Sounds like you had a great time!!

Here are a couple more pictures of the Roof Rack that I made and have added some side supports to the framing out of aluminum at the rear and along the sides.  Thanks Joey for posting these for me without your help I couldn't have this site with pictures.




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Is that an order there son??!!!  I will think about it! puttputt56

OK I can live with that son!! puttputt56

 

Looks better painted black. Kind of blends togother & doesn't stand out! once again NICE JOB!!

I added an additional piece of aluminum to the front of the roof rack to cover the gap between the wind deflector and the roof (about a 1-1/2" gap). Now if I was going to make another one I would form it all in the the one piece and not have to drill more holes and attachments points. Since I am not going to make another one this will do. I will take pictures and Joey will add them for me, won't you son?  puttputt56 

Thanks son for posting those for me. Now they can see what I was talking about where I added that piece to cover up the front gap. I hope you get to feeling better soon.

I also got the chair metal part fixed for you.  I welded and braced it so it should hold up for a long time now. puttputt56

At a later date I will remove all those sheet metal screws and replace them with pop rivets, then repaint it black so it will look a little smoother. Thanks for the thumbs up Jungle. puttputt56 

This morning I finished installing the hockey pucks on the passinger's side of my Jeep.  I also found out that on my Jeep I had to cut a 1/4" off the hockey puck to clear the factory jack and handle. I tried to move the handle to give me clearance but it can't move so that is why I cut a 1/4" off the side of the hockey puck. I drove the Jeep around to see how it felt with the seats 1" higher and I liked it. I wouldn't go any higher if you are 6' tall.  You will hit your head on things if you do. I wear mostly a base ball cap during the summer and when I hunt, I don't think now I can wear a cowboy style hat in the Jeep. puttputt56

Sam, from what i have heard you wouldnt have fit before he did this. lol

nice work on the jeep as always Ken

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This past Sunday I took the Jeep up on the Ranch to check out the road conditions and to see if the squirrels were out (it has been rain/snow for the past week).  I got on the ranch OK pretty much stayed on the paved road and was about to get around OK.  All of the side roads were very muddy and the ones that someone tried were really dug up.  There were not to many squirrels running around so didn't go get my son so we didn't have to use one of my guest permits.  I did shoot 8 squirrels that I did see.  I did go to the cabin were I did get into the snow.

One thing that I did notice was the 1" raise in the seats that I had installed makes it hard to see out the side window, I have to now lower my head to see out so it is hard on my neck.  If I had taken the upper half door off I think it will be better.

I installed two of the three Stainless Steel boxes I got.  Two in the back tub area on the wheel wells. They are not as strong as the Ammo Cans but they will serve my purposes. They lock and look great.
The third one will go under the driver's side seat. I could have installed it, but at the time I didn't have a way to mount it so the lid would open (top lid).  So yesterday I went and bought drawer slide.
Now it will slide out and clear the seat and will be able to open the lid. I will have my son post some pictures for me after I install the driver's seat storage box on its slide.

The two in the back are 4" wide x 3" deep x 14" long and the one going under the front seat is 2" deep x 6" wide x 9" long. If the front seat one turns out OK I will get another one to go on the passenger side since the slide kit came with two slides.

Next Monday and Tuesday I will going up on the Ranch again but I will be staying in the other Cabin with our hunting group of 6-8.  Hopefully we will be able to make it to the cabin since all the roads to this cabin are dirt (no pavement to this one). puttputt56

looking good. already a big change from last sept. you guys gonna make it out to moab again this year?

Here are some of the pictures of the trip up in the snow and the boxes I installed. The picture of my desk has the box on the slide both in the closed position and the extended position.

















Thanks son for posting those for me!! puttputt56

Thanks! puttputt56

I was going to go to the Ranch again to shoot a few squirrels but its raining again so that got cancelled. I did go to the ASSE Breakfast Meeting this morning. If the weather reports are correct it doesn't look to good for the March Meets this weekend @ Famoso, Bakersfield. I will go to the Jeep Club meeting tonight.

I didn't install that other stainless steel box under the driver's seat.  It covers up my Mag light so wouldn't be able to remove that.  I don't want to relocate the Mag Light I like where I have it, so the box will more than likely go under the passenger seat for now.  I was going to do that today but its raining now so that won't work for now. Of course when I get it installed I will take a couple of pictures.

I ordered my GPS Monday (Costco) and received it Tuesday evening. Couldn't believe it arrived that quick.  I got a Garmin nuvi 780. Now to figure it out and I will order another mounting hardware so I can leave that in both vehicles (Jeep and Tundra).

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GPS pics:





Thanks son for posting these for me.  Thought I would have him post these for me so you can see where I mounted my GPS in the Jeep. puttputt56

Mark it is a Garmin Nuvi 780 GPS (just came out). Hopefully this Sunday when I go on the Ranch I will be able to tell what kind of off road mapping it has or will need.  There is a push buttom on the screen that says off road so will see what that does. 

It has everything for the street, talks to you and give directions by street names etc.  It also has MSN ability which I have 3 free months so will check that out to.  It gives up to date road conditions, radar locations and speed traps.

I got it at Costco on the web site. It was $249 with the $100 discount. Which it came with power supply connect, computor connection for down loading and up dating. Two mounting device (one for the windshield and one for the dash. I ordered another windshield mount and power supply cord and a carrying case for it at a cost of $55.00. I like the size because I can read it with my driving glasses.

I am hoping it will work with my back up camera too.  If not I will have to install that monitor too. puttputt56

I could be wrong (it's been known to happen once or maybe  even twice  ) but the only GPS units that I have seen that you can also use the screen for backup cameras have been the indash type units.

Dad and I took the jeep out on Tejon Ranch today! It was supposed to be sunny and nice all day but it ended up being overcast almost all day. Shot a few squirrels shot a few pics and took a trail I hadn't been on before.

Here's a couple pics while I upload the rest to a gallery:


We drove through the bottom of this ravine:


More pics coming up......

The area that I took my son through yesterday on Tejon Ranch is the old area 1, which used to be the Stockers Hunting Area (basicially it is the area East of I-5 @ Fort Tejon, south boundary at the Lake and the north boundary at the California Aquiduct. The East boundary would be Area 10's west road, which is the road where the Jeep is parked where we had lunch.  We shot up 68 rounds of .223 and we didn't do that well on hitting our targets, most were real long shots. Other wise I think we had a good time. Joey had to clear out alot of fallen limbs that were in the way going down that raven and we crossed the creek that is in it about 70 times.

The GPS worked OK, it had some of the dirt roads on it but a few times the screen was blank except for the vehicle icon.  Hopefully Joey will be able to find the offroad button again. We couldn't find it this time. I will down load some topo maps for that area later too.

The GPS shows that my speedometer is off right at 5mph. Shows 60 and I am doing 65 per the GPS.

Thanks son for posting those pictures, can you transfer them also to the California board under Tejon Ranch!!??

Here's a couple pics of the jeep. Taken today on Tejon Ranch.
More pics from the outing here.

Well I called and the Air Bags for the rear of my Jeep came in so went down and picked those up.  Read the instruction and it seems like a very easy install.  I will take pictures as I go along and hopefully Joey will post them for me.  Hope this well level out my Jeep so my front end isn't pointing into the air and people will stop flashing their headlights at me because they think I have my high beams on.  puttputt56

I took pictures of my modifications to the bump stops and I installed them back in.  I also used lock tite to help secure the screws in place.  So far it seems to have done what I wanted them to do.  I only had to air up the Air Bags to 15# to get the rear of the Jeep to level out with the front. So now have 20# more to play with. When my son gets off work today hopefully he will post the pictures I have taken of this little project. puttputt56

I also put a foam pad between the Air Bag and the aluminum plate that I didn't take a picture of. There is one more item that came with the kit that I need to install and that was a heat shield to protect the air bag on the muffler tail pipe side (on mine it is the right side/passenger side). puttputt56