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Say that again.
With mad scientists, Scott Brown, used my drill press as a sort of lathe.
Our host, Neil Simpson, if one light goes out, they'll all go out.
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This is I Speak Jeep.
Good morning, afternoon, evening, wherever, however you are joining us in this most spooktacular
episode of I Speak Jeep.
I'm just sad he didn't put the goat at the end.
It would have been better if it was not for you.
There it is.
My name is Neil with SFJ 4x4 in the Grandma's couch studio, joined with, as you, Jeff Cermany,
in his favorite pumpkin orange signature spooky season hoodie from last year, the producer
The producer.
And the madest bad scientist, Scott Brown.
Thank you.
Thank you, sir, for that.
As a comment about Jeffery's spooky season hoodie, you know that right now the merch
is open for the creepin' it real seasonal shirt, which I really dig.
I thought that was super fun.
It's been really popular.
It's been really popular.
Incredibly popular.
Order's been going out like crazy.
We actually had to do a reorder of materials and kudos to Savage for just hammer down on
that with all the other things we have going on.
I honestly think that one's been more popular than this hoodie.
I agree.
I think it's been one of the most popular merch drops recently.
We will have a signature Christmas drop following Halloween.
Now I'm just, I'm being absolutely transparent.
We're skipping Thanksgiving this year, folks.
So Scott is very sad over there.
If you bought your turjipen turducken, no, the hoodie that you designed last year
that failed epically for all, but like, I don't know, ten of you.
And actually we might actually have one or two of those graphics left.
Did we ever announce which of those two hoodies actually won?
I don't think, I think we did.
There was no question.
There was no question.
There was no question.
Yeah.
Jeff, why do you look like a 12 year old?
I mean, you got a little, you got a 12 year old with a five o'clock shadow
at this point.
Halloween costume on Friday for a party, so.
We'll talk about that in the update for sure.
Well, and, you know, as, as usual, we do have a number of updates.
So if you're interested in what's happening in our personal lives, two-fold one, hang on
through the outro credits to kind of get updated on our weekend affairs.
There were some major highs and some major lows as I shared with the guys.
If my life could become more chaotic, that is the path that I chose this weekend.
Additionally, we will be talking today just briefly about the upcoming SEMA adventure.
Yes.
Before we play a game or an activity amongst each other with and for our listeners.
Is that correct?
Yeah.
For Halloween edition.
Outstanding.
Quick note, join us for the Christmas parade on Black Friday.
Look for further details to come and you can jump on to our personal social platforms,
be it Instagram or Facebook to, you know, get those updates in lifetime as well.
Well, we'll be sending out an email on that soon too.
Yes, sir.
In the comments, we got Nathan saying good morning.
He was first again.
We got Robert Seaman saying morning SFJ.
We got Roy Hill saying good morning.
Jalga Jeeper saying good morning.
Mudhorn Gladiator saying morning.
And then we got Daddy Jeep saying good morning.
Robert Seaman said down here at Myrtle Beach Jeep Jam.
That sounds fun.
A lot warmer weather too, I'm sure.
And then you got Jeanie saying good morning.
What do I want for Christmas, a new motor?
Just putting that out there if anyone wants to get me one.
She's looking for a hemi, folks.
And then we got Billy Joe saying good morning and Bill McWilliam saying good morning.
Good morning, good morning, good morning to everyone.
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Understand that the bulk of our listening audience is at a slightly later date in their
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Robert did say nope, it's cold as can be for the beach.
Yeah, it's a tough time right now to be Atlantic Ocean Front at the moment.
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Charles is asking, how do I rate you all when I listen live on Facebook?
Simple answer to that is that you just have to go to one of the streaming platforms,
pull it up and put in a rating on there.
Yep, that would be advantageous, but we do appreciate you following along on Facebook,
Charles.
Thank you for that.
I think that covers a good bit of our business.
It is worth mentioning that next week, and so with the whole conversation about listening
and whatnot, we are up in the air whether or not there will be a live podcast or any
type of supplemental for you.
We had attempted to do some pre-recorded interviews.
Unfortunately, it does not look like that will be kind of all done and said for next Monday.
I personally, depending on all things go well, will be in Las Vegas.
If you're not in Las Vegas, you're lost somewhere in the US.
Yes.
There will be a much bigger deal than we could imagine.
I was like, well, maybe we can force something into existence.
The mad scientist in his per usual, his wisdom was like, hey, we're already making so many
other things happen that shouldn't happen.
Let's try and not put this additional pressure on them, like, yeah, but how cool would
that be?
I've certainly lived in from Charleston, South Carolina.
Then he did the math.
Then I mathed.
What time it actually would be.
I still don't actually know.
It's either three or four hours prior to East Coast time.
I'm pretty certain it's a three-hour time.
Jiggle, would you like to help us?
Yeah, I was going to say, but so if that's 10-19, then I'm somewhere around, you know,
7-19 or 8-19, and the problem, well, definitely not 8-19, it's either 6 or 7-19.
The problem will be that I have no idea where I'm going to be.
It would be 7-19.
Okay.
That's what I thought.
Las Vegas is three hours, despite the fact that I have to say I think it's four hours.
It feels like it when you fly there.
It does.
And so ultimately, I was like, yeah, we could do that, but then I am going to be personally
transporting those of you who have followed long enough understand that we actually are
a pretty close-knit group of enterprising individuals within SFJ 4x4.
And when you need something done, you kind of have to do it yourself sometimes.
And when it comes to transporting a vehicle or now vehicles, thanks to Crown Automotive,
RT Off-Road, we have to transport two vehicles which are amazing builds representing
the Mad Scientist and the early performance mechanic, both kind of the performance division
and our vintage resto, we got to get them across the country.
And one of the last vehicles that came in on a subcontracted transporter was less than
stellar.
Was less than stellar.
And we've had just not that we've had any personal issues with transporters, but
as a frustrated truck driver myself, I recognize how that industry, especially when you are
kind of succumbing to the lowest common bidder, you're not always getting the most qualified
individual to take these very high-dollar vehicles from coast to coast.
So Tony jumped in the comments said, when you get lost, you got to do a find me,
Jose Monkey.
But I think better than that is, even if you don't get lost, pick a difficult
spot with a picture and see if Jose Monkey can find you.
So I mean, so the reality is, is kind of quickly settling in that I will be running the international
with our, you know, 45, 50-foot wedge trailer across the country starting this week.
And what day you hit the road?
I am at this time hitting the road on Thursday.
And objectively, we mapped it out and I will be taking the Southern route.
So as this podcast is airing, if there's anybody who is along that, I'll be hitting the archway,
the gateway.
Through St. Louis.
Through St. Louis, headed down through Oklahoma into Texas, New Mexico, Arizona.
Cross through Amarillo there and then Flagstaff, you'll be in Flagstaff.
I'll be going through briefly through the Sedona Mountains.
I think it was the, well, Sedona is a little south of Flagstaff.
You're going.
Okay.
Yep.
Okay.
Well, I just wondered what that mountain range is that that's what I thought was called
the Sedona Mountains.
Maybe somebody can correct us.
I thought I saw a little thing.
You'll know this time next week.
I will.
I will.
I will.
Charles, he'll be in Amarillo just just through that upper corner there and then
that's it.
And so we'll be, we'll be trucking through.
I am, I've elected to take my 12 year old on this trip with me, which has created another
layer.
Another layer of logistics.
Fortunately for us, our public school system is awesome is working with us.
They're actually providing him Wi-Fi and a full universal router so that he actually
will be attending school in the truck as we drive across the country.
You'll actually, your mountain range is the San Francisco Peaks.
Despite the fact that I'm in Flagstaff.
That's what the Google says.
I don't know.
Whatever.
Somebody from that area can chime in.
There you go.
There you go.
There you go.
And so the goal, and I've certainly done some really dumb drives, but I'm trying not
to make this one so dumb, but that puts me juggling a lot of balls at this moment.
So.
And, you know, Geogateepers is give me the keys.
I can only keep offering my services.
He really wants to do this drive.
We got Bob Mike.
I would love to.
Man, I would love to if it was not in a big rig with Bob Mike and, say, in sunny in
70, county in Ohio.
No.
No.
Not even close.
Kind of a maybe a little sunny, but Daddy Jeep saying my kid just took that southern
route in my Denali.
It only caught on fire twice with Neil's history of vehicles that's not re-assuring
right now.
Bad talk and it is not on my bingo card.
So.
Charles says that you'll be five hours north of him.
Sorry, Charles.
No detours for me on the way through.
Yeah.
I'm purposely avoiding the Rockies as you come out of the west side of Denver.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm purposely avoiding that.
The the international, if you are unfamiliar is which is a truck we've had
since 21 and I love it dearly, but it does have its limitations.
It is a 25 year old truck running a electronic 466 international engine.
It's got a couple little goodies and doodads on it.
But with the five speed transmission, it does not like the mountains.
Not one bit.
And Western Pennsylvania and as you crest over to the east coast, it struggles
through, you know, just the appellations.
I want nothing to do with the Rockies in the international, at least on the way
out there.
I kind of want to tackle them on the way back there.
I'll be honest with you.
Of course you do.
I want you to go back through Arizona and pick me up some rust free tea parts.
I am factually running one spot open on the trailer.
I thought about taking the Mini Cooper.
I thought about taking the Mini Cooper up on the deck of the trailer.
That way you have something to drive around.
That way we had a run about when we got into Las Vegas.
I think I've since changed my mind.
And if there is, you know, the right vehicle on the way back through as whether
it's a listeners got it, whether I find it on the side of the road, I will have a spot
on the trailer that we could bring something back with us.
That'd be fun.
And God willing, we're trying to sell these jeeps at SEMA.
These customers are itching to build more with us.
So, you know, if somebody wants, you know, to make an offer to make an offer,
we've got some numbers in mind and those customers are ready to buy and build something else.
So kind of a cool kind of a cool opportunity.
But he said going through Amarillo, you'll be smelling cowboy money.
I'll take it.
I will.
And I've got family in Amarillo, so we're going to try to locate you a spot for rest.
That would be that would be excellent.
So we're we're trying to hit some some stop points and make it not such a hard,
you know, 14, 16 hour drive days, which, you know, should be easier on myself and the truck,
especially with the long week of SEMA, a lot of people think we're out there to kind of
like, you know, party and do this on third and unfortunately, anything that we've ever
done out there over the last decade or so has been straight business.
Yeah.
You know, you're you're covering a lot of territory.
The show is so massive.
Straight business and then we like once once throughout the trip, we try to find something
fun for eating it.
And that's about it.
That's about it.
And other than that, you're pretty tuckered out from trying to cover all the ground and
meet with the people and do the things and see the stuff that makes us, I think, kind
of uniquely us within the industry kind of being a small, but mighty and knowledgeable
business where we're actually bringing that information back home to to you all.
So really use the event for what it's it was originally intended for.
And Billy Joe said she'd love to see some live footage from SEMA again, unfortunately
for the podcast, you'll be way too early in the morning there, but maybe you could do
a Tuesday live.
Yeah.
And we we used to I used to do more lives there and some content, you know, coverage
and whatnot.
So hopefully we'll be able to to bring that to Tuesday is the first official day
of SEMA.
So it is you'll if you do a Tuesday update, that'd be really fun.
That would be very fun.
So excellent stuff there.
I think that that reasonably kind of outlines for everyone what the expectations are again,
huge shout out to Crown Automotive and RT Offroad for sponsoring both hashtag not a
restoration the swamp donkey and Johnny five, you know, big, big thanks to them for making
this opportunity possible and for getting behind and supplying parts for some really
cool builds.
Also for working really closely with the mad scientist and some research and development
of product and ensuring that some of the the best replacement and replica parts are sold
under those lines and they pass them sometimes through the mad scientist hands to verify
vet and, you know, kind of tweak or modify in the process.
So I've been doing and expanding upon that partnership more and more recently.
So thanks to them, Jeffrey has an activity for us prior to us doing our weekend update.
And again, you're going to stay tuned for our personal lives.
So this is a Halloween edition of a build.
We've done a Christmas version before this time.
We're going to ask the listeners to at the end weigh in with who's Jeep build and
which driver do they want to stick with.
So you're going to pick your favorite one of us to navigate you through the Jeep
Bocalypse Jeep Bocalypse.
Now what's fun about this is that this is actually something prior to business when
Scott and I were just friends, something that we actually benchtop built benchtop
built frequently together.
And I almost don't want us to go first.
You benchtop build doomsday jeeps.
We absolutely unquestionably we did.
That's awesome.
I had no idea picking this topic.
You actually, you started to kind of say it the other day.
You teased it to me and I thought, oh, this is, and I think I was, I was enthusiastic.
I was like, yeah, Jeff, this is really cool, expand upon it, blah, blah, blah.
And I thought to myself, Scott and I have literally done this for fun talking to each
other before.
But, but here's the caveat is not only is the build.
I understand.
I understand.
Driver too.
And they, our listeners have to make that decision based on what they know about us.
I'm with you.
I'm with you.
So the rules for this one, there's no budget.
There's no limits.
Yep.
Jeep era doesn't matter.
Pretend it's a new Jeep.
You find a surplus of new condition jeeps, whatever you want to.
Doesn't matter.
Sure.
The Jeep's new.
You're starting fresh.
Sure.
All mods must exist on the market.
No custom fabric cobbled defensive spikes off the front.
You can assume that all your mods will work together because you can make them all work
together.
Sure.
We understand.
I like that.
We understand the assignment.
I know Scott would be like, well, I can build this in my garage and I can build this.
That's fair.
But no, that's fair.
That's not an option.
That's fair.
All right.
I can appreciate that.
So we found the warehouse full of all the Jeep mods and all the jeeps.
What Jeep are you starting with and why?
You're actually going first.
Gladiator.
I'm starting with the Gladiator.
That's fine.
Go ahead.
Tell us why.
Because I have more storage ability and I can add a lot more preparation survival type
gear to it.
Okay.
You've already lost just so you know.
No.
Go ahead.
At least in cool points.
Scott, me or you?
Go ahead.
Doose and a half.
Multi-fuel, six by six, doose and a half.
You're Gladiator.
When there's no gasoline on the market and your electronics, the EMP takes it all out.
You are S-O-L.
Scott and I played this game already, homie.
All right.
What do you got, Scott?
So who's going to bust his bubble and say that's not a Jeep and then we have to argue
it is a Jeep?
It's a Jeep.
Don't tell me that a doose and a half isn't a Jeep.
Don't tell me.
Well, Scott gets the final say on that one whether it is a Jeep or not.
But what's Scott going with?
So just because I got to be a little bit weird, I don't remember the exact military destination
of it because I just got too much stuff in my brain from this weekend.
But the Crew Cab diesel FC would be my vehicle choice.
Yeah, I'm trying to remember what that, I want to say it's like a 1-M175.
M175, something like that.
Yeah, absolutely.
That's a sweet one.
Same way.
Except for...
I know it is from the factory, it's a Perkins.
Correct.
Which, you know, that's not staying.
That's not staying, he says.
That's not staying.
But we're going to go with the same kind of theme that Neil is going for of fuel is
not going to be as much of an issue, electronics are not going to be an issue.
So I want to stop you there.
Why do you think fuel won't be as much of an issue for a diesel?
Well, because these things will run on anything.
Will run on anything.
Okay.
So again, these engines, so the refinement process of diesel at that time and certainly a multifuel
is arbitrary to today's standards.
Anything as far as modern day engine platforms are, you know, the refinement of the fuel
has to be so, so, so good.
So, but for your specific purpose, where are you getting your fuel from?
Where ever I find it.
So again, so Jeff, we actually had a friend.
So it's a part of this is fun story.
We actually had a friend acquaintance.
If it was a friend of Scott's, he's a friend of mine.
He actually built a doomsday vehicle.
Okay.
And we actually did build a couple, right?
And he was very intentional in his, in his modifications.
And this is what spurred our interest in it at the time and are probably the one
that stands out to us the most.
And I'm speaking for Scott in this situation, but I, again, we expanded upon this a lot
back in the day was a Cummins Ram charger where he used a 6BT and he could shove
peanut oil, used motor oil.
Transmission.
Transmission fluid.
That's pretty sweet.
He, and honestly with little to no refinement process.
And so the reality we know certainly on the multifuel that the doos and a half
is it doesn't fly.
It doesn't give a flying fig.
The Perkins might care a little bit more, but Scott's contention.
He put a 4BT in there.
Yep.
For the exact same reason that our acquaintance had the 6BT in this
Ram charger.
There's only part of it that's not so much fun.
Zero knows what I'm going to do.
Right.
Right.
But so fuel, fuel and then rubber is, in my opinion, one of the biggest
issues you run into with apocalyptic, you know, post-apocalyptic vehicles.
I would agree.
And I think when it comes to fuel, the reason I was okay going with the
Gladiator is because I know how to siphon fuel.
I know how fuel pumps and tanks work.
I don't care if the service center works.
Sure.
I can get fuel.
I get that.
Jerry Cahans all of that.
100%.
That makes sense to us.
Gas just has a shelf life.
Gas has a shelf life.
Whereas it does.
Modern gas.
Absolutely.
Modern gas, ethanol, rich, modern gas in my opinion does.
But then you can rate any of the stores with the octane boosters,
whatever you need.
Literally did you guys, I sent you that reel over the weekend.
That's what I'm saying.
Yeah, but I sent you, yeah, but the whole point was that was
2025 versus in the 90s or whatever, the early 2000s.
But.
And it was like, for the folks listening at home, it was a
reel.
It was this guy and he was like putting fuel in your mower in
the 90s.
In the 80s or 90s.
Yeah.
And it was like, I found this pickup truck from the 60s and
I siphoned the fuel out of it and you're going to take this
fuel.
And he was telling his tractor and you're going to take this
fuel and you're going to like it and you're going to run.
And then it was like same tractor 2025.
And it was like, well, I got you the special snowflake
sprinkle fuel with the chocolate spice additive.
Yes.
Please don't clog up on me.
Please don't clog up on me or corrode inside the
carbon potato.
And it's just today's fuel is not made like yesterday.
But.
But while you say that, I have absolutely just used fuel from
three years ago in a tractor and in a modern tractor and
made it run.
No problem.
Same time though.
First EMP strike.
You're still sitting on the side.
You're done.
You're done.
You're smoked.
And that's a mechanical diesel in our opinion is going
to be far superior to.
Mine isn't even going to have a shutdown solenoid on it.
See, and that's where and I honestly don't know enough
about the actual multi fuel deuces.
I think it's all.
It's a total mechanical.
I'm pretty sure it is.
And so like my L 7000 Cummins.
This doesn't have a lot of hers first.
I have no hers parts.
I have a question on the EMP.
You guys keep referencing that.
Yes.
But this is a Halloween edition zombie apocalypse.
We have a smart EMPs.
A smart scientist zombie.
Oh, that was a snack on some Jeff.
Okay.
Curveball.
Curveball.
It's a zombie apocalypse in his opinion.
Interesting.
The scientist zombies took you out.
The scientist zombie.
Whatever.
Whatever.
Simple.
Get you home, man.
Yes.
That is, has always been the contentious multi-purpose
platform of apocalypse.
Aren't you guys glad I gave you the option for an old Jeep?
Uh-huh.
Oh, yeah.
Well, because the other one is.
I knew you would go with the deuce.
No, you did not.
Absolutely.
You talked about that.
I was surprised it didn't go like the five-toner.
You know what?
Because the five-toner is less of a Jeep.
Less, you can make less argument of it being Jeep
than, because I'll be honest, there's a five-toner
for sale right now north of Pittsburgh.
And I was like, how sick would that be?
Man.
Talking about no creature comfort, so.
No creature comfort.
Good.
Well, it showed up on a search.
When I was searching dump truck and I thought,
it is technically a dump truck.
It just happens to be a five-ton success.
I've seen more five-toners be semi-rigs.
With a fifth wheel plate on the back.
Yes.
There was also an Oshkosh that showed up in similar capacity.
But that's getting off the rails.
All right.
So now we're going to start.
We've got our base platforms.
Start building the Jeep.
What mods are you putting on?
We'll start with Scott this time and work back across.
So we're going to do a 4BT with the,
I can't remember if it's supercharger or turbocharger.
It was a special addition.
It was turbocharged intercooled
since I can have anything.
That's a very rare 4BT.
But what the heck?
Yes.
It's as much a Hearst-Pers as I can.
We're going to put it for NV4500 behind it
because all that stuff exists.
And they share the same stuff as a 12-valve.
We're going to lane it over five degrees
so it doesn't shake my teeth.
That's a secret.
You referenced that.
It's a secret.
You referenced it.
There it is, folks.
Tools in your toolbox, whether you heard it or not.
We're at a wheelbase for days.
So we're going to do a 205-203 doubler.
A doubler?
You're going to rock crawl in your FC
while you're escaping the zombies.
You don't know what you're going to need.
So the more gears, the better.
He's not wrong.
Okay.
Okay.
And I think they make a gear kit for the 203
but we'll leave the 205 alone.
So that way I have a broader spread of gears.
So I need low-low.
I got it.
If I don't, then I got it.
I think we'll go with a simple 60 in the rear
and a 60 in the front.
Just kind of keep it simple, stupid.
Dana crate axles because, you know, why not?
Simple, easy.
Probably go with a 456, 488 gear
and conservative tires.
I'm thinking 35s.
It fits under the FC well, right?
Not too much.
Not a wacky center of gravity.
And I got bed for days.
So pretty much whatever prepping stuff
I want to put in the bed I can.
Are we saying what we would have fit it for
for that kind of stuff as well
or are we just doing the build of the vehicle?
Well, it's all defense, no weaponry,
for survivability and defense mods.
So for me, I would need some equipment
that I can go into a cave
or go into some sort of underground
fortification is what I'd be looking for.
So some sort of digging equipment,
some sort of cloaking stuff.
A cloaking device?
No, not cloaking.
Not cloaking device.
He said cloaking device, folks.
He said cloaking device.
Don't take me so literal.
Some sort of way that I can kind of disappear.
Okay, okay.
We're going to come back.
He's going to do like a camel cover over it.
Right, like a gilly net for it.
I can dig that.
So I feel like I should expand for people
if they are unaware of what a doosin' a half is.
It's a two and a half ton truck from the 60s,
maybe even as early as the early 70s
or into the 70s.
I mean, they've had doosin' a half from World War II.
The one flavor you're talking about
is like a 68 to 72-ish.
Correct, correct, correct, correct.
And it is a six by six.
It actually has, there was an option
to lock both rear deferentials.
Pretty gnarly.
As far as a vehicle was concerned,
if you are unfamiliar with this particular,
it was made exclusively for the military.
You saw it used just incredibly limited
in what I might call civil service occupations.
You could see them in the fire departments.
There was a smattering of them offered
to first responders, forestry.
I've seen tankers, there's been troop carriers.
Correct.
There's been a bunch of different options
as far as bed is concerned.
It was meant to be a highly utilitarian,
kind of indestructible vehicle.
And I think it was called the Hercules multi-fuel.
It was a straight six engine.
And it was able to theoretically be run
in standard petroleum gasoline or diesel.
So that's joking aside.
That's what I was, or I am sherry.
It's got a big truck transmission, if I remember right.
Right, yep.
It's got a piece of cloth with a little bit of cushion in it
on a flat, very uncomfortable seat.
Yep, yep, yep.
Basic flat dash.
Yep, yeah, super rudimentary,
super and limited to no electronic whatsoever.
So with that said, they have lots of cable actuated stuff.
And I remember, I'm sure you remember this,
the JP magazine where the one guy bought one
and he took it wheeling.
And he showed the rear suspension and showed it,
flexing it out and stuff.
And they have these really cool leaf spring,
but not rear suspension.
Absolutely, and it does not have a ton of articulation.
Jeff's will articulate in a far superior fashion.
He'll be able to, you know, just kind of bounce
over top of the zombie bodies in his process.
Since I will not be able to do that,
I'm going with the standard V-blade,
cow catcher type of apparatus on the front
so that I can just run in them over.
I'm just running them over and I'm plowing the field
while I'm in the process, right?
Not hiding that thing.
No, I'm not hiding with anything.
They came with, many of these trucks came with
like a gajillion ton hydraulically ran winch.
I want to ensure that that is on this truck.
And I'm not looking for any fancy
drive line modifications.
It's slow and functional is my kind of contention.
And so that's why-
And you have to have off the shelf stuff
and I'm not really sure what they have.
Well, there's not much of anything off the shelf
for that particular vehicle.
I do want to maybe throw some minor plating
by the tires.
I don't want them to hack my tires.
That would be the big downside.
There's a lot of rubber exposed on that truck.
Now the good news is while it's not particularly attractive
like in the cool factor,
if you see a deuce and a half now,
the original ones actually had all of the drive tires
and the steer tires were all identical.
So you had eight drive tires and two steer
in certain applications.
And so you had 10 tires total.
So I mean, as you lose tires,
you could interchange them.
And aren't they a weird size?
They are super weird size.
Military, NDT.
What's going to take Neil out is he has a weird lug pattern.
Yes.
He has a weird tire size.
So he can't even find like an old semi-depot
and steel tires.
That is the downside.
He is stuck.
I'm stuck to a military surplus.
If he was smart, he'd be doing like the airless tires
so there wouldn't be a problem.
I like the thought of those.
But they probably don't make them in his size.
Not exactly off the shelf.
But if I had a modification,
I want the augers from the new Twister movie.
So that you could just be stuck while the zombies attack you.
So I'm plating.
Don't forget, I'm plating.
So you could be stuck while the zombies attack you.
And I want an enclosure.
So the bed is massive.
Jager Jeepers said, off the shelf, cow catcher?
I said a V-blade.
I mean, I could do a big snow plow.
But there's no fabric wobbling.
If you're putting an NV-4500 in an FC,
no, no, no.
Because quite frankly, an NV-4500 on a 4BT,
you'd be shifting from the back seat.
It has to be a crew cab because the folks in the back
would have to be shifting it for you.
And his defense, I did say,
if it's a mod that exists,
we can assume that you can get it attached to the vehicle.
Okay, that's fine.
And I understand the capacity for the augers
does not help me with the zombies specifically.
It doesn't even help you with the tornado.
Come on, that movie was so fake with that regard.
So I'm looking for kind of a camper-style provision.
So the bed on those is oftentimes like 10 or 12 feet.
You can actually put a full-size Jeep in the bed of one of those.
Is that where he's cheating?
He's got a runaway Jeep on the bed?
Ah!
So I've got a kind of a camper
so I can have all my cook gear inside.
When I go to sleep,
the zombies aren't going to get me
because you guys are bug out vehicles.
You're going to be uncomfortable sleeping.
I want an actual provision steel box
because they did sometimes have those,
certainly some bigger applications.
And that way you can't get in and get me
while I am recharging my own batteries.
And I can fit my family
and I can do some minor cooking and whatnot.
And then I've got a big open spot on the bed still.
And then because they can tow anything,
they actually used to have these big 10-foot trailers as well.
And I'm pulling one of those with...
With more tires you can't get.
With...
I'm looking for a road train
to be heading down through the zombie apocalypse.
When the roads are blocked with vehicles that have been abandoned.
Why do I have a V-blade?
While you're hauling a trailer full of more stuff?
With no hearsepers.
I don't need hearsepers!
Have we not seen Killdozer?
This is not a great reference
but an appropriate title is ever.
You literally said, do some half version of Killdozer?
Yes!
Yes!
It's a proven process!
No.
Proven that he got taken down.
So anyway, we don't need to get into Killdozer.
But yes, there's...
Now, the other thing that Scott and I did talk about years and years ago
was a nice nimble run about
like an MB or something civilian.
Again, clean running four-cylinder points
because again, points don't care about electronics
in the same capacity that electronic ignition does.
But we did say cheap build.
I'm just...
I didn't say that was on my road train.
I'm just saying it could be on my road train.
Alright, Jeffrey, what modifications?
What's your gladiator?
Obviously, you're going to tons on the axles,
doing the long arms so you have the extra slinkiness
as we talked about.
Steel bumpers front and back.
Nice ride quality while you're running away from the zombies.
Steel bumpers front and back,
doing winch on the front, 12k synthetic
so you can tie it back together quickly if you need to.
I'm with Scott on the 35
so that if I do need to change a tire,
I can do it more efficiently than a 37 or bigger.
I'm just getting the underside
so that as I run over the zombies
they're not getting latched into too much.
They're going to get stuck between the diff cover
and both of our rigs.
But...
You've got all the Fab Force grumper grill
and armor around the windshield.
Oh yeah, you've got the branch deflectors.
That's 100% a grumper build at that point.
I am doing the zombie hunter light setup
all around but I'm adding motion sensors.
So they can find you easier?
Nope.
So that when I'm in my rooftop tent...
A McDonald's!
Just put a McDonald's!
Jeff would be McDonald's
because folks who are listening at home,
Jeff is a for a grown,
freaking man.
He looks like a child has been let loose
with a $20 bill in a convenience store
when he unpacks his lunch.
All I know is that I'll be able to survive
on whatever foods I find.
You'll have to have a special diet!
I will have to have a special diet!
Scott will be dead within the first day
because he'll be off the side road,
go in the bathroom,
and then be biting his butt!
So anyways,
I would have the bed rack
with the rooftop tent
and that's why the motion lights would be there
so that while camping if the lights activated
it would alert me and I can get out of there quick.
In the cloth tent!
I can't! But it's set up higher
so at least they have to start climbing to it.
Are you going to climb out of the cloth tent?
They're already like,
ripping through the tent
and you're like, let me climb down my ladder!
Who said I have to climb down a ladder?
I can jump.
He's got a
a fire pole
because of his...
He's got a soft top jeep on top of it.
He's got a soft top jeep
because he likes to feel the wind in his hair
so he outruns the zombies.
Hey, you know what?
If I can be faster and more nimble
than both of your jeeps
I'm not my cave, I'm fine.
He's gone to a cave
in North America!
He finds the root source
of the zombies in this cave.
He drives into the cave
and there's this glowing orb
of goo or something.
Oh, dear.
It's zombified.
Nate said a larger RTT overhangs the cab
and then you can enter and exit into the cab
without going outside.
So there you go.
That's exactly how I feel
my
camper bunkhouse would be.
Right.
I'm struggling to think of what that's called.
A sleeper?
I guess it would be a sleeper.
An attic.
It's called an attic.
Grandma's attic is what we used to call it
on the movie trucks.
That's exactly what that would be.
It's that forward design
where you can come and go
out of the cab of the vehicle
pretty efficiently.
I'll give you that on the...
I've seen some sick gladiator builds
with a little bit of an attic on them.
Speaking of the character
who did the road less traveled
is selling his.
It can be yours for a cool
$150,000.
Additionally for that though, I would also put
the 392 in so I have that extra power
and speed.
It's definitely screwed on fuel.
Absolutely.
That's what all the Jerry cans
and all the extra fuel amenities are for.
We've gone three blocks.
We need to refuel.
I just spit all my water.
I almost
spitted on him.
But I went three blocks
while you guys are still trying to
look at the zombies going.
What do we do?
I'm just in first gear.
I'll fix my tires.
They're all going after him with all the noises
that that thing's making.
I'm re-feeling
and still going again before he's
made it a block.
All right.
I'm going to make a case
for why people want to be
as I'm the driver
because I actually
little known secret
I actually
pretty heavily
played into the doomsday prepper
movement and Scott knows that
in
specifically 2012.
I was ready for the Maya calendar.
I was just
conscientious.
You didn't have a bunker.
You didn't have an armory.
I did
have
I'm going to stop you there.
I think that's all I want to divulge.
I'm going to point out we're all millennials.
We've all done that.
That's fine, Jeff.
That's fine, Jeff.
You can have that.
I will subtly avail
that I was
certainly not I did not deserve
to be on doomsday preppers
the TV show.
My subtle expectation
for
2012 was that I was
going to be unscathed
regardless of
some type of divine
interaction. And my plan
is not much different.
In that era I was like I just need to get out
in the woods and get away from everybody and leave me alone.
I just went to a cave this time.
My case for myself
is A, I was
I've driven all over the country
so I know a lot of the routes really well
and
as in your own words
like a cockroach
I just won't die.
You're using my words against me.
I thought you were going to go with like
I was a first responder.
You were a first responder.
I was a first responder. I know how to adapt and overcome.
No, no, no, no.
I was a Lyft maneuver driver
in Pittsburgh even with the bridges.
Like there's no stopping me.
No, he uses the fact
and this is
folks, if there's ever a person
who was like a cockroach in the fact that
after the apocalypse
it'll be Twinkies cockroaches and Jeff.
That is
probably accurate.
It's a tough one.
Now the problem is
if any of our listeners
they would have to put up with you the whole time.
That is true.
That's fair.
But it says which one would you survive with?
Not which one would you want to put up with?
All of those apocalyptic
so the debate is who survives the longest
first of all
and obviously we both can agree that
Scott's out.
Scott's gone.
There's nothing you can do to tell me
that you're not going to get eaten at a gas station
while you're huffing and siphoning
gas for that 392.
There's just nothing you can tell me
that you're not going to get eaten.
I'm just, I'm stuck on that.
That 392 is thirsty
and it's sensitive to the gas.
I'm stuck on it.
Worst case is I have a Lyft or failure
You have to take the head off.
After failure
you're going to be servicing the Lyfters
in the camshaft
on the side of the road.
It's way worse on a Hemi than it is on a
362.
He's going to have to get 11
team spark plugs.
Oh yeah, don't forget the 16 spark plugs.
I still think I
outlast you on that one.
The Congress will be running from
because I would find ways to make it happen.
My team is gone but I
self survive.
So hear me out.
So if I'm in a cave, I don't have to worry about a heat source
because it stays a concept after.
What cave did you drive to?
Whatever I find.
He's going to find one with a grizzly bear.
He'll survive the zombies
because he dies by a bear attack.
He's trying to think of any cave.
But just think about it.
It doesn't get too hot, doesn't get too cold.
There's no cave that he finds.
He finds one and he ends up trying to
split up or whatever it's called.
He's trying to
He's finding magic spark plugs for gas.
He's just falling down a hole.
We're off the friggin rails folks.
It happened.
We knew it was going to happen. Anytime Jeff suggests
these
gameplay.
Oftentimes people reach out to me and they're like
man, I really learned this thing.
Or this was impactful that you shared with us.
It's not these.
That's not these episodes.
This is not impactful at all.
But I am curious.
We've got a bunch of listeners. I wonder what they think.
Who they think they would survive the longest with.
What's Jeff likes?
Oh, AI.
And Davey could have made some good
AI pictures.
I was going to say I like AI, but Davey uses AI
way more.
I think it's going to be safe.
Everything's better in Texas.
I believe that.
Absolutely.
And then Nate was saying just build the dead
reckoning from land of the dead.
Yeah.
All of these
kind of apocalyptic and we are
as a society fascinated by that
dystopian
concept.
So much so sometimes it feels like we're
wishing it upon ourselves.
Speaking of that,
there is some form of
this conversation
and figuring out whether you want to
follow
Woody Harrelson
or
who's the actor from
Ghostbusters who made his appearance
in
Zombieland.
Oh, I know what you mean.
I don't remember his name.
SNL character.
I don't know what his name is.
Super, super famous
because he was in Zombieland and he was
held up in his mansion.
You have to kind of figure out what
Bill Murray.
Bill Murray, thank you so much.
You have to kind of figure out what
course of action you're going to take.
Obviously, being
prepared to bug out is
advantageous because
unless you are Bill Murray held up in
your mansion.
So you get shot because you're pretending to be a zombie.
Right, right.
Spoiler, sorry.
Or
the Twisted Metal series
that's out right now.
I love the Twisted Metal series.
Yes.
Super, super fun.
Whether you run around an ice cream truck
or a Twinkie truck.
Surviving the zombie apocalypse.
That was fun.
Honestly, the fact that you brought that up
is 100% why
I would survive the longest out of this group.
Without question.
Because Jeff is going to survive on Twinkies.
I will survive on anything I find
in a store or a warehouse
or homes, whatever.
He's going for the Hostess Factory.
It doesn't matter, I'll survive on it.
It's part of your cockroach nature.
You would start to eat some of that stuff
and then you would be joining Scott in the bathroom
when the zombies are attacking you guys together.
Good, as long as my clean diet
was satisfactory
and then I would be done from there.
Scott's wife chimed in
that she's had
Scranton PA apparently
has some cool minds.
And then you got everybody yelling at us
it's Bill Murray.
Bill, Bleep and Murray.
That's funny.
And then you got the storage caves
in Missouri outside of KC.
There is actually Du Bois, Pennsylvania
a mountain that you can go in.
At least you do. There's salt mines.
Let's see, here's the thing.
I would absolutely be able to make it
all around the U.S. without GPS
or without a map. Scott I don't think
I think he would struggle with my wife.
He has his wife that he's banking on.
Alright folks, well this is your
opportunity and we're going to shut this down
and transition over
a little bit here.
Your opportunity, was that correct Jeff?
Reason was speaking?
So weigh in.
I am satisfied enough
and
just kind of
ensuring that
our rigs are satisfactory
our cases have been made
now it's time for people to weigh in
if you want to weigh in
in the live audience here
you're welcome to tell us which rig
and which driver and you can mix and match
as you see fit. If you're so motivated
to be listening at a later date
send us a cryptic message to email
or our text only number
440-855-2100
and you can just kind of be like
Scott in Jeff's Jeep
I don't know, something like that
I was going to say
I was going to say Scott
but I ain't dying for a Twinkie
Scott cannot tolerate
anything digestibly
he can eat rice folks
and
maybe that's sometimes a little too spicy
Charles said you'll have a great week
this was a fun episode
and just as we were ensuring
that our rigs would be prepared
in the
zombie jeepocalypse
Halloween style
it is your opportunity to make sure that
if there is a snow
apocalypse like we had just a few
a year ago
a few weeks from now
this time last year a few weeks from now
there was a authentic snow
apocalypse and this is when
good rubber to the ground
and good 4B4
and making sure that you don't have the shakes and shimmies
as the roads are slick and
hard to traverse this is a great time
to get your crawl over
scheduled if you're unfamiliar
about our crawl over services
it is a general health diagnostic
roughly a 45
minute to an hour long
inspection it is a multi
page inspection with a
half an hour or so
consultation with you
where we'll actually point out
converse share
and bring you over to the jeep
and kind of show you what we know
and what we're seeing
with that said
we then can
kind of do two things one we can give you an
estimate or repair or
kind of give you our expectation
that you can take and do the repair
yourself
we understand that you know the DIY
market is valuable to the jeep
community so that's what the crawl over exists
you're kind of paying for us
to look at it in our
critical eye and for
either us to repair or for you to take that
information take it back to your general
service mechanic take it to
your jeep club you can do whatever
with it and kind of pick away
at it additionally
sometimes we'll mix and match we'll give you some free
bees that you can do and say hey this is something
simple that you can do yourself at home
and you don't have
to you know pay us unless you want to
and then we'll do the
heavier lifting on the job so this is your
time to get those scheduled
before the winter and they want to know about home calls
for the crawl over service we don't do
home calls per se but we do
absolutely do the virtual remote
in we do and
we actually do FaceTime
remote consultation for
a number of reasons and so whether
it's buying a vehicle or
kind of helping you know troubleshoot
or do some some general
looksie-loo diag
there's actually quite a bit of that
that we can do
when scheduled appropriately and
kind of working
through our process so if that is
something that you are interested in or you're
you're going to go buy a jeep but another
jeep or you're trying to fix something you can't
kind of can't quite figure out
we do have pay for services
where we try to meet jeepers
where they're at alright
and we made
sure somebody said mood-gorming
and wanted to recognize
that little
fun play fun play because
that that's definitely gets
set on on on air I don't
even know I can't read the namesake beans
and roots nine two nine four
fantastic and somebody said good morning as well
Cleveland jeep guy
excellent good morning good morning to everybody
I think we got all the comments though
if we miss you we're sorry
oh what about demudding services
because it's everywhere
heck no
I will not
pull any punches we actually
we actually charge an environmental fee when it is
extra dirty and
we have to demud it ourselves
to do any of the work
great off-road parts comes great responsibility
that means cleaning there you go
well I had a lot of fun we are
with this topic Jeffrey thank you so much
for kind of prepping that
and laying it out there nobody really
wants to exactly weigh in other than
the fact that they don't because they all know
that none of them are surviving with
us
and on that note jeep on jeep on
jeep on
that was good I had been a while since
we kind of played a game or
I wanted to note that
your socks are actually like orange as well
they're like a harvest color
I have no idea what I'm looking at
how do you not know what Scooby-Doo is
they're
they're Scooby's color
and the fur color
and the fur color
that is what they are
look at you that was cute
that's a good lead and I guess he has to go first now
so
well you already called me out for
being shaven 12
yeah so
I'm surprised how fast it kind of
is filling back in
it was particularly horrible
on Friday or Saturday
you did a 2 minute jaw drop of staring off
it was
that was not ready
I asked Neil why
we suddenly didn't
adhere to labor laws for
children
what's better is
it was Friday morning
before the day really got started
Greg Scott and I are talking
you walk in, right into the group
grab some parts, walk away
rush off
and then I purposely kept my back to you
until he called you out
for the labor laws
and I mean all it was
was you turned and looked
and that's all it took
I didn't exactly
know what
to say
so I mean
I've got absolutely no room
to speak
I don't even know if I have a chin
I know my family has a pronounced
like a little chin
and I have not seen
since my college football days
I have not seen a clean shaven face
but all of that
was because
we were going to a Halloween party Friday night
and you were full commit
I went full commit because
I was going as Fred Jones
from the Scooby Gang
he had a last name
who knew that
he went full in
he juggled
he had his research down
he knows his birthday, knows he's a Pisces
I mean
when you're a good leader
so anyways
he's still banking on trying to get somebody
to ride along with him in the apocalypse
this is what that is
that was exactly what that plug was
yes it was plugged
so anyways
Kristen went to Staphne
and then we went to this Halloween
party right and we're there
just hanging out having a good time
and all of a sudden
two other people who we don't know
show up as
where they dressed as Jeff
was the rest of the Scooby Gang
so we had Velma and we had Shaggy
and then because we needed a Scooby
they happen to have the skeleton dogs
in the party area
so we moved one of the skeleton dogs over
and we all took a group photo with the skeleton dog
that was super fun
that was a good time and then
I just can't believe that
the glitch of the matrix
was another couple came as
the rest of the gang
it was really fun
ridiculous
and then Kristen and
Velma became best friends
exchange of information and everything
it was a good time
and then honestly
that was Friday night
and by the time we got home we had kids
at two different places so we picked them up
on the way home got home late
Saturday morning we work
and then I just rested
most of the rest of the day Saturday
I was like alright I need to rest
it was great and then Sunday
I'll save for when Scott goes on
because I was at Scott's all day Sunday
I suppose I will
jump in here and round it out
since you're going to bookend Jeffrey
in that conversation
again as I've
shared with everybody
my further six weeks
but also
just my authentic self
you know a lot of people
look in certainly when it was
you know even just a few years ago
at the business
and they were like you know how does a guy this age
have this thing and blah blah blah
and I always tell people like
I basically got interested in
you know a couple things
when I was 12 to
15 and I just never stopped
right so like jeeps
I just never stopped
being interested lots of other people have lots of different
interests and they sell or divest
everything and they start something else and blah blah blah
so it was football and jeeps
and family and
you know motor sports in general so
my six weeks
but also kind of my returned authenticity
is obviously football
and
my kid kind of picked up on it on
his own free will and accord
and so he's been the ball boy so we ended up
at a game that I have no association
with just because my kids being the ball boy at it
Friday night late real nice night fireworks
go figure small town America
at a fireworks show
that's fun it was fun
it was super fun
and good for this high school
for for doing that
Saturday
of course that's late night
then then come Saturday
which is my daughter
in dance and a whole bunch of
activities that she and my son that are
involved in
and because I am going to be doing this
kind of large scale
trip will be gone from my family for an extended
period of time
I want to make sure I prioritize some of this
Halloween activities with my my daughter
specifically and we did some trunker
tree and some other stuff the specific
reasons because your son's going with
because my son is going with me right
and I'm going to miss Halloween with my
daughter which is actually as we've talked
about before kind of a big deal to me
I really love seeing the
community come together and this
you think about kind of this
one night where we're all kind of like
united in some capacity like nobody
cares or knows anything about each other
other than the behind the mask nobody knows
who's actually under the mask and you're
out there for a fun like
to make kids happy and to make your community
happy and so we're
you know like that's just so cool to me
and I really
enjoy trick or treating with my kids like it's just this
kind of a higher level thing for me
and I'm not going to get to do that with my daughter
my son's kind of aged out
his
interest in it has waned
is the best way to put it
and I'll be with him
and then we had
my daughter had a cheer activity to attend
in the evening as well so very full
day right
you know most people
from this
the morning I started
5-6 a.m. and the running about
and the project stuff and I did manage to work on
my house build this weekend
and kind of facilitate some of that
property stuff along
that wasn't Saturday that was Sunday
but most people would have called that a good day
right
you know
I can't even begin to tell you how many trip jeep trips I took
and how many times I stopped
in and out of the shop to get things
and move jeeps and do all that
that would have been good for the average people
but the Simpsons
decided to come home
after about 10 o'clock
we get home from said football game
and
if I was to do
something to make my life
far more complicated
and chaotic
than it was just a few days ago
I did it
and I did it by obviously
just flat out being married to my wife
and the sense that
we went
and we got
a dog
a dog
well Jeff, well Scott
I know that doesn't happen with you
you know that doesn't happen with Simpsons
so in the middle of the night
siblings
we decided to get
two chocolate labs
energy ones, energy
animals
eight weeks
so they want you on it
yep, so with me
about to take a cross country trip with
perfect sense
I really couldn't see how you could make
your weekends more chaotic
but you absolutely
100%
didn't just make it slightly more chaotic
no, you quadrupled that
100% you blew it out of the water
blew it out of the water, boy and girl again
girl girl
I like things in multiples
what can I say, so yep we
did that, we did a thing
so what's her names
Bonnie and Grace
so I
I'll be honest with you
there is no
supplementing diesel and camshaft
Bon Bon
and Gracie
are
that's a whole chapter from my wife
and the kids
I love all things
furry and animals
and not
I wasn't exactly 100% ready
so how many animals are you up to
five
I'm trying to compete with you
that's why I was asking
nope, so much no-pige
so that
on top of
you're not that far behind
so then my wife and I
were big on desensitization
I was going to say Greg might be ahead of you
at this point
cause they have three cats
and two dogs
something like that
they're five
and all of our dog does at this point is sleep
that's true, you don't actually have a dog
Greg's kid over the weekend
was like, your dog's broken
that's fair
that's cause he's got
I mean what they have a dalmatian
and that talk about energy
so yeah I mean
I just you know diesel and
Amy, Jennifer and I had such a great experience
and your sister says
you've all lost your minds cause you have so much
free time
so my wife is convinced
that these you know their labs
dad was
120 plus pounds
easily
and mom's
no joke
so my wife's convinced
she's got a purse dog at this point
I can tell
not even close
for a little while
our black labs
we threw them in the vehicle
we took them everywhere with us
we took them out over the weekend
we had them out at the house while we worked
and then this morning
they took my kids to school
and we're
riding the vehicle
to the school today
it's whatever
it's blind for punishment
it hasn't stopped me yet so whatever
I have no room to talk
no no we're all
dumb alright Scott
speaking of dumb what dumb thing did you do
Scott
Friday we had to go to
the football game
which I normally do not go
within 80 miles of that
you actually called it the right thing
my daughter got chosen
he was actually talking about
football and the way the plays
went and penalties and
he was we Greg and I were talking
with him about this and I'm just sitting
away is this Scott right I'm so confused
so the
it was a get in the game by the
Browns they had worked with
our district and they chose
three kids per school
which were 12 kids total
to get this award
and it was about attendance
and about just generally being
a good kid
to get along with everyone
she has no behavior
situations at all every time we go
and talk to anyone there she like
she's just a good soul
just so friendly and so good
if anyone needs something
a hug or
a confident
confidant or reassurance
or something like that
Evie is there for that so she got
to be recognized by
and that was pretty cool
you guys will laugh but there was two
times you could win tickets
for two different games
and we were me and my wife are both like
please don't let us
did you win both games
we win anything we're like
yes
you have friends who would be okay with going
that was pretty much Friday
Saturday we worked here and then
we went home
and tried to stuff food
in my mouth and get stuff
prepared
for our building
activities on Sunday
but it stopped
I literally just shut the tractor off
where it was ran to the Jeep
came back to the shop we did
trick or treat here
the business candy crawl
and thank you for representing us
but also let's to Evie's horn
realistically it's just Evie being
adorable handing out candy
and some other kids
she was going out and trying to lure
people in
she's a little domestic diva
when it comes to she gets her stool
and she's got her bucket
and she took her position
everything had to be organized
all the media used cups
with candy and everything was
pretty much set up so the person walked up
they got handed a cup and they moved on
it had to be all so many running
we had a few ducks
as well and then we had if the kid
was entrusted in a duck we would give them a duck
so she had to have a theme
we had career ducks
we had a navy duck
nice
I saw Evie come
bounding across the parking lot
from where you parked and everything
is it an oscillator
or is it a stitch
I don't know what oscillator is
axolotl
go ahead tell me more Jeff
go ahead Jeff
it's a type of lizard but anyways
Evie really loves those as well
it was a stitch costume
so I thought it was a stitch costume
and then I saw somebody else throughout the day
and I thought it was a stitch costume as well
and I was corrected that it's an axolotl
and I have no flipping idea
what that is but maybe Jeff wants to
share with us obviously you know
I do know
oh fair
my daughter went and saw the new Leo
and stitch movie in theaters
and never since then that's all she's talked about
well I saw her bounding across the parking lot
I was like we're in good hands
she's got this covered
so all we had to do was mildly support her
and that was all good
we did have
we didn't get a lot of jeepers for it
we did get a pretty cool radiator on 38's
so
we were so astounded by that
mixed opportunity
I apologize
but he was in love with Johnny 5
and just the shop in general
so that was pretty cool
went home
used more
all the lighting on the tractor
and hauled more boards
and protected the end of the posts
and all that stuff again trying to get prepared
for Sunday morning
Sunday
Greg shows up first thing
we ran
war and peace tool kit
we had a saw
with a stand
I don't even know so many tools
so we threw those all on the back
of my side by side named Clover
threw those out to the back
started looking at stuff
obviously made to side by side
I did
the tractor Sage
so everything has to have a name
so anyway
I didn't realize that you didn't know this
I didn't
I've got decals that have their names
I love it
so
things weren't quite prepared
to Greg level
so I ran around
that was a spit take
for those listening at home
there is water everywhere
cause Neil just spit water
so I ran around trying to make things ready
and
Jeffrey had the plans
for the building
you could get ready for the next 10 years
still wouldn't be Greg ready
that's true
I love that Scott
rummaging around in the middle of the night
with his tractor
in the cold
so they said
they told me
between 8 and 9
I tried to get them to set a time
and neither one of them wanted to be
I was trying to drink water
so anyways
Jeff had the plans
and he had everything kind of set up
and that was immediate the first grievance
but where's Jeff
he's got the plans
I don't know what we're doing
I gotta see what time you text me
so I sent Jeff the appropriate
Marco
between 8 and 9 is what I was told
that's what you were told
at 8.42 Marco
and I sent back a picture
in Kingsville
a couple blocks from his house
maybe
and I did say polo
he knows what he said
so then we
had to make
I have water in my nose
we had to make one run to the Home Depot
and get stakes so we could put up
it wouldn't be a family fun activity
if we didn't
so we could set up batter boards
measuring
the important part is we did get all
corner posts set
including the two on the outside
edge of the doors
for the overhead doors
and it took everything
because right about lunch's time
is when Greg departed
it took everything
me, Amy and Jeff had
to set the back corner post
and the back center
to post so one wall is done
so we
8 out of 24 posts
are set where they need to be permanently
but talk about just drugging through
the grime
grimace
I'm going to clarify and elaborate
your lunch time was 2 o'clock
so
Jeff was angry
Jeff was angry
from 2-5
with time to eat
so we ate lunch
which your wife made
a fantastic beef stew
it was awesome
we sat and ate lunch
we were only out there for a couple hours
to do those last posts
we actually moved really quick
but it felt like you were just
slogging through
it was 5 o'clock and I'm like
I'm done, we'll see you guys
the best part though
is we were using this really awesome
it goes on the edge of the post
multi level
my post level
it disappeared with Greg
so we go to set the last post
we're like oh where'd that go
we're wandering around
do what I do
where did Scott sit it down at
I was like
I bet you that they accidentally packed it up
when Greg was packing up
so we're like we'll make do with other levels
he's like I don't have a level
I said I got you
grabbed I haven't used it a whole lot
as always the theme of building
at Scott's is oh I have that at home
right you
me yes or Greg
in this case both of us
throughout the day I have that at home
yes and then you have to use
something of Scott's but it has to be
60 years old
at least half the size
that you would expect it to be
half the size of normal today's standards
or in this case the level was 6 foot long
versus just a little
two-inch level would have done the job
well I had the choice I go get
the level I got with my
craftsman's club toolbox
as a teenager
or this is why I'm not drinking anything
more
or
my dad
had a really nice quality
level it was in a
case yeah because it was my dad
he has his name his phone
number and his address
I want to
I want to
thank you
elaborate a little bit he's actually got a
10 pound sledge
literally as I'm using it
to drive steaks in for the batterboards
he goes I think
you have used that sledge
more than it's been used in its entire lifetime
it just always stood up
behind the door at the garage
our sledgehammer is supposed to do anything else
I thought they just stood in the corner
yeah I thought that's all you did
with sledgehammers but anyway we used
my dad's level for the last
three posts made me feel good that
he was able to he was contributing to you
and we
finally got those set
what a death march though my goodness
my ribs hurt I was so tired
by the end of the night and picking everything
that was a lot of physical and then my wife
had to go re-home a plant
with Jenny
oh my god
literally it was when she brought that up
I'm like alright guys I'm out of here
I'll see you later
and nothing against that it was just
I'm already beat good luck
and here's your loose lips sink ships
I knew you had a dog before
you'd said it
you can't keep a secret
when you said it
when you were like just one
that son of a gun knows
he knows
he knows
that's how it is
the rumor mills
they got a new pup as well
they got a new pup as well
something in the air
alright folks I hope you had as fun
as much fun with this episode as we did
and if you didn't
don't tell us because we had a lot of fun
don't ruin our buzz
we do want to have you ruin our buzz with
who you would ride with for the apocalypse
Jeff is just
I need to know
I need to be number one
he is very competitive
another reason you should ride with me
he will run them down
I will
I don't care
oh my god
look for coverage from SEMA
and we may or may not
have something for you next Monday
it'll be a surprise probably not
I'm sorry
we just got so much going on
see you next time
jeep on
jeep on
About this episode
Dive into a lively Halloween-themed discussion where the hosts debate their ultimate doomsday Jeep builds for a zombie apocalypse. They compare rugged military-style vehicles like the deuce-and-a-half and FC crew cab against a modified Gladiator, weighing fuel types, durability, and survival gear. The episode blends Jeep expertise with humor, personal stories, and community updates, including an upcoming cross-country SEMA trip and weekend adventures. Listeners are invited to choose which driver and rig they'd trust in an apocalypse, making for an engaging mix of technical talk and playful banter.
Halloween is just around the corner so Neil, Jeff, and Scott bring you this extra special spooky season episode. Join the gang as they determine how they would build their Jeeps and who survives the longest. You can weigh in and send us your build ideas, drawings, and or just opinions of who you would ride with. Let us know who has the best build ideas and/or who you think would survive the longest.
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