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I dig the ingenuity. I bought some rear links for my wrangler years ago that were too long, I ended up cutting and welding them, which by all accounts "isn't a good idea". They lasted 2-3 seasons of wheeling, and they are in the rear so they didn't get disconnected and saw a ton of stress...

Flat towing it. It's a 2010 JK unlimited, a quick google says curb weight is 4-4400 lbs. So maybe 5K lbs. It's on 38s, full steel armor, trusses front/rear, aftermarket axle/driveshafts, etc. Definitely was not thinking about weight during the build as everything was done one thing at a time

Never having towed my jeep, how decent do you think it would do? No idea what mine weighs, but I would think 6K lbs since it's a heavy build. Assuming another 2-3K for a trailer, all in 9Kish lbs?

Looking to get opinions. I have a 2021 pretty fully loaded Laramie with the 5.7 ET. Love the truck, it's my DD, don't really tow but maybe eventually would tow my jeep around, which leads me to the post. I built a 2500 the way I would order it - mostly loaded laramie, megacab, cummins, and...

1.5" wheel spacers on the stock 20's. Also added the hellwig rear sway.

Installed mine yesterday, with the longer end links from hellwig. Put it on the stiffest setting - definitely noticeable, but not life changing. Given that I already swapped the shocks/struts/coils, i'm wondering if the difference is less noticeable. I hated the wallow-y factory ride, and got...

I think you would get more leverage on the bearing since you are moving the load 2", or whatever your spacer width is, further out. So true they are not the same as messing with the offet on rims. Wheel spacers obviously are "less safe" than just a rim because you're adding in another failure...

~$9K for everything installed? That carli kit is like $4600.

Thats a **** ton of $$ for kind of a meh review. would you do it again knowing how it rides?

Yep, vs $15,650, which is only $2,350 difference. Over 10 years, who cares. Consider this: you make $75K/year. Maybe you take home 65%. That's 487,500 over 10 years. $2,350 is 0.48% of that. This ignores time value of money and annual pay increases, so technically that 487,500 is low...

I was just going by "standard" at 30K miles a year and $3/gallon, its still only a $587 difference in gas per year. Adds up if you drive a lot but still less than you'd think

At 20mpgs, 12,000 miles per year, you burn 600 gallons of fuel. At $3/gallon, that equates to $1,800/year on gas. At 23mpgs, you burn 522 gallons, which is $1,565 per year, a savings of $235, or $19.57 per month. At $3.50/gallon, the savings only jumps to $274/year or $22.83/mo. I don't see...

I don't think that 22% is correct. 3.92 is a 22% higher than 3.21, but i don't think it's a 1 for 1 for RPMs. not saying don't get 3.92s, i have them.

Agreed. in the US overlanding usually just means glamping. I have a fridge/freezer, "solar generator" as they are stupidly called, 440w of solar panels, and a waterport for pressurized water, so i'm all about the glamping. No, you don't need all that stuff, but after having it, I wouldn't...

Super dumb Q, since i've never had a 4x2. They don't have a Tcase? Don't they still need to reduce the tranny speed?

Second this. I just lifted mine and have clayton triple rate coils on the rear, which would be a good choice. The ram replaced my grand cherokee with air suspension. It was nice, but after rubbing through an air line and the front deflating at highway speeds, made me a little skeptical.

Gotcha. Might see if you can get TRX arms. But if you're doing all that, aren't you close to TRX pricing anyway, given your sig

No idea on fitment, but what's the point of changing?

I use the below. Super simple with the pitch/roll sensors in the dash https://www.amazon.com/Tri-Lynx-00015-Lynx-Levelers-Pack/dp/B0028PJ10K/ref=sr_1_7?crid=3VLACS7L3JME6&dchild=1&keywords=rv+leveling+blocks&qid=1632493093&sprefix=rv+level%2Caps%2C219&sr=8-7

Gonna disagree, as someone who trashed RTT owners for years, and still do since most of them just go overlanding to breweries and beard conventions anyway. I got one this year and will never ground tent camp again. Ever. main reason is the mattress. I have a 6" memory foam mattress in my...