What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Exactly the one I use as well.

I keep mine stowed in a Pelican hidden in the pocket behind the back seats and have it on my quarterly charging schedule with coms/accessories.

 

I had to ditch my normal jump pack because up north it's the cold that usually kills the battery. Most packs don't work much below 0f and all of the times I have needed to jump vehicles it always seems to be -20 or colder out. So I got a Gooloo that has a heating element in it so it will work down to -40f.

https://us.gooloo.com/products/gt4000-jump-starter?variant=41266353373380

I still always carry jumper cables as a tried and true backup though.

 

Some even view Red Lights as optional, I found that out 7/25/2025.

https://youtu.be/f6mmrnDNENo

 

Never heard of that before.

 

It's a handy tool in any area... I gave mine to my mom as her Jeep is unreliable and has some electrical gremlins... I need to pickup another one before winter

 

Be warned ... it is possible to kill them. I killed the one previous to my NOCO by not keeping it charged between uses. Takes months/maybe-years but it can be done.

 

Mine fits neatly behind one of the rear-seat-backs. No chance to use it yet but when 30 miles into a 60 mile trail with no helicopter standing by for extraction ...

 

my costco battery just clicked over 3yo - which any dang day it will die

 

Changed front and rear differential oil. Lucas 80W90. No chips or large shavings, just a thin coating of super fine metal shavings on the magnets. Lucas is great stuff!

 

Me either. I removed a 60 month battery after 5 years from new (NJ). And replaced it with a 60 month battery from Toyota. $93 here in Vineland. They had an 84 month battery as well for about $136.

 

Agreed! It's helped me to put everything battery operated in the truck on a quarterly PM/charging schedule. Ensures that the Strikelight, NOCO, radios, Inreach, ect., are always ready when you need it.

 

AAA is my battery go to. They come to you, test everything, change your battery, take the old one away, give you a bottle of water and you pay $110.

Obviously you don't get to choose which type of battery you get but I don't really care.

 

Yeah, my local stealer offers TruCare, for a little higher price, yor local may offer similar deal.

 

Oil/filter change tonight. More maintenance ahead as I'm past 90k.

The honeymoon is over

I really should get a set of TC bed stiffeners and Meso Puddle pods and do a couple of mods.......but......I'm cheap

 

Sitffies yes, puddles… meh, some sort of under lights or side light or underside lights seem to cast more light. But the same switch and harness would be nice.

 

I think they might help in certain situations. If I had them I think I would use them on a regular basis for daily type stuff

 

You should see how well they project, I get a lot of glare off my door.

 

TC bed stiffeners ... not too hard to install. But when putting the nuts onto the bolts can be lost. You put the nuts against the inside wall blindly, and I lost one down the inside spaces onto the frame ... black-hole lost. You should get a couple spare nuts from the hardware store before you start installing to save the grief.

 

Hmm. Interesting.. so you have the pods and think they are not worth it?

I live in the woods and we have no street lights so I feel like they might come in handy back here... But if you have some advice as an owner and user then I will certainly take this into consideration.

I really don't want to fish all those wires