"Nice scenery with the snow covered pine trees.
What's going on with the front end of the camo jeep?
Any idea what 1,2,3 are for?
1 looks to be a lever / actuator
2 looks to be a hydraulic cylinder - but for what
3 look to be mounting points - plow? log splitter? I'd think log splitter with the lever where snow plow would have a switch in the cab."
Correct...it's both. The hydraulic piston is power in both directions.... the owner used it mostly for plowing, but has a wood splitter for it as well. He used to heat his house solely with wood and had a tough driveway to plow. He moved somewhat recently to a more suburban environment, so the old jeep is getting another rebirth as a wheeling rig again. Back in the 90s the jeep was used for off road racing back east, and he build a lot of custom cage, suspension etc....there is all sorts of tubing/cage to protect everything....it was the if it rolls over, push it back on all fours and keep going idea. Over the years some of that old cage got used for the plow and splitter mounts etc. It was a bit neglected, or maybe just used hard for plow work etc for 20 years and put away wet without much love.... Owner is considering rebuilding with more mods to make it a reliable rock crawler (he already has a heavily modded cj2a that has coil fronts etc that is a great all around jeep, but not a Utah style crawler.)