TWO STEP – Running Boards – ??? I picked up a brand new F250 FX4 (just an XL) on Saturday. My wife can’t get in without a step stool, and while she can slide out it is a long way to the ground and she says it can be painful. I find its a long…
“BEST” Duramax Mechanic… Maybe not in Yuma. I asked for the best Duramax Mechanic here in Yuma on NextDoor, Facebook, and a couple other social media sites. Basically, no answer. Of course I researched local shops and read reviews. Something I often hear is “everybody makes mistakes,” or “You can’t please everybody,” as an excuse…
NEW UPDATE June 29 2024: It looks like boats (vehicles used soley on water) and rail craft me in fact not be covered by these changes. I will wait and see. Politicians are good at changing things. UPDATE: After writing this short note about the new statute I posted a link to it on several…
Before Father’s Day I had been looking at a couple Yukon (Harbor Freight) toolbox benches to replace the pair of to small US General tool carts I’ve been using as tool carts at the South Bend (Grizzly) knee mill and Precision Mathews (14×40) lathe in the back shop. I added them to the shopping cart…
If you have followed any of my adventures you know I’ve been getting my use out of an 8000lb Warn winch this year. I’ve loaded a couple 3/4 ton trucks for hauling, several weeks back my sons car, and recently rescued somebody stuck in the sand so I could get them out of the way…
Did a sand recovery yesterday. I took my big old 3/4 ton crew cab Chevy diesel 4×4, and left the Jeep at home. Lessons learned or relearned… Air down BEFORE you drive up the sand dune. Check the length of your farm jack hand, and get a cheater bar if you need one. The little…
Okay… maybe that’s a bit of an over statement, but it needs to be repaired! Please follow along as I figure this out.
I recently had to install new axles on a trailer in order to get working brakes on the trailer… Don’t lecture me about how you could have done this or that and not replaced them. They were oddballs and I wasted a couple weeks looking for other solutions. The u-bolts that came with the new…
I was thinking about trading in the tow vehicle, and scrapping the truck on the trailer, but I’ll probably keep driving the Chevy and fix up the Dodge to sell as a runner. Every vehicle I sell will be one they don’t. (RANT!) Does the local car dealership owner come to your church and put…
Well… nothing much to get excited about. I got the old axles off. Okay they are heavy. Maybe solid. Never expected that. The old spring stacks are also much taller than the new spring stacks. I’m going to see if I can use the old springs and hardware, but the tires and wheels are slightly…
For the last tournament we fished I towed the ProCraft out to the lake with my Jeep. Its within the tow capacity (just barely), but I would rather use my truck. The AC wasn’t working in the truck, and its warming up here in Arizona. Anyway, the Jeep towed it just fine, except the hitch…
I may be pulling a 351W engine out of an 82 Bronco soon. It was parked back in the late 90s or early 2000s with low oil pressure. This will make the 4th or 5th time that engine was out. First time it jumped time at just over the 26K warranty. Dealer pulled it and…
I’m looking for an old strap I bought about 30 years ago. I actually bought three of them. I know. I know. You want to tell what you use. You can if you want. I may even have some of what you use, but for the purpose of this post I just don’t care. I…
In an online group somebody posted a picture of a pickup truck parked on the ramp at a local fishing hole. This is what I had to say. Its not the first I’ve seen people do that at the “primitive” launches. Most of the time I just go around, but a few times I’ve given…
A couple years ago I needed a rack on the Jeep to haul my Uncle Paul’s Canoe back from Ohio. It worked okay. You can read about it here: Trail FX Rack Installation The Trail FX Rack did the job like I said. It was okay, but I had to cut the stock plastic bumper…
The 2017 Jeep JK started to develop a little vibration, but very little. At first I thought it might have just thrown a wheel weight (2), but on the way back from our high desert quail hunt it got worse. It didn’t feel dangerous (3), but it was starting to feel more like something was…
I guess there is some big Jeep event going on in the Phoenix area right now. I saw a picture posted on social media with a caption that read, “At work during the week of the Jeep Invasion and I’m trying to avoid ducks.” The photo showed a jeep with a cardboard sign on the…
After 6 years the original battery in my Jeep finally died. Dang it! Only six years! Seriously I’ve bought a fair number of new vehicles in the last 25/26 years, and this is by far the longest the original battery has last in any of them. By about double. Arizona is hard on batteries. Most…
Ordinarily I am not a fan of unboxing videos, but due to obvious box damage this one is EVIDENCE!!!
VIDEO: Replacing the 2017 Jeep JK Bumper – New Winch Bumper
Originally Posted on July 30th 2021 Installed the TrailFX rack on the ’17 Jeep JK with the help of my son. We were not aware that it requires the removal of the bumper to install or do a sheet metal installation through the tail light hole. We pulled the bumper and bolted it to the…
