I had a decent cab crawler a couple years ago. It had alot of potential that I never used. I ended up trading it for a sxs and buying a wrecked tj to start building. The tj is nowhere near a hardcore machine but is capable and dual purpose. After have the crawler sit and only get used 2-3 times a year I decided a dual purpose was more beneficial for me. I can take the kids to school, run to the store, load it on trailer and take riding. I do have to be more picky with my lines but if I break it, then it can sit til I fix it, just like the crawler did. If I had used the crawler more and to its potential it would still be here, but no use letting it waste when someone else could get the use of it that I was wasting. Sxs has there pros and cons but they cant take the place of a decently build rig in "big" rocks. My likings and yours are different but as stated before, catch a ride with a buddy in a sxs then that will answer alot of your questions.