Stumpy

saturday spent a little time working on the beginnings of a trail. it won't be anything special but it'll give me a place to flex out and relax some... :lol: plus i can take it to the pond to do a little fishing. i've already hauled about 5 loads of wood outta the trench and still have another load or 2 yet to move. gotta work on the bump stops as the 35's are stuffed a little to much..this spot wasn't bad. it aint much but its got potential.. :D took the TJ through tonite...wasn't as fun since it still had street tires on and the 10" rims made it hard to turn..hehe the difference in stability between the MJ and TJ is crazy. with the exception of having to back up to make the corner the MJ handled better!!

not as bad as i thought it would be, i didnt run them full time. only put them on when i went hunting or playing although i did put put about 20K miles on them before selling them and they still had about 13/32's or so left. they rode better running down the road than my 20" stockers because of the taller sidewall.

16's won't fit..brakes are to big...only have about 1" of clearance with the 17's. when i was looking for tires for my Ram i just bought a set of steelies and put 34" LTB's on it!!

Well after almost 3yrs in IL my wife and I are moving back closer to home in MO. Buying a 2yr old manufactured home sitting 3acres with approx a 20x20 deck in the back . only bad part is i'm gonna haveta build a garage as it don't have one yet. Cool part is i'm less than 2hrs from Flat Nasty and about 2.5hrs from HannibalRocks! :cheers: i also won't be able to look out my window and watch the neighbors TV anymore so i'll have a little more privacy. here are a few pics..... google shot of the house and deck...if i did this right here is what i'm buying.... here is a couple pics of the deck... 8) sellers still a few things to pack up...lol pic of the back yard..looks like i'll have a little clearing to do when i get time..

whatever is picked i will buy!!! although my wife will say i don't need anymore hats..lol :brows:

ditto on the drive-in! seen Evan Almighty too which was pretty funny also. we almost only go to the drive-in cuz you get 2 movies for $8.50 per person

leave it to the only 2 Jeeps in the video to make it look easy...lol that GMC looked and sounded great!!

this jeep is in my club. never seen it but i seen the club sticker and it has Stearns offroad on it.. too much bling for me though

man i want one!!

Well having been born and raised in tenn I’ve killed and ate every one of those many times. My mom use to cringe every time I brought home another snapping turtle for supper. But now after living in the southwest for so many years I think I’ve had my fill of those critters so if I want something different I just eat the rocky mtn oysters. Where at in Tenn? i was born/raised in Cookeville many years ago

turtles are good! so are squirrels, rabbits, & frog legs!!

nuttin wrong with plumbing pipe!!!! my front bumpstops..

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i don't remember the length of them but round th 7" mark or so. i'll have to measure next time i drive it.

got my 5.5" coils in w/o a compressor also..however my bumpstops have been a little modified.....lol

Q78's have 27/32 also. i do agree Swampers are the best for your money, i had a set of 34" LTB's and they were baddaxx but i just got a set of 33" TSL's and love them too. i go places in my TJ w/open axles that others go with lockers and BFG's or TrXus.....have outdone many a Rubi...lol

ya Bounty stops in still. I love this site..the folks here remind me of the ones on SIJA..laid back. plus lots of info here too!

famous last words...lol welcome to the forum Renegade!

I was born in Cookeville and lived there until i was about 10-11yrs then moved up north here. i plan to move back one of these days.

small world i used to a TLE manager..lol How do I do that? :oops: Some of the valve stems are metal..and some are pretty weird shaped. you can buy valve stem caps that can be used to do that too. i have one on my spare.

Welcome!!! as evryone else stated be careful!! do you know what rearend its got? can't tell if its a 44 or 35.

yea it collapsed upward about 2" or so. only thing hold it on was part of the inner side of the mount. i also plated that side as i was worried that only plating the one side would cause the other side to collapse.

thanks!! was drivin through town the other day and passed a group of 10-11yr olds and one hollered out its a monster truck...lol

Do we have a bittorrent user on our hands? Maybe my favorite program of all time. I use my SLVR for mobile music. 512Mb cards, but the headphones are USB, so I'm yet to find a plug to use it in my truck. CD/MP3's in the truck anyways. i have the same phone. didnt yours come with a usb jack that you can plug headphones in? i use mine going to and from work since i can plug a cable into the usb adapter.

when i was in high school metal working class we got free scrap from a place that built steel rafters and such, we would weld on it and send it back to them to recycle. so you might hit the HS up to see if they would loan you some and after your done practicing you take it back to them.