The adventures of a Jeep and its driver.
We got invited to spend the day riding a trail with a production crew for Jeep social media. They were filming an online ad to be aired this Christmas for Jeep. It was fun and all, but it made for a long day on a shortened trail. We had to stop repeatedly in order to move the cameras or set up shots
I do love this state. We almost moved out here last year. But Ohio is still home.
Moab here I come!
The new trailer came in. I ordered a 20′ PJ Trailers B5 Buggy Hauler to haul the Jeep. The trip to Moab will be its maiden voyage.
I ordered it will a toolbox on the tongue, but unfortunately, the toolbox gets in the way of the brackets for the load distribution hitch.
So I had to cut off the toolbox with an angle grinder. Ugh. Brand new trailer, already hacking it up. LOL.
Hacked up my finger a bit, too. Ooops.
Getting things prepped for Easter Jeep Safari. Greasing all the fittings. Some WD-40 on the control arm ends (they are rusty AF – I might need to replace some).
I have an axle seal leak (minor) so I drained the front diff just to be sure – everything looked really good.
Time to grease the control arms and make sure everything is in order for the trip to Moab, Utah for my very first Easter Jeep Safari.
I am going to have to do something with the suspension on this thing. It is just too far rusted.
Took it to Rausch Creek for the 5th Annual JK Freak Fest.
Love the flex on this lift! This is going up Yellow Jacket. Pretty happy with how the Jeep is functioning these days.
Not really a modification to the Jeep, but it’s in it anyway!
I wanted to speed up the few times I use the turnpike when going on Jeep events. I live in Ohio, but I got these from the Massachusetts DOT. MassDOT does not charge a monthly fee, and you don’t have to pay for the device. You set up an account, they send these to you. If you’re account goes below a certain amount, the auto charge the card. The balance never expires.
I love those EZPass lanes!
My son and I went out to the Jeep Bantam Festival in PA. The guys from JCR Offroad were gracious enough to deliver my new Dagger front bumper to me at the festival! Without missing a beat, my son says, “Let’s go put it on!” So off to the grass parking lot we went to take off the old OR-FAB bumper, which was going back anyway.
I also picked up a Smittybilt Gen 2 X20 10K Comp winch. I like this winch because it’s wireless and has synthetic line. Of course, my son had to have that installed, too.
I was glad to oblige, knowing that he was going to be leaving for the Navy in just a few days after getting back home.
Went to my first Freak Fest with my sn and we had a blast. I happened to have won a bumper in the raffle! It was a really nice bumper from Expedition One, but it wasn’t the bumper I really wanted. I already had OR-FAB front and rear bumpers on the JK, but they haven’t impressed me.
JCR Offroad was at Freak Fest and I have always admired their bumpers. I was able to make arrangements to have a JCR Dagger shipped to me and to have the Expedition One bumper taken off my hands. Big win!
I think we ended up with three JK Freaks hats, too.