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Corners of the frame would work two i was just thinking that was close and easy.

My current jacks are mounted to the frame.

Blocks of wood also would work to raise the jack stands

I have found that to be a bad idea. I use one block of wood as a pad to increase footprint on soft/wet ground, but I have found stacks of wood like to slide around.

I hung an old Army ruck sack off the rear ladder on my ex's van. Never used the ladder as a ladder, but it was great for hanging stuff off it.

It’s a smitty built x20

^ Found the problem. As someone who used to sell those things, I can tell you they are junk. For ever one working one we sold, we had a half dozen ones that were DOA. Amplify that 10-fold for the warehouse we were attached to. I have never see so many brand new DOA products sitting on a pallet waiting to get scrapped.

Anyway... My best guess is the solenoid pack is dead. That was the #1 faulty part on those. If you can't get a replacement for free, buy a new winch from a reputable brand and never buy another Shittybilt product ever again.

An InReach.. They don't work as well as they claim. Subscription is kinda a waste of money. I can get help easier/faster/more-reliably via a Ham Radio. Also, Starlink has kind of made an InReach obsolete now that some phones can text via satellite, and if you have a dish doubly so if you go that route (which I plan to do so I can work mobile).

Not a bad idea for a normal trailer, but the tongue on mine is entirely too high for jack stands to be stable.

On my M101 I run a pair of pipe-mounted tube-jacks for leveling out my trailer.

I have one on the rear of each corner. I want to add a second pair for the front as I've found the tongue-jack just isn't as stable as I'd like now that I extend the tongue out 2 feet.

That's my biggest thing. These are so light when it comes to unsprung weight. Before I mod anything else I want to do heavier wheels.

Contact my buddy Kris at XGrid Trailers in Knoxville, TN. The company he works for had a bunch of cool trailers at Overland Expo East last weekend.

I put a loop together a while backed call, "The One Lap of Michaux." Roughly 100 miles through Michaux State Forest. Did an article about it in OutdoorX4 Magazine. Such a fun area to explore.

Was curious to see how it compared to my enclosed M101. Fully loaded mine comes in at 1880#. I know the M105's are heavier, but wasn't sure how heavy when modded.

Comparing an apple and an orange here. There are a lot of non-Amtrak inter-city rail lines in the US. If you're going to include all of them in the top map, include all of them in the bottom map too.

Curious to know the curb-weight is.

You didn't hear this from me... Just have your girlfriend get a day pass. She'll be fine once she walks through the main gate. After that they never check passes (or at least haven't in the last 12 years) She just won't be able to drive her car into where you are camping and will have to leave it in general parking... unless you give her your pass and she walks out and drives in with it.

Yeah. Looks a bit smaller than it should be. Keep in mind the SCX30's aren't a true 1:30 ratio so you might have scaled it properly. So just bump it up a little, but it looks like you'll need to adjust the wheel base or switch to a different chassis.

Seeing a well built ZJ makes me miss my ZJs.

First Jeep was an '87 Pioneer. Even my mom had a '99 Sport for a while. XJs were the first true "Sport" Utility Vehicle. The others were more Sport "Utility" Vehicles.

I want to do an LJ body in 1:30 scale so bad.

Gravel will chew up a tire. So that 15% on gravel will easily account for 2x as much tread wear as tarmac. That's one reason I stick to AT tread over MT tread.

Vehicle weight and load rating Willa also play a roll in that. Depending on what you drive, and your tire size, you might get more tread life out of a load range higher tire -- but you'll sacrifice some ride quality with that switch.

As someone currently living in PA and routinely drives to the Baltimore/DC area for work, I'd love to see a zoomed-in version of this for just the Mid-Atlantic area and done in a time scale of minutes rather than hours. Limited to just Interstate and National Highways for some degree of simplicity.

Love me a clean late model TJ.

Nope. No one on a subreddit dedicated to barndominiums has one. We're just here for no reason what-so-ever. Surprised you even found the place.

I wish my engine bay was that clean on my LS swapped LJ. Left too much of the OEM wiring under the hood. Would have been so much better to gut every inch of the factory wiring before installing my 5.3.

The Jeep CJ. Often imitated -- FJ Cruiser, Samurai/Tracker, Humvee, etc -- never duplicated. Simply put, you wouldn't have the 4x4 market we have today without the Jeep CJ.

As for SUVs, that's the XJ Cherokee. Again, often imitated and only rarely surpassed. There would be no modern mid-size or compact SUVs without the XJ blazing the path.

Now, before y'all come at with pitchforks and torches, OP said "iconic" not "best." Both the CJ and the XJ have been outdone time and time again. Also, by modern standards, both are antiquated in many ways. However, when it comes to icons of the industry, you cannot talk about 4x4s and SUVs without talking about the CJ or the XJ.

Now, as for a "top four" -- a Mount Rushmore -- of 4x4s/SUVs:

• Willys Overland MB
• Land Rover Defender 110
• Toyota Land Cruiser
• H1 Hummer

I think each of those four represents 4x4s and SUVs each in their own way, and in ways unique and different enough from the others to set them apart.

IMHO swing outs are not a great idea. They add a lot of cantilevered weight that can prematurely fatigue/overload the rear suspension.

That said, they are sometimes unavoidable, as such there is one on the (ex)g/f's Quigley van. It's a Wilco hitch swing out. Works well for that it is. Sadly nowhere else to stick the spare for the time being and, now that she's an ex and she wants to sell it, it's really not an issue I need to worry about.

If you're on the east coast, specifically the mid-atlantic area, I know a guy who does LS swaps in Toyotas. So if you get that one, let me know.

FWIW I have an LS swapped Jeep Wrangler and this guy helped get mine running and we're in the last stages of a new rebuilt motor for it. I just have to pinch pennies and get a new radiator.