long time ago. Wife has a Subaru Crosstrek if we need to haul passengers. Kids are grown and gone. 99% of the time it is just me in the Jeep.

That's what I need to do to mine.

When you say "recovery" I'm thinking stuck/lack of forward progression not due to flat tire or mechanical failure. If by yourself (and you said "three tools"): 1. Shovel 2. Winch (and the accessories that go with it) 3. Traction boards (Maxtrax, X-bulls, etc.) I'm assuming your vehicle has...

Forgive me - I don't remember if I posted here or not. Homemade trailer based off a little HF trailer frame. Tub is 40" x 50". 235/75/15" tires on 15x7" rims. 3500lb axle with electric brakes. RTT is a double-sized tent-cot from Cabela's.

Like what others have said: LTs for trucks and big SUVs, and Ps for cars. I have LT 285/75/16 tires on my 96 Ram 1500 4x4 truck ("E" rated), same size tires but in a "D" rating on my 98 Jeep TJ, and LT 31x10.5x15 tires on my 46 Willys CJ2A in a "C" rating. Oh; and my little trailer (that I...

1996 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 (bought new). 5.2/auto. Put the cap on the bed when I bought it. Swapped gears from factory 3.55 to 4.10 when I switched from factory 245/75/16" tires to 285/75/16" tires and a 2" lift front/rear. Also put True-tracs front & rear. Currently has 225,000 miles. It is...

If I build another one, I will make the tub a little longer. Currently mine is 50" long; would go to 60" long. Doesn't seem like much, but it would be a 20% increase in volume.

Here are two from my last Overlanding Adventure. The trailer got quite the workout.

I helped a lady get unstuck the other day. She had her little Ford stuck in some loose sand a couple hundred yards from pavement in the middle of nowhere. She was buried. I dug out under her well worn front tires and placed an X-Bull under each one. Then had her gently drive out while I...

Back in 1980 I ordered a new 1981 Ford F-100 stepside with the 300 straight six. Wanted to hotrod it, so went to Clifford Research and ordered their intake manifold, headers, and put a Holley 390 four-barrel on it. (I'm feeling old right about now.) Anyone remember Clifford's motto: 6 = 8...

I wish I had known what the final result would be, instead of building it in stages and changing things as I went along. Know you end-goal before you start.

Or if you want to go "new": https://www.kaiserwillys.com/complete-trailer-assembly-kit-fits-41-45-mb-gpw You might pull something out of a barn, but by the time you fix all the rust and knock out the dents, you still generally still need (or want) to swap out the springs, axle, rewire it, etc...

And this is really high-tech "paint". If you got it wet, it took on a different shade, so now two vehicles would ever look exactly the same. You can see the shading in the picture.

We did the drive from Dawson City to Eagle Plains with a 98 Jeep GC (4.0 engine) towing a small trailer. Actually went all the way to Inuvik. Filled up before heading out. We were pretty close to empty by the time we got to Eagle Plains. We were carrying extra fuel on the trailer, so we were...