hahaha Yes I now have 35" MTR's on 15x8 black rock crawlers for trips like this.
My chrome rims and 33's will now be for daily driving and shorter trips.
Once I wear out my current 33's I will get some street tires for those rims, perhaps even 32's so I can really smoke em off the line!
The 35's with the automatic and the 4.10 gears really made the highway trip an easy drive! I figured the OHV would lack some power on passes with the 35's but I was surprised that it was not a problem. I got decent mileage and was able to keep 75 mph in OD at 2200 rpm
I bought RangerX's 35's and wheels, he decided to keep his 37's for daily driving and wheeling. Surprise surprise the 37's + dana 35 TTB = nothing has broken yet!
I think a light foot is the key.
The MTR's do VERY well at Moab, in fact the ARB does not want to unlock and it is VERY difficult to turn the truck on the slickrock with them aired down and the front locker engadged.
Perry I will PM you my address, again thanks for hauling those skid plates out there for me, if I smack that front diff one more time I may have to build another beam, each time I hit it leaks a little more
Stic-o The BII does just fine on long trips! No Jeep for me! hahaha
My truck in particular has made the trip from Colorado to CA about 14 times while it has been owned by my family, in fact my older brother drove it from CA to CO so many times thats why he ended up getting a V8 Sploder and selling me the BII for $500, thats also the reason I had to rebuild the WHOLE truck
The BII is right at home on the highway during long trips, however a 12 hour drive on 35's in the desert alone is not worth it for 3 days of wheeling
Now if I had an RV with the BII on a flatbed, well thats a different story!
Jefe how about a little trail trailer you could leave at base camp???
Also I thought you had a chase vehicle? a certain 98 Sahara