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Never ran an actual jeep but have had a few 4x4 Yotas; a 90 pickup, a 93 forerunner and an 02 Tacoma. I'd argue they'd all keep up with a jeep. Also had a 91 I think it was pathfinder it was a good rig too. Now adays I'm getting by with a 2015 awd Escape. I kid you not, I've been putting a lot of miles on lately and my pick up was costing a ton on gas so I sold it and I'll limp along this way for now. I put a hitch on it and it hauls my utility trailer and my 700 grizzly without any issue so I'm not too handicapped. The Escape itself is limited but not useless either I've had it some places that surprised a few people. Clearance sux ass tho.

Had two cj5, two xj and on second zj. This one still stock. All others lifted and were DD and deer haulers. Finally got a hitch haul and toss the deer on that. Lifted zj......high enough the hailer didnt drag when croasing stuff.

Buddy has liberty CRD. His hauler got mangled in the woods. New hauler. New lift kit

No Jeep, but a 1952 Dodge B3PW power wagon, fun SLOW old truck.

Dat's Cool!

The side by sides are nice at times, but I prefer Jeeps.

I have owned 2 '48 CJ2A's, 1 '87 CJ7, currently have a '71 CJ5, 69 CJ6 and a 2012 JKU.

Both the '71 and '69 have the Dauntless Oddfire V6, great motor.



The 69 is in progress... before


currently

Great !! That's heavy duty 4 wheelin'.

My first and best memories of PA deer season involves the old 4 cyl Jeeps. Started hunting in 1964 first day of deer season we would be on stand in the mountains hours before season started. For the first few hours of the first day the mountain across the valley would have dozens of folks driving their old Jeep's to their hunting area, I can still hear the winding of the 4 bangers as they may their way to the top of the mountain.

Mine is a '98 Grand Cherokee, completely stock, my daily driver. I've been amazed at the mud, ruts and deep flooded potholes it has taken me through to get back to my hunting spots. And you just can't kill those 4.0 engines - 150,000 miles and never needs a drop of oil between changes.

When I was a kid, the roads up by our camp in Central Pa. were very rough, and Dad always had a Jeep for hunting up there. The first "batch" he had were three military surplus jeeps he bougth cheap with the thought being to make one good one out of the bunch. If memor serves me right, one was a litter carrier, one had a machine gun mount in the back, and the other was just a typical military jeep. After lots of work, they did piece one together out of the three. No heat, a canvas top, four miss matched tires, but it did it's job for many years. After that we had a CJ2A and two CJ5's. Good machines, back in the day. Today, my every day driver (Ford Explorer) is my hunting vehicle, and I've finally convinced my wife to get something with 4 WD due to our winter roads up here. We're looking at Suburbans and Expeditions.