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  1. jhires

    Top 5 Tools for Your Garage...

    Outside my misc hand tools, best money I spent on tools was an air compressor and air tools. Didn't "need" it but has been one of the most handy purchases I've made. When wrenching on anything it saves a lot of time and effort. In addition to wrenching, I've used the air compressor to fill...
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    Random Photos

    I missed seeing the 10k mile mark by 3 miles. But this was more entertaining. Not bad for 4 months of ownership. :-)
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    Survival Gear

    For basic survival, Water filter or purification tabs Fire Starter kit (tender, matches, lighter, flint, etc...) Sharp Pocket Knife parachord. S&W 1911 +ammo flashlight Everything else is just a luxury. Not saying that there isn't a lot more I carry if traveling remotely. But if I had to strip...
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    Office shots.....what's your office look like?

    My employer gets a little uptight when we post up pics like that, so here's a pic of my wife's home office just as we finished remodeling it.
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    Let's see your hat.

    these are just since my wife started organizing them over the last year or so. I've had many, many others. It is more common to see me with a hat than without
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    Where did your Jeep take You this Week?

    North end of Gifford Pinchot National Forest looking north into Mt Rainier National Park. Awesome day, but really aggressive mosquitos!
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    JEEP TRAIL OFFROAD GPS: What GPS is everyone running?

    My wife and I take both her iphone and ipad with the ap Tremble Outdoors. It does require a bit of planning in advance though. You need to download the maps for the area you are going to be at in advance of losing cell service. The phone can record the gps track to share. She thinks the ipad ap...
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    Where did your Jeep take You this Week?

    Debbie and I took the long way from Enumclaw, WA on FS-70, up to Government Medows, up to the Naches Trail, then around the back side of the mountains, and around down to Whistling Jacks. From there we headed back up to Chinook pass and back into Enumclaw. Excellent day for a road trip. FYI...
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    Ultimate in Jeep overlanding gear!

    http://www.amazon.com/Jeep-Overland-Limited-Jogging-Stroller/dp/B0034XQXB0/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1371488619&sr=8-16&keywords=jeep :clap2:
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    Where did your Jeep take You this Week?

    Headed up to the Duvall, WA power line trails with the "Around The Sound Jeep Club". Had a good time. Wheeled with them for a bit, then headed back to town to pick up my wife who had business to finish up in the morning, then headed back out again. Great day, lots of dust and a bit of mud. Was a...
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    Jeep dogs!!!

    Just sharing the weekend :-)
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    Isle of Man TT

    On the bucket list is to see this in person one day.
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    Securing your best friend in your Jeep

    When my wife and I got our puppy, Emma, last April one of our biggest concerns was how to secure her in the Jeep when the top and doors were off. After a bit of digging around my junk bins I came up with the following. At first it was only intended to secure her when the Jeep was naked, but...
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    DEFENSE MINE : An Historic Panamint Valley Jeep Trail

    Yet another awesome video!
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    How many miles per windshield?

    Drove my Jeep off the lot at 9 miles (5 put on by me on the test drive) on March 18, 2013 At about 3k miles I picked up a double bulls-eye chip in the windshield. At 7100 Miles A rock nails the edge at the top on the drivers side that immediately sent a crack down to eye level and is now headed...
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    10th Anniversary Rubicon - AEV parts or not?

    How soon until the AEV parts are stripped off it? :D
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    Overland Hood/Windshield Cables

    Don't know what they are called, but they are to push branches and brush up and over the rig without hitting the windshield.
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    Rocker Guards vs. Rock Sliders

    Sliders generally are attached to the frame and stick out from the body a bit. They are designed to hold the jeep away from anything that could smash into the rocker panel, but also can be used to litterally "slide" over rocks being able to hold the weight of the vehicle. Rocker guards are...
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    FLORENCE JUNCTION : Arizona Fun Run in the Sun

    My oldest son called them the music mafia. when he was a bartender he helped create a recording company that all the local bars were partners in for the sole purpose of getting better licensing prices just for the right to have any music because somebody "might" play a song that isn't properly...
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