JEEP Vehicles in Winter

[Rem06]

i must have gotten ripped off?
my Outback didnt come with a pair of hot lesbians?
as if that is a bad thing?

better than that stupid upside down windshield sticker that says "if you can read this, turn me over" lol, now thats gay! lol.

ok, sorry guys, i'm done. back to your boy toys.
merry christmas all

 

[Dave Way]

didn't mean to muddy up the Jeep thread with this nonsense but I just can't help myself

Merry Christmas to subaru owners too

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I never trust anyone who drives a vehicle with more than two bumper stickers.

 

[Gard72977]

i must have gotten ripped off?
my Outback didnt come with a pair of hot lesbians?
as if that is a bad thing?

better than that stupid upside down windshield sticker that says "if you can read this, turn me over" lol, now thats gay! lol.

ok, sorry guys, i'm done. back to your boy toys.
merry christmas all

I have never seen "Hot Lesbians" in a Outback.....

 

[bluealtered]

I was a scout person as well. I ruined a perfectly scout 80 that ran great by stuffing a chevy 327 in it. It would do great wheel stands right up to the point of twisting the rear axle key way out and then it was going home in front wheel drive.

I did have a Subaru brat that was a lot of fun for a while but didn't have the room for all my gear, so I went back my jeeps. Back then I was known to stick my rigs so bad that being there over night was bound to happen at some point and having a dry place to put my sleeping bag out in the back of a grand cherokee was a lot better than putting it out in mud or snow.

 

[Papa Charlie]

I was always an international scout fan. Owned two of them over the years. Honest dependability and easy to fix myself.

I owned a 1962 Scout back in the early 70's with the little four banger in it. With a good tail wind, on flat surface I could get it up to 55mph. It also got the best mileage of any vehicle I have ever owned. A 10 gallon tank would run it for almost two months. Not bad for a kid in high school at the time.

That Scout could climb like no ones business. Had the throttle body break while we were up in the hill about 14 miles from the closest paved road. Ended up increasing the idle and walked it all the way out, just using the low gears. At times were were going so slow that we walked along side of it and kicked the tires to steer. Didn't matter how steep the hill was, mostly old logging roads.

Crazy what they are going for these days. Wish I still had it. Make a great hunting vehicle.

 

[dave@aDave]

My son had a first generation Ford Bronco of early 1970's vintage.
Shortly after he got it a Ford 302 with a mild cam appeared.
Took a while but he eventually figured out that a high center of gravity and a short wheelbase where not conducive to highway speeds or slippery hard surfaces.
But...... the darned thing would go almost anywhere.
It survived being on its sides and top quite often.

 

[JFrank]

Plow duty the last few days, cold ride into town but I’m glad I have it.

 

[nmkid]

My old Scout was a 1967. I took out the 4 banger and had a hopped-up 289 Ford engine installed. Man, that thing would go crazy places. It had an overdrive in it so it cruised happily at 65 MPH.

 

[FredV]

I drove this jeep to go shooting this morning.

I had a '56 version of that. Willys were the best version.

 

[spudgun]

My first Jeep is a 84 CJ7. Daily driver in the Wisconsin area from 88 to 2009 (I got a company car).
Little heat, stiff ride but what the hell, it's a Jeep.

Now it only goes out when it's not snowing or raining.

255K on the speedoo.

 

[bluealtered]

Where I live in North Eastern Oregon It is common during the winter while getting off of I-84 at the Mt. Emily turn off to find any brand of import, including Subaru's stuck in the snow that's only 12" deep. Some of the more "I can do this, just more speed" ones will make it a little further in and then high center their car and then sit there until a local comes along and pulls them out using a 4x4 that's actually made to go in deep snow.

When asked why they did it, the answer is always the same, well they can do that on TV. No, what you see on TV is them going down a plowed road at 30mph so they don't get stuck. If you take your import whatever that has 6" of ground clearance maybe, in real snow you will get stuck at some point, ... period.

After 40+ years of pulling those people out of the snow I finally realized that leaving them there until our state troopers came by and called them a tow truck, that they would learn better the next time then to do that since that tow truck cost them $500 or more.
I spent 40+ years of breaking chains, axles, winches,cables and everything else and it was simply time to stop it so I have.
Of course if you chain up your import and you can go further before you high center, ... good luck!

 

[Shooter13]

They have heaters??????
CW

Like me you have probably owned a few in the 80s and 90s and you might as well buy pocket warmers as turn on the heater in a jeep!
IF and that is a big IF I get a new 4X4 small SUV it will be a Bronco, I like the Raptor model but they ain't cheap!

 

[FNSafari]

I owned a 1962 Scout back in the early 70's with the little four banger in it. With a good tail wind, on flat surface I could get it up to 55mph. It also got the best mileage of any vehicle I have ever owned. A 10 gallon tank would run it for almost two months. Not bad for a kid in high school at the time.

That Scout could climb like no ones business. Had the throttle body break while we were up in the hill about 14 miles from the closest paved road. Ended up increasing the idle and walked it all the way out, just using the low gears. At times were were going so slow that we walked along side of it and kicked the tires to steer. Didn't matter how steep the hill was, mostly old logging roads.

Crazy what they are going for these days. Wish I still had it. Make a great hunting vehicle.

My first IH scout was a 1967, gold with a white top, 152 cu in four cyl engine and a 4 speed tranny. I low gear low range I could out pace it in a slow walk. Super vehicle. And right 55 mph was its top end without over rev'ing the engine.

Second was a 75 scout 2. 304 with three speed. Not the 4 wheel drive the 67 was but a much better road vehicle and it did do fine for most of my off road hunting and fishing adventures. I gave it away in about 2002 to a friend, plow and all. That vehicle took me to more places, plowed more snow and lugged more fire wood than I care to remember. Did you see VW is setting up a new Scout unit, but plan is all electric. Too bad about that.

 

[BlueWater]

Plow duty the last few days, cold ride into town but I’m glad I have it.

Yeah, well, in that area I guess Heron (a 'hamlet') could be called a town ... unless you're speaking of Troy (a 'village'). Just joking, of course. My kind of place. Nice unadulterated corner of the world, out that-a-way.

Gotta love living in the country, where chopping wood and plowing one's own dirt/gravel road's commonplace.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

I'm poor, so I bought this a couple of years ago to beat around the farm in. It'll go about anywhere, has heat..and a/c if I'd fix it...and it's nice to be able to drive it to town for gas rather than carrying 5 gallon buckets, etc. I don't drive it much, just on the farm and short trips but it sure has been handy. I painted it John Deere green kinda mocking the farmers that spent $30,000 plus for a new JD Gator with basically the same options. Lol!

 

[bluealtered]

Had a couple of trackers as well. The trackers and Suzuki's were real 4x4's. They would go on top of deep snow rather than plow through it until there was a soft spot and then down they went. To get them out of that mess I would simply get the come along out and out they came until the next time.

The first one I had, (a wagon) was so amazing that I took it to a place that I knew had 3' of snow every year and up on top it went until about 500' in it found a soft spot and went down to the frame.
I got out the come along and shovel and I cleared out the snow from behind the tires and hooked the come along to a tree behind it and about five minutes later it popped back up on top of the snow.

At that point I decide to back out since where I got stuck only got worse for the next quarter mile. That little 4x4 wagon only weighed in at around 2800lbs and those trackers had 5:13? gearing in them so they would go almost every where, except the freeway where it was 55mph max unless you wanted to blow out all the oil gaskets on the engine.
I would buy another one if I could find one, everybody around here just says NO if you ask if they want to sell theirs. Great little rigs.

 

[JFrank]

Yeah, well, in that area I guess Heron (a 'hamlet') could be called a town ... unless you're speaking of Troy (a 'village'). Just joking, of course. My kind of place. Nice unadulterated corner of the world, out that-a-way.

Gotta love living in the country, where chopping wood and plowing one's own dirt/gravel road's commonplace.

Yeah. Pretty small town for sure. -18 at the moment but I have a wood stove and plenty of wood on the porch brother .
Downtown Libby vvv

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

Had a couple of trackers as well. The trackers and Suzuki's were real 4x4's. They would go on top of deep snow rather than plow through it until there was a soft spot and then down they went. To get them out of that mess I would simply get the come along out and out they came until the next time.

The first one I had, (a wagon) was so amazing that I took it to a place that I knew had 3' of snow every year and up on top it went until about 500' in it found a soft spot and went down to the frame.
I got out the come along and shovel and I cleared out the snow from behind the tires and hooked the come along to a tree behind it and about five minutes later it popped back up on top of the snow.

At that point I decide to back out since where I got stuck only got worse for the next quarter mile. That little 4x4 wagon only weighed in at around 2800lbs and those trackers had 5:13? gearing in them so they would go almost every where, except the freeway where it was 55mph max unless you wanted to blow out all the oil gaskets on the engine.
I would buy another one if I could find one, everybody around here just says NO if you ask if they want to sell theirs. Great little rigs.

We don't typically get big snow down here but the weathermen can't seem to make up their minds about whatever this storm that's coming our way has up its sleeve yet. I guess we'll know whenever it stops. Lol!

Last deer season, my cousin called me up because he was stuck in his Kubota utv. He needed me to come give him a pull and expected me to bring out my 4x4 tractor. I rolled up next to him in that Suzuki, driving pretty much right thru his tracks. He laughed for a minute but I hooked to him and pulled him out without much trouble. Wouldn't have been any trouble if not for a big wad of corn stalks under him. Got him over that and had no problem at all. This one has a locker in the back. Kinda sucks on blacktop but I doubt I would have pulled him out without it.

 

[beemanjohn]

My wife always drove a grand cherokee. Had three of them. Out last one ate a cam in the Hemi last summer. I went ahead and put a re-man engine in it so it would last a long time. Cost $7000.00 to put it in with labor and parts. One month later the air ride system took a dump. Then the power door locks quit working. Traded it off on a Subaru Outback limited. A year ago I would have told you I would never own a Subaru. Now I'll tell you I never will NOT own one. They are super comfortable!

 

[painter]

I'm poor, so I bought this a couple of years ago to beat around the farm in. It'll go about anywhere, has heat..and a/c if I'd fix it...and it's nice to be able to drive it to town for gas rather than carrying 5 gallon buckets, etc. I don't drive it much, just on the farm and short trips but it sure has been handy. I painted it John Deere green kinda mocking the farmers that spent $30,000 plus for a new JD Gator with basically the same options. Lol!

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I run one of them also heat no payments and goes anywear.