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14” trailer wheels are fairly common.

What kind of garage door do you have? Lots of openers actually hang lower than the door opening itself. Make sure your 95” is the right measurement? I may or may not have a dent In The roof of an FJ40 to remind me of that lesson… no photo… no proof!

Think about the wheels that gates roll on. They go on a piece of 1” or 1-1/2” angle turned sideways and use a v-groove steel wheel. Some large truck gates can be hundreds of lbs. bearings, wheels, all commercially available and easy to build with. Or you could go really crazy and just cut 2...

Can you dig down into the garage and lower the floor? Re-slabbing a floor probably costs close to the same $4-5k in most places as raising a door opening, but that is only about a year of covered rent at the prices you quoted earlier. You might be able to get really low if you built steel...

Do you own or rent? Can you just build a strong wood a-frame to keep the snow off and park it outside? I assume this is all-winter storage? If you’re super committed, you could pull the axle out for long term storage?

I ran multiple power sources to my outside lighting for camp, so there are switches in the cargo area and in the cab. The disadvantage is that you have to turn it off from the same switch you turn on. Verkstad’s solution would be better.

Yep, it sounds like a well-worn transmission! Similar to what I think my issue is here. In that case, pick the 6.6L. They always say “there’s no replacement for displacement” although my eco boost 3.5L is making that statement show its age. Good luck. It is hard to go wrong with choosing...

It’s just a really hard question to answer, especially as you talk about 200k miles. Will your new van be new? When you say “poops out”. What does that mean? For instance, my Jeep needs 3000+ RPM to maintain a 50 mph climb up some of the long mountain grades in the Sierras in 3rd gear. There...

Play in the scissor joint would be a concern, maybe a higher quality Or heavier duty Jack can help with that. Otherwise, don’t discount the triangle thing. 4 jacks seems intuitively better, but 3 points of contact is common in many places stability is needed. Compare a 3 leg stool to a 4 leg...

It depends on how fast you want to go. In my experience, you will struggle more with freeway traffic and mountain roads at speed if you are under-torqued. Staying in lower gears means more rpm and more fuel, but if you are running slow on the back roads anyway, you never get to the higher...

What is your expectation of “stable”? How much of the wobble is just in your tent rack versus the trailer? Whether Bal-C style, or Scissor style, the orientation of the Jack matters. If your scissors are all fore-aft, your trailer is likely to wobble side-side. 4 is also harder to level and...

Yes, when you’re slightly intimidated even the little things feel like enormous obstacles. Everyone has been there once or twice. So, even though it is that simple, there is a reasonable argument to avoid factory fuse locations that could disable your entire vehicle if something is loose or...

I have an ARB 50 and a Dometic CFX28. The ARB is far superior in design of lid, latch, cover, and seems to use less power (although I haven’t cared enough to measure). The CFX got kicked down to beer fridge duty in the pantry and crapped out after a few years with no particular cause...

Okay, so this is as much fireside chat as anything, because I’m not really making a technical decision, but some of you folks seem pretty technical, and I’ve always wondered: Considering the standard American home garage battery charger, 2A/10A/30 or 50 Jump. There is usually a %Charge gauge...

Have you ever seen a rear JK bumper? The bumper goes down the outer side of the boxed frame and inside the frame are inserts that have captured nuts welded in. The bumper essentially clamps itself to the frame. It feels to me like you are over-thinking this and creating mental stress for...

Do you have a picture of the scissor Jack in position/ in use?

Drop brackets are generally designed to keep the axle in the same place front / rear and side / side while keeping control arm angles at or as close as possible to stock. Longer arms change angle in order to keep the axle position. The changes are really small, and I’m NOT a suspension...

33x10.50, and I measured before and after, it was many years ago but I recall it hit dead on 2.5” front and rear until I added a very heavy rear bumper that dragged it down about 1/2”… thus the airbags.

AEV 2.5”, Drop Brackets, Airbags in rear coils. About 100k miles now and I bought the lift used from a member here. I couldn’t be happier. All of the crazy right hand dive under hard braking is gone, the rear end wobble as weight shifts in lane changes is gone.

My wife would love me more for the savings than the object… as long as I don’t repurpose jewelry (rings).