whitey818

I understand the go big thought, went through that with my old full size Blazer. It may end up that way but I want to keep the mpg livable for a little while and the wife still remembers the money I threw into the blazer, lol.

whitey818

Jeep did great over the weekend, camped from Friday to Sunday at Hog Pen Landing in Osceola NF. Didn't get to mess with trails much because of the large amount of rain throughout Fri night, just getting around in the forest was like going mudding, lol. The new tires seemed to do great in all the mush but if anyone in this area looking for a great place to camp and get away, I really recommend Osceola. It was just me and the wife so nothing crazy like trying to get stuck.

Here is the view from the tent, was on the back side of Ocean Pond


And the jeep loaded up to go home

Marcus96xj

So the trails were deep? Going next week, just wondering how wet they were

whitey818

After all the rain Friday there was more swamp than roads, lol. Rode a little bit but the wife was getting concerned on getting stuck. Its funny, she was freaking out on the high water with the gravel crossings but was calm in the soup and muddy stuff. Twice I had to turn around because of high water crossings.

Marcus96xj

Should be interesting then! Good thing FedEx dropped my bumper and snorkel off, should get some good pictures.

whitey818

When are you going? If not having to work might be able to meat up in the forest.

Marcus96xj

4th threw the 6th for my friends bachelors party

Marcus96xj

New bumper and snorkel

Marcus96xj

New stuff I put on today

whitey818

Looks very good man! I definitely will not be able to follow you, lol, use you for more of a water depth checker. You will have some fun in Osceola, really makes me wish I could go higher right now.

Marcus96xj

Thanks its just a 5.5 re kit with 33s nothing special, just my lil ol daily driver

whitey818

Out of curiosity, what kind of MPG do you get? I wanted to go bigger on tires but between using mine for camping and other family outings I was very conservative. I used to have a very big full size blazer that my wife hated due to getting in and out of it and access to items in vehicle from ground. I loved it but only got around 8mpg.

Marcus96xj

Its not to great right now due to me having stock 3.55s, but after I get my 4.56/4.88s (not sure which one im going with yet) should be about stock mpg, so iv read

whitey818

Did you make it out to Osceola Marcus?
Crazy rain but got to play around and try some fishing (AKA play in muddy roads) out in forest.

Ianfuller7

Looks like a good time!