Wait until the baby is about 18 month old before you start wheelin. By then he'll be strong enough to handle the bouncing around. If you want a good all around offroader look at the Cherokee. They have a coil four link front suspension so they ride really nice on and off road. Plus there are tons of aftermarket suspension kits available at reasonable prices as well as upgraded drivetrain parts. They also have plenty of room without being too big. This is what I like so much about the Explorer. And as long as you don't go bigger than 33's the Dana 30 should hold up fine with stock axles. This is the same axle I used in the front of the Explorer. Mine came out of an '88 and I installed 4.56 gears, an ARB air locker and I'm still running the stock axles on 33's.
Like Adam said get the 4.0 and not the 4 banger.
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