Tools

As I’m writing this article, I’m warm and toasty inside my home – its 70 degrees F. But ol’ man winter is setting in and the warmer temperatures headed south with the migratory birds. Snot freezing weather is right around the corner. A few weeks ago, I was working on an electrical wiring project and the dexterity in my fingers …

My old man was a real stickler when it came time to tackle a project. His mantra was always the same… “Use the right tool for the job”. Heard thousands, perhaps even tens of thousands of times, it’s the one thing I now find myself saying to my son whenever we tackle a project. I recently found myself doing some …

There are a few mandatory items that any off-roader should never leave home without, including safety items such as a fire extinguisher, first aid kit and vehicle recovery items like a tow strap, jack, tools, and spare parts. One item many people seem to leave off the list is a compressed air source. Many people carry a spare tire, which …

Christmas is da bomb at the Webster household. Our kids are at the age where they get presents that even I can play with (think XBox 360), and I get the things that I need, but have been too cheap or too lazy to go buy myself during the first 11 months of the year. My 2005 Christmas list had …

Maasdam JackAll Note the paint scraping off of the main beam Note the relatively deep gouge in the main beam Close-up shot of the jack mechanism Some years back Jody Campbell, our tech editor, and I went out to test several new products that we recently installed on our project CJ. Pushing the products we test, and our rigs, to …