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Cookie Cutter TJ Rear Tire Carrier
I’m cheap, so naturally I wound up building a tire carrier out of scarp metal rather than ponying up for a real one when the Cookie Cutter TJ outgrew its stock sized spare 🙂 I like the thought of saving weight by not dragging a spare tire around with me all the time, but I want to be self sufficient, so along comes a spare! Took some scrap to work and played around on the mill to get this: Pulled…
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Our first west trip – Colorado 2009
After several years of marriage, home ownership, and general financial stability, we were finally able to make our first trip out west. This trip started a long term trend of us making a yearly trek to some western state to see Gods beauty first hand. Now some folks seem to think that you need quite a bit of cash and a fancy vehicle to see all the beauty in the mountains. We were able to disprove that thought process as…
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The ’92 XJ’s
Through an odd twist of fate, I wound up owning two very similar 1992 Jeep Cherokee’s (XJ). The first ’92 I purchased as a commuter as I had sold off my of my commuter, a 2003 Dodge Neon. I wound up working closer to home with a new job, so fuel mileage wasn’t as big of a worry, plus with the sale of the Neon, we were able to finish paying off the wife’s car (no more car payments for…
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The madness begins – 1987 Jeep Cherokee
A little history first, well before I was married and had “grown up” responsibilities during the pre-digital camera days, I had a little Bronco II that I used play around with off-road: After selling that, I had a ’85 Toyota Xtra cab that I did a small build on as well, but never really had a chance to wheel it due to going to college. (Sorry, no photos). I can safely point to those to vehicles as being the start…
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Interlake 3-28-15, The TJ’s 2nd ORT
We took the Cookie Cutter TJ on it’s second Off-Road Trip with the boy. This trip turned out to be a pretty good mud test for the new tires. With all the rain the prior week, it was a wee bit sloppy, though not as sloppy as I feared it would be. The boy was ready to go bright and early: