I pointed it out already, back down on the trail difficulty or lighten up. I've played this game way too many times in the hard stuff. The extra weight just wears stuff out, makes the rig struggle on stuff that it doesn't need to and all around makes life difficult.
Less weight for more trail, more weight for less trail. He does NOT have an issue that will be solved by anything other than removing weight or changing where he wants to play.
Bc some people decided beforehand what the thread would be like when they read savvy mid-arm and when it turned out they were wrong it went ballistic.
Perfect except for overlooking that overlanders don't run stuff that difficult so they can get away with more weight.
I am trying to bridge that gap. I may have to do a modular swingout, one with just a spare and the other for overlanding (more than 1 mile)
We rented a JL from Kmas0n last week, bad mistake. His rigs are really capable and SMOOTH. So I am hearing "JL" whispered often. 60k vs 30k though. Gotta do more wheeling to justify it. I was kinda hoping to get a boat not a JL.
You might actually be the rare person who could use a JT Rubicon... 4 seats, decent cargo space, fits 37s or larger easily...
, a mid arm didn't help these guys prevent us from speaking German.
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Love the photo! Both sides of our family are Americans due to rogue regimes.View attachment 266037Move that family driven weight forward and lower !
Keep wheelin with the family, it's worth the issues and limitations!
Oh man, those things hit every branch on the ugly tree. I have only seen a handful that grab my eye. One of them had a hamburger supercharger on it.
True, from what I see, they pull off the asphalt, engage 4wh and navigate the sandy edge to the hard pack, then at about 1 mile, they pop up the RTT and start a fire, then tell stories with the other 16 vehicles in their group.
I’ve driven with him a few times and it’s hard not to pull the trigger on one. So unbelievably smooth and capable.
Given that they start at $39.5k I’d have a decent bit of budget left over after my LJ+build so far.
There's a dealership in Iowa that is selling JT Rubicons for $40k
Buy an LJ, a new set of RJ60’s and 40’s and it’s about $40k. Still need Coilovers, LS, Trans, Atlas, odds and ends, armor, midarm, bumpers, seats, fuel tank, beadlocks, winch, crawlteks, digital dash ….
Just the sound system alone!! I bet the JL would be close to 70 if you let Kris' shop do it's thing. Probably the best feature of the JL is the auto trans. Kris mentioned it made good choices for you. In action, it really did pick the correct gear. low or high.
That seems fair. Here in Kali we have things like "exclusivity fees" and "market adjustment" NO KIDDING. Our expedition had a 7k fee tacked on because no one else had it, we did not buy it from them, in fact I found it in Elko NV, flew into salt Lake and drove in to get it for 10k less
I talked to a local dealer here in Idaho about putting together a package deal price on 2 JTs and when I told her about the dealer selling JT Rubicons for under 40 she said she had no idea how they could sell them that low even if she ordered them as bare stock as she could they would be more than that.
