...This last year my buddy and I did a 4200 mile road trip from WA down to Overland Expo and on the way went thru Death Valley, Sedona, etc with hundreds of miles of dirt. I can't even imagine doing that trip in my Jeep. Capability wise it could do it, comfort wise it would suck!
Not to really argue the point but more to tell the other side of the story. I just took a trip to the AZ/Mexico border from my place in Wyoming in my 2dr JK towing my 'sierra trailers' trailer. Some where around 1,200 miles each way and a total of over 5,000 miles on the jeep during the trip. We did a little exploring and at trip to Vegas :sombrero: in there too.
I was very comfortable the whole way. Of course, the JK has been much improved over past Jeeps and I have heavily modified mine also. Not the least of which are mastercraft seats. Now I fully admit my LWB CC F350 is sweet on the highway smoothing out the bumps and over 650 ft lbs at my beckon call from the skinny pedal. However, once in the cockpit of either I am fully comfortable for the whole day. My only grip from the JK was the lack of power while pulling over some of the Rocky mountains with a headwind. And I can tell you this, it was a whole lot better riding around with my top off than it ever would have been in my F350 with the windows down :smiley_drive: .
While I was down there I got to wanting some kind of set-up where I could haul my jeep, motorcycle, and challenger along with enough tools to work on 'em also and of course a living quarters. My wife got pissed when I started talking about it. Oh well just another one of my dreams.