I'd put the first gen Mercedes ML430 or ML500 on your search list. Under the radar vehicle w/ low resale.
Solid V8 drivetrain (280 hp and 18-19 mpg highway)
Body on frame
Low range
Full-time awd w/ individual wheel traction control is pretend lockers (open front/center/rear diff, no shitty vc clutches to wear out).
It aint a wheeler, but t-bars and coils spacers should fit 33's. Everything is tucked up in the frame pretty well that you could do a flat skid from front to rear diff.
Of course for 5 grand I'd be searching the typical 4Runner, Land Cruiser, Seqouis, Montero, Xterra, Armada, 5.0L Explorer, Jeep, Tahoe, Suburban too.