Recent content by dzman49

When the top is off or the window open, I extend my hand out at an angle below the mirror. I figure it kind of differentiates from a high five typical wave. When closed in I wave over the steering wheel, pretty much like any other wave. I get mixed results with Wranglers the most likely to...

I don't think I've gotten a wave or even been flipped off by a 4 door Wrangler. Usually even the unmodified 2 doors don't wave...you know...the ones with the rusty factory issue wheels. I figure a 4 door would be a waste. The back seat has been in the barn under a tarp since I bought the 98...

I just remembered digitally altering a shot of my Jeep. This was before I cropped out the one at the bottom (the actual position). This was a pile of pea gravel, which was like trying to climb a pile of marbles. Since it's where I work and didn't want to explain what I was doing stuck there...

This is a Photoshop way of getting to the top. This is a pile of pea gravel and trying to climb it was like trying to climb a pile of marbles. So I used the computer to get to the top.

I've done a fair amount of Photoshop and this wouldn't be all that difficult to do. As a matter of fact, that was my first thought upon seeing it. I still wouldn't care to walk there to get the ledge shot. But then there are climbers that would see this as a Walmart parking lot.

Any more I'd be hard pressed to even walk on it.

I like XT's bumper sticker: "It's a Jeep thing, WAVE!". It's a much more inviting statement than "you wouldn't understand".

That's why I keep my truck. It ensures I can bring the boat to a stop in one piece...and it can pull the Jeep out when I get carried away in the mud.

Yeah, and what do you do if someone comes from the other way?:D

Switching tops on the Wrangler

An old bridge on a northern Illinois back road after a 6 inch snow

Dragging the undercarriage

This was the first major snow (14") since I got this Jeep last spring. I drove around the yard and surrounding farm fields. Got stuck in drifts a couple of times for the "fun" of it.

Northern Illinois. I have to plow snow as part of my job, so I do get rather feed up with it. But I am looking forward to getting the TJ out in it. Had a YJ with basically street tires and it did great. I've got some aggressive all terrains, on this one so it should be awesome.

I just got a set of Cooper S/T 31 10.5 15. Partly because there was a buy 4 for the price of 3, plus a $75 rebate. They have a 50,000 mi warranty and I got the road hazard protection. I'm hoping they're a good all around tire. They're not too noisy either. Cooper makes an STT which is more...