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Can't stand what I see on a daily basis, but realize that may be equal parts curmudgeon (aka ME) and equal parts things getting out of hand. I remember the days of Camel Trophy – got caught up in Tom Sheppard and bought a couple of his books, Turtle Expedition and loved reading some of the epic...

A minor workaround for finding trails is to download the user track overlays (I forget what they call it) which is generally more relevant for motosport users, but people can upload their tracks and you can see live/actual coordinates. I used it on some backcountry moto trips, I had the base...

Can you just buy OEM springs from a std. 1500? That would be my first choice, obviously you are not 'legally' increasing payload, but at least you are using a OEM engineered solution. If not that, then you can likely get some custom springs. I wouldn't wanna do any cutting or welding on a...

That's was kinda my reaction - if I was in a position to spend $100k on a truck, gas would be meaningless (to me)....

[ That's gotta be one of the most reasonable posts on here, ever - all to often people get defensive (myself inluded sometimes), but very well said ?

What use is "combined axle VWR", are you adding your front + rear GAWR to get that number? It doesn't really tell you much if so. I've always seen it as a front or rear number since you can be over the axle rating, but still under your payload.

I had a super clean 78' 40 for years and I'd disagree with the reliability part from a practical perspective. While they are simple, very well built and robust......reliability when NEW was excellent, 40+ year old vehicles are a different story in todays world....particularly ones where many...

Awesome! I did a bunch of dirt biking in Southern ID last summer, really wanna go back in the truck to Railroad Ridge which I think is the highest road in ID:

Pros and cons to it all and really depends on what works the best.....it will always be a compromise!

Lots to dissect there but what I hear you saying is you don't like the idea of a Sprinter since nothing can be moved to a new platform....I'd agree. If you have the room at house, I think a full size, 4 door, long bed truck with FWC is the move, lots of space and comfy on the long haul and...

I thought the Titan's were cool rigs but this is the biggest drawback for me is (maybe somebody already mentioned it): Domestic full size rigs are mid 30 gallons which gives another ~100 miles of range. You'd be less than 300 miles while towing with the Titan.....

That's a cool story - I remember when the 80's kinda started to be noticed with the 4x4 community....or at least were becoming affordable in the late 90's very early 2000's...they got a lot of pushback, not 'real' cruisers, soccer mom rigs, etc (just like the 100, 200 & the 300 now) but I do...

They also don't have the 25% chicken tax, I'm guessing they don't have the crash requirement that add $$ but more importantly Toyota's have a much longer history of being the common mans 4x4 down there.....Jeep has had that market since right after WW2 here in the US.

I don't think they would have sold...they'd likely still be more expensive than a Jeep, just like the FJ40's were back in the day that didn't sell that well either....relative to Jeeps. Jeep just has that Americana nostalgia that a sim Toyota wouldn't have, I think it's unfortunate, but it is...

Running oil LOW is different than oil degrading over time.

Spot on - I think you are the guy Toyota is looking at and coming up with the same conclusion -> minimal market in the US. You seem to have the disposable income, enjoyment for the hobby and are a passionate cruiser head.....but even then, they just don't make a lot of sense when you have...

I bet if you polled the IH8mud crowd you'd get a fair response of guys interested.....but mostly for 'collector' status vs planned expedition use. I think it's an important point since they are looked at as investments and toys rather than vehicle used for work. Of the ones interested I bet...

I I agree with XJLI - the only thing you dodge doesn't do as good as the 70 is it's physical size....stronger drivetrain, more comfortable, more interior space, heavier duty engine that I would think has a longer MTBO since it's based on a medium duty engine.

This is a clean option that gets the bar doors + headroom sim to a Troopy on a domestic platform:

I know this is kind of a stretch, but I've always thought a good replacement is a 3/4T domestic truck, smaller cab + short bed, or std. cab + long bed: with a commercial style topper with rear barn doors, sim to this....you can get custom built with windows but a taller model: A buddy of...