Curiosity or friends got you here so just what are we about. The Wagon Way site is two guys sharing and giving back to the wheeling community. We have been there, done that and are willing to tell you about it. We both owned FJ40’s at one time but these days we just happen to enjoy wheeling in wagons, wagons that are also daily drivers. Our wagon of choice is the 60 series Land Cruiser. Reliable, durable, easy to modify and built like a tank.
The site is about rock solid advice on what you can do with and in a wagon. It's a source for information, answers or a link to what you need. Technical know how that can be trusted without question. Inspiration for your own adventures, as you won’t believe the places you can put a wagon.
This is not a forum. While forums are full of good advice, they are also a risk for bad advice. The anonymity allows someone to spew out garbage all day and no one knows who they are and just what they really know. Here it is only real people with real names and years of practical experience. Everything on the site has been done to one or both of our rigs. And even though we both drive 60's you will find they are very different.
No one pays their way to get on here. We make mention of companies and individuals that we have dealt with and received good to great service from. And if we have been shafted by someone we will tell you that too. But probably with kind words so they don’t sue us. We will even give them a shot at redeeming themselves.
What’s in a wagon? Family, friends and my dog (who happens to be both). Wagons have plenty of room for others, they are inclusive, rather than exclusive. And to be honest you don’t even have to drive a wagon to find something of interest here on the site. Be sure to check back often for updates, edits and additional articles.
The Wagon Way is a mindset, a way to wheel and act, a philosophy if you will. But not one that is in your face.
There is a right way, a wrong way and The Wagon Way.
Eric Burch and Tony Konovaloff
We have all made short term fixes but this has to be one of my best. Never thought I would see the day when I made a fix with a soup can but that is exactly what I did on my exhaust.
Anybody with a 3B knows how much they shake and this necesitates the need for some flexible exhaust tubing. If that little section isn’t there the exhaust will tear itself apart.
There is a lot of discussion about just what is better, short or long, wide or narrow. While our wagons are pretty much set when it comes to length there is some room to change the width either through an axle swap or wider rims. But you need to realize there are trade offs.
Recently I got to go wheeling with two very different FJ 40’s that pointed out differences in wheelbase and track width very clearly. And it was really interesting to see how my wagon and their 40’s all handled the same obstacles.
No I am not trying to sell some new tires. The plugging I am talking about involves the repair of holes caused by less than desirable objects penetrating the tire. I just thought about this recently because I was doing some routine maintenance (translation: washing the mud off my rig) and found that object in the first picture in my spare. Who knows how long it had been there. It was deeply embedded between the lugs of my KM2’s. What may also surprise you is that the shiny blunt aluminum end was to the inside while only a 1/4 in of the pointy steel end was sticking out. And just so you know, some of the other pics are a junk tire I had in the backyard because I didn’t remember to take pics as I did the fix on my tire….
By Eric B.
So you don’t have a Lego replica of the Cruiser, or vehicle, you drive? I decided over the holidays to combine a couple hobbies, Land Cruisers and Legos. I found a Lego designer program online, and started building. A very different experience than physically putting the lego bricks together with your hands. It was difficult to get started because I needed to build the body to scale before building the chassis.
By Tony K
If you really want to drive yourself crazy take a quick search on the internet. You will find tests and studies that all point out that your chosen filter is the best at what it does. So in the end much of it comes down to just what you prefer to run in your rig. Mainly paper or cotton along with a few variables thrown in to make things truly confusing. Or throw in the fact that what we call paper filters are not really paper… I am just going to call them paper to differentiate them from reusable filters.
