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Mine is a 1998 Dodge Cummins, short box, extended cab. I pull a 20 ft gooseneck stock trailer or a 22 foot flat bed and use it for my every day truck. It has gone over some very nasty country, but I get 22 mph on pavement and 14 pulling the loaded trailer.I like it as it has enough clearance to get over bad ground and a solidly built differential and under workings that stand up to rough country.

I have a 9500 lb capacity winch on it,reciever mounted that I can put one either the front or back.

This is not a full 4 door,but has the smaller winged doors on the back.Sorta like cab abd a half. With the short box combined with it,it is no longer than a std pickup with a short cab and long box. Turning it around is less of a problem and you can get into snug areas and manuver the goosenecks.

The last truck I had was a Ford dully , 8 ft box and an extended cab.I needed 6 acres to turn th erig around with the trailer attached and you could not make a U turn o na 6 lane road .

We also have a 2004 Tacoma,but the problem with them is the wheel base width is narrower than a std pickup and traveling two track you are always fighting the steering as only one side will fit in the ruts and the other side is up out of the other track. This might not seem a problem to some,but put 100-200 miles on ranch roads in a day and it will readily become one.

(grin)

I could have taken all 5 of the critters this year hunting out of a car.

But if I had the money a new F350 crewcab/shortbox would be sweet.

My old F150 still runs great though and recently got a new set of Cooper ST's so I guess it'll have to do for another year.

First rig was a '74 International Scout, that squirrelly little machine could go places. It'd be cool to get one all fixed up and restored.

think it was last year we ran into a car avoiding the ruts going from the top of 7th to 6th.....forget the exact model but along the lines of a Focus....my brother and i just stopped and stared before we bout died laughing....course it was 2 teenage boys in blaze negotiating the hills and hunting out of it.....

Still using the Jimny at the momment and very pleased with it at the moment, within its obvious constrainsts





Bought it when I need a cheap 4x4 fast (my Isuzu Trooper died in a major way) and while its been very reliable and has done more or less everything I've wanted, I really do struggle for space at time...Hence my next 4x4 will be a crewcab..

Pete a Unimog on the Rubicon, yeah I went through this with my jeep as well. But the Unimog is just cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNuU-Wy7Ibw

There are a lot of highlymodifed 4x4's, specialist rock crawlers, that can do that sort of thing, but that Mog will be more or less ex factory; that to me is the impressive part..

my jeep not to highly modified and still goes down the highway at 75 with no problems And didn't cost a arm and leg

One the of guys in our hunting club uses a a military spec Volkswagen Transporter Syncro 4x4, similar to the one below, but without the EOD Robot!



They are about the same size as a 110 Landrover, but have far more usualable space. The engine is under the rear load area so there is no wasted space as there is over the hood area of most 4x4's. The drivers and passengers seats are fancy pedestal types as seen in some buses or trucks and the entire cabin floor is covered in a sheet of aluminium chequer plate, making cleaning easy..

I doubt it would be as good as a stock 110 LandRover off road, but apparently its pretty comparable to a typical crewcab pick-up..

my jeep! it works very well. its all about flex



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Joe,
Stock springs and shocks????

Regards,

Peter

prolly why you favor your Jeep and i favor my full sized truck is i dont have to deal with rocks like that where a short wheel base Jeep quickly becomes very handy to have.....

That brings up another interest debate...In the past, I have done a bit off-roading here in the UK, but when I am away hunting, I avoid anything too serious in case things go wrong.

On a hunting trip, especially if I am on my own, the last thing I want to do is get my vehicle stuck and then have all the hassle of recovery ect as it eats into hunting time....So generally I pick the easist routes and drive well with the capabilities of both myself and the vehicle..

No 5.5" clayton longarm and 35" tires, this one is all stock besides tires I bought it for 1500 but I did put tires and wheels on it after the 1500


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It works great for getting though and around washed out roads as well, after all I do live in Oregon we get lots of rain

If I had more huntinmg locally, I would have something similar, probably a short wheel base LandRover.

As it is, I have to drive a minimum of 200 miles and sometimes twice that to go hunting, (each way) so I need something more reliable and comfortable than a LandRover though..

I've thought of picking up a pinzqauer, the 6 wheel vans would make for a pretty interesting hunting rig, with room for sleeping out of the elements.

our preference is to take two trucks just in case something goes wrong even if we can cram everyone into a crew cab.....ive had the 4WD go out on my truck back in a place where it was a really bad issue and damn near didnt get back out even with being towed through a couple spots......my FIL has busted axles and drive shafts out hunting.....if im staying close to certain roads i dont mind going by myself....if im gonna get out into some of the spots i like to go as a rule we take two vehicles....

washouts in the bottom of coulees is the one place i love my Jeeps but usually we haul to much gear to cram it all into a Jeep and have room to stack critters if we feel like doing alot of butchering

Nothing wrong with a landrover, I just like jeeps and they have a huge after market support at least in the States