Latest project done, sounds much better!

 

Glad to hear it, man. Hate to hear about MJs meeting untimely demises - especially because of other motorists' stupidity.

Gotta get the practice in on the J-Turns and Rockfords for full-on badassary!


I remember my first time doing a j-turn. It was in my '99 s10 on a backroad at night in Maryland. No one was on the road and I needed to go the other way... thought I might try my luck. Only hitch was, I didn't have a hand brake, just a foot brake.... and a 5 speed lol.... so I had to really work every limb I had to push down the parking brake with my foot, spin the wheel, release the parking brake, with my left hand while pushing in the clutch, putting it in gear, revving the motor (4 cylinder), dumping the clutch, and moving along. I'm happy to say it worked out well and I was pretty surprised at how well that truck pulled it off lol.

 

Well... I was on vacation last week and had every intention of getting a lot of projects finished on the XJ. We all know how THAT goes though.

I did manage to re-wood the trailer and clean the garage out.... along with pull up some shrubs in the front yard that had been bugging me for a long time. Not really anything done on the Jeep though.










I did score a bumper for 40 bucks, however. Buddy of mine had started it with the intention of making a front winch bumper. After looking at it though, and the fact that I'm planning on a tube bumper for the front, I think this will work nicely for a rear bumper. It's 1/4" plate steel, fully welded on the outer seams, stitch welded on the inner seams.

 

Oh man... The shrub pulling made me cringe... I could just see the strap rubber banding back into the rear window. I have done that myself. lol

 

Would've been alright if it did. The strap was threaded through itself around the base of the shrub. I was going slow enough anyway that there wouldn't have been enough kinetic energy built up to make it back to the jeep.... I used my thinker thingy on that one

 

I knew you had it figured out man. It just always makes me cringe every time I see it. Saw it happen a lot of times over the years because of cheap straps that stretch too much or break and rubber band back and it always gets me. lol

 

Haha, yeah I know what you mean.

 

It bugs me so much I don't even trust or use straps anymore. I'll drag out and link five chains together first! lol

 

Right on! Nice dude.

 

The Jeep is the only automatic vehicle I've owned, and I've done many J-turns in the past.... But I have to ask: why would you need a hand/E-brake for a J-turn? I've never used one.

 

Just paid for a rear slider window for the Comanche, I'll have my dad go pick it up and if I don't have a ton of homework this weekend head back to their house and put it in.

 

I have to speak against this. I won't go anywhere with anyone who uses chains. When a synthetic strap breaks, it should fall. If you're really concerned, you can put a weighted blanket or a coat on the strap, just like you do with steel winch cable.

I'd always been warned not to use chains, but I brushed it off as paranoia until I personally saw one break. It had so much stored energy when it broke that it went through the back of a steel cab and out the windshield.

It only takes one link failure to kill someone

 

I have indeed broke a couple over the years, but I was dead lifting something way too heavy for the chain rating. I don't own any light chains at all. They are all heavy enough to jerk a class three hitch off of anything I hook it to without breaking. I go overkill on chains. I've done a little towing and recovery and understand full well what a chain can and can't take.

 

Well good thing u aren't anywhere close to Arizona.

 

Lol... I would respectfully rattle it for a bit to warn him before I hooked it up and started pulling...