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I know this is a little like asking Coca-Cola for their secret recipe, but I thought this would be a good place to ask anyway. I will be spending a few weeks in Oregon this coming August. Mainly in the Willamette, Mt. Hood, and Siuslaw National Forests. I imagine August will be a popular time...

Sara, Welcome. I have a Jeep Grand Cherokee and a Mt. Rainier tent from CVT. It comfortably sleeps myself, my wife and my four-year-old (and our two dogs when it rains or they hear coyotes). It could easily accommodate another child. We have the extended version with the ability to create a...

Bring a dog (or two)... best early warning system ever designed. I sleep in a roof top tent with my wife and kid and always have my Jeep's key fob easily accessibly. Press the panic button - between the lights and car horn most things (two legged or four) will be out of there.

Jordan, I went with a set of rock rails from Uneek 4x4. They are an Australian company, but a U.S. company in Florida imports their products. The rails are not that bad to install. Jeep sprays foam behind the sheet metal ( I assume as a sound or heat barrier). This will have to be...

Thank you @RusD for the coordinates and description. That is exactly what I was looking for. Much appreciated. I've been watching/tracking the wild fires in the state and I'm hoping some rain that's moving through will help them get things under control. Thank you again.

Thank you both for the good suggestions... very helpful and much appreciated.

I almost hesitate to ask this, because I'm worried I know the answer... Planning a 2-3 week trip to Colorado starting around July 22nd. We'd like to incorporate a decent amount of time in dispersed campsites to get away from the largest crowds, but wondered how packed they were likely to be...

I ordered my Gobi Rack on Thursday, September 21, 2017 and received the rack at my home on Friday, February 2, 2018. Total wait time was about 19 weeks between ordering (directly with Gobi) and delivery versus an estimate at time of order of 12-16 weeks. I had the same issues with regard to...

Jon, I spent a few months thinking about how to access the winch controls once the grill and fascia were back on the Jeep. In the end I found it best to rely on the wireless remote to spool and de-spool the rope. I know it's slower, but given the alternatives and what they would have done to...

Volvite, The mounting pattern on the winch base plate for the M8000s and the Zeon Platinum series looks to be similar, but the winches are very different in all other dimensions. I never got an answer from RRO as to which dimension (assuming there was only one) exceeded the space allowances of...

Very interesting history... Thank you for posting that. Sent from my iPad using OB Talk

Bouncer, I'm in Houston, but I think I'm with Traveller II... estimates of the number of cars flooded by Harvey range from 300K to 500K, so there is no shortage of potential problem cars out there. Both their website and Google street view would cause me to pass.

There is a US distributor for Uneek and a lot of the Murchison parts - Emerson Kappler at KS Overland Evolution in Fl. Chief has a Ca. entry point/warehouse/distribution center/something... just make sure you buy when the shipment gets in or the restock wait will be lengthy.

Everything that comes out of Chief Products is slick. The angle or rake of the horizontal support struts in that photo look great. I added their V8 sump protection plate as the last piece of protection on the front of my Jeep. The best part of the process is dealing with Bill Mackin (their...

Volvite, Welcome to the forum. The Uneek 4x4 rock rails are, in my opinion, perfect for the WK2. They are a perfect length and the angle on either end matches with the line coming down through the wheel arch. The workmanship and fit is impressive and the powder coat had no blemishes or nicks...