Trxus M/T’s; a review 15 months in the making

September 29, 2008 By 4 Comments

My personal opinion here; I hate tire reviews written a month after they put them on. A review for a specific tire should be written after you done wore them out.  So here is mine……….

I am a long time BFG fan. In 10 years I ran two different vehicles and four different sets of BFG’s on them. (1) Set of BFG A/T’s which are great on everything besides mud. (3) Sets of BFG M/Ts which are an all around great tire which I managed to abuse quite regularly and still got 60,000+ miles on each set. They only sucked on the street on snow and ice until I had them siped which kind of helped, but there is no perfect tire for all terrains.

Last year I had an epiphany; “How do I know if there is anything better if I have never tried them?” So I decided to try Interco’s Trxus M/T’s. I read plenty of reviews of satisfied customers who ran them and I thought I will give them a try. I bought a set May ‘07 and it is now September ‘08. They have taken plenty of abuse as I have put 30,000+ miles on my XJ in almost a year and a half and they have also been on eight off-road trails in Colorado since putting them on. [Read more...]

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West Magnolia Trail, Colorado Sept. 27th, 2008

September 28, 2008 By 1 Comment

It was so beautiful up there, the family was in love!

The trail has changed a lot though since I have been up there, which has been about three years.

I guess more of the private property has been closed off and many of the areas and trails are not accessible as they once were.  Some of the trail I remember got deeper with ruts and mud holes. Since the trail is mostly spring run off areas it will eventually be rated a 7 instead of a 3, but overall still an easy trail system.

All the times I have been up there in the past I never knew there was a hiking trail to a placed called Champion Mill. I guess they do not advertise it and it is on private property but the owners are nice to let you hike to it as long as you are responsible. I found it on the internet by accident and this made me want to go see it!  ….the power of the internet…… [Read more...]

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FMR | Bestop Hard Top Cart

September 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Our very first FMR (Four Minute Review).

Storing your Jeep’s hard top can at times be challenging.  In the past I have tried everything.

The pulley systems that pull the hard top off the Jeep and then suspend it in the rafters was ok.  However it never seemed to pull it high enough.  It was still “in the way”.  This method lead to some sleepless night wondering if I tightened everything.  I was afraid it was going to fall.

More recently I have it sitting on some cinder blocks at one end of the garage.  While this was the easiest and cheapest method it was not free of worry, and was still taking up a ton of space.

A few days ago I ordered what has turned out to be a great solution.  BIGoffroad mailed me out a HOSS™ Hardtop Cart for my JK Unlimited.  Here is link to the installation guide.

It’s pretty straight forward.  Putting it together was simple.  The top now just rolls around the garage when I need it out of the way.

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Fabtech Front Bumper

September 23, 2008 By 4 Comments

Anyone running this bumper?

It’s painted blue in these photos, but comes in Black normally.  I’m digging it.

Any thoughts from you fellas?  Thanks.

pics from [4wd]

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Is this really necessary?

September 23, 2008 By 4 Comments

All-Terrain Lawn Mower Association

A whole forum dedicated to this?

Does lifting a lawn mower defeat the purpose of the device?  I’m just asking.  Please no ill will intended here.

[ATLMA]

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LUVMJP Update | Vilnus, Lithuania

September 21, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Vilnus, Lithuania

Vilnus, Lithuania

Here are a few more photos form that visit.

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Another great Jeep video…I’m sure it’s fake

September 11, 2008 By Leave a Comment

With all the major corporations making web videos to promote products it’s hard to believe this video is real.  I think it’s still pretty funny.

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Mount Gerlach, Slovakia

September 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Mount Gerlach, Slovakia
Mount Gerlach, Slovakia

Looks like the plate is in Slovakia.  To bring some of you up to speed, my plate was “lost” and has been traveling around the world for the past four years.  On it’s journey it has seen international places of interests like the Leaning Tower of Piza, Chitsunitza in Peru, skied the Alps in Austria, Norway, China, Australia, South Korea, even supported the troops in Afghanistan.  As for it’s American locations…it’s been almost everywhere.  The plate has traveled on the famous Route 66 highway, visited historic Boston.

The infamous XJ group NAXJA is responsible for this little trek.  Enjoy the full set up pictures here.

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