Whoa, uhhh, I'm really not trying to get in the middle of a flame war here so take this fwiw okie dokie

I only took a "friendly stab" at XOC at the 4x4 board and that is all it was. Definately not a put down. The "Iron Chest" is definately a difficult trail. Without the hopper gears(which I don't have) you will smoke your clutch no matter what. I don't care what you have unless you have totally regeared your rig (you have to do the trail to fully understan what I'm reffering too). As far as XOC going part way up that trail, that should be commended not belittled.

Can you make that trail without locks and hopper gears????? Yes, but we spent all after noon helping my yota buddy out to get him up there, the rest of us are locked and lifted and running much superior tires compared to him(yota). And yes your truck will take a HUGE punishment! So I don't want people taking what I said about XOC out of context, which was just me poking a little fun

BTW I'm just running an old Hardbody with many dents and years of wheeling on it, so damage to me really isn't that big of an issue anymore, if I had a newer vehicle I would definately be more concerned than what I have now.

I also was the one that stated the tie-rod issue with Mike. He assured me they were working on the steering set-up and I have no reason to doubt him about that either. I believe(though I didn't ask) that his tierod setup was so that he could wheel all week and not break anything on the trail. I consider that some good forthought (albeit not one I would have done for money reasons alone). Also I just bought a new steering centerlink right before this trip and by the end of "Iron chest" it is almost shot. These things are really really week when lifted and lots of rockcrawling. Just something you get used to doing when owning a Nissan. Anyway I don't know if he brought an extra set or not or why he did not have a prototype steering set up either(forgot to ask).<-----though this would have been the place to test it if he had it.

So anyway later fellas and happy wheeling!