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Thanks for that info :)

Heh, let me clarify. The limited slip is stock, but is actually very good (rumor has it they used technology from when they owned Land Rover - I have no way to verify). I am going to post the video again here, but this forum mangles it into upside down, so please take appropriate action (turn...

Heh, I actually use all, or nearly all, of the FX4 bits on most trips. Terrain mode took awhile to learn, but now I count on it. Trail control is a huge advantage on long, tedious trails with large swaths of monotony interspersed with interesting obstacles. The locker has saved me so many...

Thanks for looking....I had no idea that J2807 existed. 12% - cool :cool:

Well, we do, nearly always ;-) . This is one of the reasons wifey refuses to drive across Nevada/Utah again - we've tried all the ways and stayed at many great places, but I can't blame her - that desert becomes mind numbing after a few hours at any speed, let alone 55-60. The other limitation...

Yes, thanks for that correction - looks like a fun time, but out of our range for this trip. And yes, fuel anxiety to Tuk is on my list of things to plan around. We'll keep checking as we head that way and adjust as needed. I am in the process of removing the LPG bits from our trailer -...

Thanks Grumpaw. Not our first trip, but good advice. We've hit the tourist spots already. This trip is focused on overlanding to remote locations. Up through the Inside Passage, play around in Wrangell St. Elias and east of Denali, up to the Arctic/Toktoyaktuk, and then down through the...

We've got almost 32K towing a Black Series HQ15 that weighs in around 6K lbs fully loaded. As much of that as we can manage is off-road or hard to get to places. We adhere to a 5K service interval and have beefed up the suspension. The only problem encountered so far was "hot spots" at...

Olympic should be awesome in May - lots of great places to overland (north side of Lake Quinault, out along the road to the Hoh Rainforest). If you can spare the time, check out Cape Flattery - well worth the hike out to the point, plus you can support the Makah.

Yeah, we go back & forth re another tank on the truck. We're already up against GVWR with a front bumper/winch, sliders and a bit of under armor, so we're limited in what we can carry in the bed at this point. We get anywhere from 8mpg (steep off-road) to 14mpg (45-50 mph on Baja roads)...

Yes, this. Only the Ranger has the combination of curb weight, towing capacity, power to weight and off-road capability that our style of adventuring demands. Maybe the others will catch up, but the Ranger was hands down the top pick for what we like to do.

Heh, oh yeah - as the video shows, we were pulling the front off the ground going over the obstacles with the rear axles. That slope was around 10 degrees. We've pulled 15 degrees as measured inside the truck off-road where the road is fairly even, but very slowly; any steeper and I'd be...

Heh, the fishing used to be pretty good, as it was stocked. But, it was discovered that the trout were predaciously killing off the Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged frog. https://www.fws.gov/species/sierra-nevada-yellow-legged-frog-rana-sierrae So, last year they stopped stocking a lot of high...

Oh, man, we love it :-) We obviously can't drag the trailer all the same places we used to take the truck with a RTT, but we can get close and then drop the trailer. Nothing like having a real bathroom handy and a great shower if we're out for more than a couple of days. We pull the WDH bars...

Yeah, I won't pretend to know what magic the servers for this forum do along the way, but the end result is nowhere near what I see on my PC with the original file. You should be able to use the facebook link I provided, which does a reasonable job of reproducing. I think with the FB link you...

Yeah, it wasn't so much the steepness, it was the slick from the rain. Shortly after that the road below completely washed out and a bunch of vehicles behind us had to spend an hour or two moving rock to rebuild it. Fun times :)

Not sure if this helps, but they were really non-communicative when I ordered all my stuff from them a couple years back (bumper, sliders, under-armor). I did get an email at one point saying they make their stuff to order by hand and were going to get to mine as soon as they could. Sure...

I'll throw in my $0.02 from a towing perspective (6K lbs BS HQ15): 2W on pavement unless we need to get out of a jamb or it is slippery. 4H on pretty much everything else as long as it's fairly level (<3 degrees on average). 4L on anything >3 degrees for any great distance - the reason being...

I have mostly given up on the OEM sensors after switching wheels for the lift. I still use them when airing up after going off-road because they update more quickly than the after market TPMS. That having been said, I am very happy with over-the-road use of the Pressure Pro setup, especially...

This is a Black Series HQ15, with some mods. It is designed to go off-road, so everything from the hitch on back is pretty heavy duty, and the capacities are expanded for extended dry camping. There is a bit of wood inside, but the "box" is pretty much all aluminum (diamond plate below...