2017 JKU "Big Bear" Overland Build
11-30-2017 | 05:10 PM
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12-11-2017 | 07:24 AM
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Congrats on the build. Looks nice. And welcome to the Jeep family.
Looking through the pics I have to just try and give you some advice from a long time Jeeper. Your fourth pic posted today ( the one driving fast through water and splashing) is what I thought to mention. Have you ever heard of hydrolocking an engine? You might want to research that a bit. The air intake on the JKs is located on the passenger front side of the engine bay. There are many stories of people sucking water into the engine from water shot up toward the intake when splashing water up there. Suffice to say it can result in engine damage. Always better to take water crossings slowly and only up to depth specified by Jeep. Take the advice as you will. Just wanted to let you know. Happy Jeeping.
Looking through the pics I have to just try and give you some advice from a long time Jeeper. Your fourth pic posted today ( the one driving fast through water and splashing) is what I thought to mention. Have you ever heard of hydrolocking an engine? You might want to research that a bit. The air intake on the JKs is located on the passenger front side of the engine bay. There are many stories of people sucking water into the engine from water shot up toward the intake when splashing water up there. Suffice to say it can result in engine damage. Always better to take water crossings slowly and only up to depth specified by Jeep. Take the advice as you will. Just wanted to let you know. Happy Jeeping.
12-11-2017 | 08:02 AM
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Water should always be crossed slowly, snorkel or no snorkel. So many people like to see it splashing all over the place 
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I used to let buddies drive......till one of em was a hair away from rolling it with me in the passenger seat due to missing a line I thought was obvious. That was a scary lesson to learn the hard way. It was a lot more precarious than the water crossing in your pic, but it really made me reassess the "what if's" of having an incident while someone else was in control.
Nice pics btw!
.I used to let buddies drive......till one of em was a hair away from rolling it with me in the passenger seat due to missing a line I thought was obvious. That was a scary lesson to learn the hard way. It was a lot more precarious than the water crossing in your pic, but it really made me reassess the "what if's" of having an incident while someone else was in control.
Nice pics btw!
12-12-2017 | 09:18 AM
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Water should always be crossed slowly, snorkel or no snorkel. So many people like to see it splashing all over the place .
I used to let buddies drive......till one of em was a hair away from rolling it with me in the passenger seat due to missing a line I thought was obvious. That was a scary lesson to learn the hard way. It was a lot more precarious than the water crossing in your pic, but it really made me reassess the "what if's" of having an incident while someone else was in control.
Nice pics btw!
.I used to let buddies drive......till one of em was a hair away from rolling it with me in the passenger seat due to missing a line I thought was obvious. That was a scary lesson to learn the hard way. It was a lot more precarious than the water crossing in your pic, but it really made me reassess the "what if's" of having an incident while someone else was in control.
Nice pics btw!
12-16-2017 | 05:53 PM
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Englands snow storm
More to come but did manage to get a few of the shots edited! Camped out in the tent and did some byway runs with a fellow Overland Bound member when the big snow storm hit the UK last weekend. Needless to say the tent handles tents down to 20F just fine, I found even in my base layer that a decent sleeping bag was still to warm and used just a blanket! So far loving the Expedition III and have no complaints!
01-15-2018 | 02:37 PM
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Well I finished my Alps trip about 2 weeks ago. 9 Days 8 Countries and 3k miles of pure greatness. Not alot of dirt to be found but an amazing road trip and due to the weather it wasn't nearly as boring! over 5k images taken and just got my first cull down to 7-800 so will be doing the rest of the edits now expect a big post like the N Coast 500 one in the coming weeks! However to hold yall off here are the rest of the shots from the Snowdonia trip.
02-10-2018 | 11:07 AM
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Well still working on the Alps photos. Had to push them back as I just hit Strata Florida Lane with the bugout wales guys again!
Snorkel and ARB Breathers were installed for this trip (splashy images all day now!) and I was more than relieved I spent the money and got them installed, with water up onto the hood or "bonnet" in some spots on the lane I am confident the Jeep would not have been able to do it without those bits of kit.
Some other shots from the trip!
Snorkel and ARB Breathers were installed for this trip (splashy images all day now!) and I was more than relieved I spent the money and got them installed, with water up onto the hood or "bonnet" in some spots on the lane I am confident the Jeep would not have been able to do it without those bits of kit.
Some other shots from the trip!
02-11-2018 | 09:30 AM
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Well if ya like I can only take photos of the new snorkel and maxtrax mounted for this trip but I figure folks like to see what I am doing with all the parts rather than product photos.