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Drawtite, U-Haul and Husky are the three that I have personally seen, but there may be others. A quick search of EZ-Hitch turns up some results and it wouldn't surprise me if there were a bunch of small-time shops trying to get in the game back in the day. There was a time, after all, when Jeep was producing tens of thousands of these trucks...

They would have been wise to leave out the pictures of the undercarriage. It raises too many questions.

Pretty sure this was listed a couple weeks ago for a lower price. I think someone clued the seller into the fact he had a Metric Ton package on it. I noticed it when I was looking at the pictures and saw the badge on the tailgate. I was mildly interested just because of that, but the truck isn't much more than a work truck. I'd pay 1000-1200 tops for it.

Keep in mind that these are all vehicles the insurance company could potentially make some money on. I highly doubt you'll find a flood damaged MJ or XJ in that lot. They're not worth anything to the insurance company when they're in perfect condition... Although that begs the question of why did they keep the early 90's Chrysler mini van with no paint on the roof. I also saw a few other vehicles that didn't really belong - I'm sure they're designated to go right to the scrapper.

These vehicles all have a Sandy - Flood stamp on their title so if they do wind up in the hands of used car dealerships, it's on the buyer to do their homework. I've been all over the NJ Craigslist pages and there are quite a few Sandy damaged vehicles for some very tempting prices...

What do you know about this engine? The reason I ask is because this looks to be an engine built primarily for industrial use. It doesn't look to be turbocharged (no turbo that I can see from the pics, anyway) so I suspect it doesn't produce much HP, although it does look a bit on the larger side... I currently drive a 3,300lb vehicle with a turbocharged 1.9L diesel engine with 90HP. I can't imagine having much less as it is about as quick as a 2.5L Comanche.

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My '88 Pioneer was an auto from the factory and had a bench seat with the notch in the middle:

The seller is a power idiot.

It doesn't look like an MJ specific topper. Looks too narrow and too low. Probably for a Ford Ranger. I would pay up to $200 for a longbed topper if it truly was MJ-specific. I paid $100 for my shortbed MJ topper, but those are a lot more common - longbeds are more rare. I thought I finally found one from an ad on Craigslist and went up to look at it. Luckily it was on the guy's Comanche so I could easily see it wasn't right. It was pretty comical when I told him I was going to pass because the topper wasn't made for a Comanche - the seller got pretty offended and wanted me to explain how it was on his Comanche if it wasn't for a Comanche. I had driven my '92 shortbed with MJ-specific topper and showed him how the width was just right and how the height of the topper matched the roofline of the Comanche. He still insisted his looked okay and fit fine, but I told him I wasn't one to half-@$$ something and left. I've been burned once on buying a topper that wasn't for a Comanche and I won't get burned again.

$100? Wow. I tried to sell mine for $50 with tires and couldn't even get that. I use them at weights for my bench press now...

This is my experience, too. It was a good idea on paper, but I was never able to get it to work for programs that would only run on XP. Eventually all of those programs were updated to work with Win 7, though. Using a virtual machine is a pain and I wouldn't want to work through one. They should really only be used for testing and debugging. A dual boot PC would work, but you're going to run into the same issues of having to reinstall everything. You don't need a second hard drive as you could partition the current one and install WinXP on the newly created partition. I'd have to do some digging and research on how to partition the drive correctly so that you get the dual boot screen upon startup where you can select your OS.

I haven't paid my registration yet, but I'm going to. The animal shelter by us is great and I have no problem giving them my money for what they do.

I received my moisture tester last night and took some measurements on the first 1/2 cord I got - anywhere between 20%-30% moisture (not as bad as I thought). The new wood I cut up at my parent's place was anywhere from 18%-25%. Definitely on the drier side, but not much better. I think I figured out the issue with my wood burning insert. The chimney was originally sized for the fireplace so when the insert was added, it effectively cut down the size the chimney needed to be. So, with the chimney damper wide open, the natural draught from the chimney was much higher than what the intake holes on the insert can flow, hence why I had to always leave the doors cracked to pull in more air. Fiddled with the chimney damper some and finally got it to a point where the fire seems to be at happy. I think I'm going to wind up pulling the insert out. It's nice to have because it's supposedly more efficient and easier to clean, but my chimney just isn't set up for it, especially the damper location (which is inside of the chimney on a chain). You currently need to pull the whole insert out of the fireplace to get to the damper chain. We're only going to use the fireplace on the weekends when we're home all day and when we have company as it makes the house feel "cozier."

A bench seat in an MJ is a MUST for a dog of this size (or at least the size he will become). Otherwise he will squirm, fidget and eventually sleep in an awkward position such as this: Can't be comfortable...

Newly cut firewood is in the wood stove insert and burning nicely. House is toasty :thumbsup: Only issue is that I can't seem to get enough oxygen to the fire with the doors closed on the wood stove insert. If I close the doors and open the intake vent wide open the fire will snuff out so I always need to crack the doors open some to keep the oxygen flowing. I'm thinking my chimney damper is open too much, but it's a real PITA since the wood stove insert covers the damper control. Going to have to fiddle with the dampers...hasn't been quite right since I had a guy come out and clean the flue.

There is a science behind burning firewood. In places where fireplaces are the primary source of heat and you rely on the wood to keep you and your family warm during the winter, the quality of the stuff is absolutely essential. I can burn the original stuff that I got, but I'm going to waste a lot of energy converting the water in the wood to steam - energy I would rather use heating the house. I was only able to find an 8lb maul at our local hardware store here. I didn't want to head to Home Depot or Lowes since it was Christmas Eve and I can only imagine how many people would be there doing last minute shopping. It served its purpose well and some of the bigger logs took a few more whacks, but I can't complain for $20.

Thanks for the link. I may give that a shot. Plus it looks pretty bada$$. I lucked out with the firewood. Came back up to NJ and told my Dad the firewood story. He mentioned that he cut up some downed trees two years ago and kept them outside of my old shop on a concrete pad. Took a drive down there and found some great red oak firewood that is all split at the ends. Went out and bought myself an 8 pound maul and went to work: Wound up filling my MJ shortbed when all said and done. I estimate about 3/8 of a cord was cut and split and I left another 3/8 of a cord untouched. I'm going to be making two more trips to NJ to my parents place over the next month so I'll try to make time to split the rest and haul it down to MD. Maybe I'll teach my GF how to split wood so we can get it done faster :yes:

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Keyword: years. Sounds like you have some dry, seasoned firewood in those downed trees. What I got was moist wood from a tree that probably fell during Hurricane Sandy two months ago. It's simply too wet and doesn't burn hot. Just sizzles and smoulders. I could get my shop up to 80 degrees with the old lumber I was burning in my wood stove. Tried some of this new stuff last night and barely raised the temp 5 degrees in the place. He said it was oak. Guess it could be hickory. The bark that is left on some of the pieces looks like oak, but not sure if I could tell the difference between the two.

Yep they're split

I wish I had enough room in my shop to use that monster. I would be banging into the vehicle next to me or the wall.

This is my first house I have ever lived in with a working fireplace. My shop also has a wood stove, which works very well and I have been using a lot of old, leftover lumber (nothing treated, though) as my main source of fuel. It burns hot, but it burns very quick...likely because it is all kiln dried with a low moisture content. Anyway, my stack of old lumber has been getting low so I decided to get myself a half cord of firewood so I could have a toasty winter. A co-worker of mine sells firewood with his Dad on the weekends. He said he had ready to burn, seasoned oak from a tree they cut up 2 years ago that he would sell me for $100 for a half cord and he would even deliver and stack it for me too. Handed him the cash early in the week and came home this evening to find the wood neatly stacked on my outdoor rack. Got closer and noticed a distinct wood smell in the air - first sign. Got even closer and noticed the ends of the logs were not cracked and split - second sign. Noticed that some of the logs still had the bark on them and there was still green moss growing - third sign. So it looks as though I got hosed. I'm a pretty trusting guy so I didn't think my own co-worker would try to pull one over on me, but it doesn't look like I'm going to be burning any of his firewood this year. I would guess it's in the 25-35% moisture content range. I can get the stuff to burn, but it requires a very hot bed of coals to get it going and even then, it basically just smolders and puts off little heat - complete waste. Going to order me a moisture content meter and find someone who has some real seasoned firewood. Lesson learned. I'll be well equipped for next year, though!

Wow

I don't own any, nor do I have the desire to jump through the hoops to get one in this state. I'm not opposed to them, but I don't really like the idea of having my name on file so when they eventually take them away, someone will come knocking at my door.