tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post2728606425704836128..comments2018-11-29T21:54:37.049-06:00Comments on Watch Out For The Bull: Everybody Oughta Own a Jeep Sometime During Their LifeRichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-19872702760086056712014-08-04T15:43:10.725-05:002014-08-04T15:43:10.725-05:00That should be "...I "hear" it almo...That should be "<i>...I "hear" it almost every time...</i>", misspellings aren't a big deal, but it was bugging me to no end.<br /><br />I had Jeeps on the mind today while cutting some hay (it always seems like I have a lot of time to think about stuff when I'm cutting hay), and I remembered that at one time I had seriously thought about trying to find a used '97-'06 Jeep TJ to use around the farm.<br /><br />At the time, I was thinking that I could buy something like a plain Jane used TJ with a 4cyl. engine for about the same price as one of those UTV's that everyone seems to need around a farm (I'm not sure if that's true anymore). <br /><br />The Jeep TJ was supposed to be one of the best Jeeps built, with a coil spring suspension, solid axles front and back, a little wider track, and slightly longer wheelbase. You could actually drive it on the highway without crashing, and down a rough road without destroying it.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-77759881522802725402014-08-03T22:45:58.805-05:002014-08-03T22:45:58.805-05:00It seems like I remember that it used to be possib...It seems like I remember that it used to be possible to find some of those surplus M151A1 for sale once in a while, although they weren't cheap. <br /><br />The way I remember it, when they were sold as surplus they had to be made inoperable before they could leave the government property. There was some creative definitions of inoperable, and people were carefully cutting them in half with a torch and then putting them back together with a little welding. <br /><br />So the definition of "inoperable" was redefined as "being run over by a tank and turned into scrap metal", and it became next to impossible to put all the mangled pieces back together.<br /><br />Even if it was possible to find a M151A1 for sale anymore, I'd bet that a dangerous vehicle that had been cut in half and then welded back together twenty or thirty years ago might be a heckuva handful to drive. <br /><br />The siren song of Jeeps can be awful hard to resist, I here it almost every time I see an older Jeep. Good luck on your Jeep hunt, however it turns out. Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-32980887870097279282014-08-03T21:30:01.383-05:002014-08-03T21:30:01.383-05:00That was a nice looking Jeep.
Like you, I have a ...That was a nice looking Jeep.<br /><br />Like you, I have a Jeep, actually two, in my past, and in spite of myself, I've found myself looking for one recently, even though I know that they are a vehicle of very limited utility. Indeed both times I've owned Jeeps I've wondered why I kept them, and both times I regretted selling them. I really regret selling my CJ2A.<br /><br />My fondest memory of Jeeps are of M151A1s, however, probably the most dangerous Jeep ever made. But man, what a Jeep they were for the type of use they were given. It's a good thing, however, that the service hasn't seen fit to release the surplus ones.<br /><br />I recently did a blog entry on Jeeps myself. And this weekend I looked a couple of used ones. http://lexanteinternet.blogspot.com/2014/08/jeep.htmlPat, Marcus & Alexishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13097254988446524947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-28034249984987380962014-08-02T22:20:33.323-05:002014-08-02T22:20:33.323-05:00The older Jeeps with leaf springs had the shackles...The older Jeeps with leaf springs had the shackles in front of the springs on the front axle which didn't help the handling at all. Throw in worn spring bushings, worn shocks, bigger tires, a short wheelbase, and they could be a handful on the road. <br /><br />I think those notorious handling characteristics helped win me that $1000, humor has to have a little bit of truth in it to be funny, and everyone that had owned or driven a Jeep knew how close to the truth my story about needing to always carry an extra set of underwear was.<br /><br />Even with all that, I'd still like to have another Jeep to drive around the farm, up and down muddy roads, and to town once in a while. They're like a hot rod or a motorcycle, almost an acquired taste, and not for everyone or everyday. Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-22060082110525015792014-08-02T21:15:05.844-05:002014-08-02T21:15:05.844-05:00Never owned one but I've had the priviledge of...Never owned one but I've had the priviledge of driving one. The owner was too drunk to drive and I volunteered to drive him home in his own vehicle. Even though I was sober, I remember being scared to death I was going to get pulled over because I had such a hard time keeping it between the ditches much less in my own lane. It didn't help that the windshield wipers didn't work and it was raining and that the turn signal stalk had a bungee cord on it to keep it from sagging down and constantly signaling a right turn. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.com