Well... 30 days of travel. 6217 miles... average gas mileage was 16.6mpg. Hauling a lot of extra weight because I was deliveing some very heavy items to realitives along the way... it all still went jeeping with us and survived the journey.
...about 1200 miles of the trip was gravel,sand or dirt, off pavement.
THE GOOD
1.) My topper did great, no sand in the back. No leaks. No water.
2.) The tent was amazing we used it for about 22 of the nights! Great for our camping -sets up in under 1 min.
3.) The cooking set up was simple, but worked amazingly well. We only ate "out" about 8 meals in 30 days, the rest were cooked on the tailgate.
We had wind, rain, and dust storms...tent held up well.
4.)Tires did great- we had sand, rain, snow, mud, rock, lava, dirt, washboard, and highways and freeways. But you can see the wear on them...they have been on there for about 24,000 miles now.
5.) Skids and rock rails took some hits and did well!
6.) The ARB air compressor mount that Eddie sells that goes under the brake booster- I know some say it will overheat- my did not! The compressor never overheated... I use it to fill all of my tires and even others on the trip, I used the lockers often... never seemed to bother it... in temps over 100 outside filling 37 inch tires.
7.) We only had cell service for about 8 days... we had a great time in the silence!
THE THINGS THAT SUFFERED
1.) My axle sway bar disconnect- well it needs all new bushings, you can spin them like tops in the sway bar links, and they creak and make a lot of noise. (the good news is that a set of bushings for them is 8 bucks). I'll try fixing them this week... I would like to do like Eddie did with an old factory sway bar disconnect... I'll look for a cheap one and make it work without power.
2.) When I put my lockers in, I used the sealant supplied by ARB... its been in there for 2 years, but in the heat (100 plus in AZ) both front and rear failed and started leaking, causing me to take a day to pull off the covers, dry the new gasket, refill fluid and check for leaks. Not a drop leaked after using the oil resistant black rtv. The grey stuff that came with my lockers... worked in cold but AZ took em out... I mean like the bolts were tight and they were just dripping 5 of 6 drops at every stop.
3.) The Evo plush ride springs were a little overloaded with the weight of the RTT and all of the weight I was taking for others, I had 800lbs in the bed and 320 with the topper and gear and RTT. So it was too much for the spring rate. On the more difficult trails (metal masher) the rear springs really gave you a "cork in the bathtub" type feel... you had to use a lot of brake to keep it from starting. When I have wheeled it with the truck lighter I never had that issue. They could not keep up in the ledges and holes on several trails. (So I ordered the EVO HD version of the rear springs and will install them this week.)
4.) I had a front Fox 2.0 blow out... leaking like crazy... so a new shock is needed. I think the rear swaying might have helped its early death.
5.) My old GPS went nuts on me and was worthless.
6.) My GMRS worked fine, but the CB stopped working. I'll have to investigate that some.
7.) My american adventure lab high clearence front lights blew out the harnesses... but I pulled the harness and the blinkers started working fine... I just have the bulb out warning now.
Overall very pleased with the build. I will be taking some measurments and see how the new rear springs do...
