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- Sat Nov 25, 2023 8:36 am
- Forum: Projects and Build-Ups
- Topic: 2005 LJ
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16552
Re: 2005 LJ
With most of the heavy lifting out of the way, it's time to address airing up the neighbor kids pool floaties :lol2 As much as I adore a good engine driven compressor, the ease of an electric outfit has really won over my laziness so an ARB twin was chosen for the task at hand. After some consternat...
- Sat Nov 25, 2023 8:25 am
- Forum: Projects and Build-Ups
- Topic: 2005 LJ
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16552
Re: 2005 LJ
What are you doing for a sway bar now? Long term, the plan will be to correct the geometry enough, primarily the roll center via correcting the trac bar angles, to where a sway bar won't be necessary for what little street driving this will ever see. Additionally, I'll eventually get around to outb...
- Sat Nov 25, 2023 4:59 am
- Forum: Projects and Build-Ups
- Topic: 2005 LJ
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16552
Re: 2005 LJ
After marinating ideas over a few frosty beverages and a particularly aggressive planning session with a tape measure, I set about the business of fabricating a skid plate: IMG_4716.JPG IMG_4717.JPG IMG_4734.JPG IMG_4752.JPG While all of those booger welds were cooling, I took a start on a front bum...
- Wed Nov 22, 2023 9:42 am
- Forum: Projects and Build-Ups
- Topic: 2005 LJ
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16552
Re: 2005 LJ
As mentioned before, one of the reasons behind installing the body lift was to allow room to stuff the drivetrain up a little higher and gain some much needed belly clearance. The "shovel", as the factory belly pan is often referred to, is among the worst factory design elements I've seen ...
- Mon Nov 20, 2023 2:59 pm
- Forum: Projects and Build-Ups
- Topic: Gladiator v2.0
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10529
Re: Gladiator v2.0
To further the saga of turning the Mullet into a bonafied work truck, I installed the MOPAR brake control unit in the dash. Up to this point, I had been using a bluetooth brake control unit that is handy as a pocket on as shirt, but because it uses a large control box that mounts on the trailer tong...
- Mon Nov 20, 2023 10:49 am
- Forum: Recent Run Reports - All Other Runs
- Topic: Monkey Business 18Nov2023
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2796
Monkey Business 18Nov2023
With minion sports officially over for the season and mamma on a mission to clean the house, I was instructed to leave and was able to con OG into an overnighter in Naches. We launched from the greater West Richland area sometime Saturday morning and arrived at a completely vacant Long Meadow (sans ...
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 7:12 am
- Forum: General BS Area
- Topic: Random Picture Thread
- Replies: 1109
- Views: 269149
Re: Random Picture Thread
Roman wrote:Holy fake snow!
It compliments my spray tan
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 9:57 am
- Forum: Recent Run Reports - All Other Runs
- Topic: Ferris Beuller's Day Off 08Nov2023
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3478
Ferris Beuller's Day Off 08Nov2023
In my best Ferris Beuller: Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Oooooooooohhhhh yeeeeaaaahhhhhhhhh
Oooooooooohhhhh yeeeeaaaahhhhhhhhh
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 6:58 am
- Forum: General BS Area
- Topic: Random Picture Thread
- Replies: 1109
- Views: 269149
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:49 am
- Forum: Land Matters & Legislative Issues
- Topic: Moab Trail Closures
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3617
Re: Moab Trail Closures
Yeah... and apparently the Moab city council denied the 2024 permit application for the annual Bronco Roundup (think Easter Jeep Safari for the Bronco guys)
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 12:04 pm
- Forum: Land Matters & Legislative Issues
- Topic: Moab Trail Closures
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3617
Moab Trail Closures
In case people aren't paying attention, there is a pretty significant movement already underway to close a bunch of trails in the Moab area: https://jalopnik.com/bureau-of-land-management-closes-317-miles-moab-trails-1850963120 There is already an appeal underway by the State of Utah: https://www.sl...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 7:11 am
- Forum: Projects and Build-Ups
- Topic: 2005 LJ
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16552
Re: 2005 LJ
Finished laying down all the booger welds on the rear bumper, then lathered on some paint and pulled it outside for some fresh air:
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:03 pm
- Forum: Projects and Build-Ups
- Topic: 2005 LJ
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16552
Re: 2005 LJ
As promised, rock sliders: IMG_4356.JPG IMG_4358.JPG IMG_4359.JPG IMG_4364.JPG IMG_4374.JPG I got a start on the rear crossmember cover but stalled out when Ranch & Home didn't have any more receiver tubes in stock :banghead Added to the Amazon cart instead so hopefully I can finish it up and pa...
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:13 am
- Forum: Recent Run Reports - All Other Runs
- Topic: Fall Colors Tour 15Oct2023
- Replies: 0
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Fall Colors Tour 15Oct2023
Fall wheeling is probably my favorite as the weather is typically cool and crisp, the dust is minimal, and the views are some of the best what with all of the vibrant colors. With an itch to see the tamarack show in person, our small group met up at the Maverik for an 0700-ish launch and headed East...
- Sat Oct 14, 2023 7:21 am
- Forum: Projects and Build-Ups
- Topic: Gladiator v2.0
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10529
Re: Gladiator v2.0
Finally had time to rummage through the scrap pile and came up with enough junk to cobble together the flip-up license plate bracket: IMG_4227.JPG IMG_4228.JPG IMG_4231.JPG IMG_4253.JPG IMG_4254.JPG One thing that I had forgotten to address when building the new receiver hitch was the attachment of ...
- Sat Oct 07, 2023 5:32 pm
- Forum: Projects and Build-Ups
- Topic: Gladiator v2.0
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10529
Re: Gladiator v2.0
One of the (many) downfalls of the Gladiator platform is the departure angle, particularly when equipped with the factory tow package and receiver hitch: IMG_4076.JPG To properly address the situation, two things needed to happen: the spare tire needed to find a new home; and the receiver hitch also...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 2:46 pm
- Forum: Recent Run Reports - All Other Runs
- Topic: Teambuilding Trip 28-30Sept2023
- Replies: 0
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Teambuilding Trip 28-30Sept2023
Every year, we gather the company troops and do a teambuilding excursion somewhere at elevation. The past several years it's been down in the Ahatnum area and centered around ATV's and SxS's. This year, nobody was bringing an ATV and I don't own a SxS, so I made the command decision to move the part...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 6:44 am
- Forum: General BS Area
- Topic: Random Picture Thread
- Replies: 1109
- Views: 269149
Re: Random Picture Thread
Spent the weekend up in Naches myself, stayed at Long Meadow in the ol' Stabbin Cabin. No heater, just my prolific body fat to keep me warm on these brisk early fall evenings
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 1:02 pm
- Forum: Recent Run Reports - All Other Runs
- Topic: Naches Solo Run 23Sept2023
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3765
Naches Solo Run 23Sept2023
Took a quick trip up to the cheese to czek out a new-to-me segment of trail that connects 1901 to 1708, and also found a great little hidden gem of a camp site along the way
- Mon Sep 18, 2023 7:04 am
- Forum: Recent Run Reports - All Other Runs
- Topic: Pick up a Mountain 2023 9/15-9/17
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4388
Re: Pick up a Mountain 2023 9/15-9/17
Looks like a great trip, tire casualty notwithstanding... One of these years I'd like to attend and help out. We are almost out of the minion sports era
- Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:18 am
- Forum: Recent Run Reports - All Other Runs
- Topic: Ahtanum ATV Exploration 10Sept2023
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6504
Ahtanum ATV Exploration 10Sept2023
The boy and I took the day Sunday to explore some of the territory South of the Ahtanum snow park, with which I personally am not very familiar. To mix things up a bit, we pulled the ATV's out of the shed and spent the day making miles, many miles actually, and had a darn good time doing so. We unlo...
- Mon Sep 11, 2023 6:57 am
- Forum: General BS Area
- Topic: Ahtanum / DNR and Yakama Reservation
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2670
Re: Ahtanum / DNR and Yakama Reservation
I will answer part of my own question here, mainly as a public service announcement :lol2 The trail that does in fact exist between Tree Phones campground and Red Saddle is apparently closed for business. We found this sign just a few hundred yards beyond the bridge coming out of Tree Phones headed ...
- Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:21 am
- Forum: General BS Area
- Topic: Ahtanum / DNR and Yakama Reservation
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2670
Ahtanum / DNR and Yakama Reservation
One of the places that I have very little knowledge about is the Red Saddle / Sedge Ridge / South Fork Ahtanum area. On the map, this skirts the border with the Yakama Reservation, and there appear to be a few trails that run in/out of what looks to be Reservation land. Very specifically, the trail ...
- Mon Aug 28, 2023 8:19 am
- Forum: Projects and Build-Ups
- Topic: Gladiator v2.0
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10529
Re: Gladiator v2.0
As previously mentioned, this Gladiator isn't as highly optioned as my '21 was and one of the items missing from the options list is the factory auxiliary switches :? There are a few aftermarket options to replicate them, and you can even go so far as to install the OEM parts, but I actually wanted ...
- Sun Aug 20, 2023 2:59 pm
- Forum: Projects and Build-Ups
- Topic: Gladiator v2.0
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10529
Re: Gladiator v2.0
The little handheld GMRS radios work remarkably well, so much so that it's pretty easy to get lazy and forego hard mounting a radio in the rig... And for the record, my laziness knows no bounds... However, I do grow tired of juggling the handheld, my phone/camera, sammich, coffee mug, etc etc etc. T...