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Good to know. I keep hearing it is at least 10-12 and that's all my wife focuses on. When we hit the harder trails we try to keep our group to 4-5 Jeeps is all so I will try to talk the group into that when we are there again in October. Thank you for the information Jeremy.

Great pictures and trip report Jeremy. I have not done Golden Spike before but I've wanted to. Can't get the wife to commit to 12+ hours on the trail yet to do the trifecta. We did Poison Spider and Gold Bar Rim last October when we were there and I was quite surprised at how bad the first...

Stan joined our group when we ran Hell's Revenge two years ago during our fall gathering. That thing is amazing. I saw a post where he rolled it on Moab Rim during this year's EJS. Looks a little more banged up than the last time I saw it.

We have an opening for an Industrial Refrigeration Technician if anyone has any experience with ammonia refrigeration and HVAC systems. Job is located in Layton, UT. If anyone is interested please reach out to me via PM. Thank you. Mike

Jeremy, I purchased the two 2-gallon jugs but couldn't quite get a full 2-gallons in each one. The only reason I mounted them angled was to try and keep the weight centered over the tire rather than further outward on the tire's circumference. Just thinking about less bouncing by keeping them...

As we were driving down Muddy Creek trail we were completely alone and never did see another vehicle the entire trail. We were about on the last turn as we were nearing the bottom of the canyon and we saw a wind sock. Both the wife and I looked at each other and thought "what the hell?" We...

The wife and I have been so impressed with the Swell as far as a destination and seeing as how we haven't even scratched the surface in the first two trips, we returned last week for a few days as a shake down run for the next RV'ing/Jeeping season. Our campsite for the stay in Green River...

I've posted up quite a bit of work in the projects thread that I've done over the past few weeks but thought I'd post this one here being specific to my 2011 Jeep Wrangler. It was time to give it a good once over and prepare the ole' girl for the upcoming travel and Jeeping season so I thought...

The last item on the coach for the pre-season list was to replace the original skylight over the shower. There was nothing wrong with mine and it was still somewhat flexible/pliable even being 20 years old this year. There seems to have been a lot of people with cracked and/or broken sky...

My attention then turned to our coach for a couple of items that I wanted to complete before the RV'ing season began this year. I waffled on replacing my batteries last year as they were 7 years old but they still tested fine so I ran them through all of 2021 and being 8 years old at the end of...

While I was in the middle of my son's LB7 project, I let him hammer away at it and I worked on a quick project that came through the shop door for a local guy who asked me to do a small machining project for a Snap-on ratchet. I LOVE these small machining and/or welding jobs that come through...

My son has had a FASS fuel pump system sitting on the bench for several months now but wanted to get the chassis painted before installing the FASS system. Pump/manifold assembly clamped in the vise to install fittings. I highly recommend clamping these in a vise when working on them to avoid...

I've been absent for a while getting some work done in the shop on personal vehicles so I can get back to side jobs again. I've been so busy all winter I thought I had plenty of time and then BAM!!!! spring is here and I'm crunched for time on mine and my son's vehicles. My son has been...

Nice work on the gears Jeremy. Jeep is looking good and glad to hear she's back on the road. Mike

James, that is going to make a cool little driver. I really miss both of my lowered shop trucks, especially the '91. I'll give you a call as soon as I have a gap in work so we can get those gears swapped. Mike

Agreed, but more importantly, it is next to impossible in many applications to get the proper carrier preload without a case spreader. I've seen too many failures over the years from shops that just pound in as many shims as they can and call it good without actually measuring, adjusting and...

When I was building 2-strokes I'd spin the head in the lathe off a spark plug adapter and cut new squish angles and clearances to compensate for deficiencies, then measure the volume using ATF in a graduated beaker. Works great but a lathe is needed. Then I did the same as you by lapping on a...

Nice. Glad to see someone else using a spreading fixture. 👍

Studs ran down to flush. Studs chamfered and drilled/tapped holes chamfered to allow the weld bead to sit down into the joint and should only require very little clean up after welding. Welding completed. I next went back to the lathe and knocked out a couple of .200" thick washers from...

Since I already had metal chips and shavings all over the lathe and mill I thought I'd knock out another small project on my want list. When I use my rotary table on the mill, I usually remove the vise so I have some made up T-bolts that I made eight years ago when I purchased the mill...