Question for frequent wheelers

[BlueHUMMERH2]

I posted a similar question to this in the H2 discussion. For those of you that get out more wheeling (maybe 15-20x year), do you find you're having to replace more often steering components, ball joints, suspension, etc. on the H1's? My truck sounds worse every time I come home from Paragon or wherever, and I really don't think I'm being that hard on it. Is the H2 just not designed to take a lot/this kind of useage? I suspect I've got some repairs coming soon on mine that are going to hurt.

Also, is it easier to work on the H1's at home, or is this just a fallacy of mine? I know there are far less electronics, and from the blown-apart models at AM General, the systems seem to be easier to access.

At this point, I'm considering buying an older, modified Jeep and using that for wheeling (a trailer queen ) and just driving my H2 on the .....street. Oh, that was painful to say I want something that maybe is easier/cheaper to fix.