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With the next night or two supposedly being the nicest of the week and a storm coming in on Wednesday I wanted to get my OPE PM’d and put away for the winter. I started by cleaning the decks on my 21” Snapper Walk-behind and my Toro ZTR so I can pressure wash everything tomorrow night and then...

Used my test ramp to confirm no interferences. Drivers side fully drooped out against the limiting strap and the passenger’s side at full stuff up against the new jounce stop. At full stuff the tire clears the front bumper by nearly an inch and the tire clears the underside of the flare...

Looks like an awesome trip Greg. Mike

Yesterday my wife and I took off for a drive up and over the Mirror Lake Highway (US 150) out of Evanston, WY and down through Kamas, UT. We put about 250 miles on and put the Jeep through its paces as well as just relaxed with the wife and enjoying the drive and conversation. The Jeep is so...

I finished up my front suspension between Friday night and Saturday morning. After removing the ACOS spacers that provide about 1-1/2” of lift at their lowest setting I had to install a bit longer spring to compensate. I have been so impressed with the ride quality and flex of the Metalcloak...

I think that is a good move. We aren't calculating Social Security into ours either. I think anything (if anything) we get we will just look at it like the cherry on top. I believe in having a balanced portfolio and not all in a 401(k) for the reason you mentioned. If you defer your tax...

It is definitely a thing and I try to meet somewhere as I don't want some stranger coming to my home but I find I stand around waiting for a no-show much of the time. I have selling stuff for this very reason. Mike.

Agreed. I was told early on in my career that in order to retire wealthy or doing fairly well you need one of two things. Time & Money. If you have a lot of money, you don't need as much time. If you don't have a lot of money, you need time to let your money work. Compound interest. My...

Are you thinking I'm leaning towards coilovers? If so you would be incorrect.

I started another change to the Jeep a couple of nights ago. When I originally built the Jeep back in late 2011 (over 100k miles ago) I added a BDS 4.5" long-arm suspension lift with the JKS ACOS front setup. As most of you know the ACOS are an adjustable coil spacer that allows a couple inch...

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I've replaced a lot of seals and yolks over the years without issue with the crush sleeves. Granted in theory you are supposed to replace the crush sleeve any time they are disturbed but it has more to do with not getting them tight enough when you have issues. I use my in/lb. torque wrench...

Personally, I don't think you'll be gaining enough if just comparing the D30 and D44 alone. In my son's LJ that we built several years ago, we just kept the D30 and added some gussets to the C's with some good quality chromoly shafts and wheeled the hell out of it. Granted my son didn't flog...

I was able to complete my axle fixture last night. I like to “blast tack” components so I can simply weld over the top of them on final weld. To do this I bump my amperage up to nearly double what I would be welding at for the specific material thickness. Then just max the pedal and a small...

That's good to hear Tim. Besides wanting the off-road traction and bite, I was also unwilling to settle for a noisy tire or one with poor on-highway manners. Good to hear they are quiet on pavement. My Ridge Grapplers are performing perfectly in all categories that I have thrown at the past...

I'm not gonna lie Greg, I've been a fan of BGF's for 25+ years and haven't had anything else on my Jeeps but this last go around I was waffling between the Nitto Ridge Grapplers and the KO2's but also looked at the Milestar Patagonia's due to the price difference and almost pulled the trigger on...

I noticed that the last couple of trips this year in our coach that I had some liquid getting past the black tank valve when I’d remove the cap to dump at the campground before leaving. I wanted to get the valves replaced so the coach is all ready to go for the next travel season. Not a...

Do you know why the Norwegian Navy puts bar codes on their ships??? So when they come back to port they can Scan-di-navi-an. :rofl:

Not all on one day but over the past several days I was able to get the preventative maintenance done on our coach and get her all ready for next year's travel season. I started on Saturday morning by changing the engine oil and filters on our coach. Rear end up on jack stands so I could get...