Recent content by danwyandt

What size charger did you use for the house batteries?

I use a redarc BCDC 50amp charger for my 200 ah lifepo4 battery. It has never caused an issue with the charging system, or the crank battery. The 50 amp may be overkill, but even from a flat battery a 4 or 5 hr trip caps it off.

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Front is. I think the rears are also, but they vary from year to year as a direct bolt on.

Front-end components will swap with a same year f150. The rear end is different. You will have to be creative there.

Where is that old bridge at?

We will be skipping our December meet-up for Christmas break. Look forward to seeing everyone next year! Merry Christmas and a blessed new year.

I've never seen on mine. They are Zarges.

New build? How's that pretty shepherd doing ?

Once you turn off of hwy 19, most of the roads here could be classified as a moderate 6 to difficult. Not sure about the trails in this area, but I would try south of hwy 40. The areas here above 40 to tennessee are still in search and recovery mode.

Update on the situ here in WNC; Used the rig to pull 9 vehicles 1 mile through a destroyed road. I'd give it a rating of 8. These were minivans, sprinters and the like. A church group from Raleigh were stuck at a Christian retreat with no power, water, little food. 2 women are very pregnant -...

Agreed. Until the fuel station can't pump due to lack of power. Happening here, now. No power for 8 counties. We're on high ground, so no problem. I was happy with that until I was helping a neighbor in the next holler over dig his Tractor out after the hillside slid away taking 2 very large...

Got it. Have a 2k inverter in the rig. Also, pulling the Jackery out has 110v. We've been putting it all to good use.

I never thought of overlanding as preparation for a natural disaster, like what we are experiencing here in western NC. Yancey County has been hit pretty hard with a 29 inch rain fall in 30 hrs. We will be without power until "hopefully " mid October. Having the gear that many think is...

Life has a way of doing that. Every 3rd Saturday....