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I see you do some NM wheeling so it's bound to happen. We do the Chile Challenge every year, we'll see if Ryan still has the zuk by then or maybe we can make something happen before then. We have a club group page on Face Book, it's private but if you answer the questions and agree to the policy I'll get you approved.

@desertmountain4wdclub awesome, im based just outside of abq. I'll definitely check the page out.

Thanks, it's the first buggy to be in our little group and it worked amazingly well, almost makes me rethink my XJ build.

Thanks, the old XJ doesn't do fast but it crawls pretty well. Thanks for watching.

What issue? It drives down the road just fine and goes off road. The best of both worlds. Thanks for watching.

Running a 38" tall tire and the axles are from ECGS, Dana 60 rear and Dana 489 front bolt in for the XJ. The 489 is a Dana 44 with an 8.9" ring gear all chromoly shafts, 5.38 gears with Grizzly lockers. Thanks for Watching.

Thanks, could use a lower gear in the transfer case but the stock unit gets it done. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Thanks

Thanks for watching.

Thanks, turned out to be easier than it looked except for one spot, one more dent added to the collection.

It was a good time, less the dents I put in the new paint job. Thank for checking it out.

It's pretty nice, just a bummer for him the paint on the hood has peeled up.

Thanks, I think we all had a good time.

It was a great day, could of been a little cooler but it was still a good time. The old Go Pro doesn't like the hot days at all, overheated several times.

I don't use a cell phone it's a Go Pro and I have a rode mic and the media mod for the go pro, I haven't felt I needed to use the mic, got it more for wind issues. I have used wind removal during editing which makes it sound terrible not sure if this is the case in this video. Did notice a lot of power steering pump wine and fan noise. Anyways, thanks for the comment and thanks for watching.

Thanks, they are 38x13.5x17 Nitto Trail Grappler on Vision Manx beadlocks. These have enough back spacing I don't have to run spacers any more.

Nice set up.

Kind of hard to spot and video at the same time but we got it done. Still waiting for you to bring Sarge over and hit a trail with us.

Well you know what they say, the video does it no justice. And I guess it also depends on your definition of extreme, for us old dudes with 37 inch tires it's pretty extreme. Thanks for watching.

That's what I thought when it was my turn.

@@desertmountain4wdclub I bet!!!

Nope , sorry in southern central NM

Thanks for the compliment, did some time in the Bitburg area back in the day. Thanks for watching.

Yep, just north of Alamogordo between La Luz and Tularosa.

Thanks, it's hard to get a decent short when your videoing for full screen.

LOL, yep the old Cherokee likes to wave at everyone, the second part of Saturdays ride will be out today and it does some more waving and some other stuff.

Looks like there is plenty of land for it. Would be cool to get one in the area that we could camp at and going wheeling for a few days. You're about 4 hours north of us but would like to stay informed. Not sure how we could help/be involved, maybe scout/build some trails or something.

Probably looks even easier in the videos.

Yes it is, complete custom suspension and dual transfer case, locked front and rear.

Yup, I knew it! Again really nice truck. Thx for the video@@desertmountain4wdclub

Well, thank you for the compliment, I'm glad you enjoy then, I'll keep them coming until I don't, have a great day.

Another great trail over in the Caballo Lake area. We head over there for the Chile Challenge every year, 4 days of wheeling and camping, they have something for everyone from wild to mild or mild to wild depends on what you like.

Ok, I was looking for short material...

He does, and now that he has new tires (taller) he'll push it even further. Hey, at 87 he is still killing it, I just hope I can still do it at that age.

You have to learn where to stand, and where not too.

This one will be fun, we'll have to run it again one of these days.

Oh the early days, they could be quite unforgiving sometimes.

Don't tell anyone, I had a winch line hooked up for safety.

Sometimes things go a little wrong, but we recover and carry on.

Thanks, we can get a little crazy sometimes.

No problem that's what I do... Thanks for checking out and commenting on the videos, I thought something was wrong with all the unanswered comments. Then I figured it out. :)

Around here the summers are to hot for us older folks to wheel much. The fall, winter, and spring are the best times. The winter months are cold in the morning but warm up most days, if you go up into the mountains you may run into snow during the winter. Other than the heat it's great wheeling out here. The Chile Challenge is in October which is a great wheeling event. Still not to big and it's 4 days if you come for the whole thing. Happens near Caballo Lake, put on by the Las Cruces Four Wheel Drive Club.

Thanks we have a good variety of trails. Thanks for watching.

Stock cooling setup is the best that can be. The only upgrade I'd suggest to the stock setup is a trigger switch to be able to turn the stock fan on all the time.

Thanks for the info!!

Oh, I know the XJ heat problem all to well. Mine is good now during the winter and ok in the summer if I keep the AC to a minimum and don't try to drive up the mountain on a super hot day, still will get above 210 but not bad. The stock setup was gone when I bought it, it now has aluminum radiator, high flow water pump and goose neck, 180 degree thermostat, 3 electric fans pulling air and 2 electric fans pushing. Separate trans cooler in front of radiator. The fans are on separate variable speed controllers and come on at different temps. They all turn on if I turn the AC on. And l have the hood vents and spacing. Keeps it under control. Thanks for watching. Good luck.

The tires are the old Milestar Patagonia MTs 37x12.5x17. Thanks for checking out the video.

Glad you're enjoying the videos, we look forward to having more folks come out and go wheeling with us. Thanks for watching.

He's still looking for the sweet spot on the tire pressure. Thanks for watching.

Not everyone can afford a 60,000 dollar rig to go beat on. We're just normal folks trying to have fun with what we can afford. Thanks for watching.

Thanks, not what we had planned to do but it worked out.

Nothing a coat of paint can't fix.

Hmmm, I don't know how to reply to that since I drive the XJ in all these videos. I will say Ryan has found some boundaries when attempting the optional lines.

He was calling a dog.

Yep, I think it was on it's way out from the get go. I also noticed some extra wobbles here and there. Can't stress enough about getting under your rig and inspecting it every now and then. I take a quick look at mine after every trip for the most part.