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  1. Lucky j

    Sure-Fire Ways to Improve Your Roof Top Tent

    I made and cover protector using an old winter garage tarp, similar to a general purpose tarp. I have use my reliable baracuda sawing mavhine, but I'm sur a regular sawing machine could do it. Just use the heaviest nylon tred that can fit thrue your machine. It could last just a year or two...
  2. Lucky j

    Modding a Wrangler to Match Land Cruiser Reliability?

    M. Brady, I'm also curious about this, and I'm not trying to trick you. I guess that base on the wright part between the two, what mechanical component should be improved or up-graded to a JK to make is as reliable as a LC offered here in north america. The Jk would have to be a Rubicon, since...
  3. Lucky j

    Snow, Moose and a Jeep in the Never Summer Mountains of Colorado.

    Here to about the leak, Somehow, I see this quite often with different cars. Seen it with my Nissan X-trail, my sister subaru, my jeeps. Seems to happen with new snow fall, not necessaraly very cold weather and none of them were dropping in coolant. Almost like snow ans some kind of dirty...
  4. Lucky j

    What did you do to your Expo Jeep today?

    Good job! Hope it is not to bad! ;)
  5. Lucky j

    What did you do to your Expo Jeep today?

    Nice!
  6. Lucky j

    Post Pic's of your Jeep

    Well, you did good! Sharing I mean! :) Nice set-up! For a second, I tought that the maxtrax were jerrycan! Was wondering How far out of civilisation you were going!
  7. Lucky j

    Modding a Wrangler to Match Land Cruiser Reliability?

    Wow, if you are asking this from a jeep owner or any vehicule owner, I will be on your side not beleiving him. I had forgot to mentionne in my case that on my YJ, (knid of important to be fair) that when I went with 35" tire and full locker, had to go with bigger axle front and rear. Like said...
  8. Lucky j

    Modding a Wrangler to Match Land Cruiser Reliability?

    Indeed! Specially since we all have a different vision and experience of reliability with the vehicule we choose to drive. I am sur that tehe exact oposit story was lived by somebody else. And more than likely you Toylandcruiser. ;)
  9. Lucky j

    Modding a Wrangler to Match Land Cruiser Reliability?

    Personal experience. Had a toyota 93 pick up with the 22r. Must be wright with some of the previous afirmation about part durability, cause after a given time, all the parts started bracking down at the same time. Engin had been loosing coolant from almost the enfant years, but could not find...
  10. Lucky j

    Snow boots, what should I look at.

    Sorel is pretty much top of line for quality and choice http://www.sorel.com/winter-snow-boots/?prefn1=genderGroup&prefv1=Men They also have the safety work boot with steel tops and sole, but not warmer. Baffin is an other big company that make great product. If you are in a wet envirronment...
  11. Lucky j

    Keeping it light

    My bad, I really though you were in the light side of the overlanding comunity! ��
  12. Lucky j

    Keeping it light

    With that sentence, you puzzle me. Cause this is pretty much how every one of us here can overload their rig. I could say that I mounted rtt on my trailer cause I prefer to sleep on a nice matress and to me a bog tent with cots can take a lot of room fast in a rig. But I did not wanted to...
  13. Lucky j

    What did you do to your Expo Jeep today?

    Nees to be looked at for sure!!
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