These things I have learned:
It is good to have big damn wheels.
It is good to have big stinking axles and diffs to swing them.
It is good to install a thumb throttle; either that or grow a third foot.
It is good to have mongo articulation.
It is stupid to go four wheeling with no bump stops. The ride is jarring and the shock absorbers aren't happy about it either.
It would be smart to check the full range of articulation and then grind away corners of U-bolt plates BEFORE 4 wheeling so one does not trash the cans of a pair of brand new Rancho shocks. (Or install 'em cans up next time?)
Photos of my first tentative offroad test drive(s), post mods.
Hey Nathan! Rocks can be for posers, too! ;-)