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    White Rim Road spots open for next weekend (Sept 9-10)

    I had to cancel my White Rim trip last minute, so Taylor campsite should be open for Sept 9th and White Crack for Sept 10th. Not sure how long it will take for them to show up as available on the recreation.gov site. Hopefully someone will be able to snag them and have a nice weekend trip!
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    Just another week in the Ozarks

    Cool, I'll have to do some researching before I go down there again.
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    Just another week in the Ozarks

    Thanks for sharing. I spent my early childhood in AR and my most of my family still lives in southwest AR. I need to make a point to explore the Ozarks when I go back to visit.
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    Hoplite III, a 2022 Power Wagon build (pic heavy)

    Of course, the BedRug had to be pulled back again to run the tubing up and into the bed of the truck. The pressure control unit had to be tapped into the ARB compressor harness so that it turns on when the compressor does. For this I removed the pin from the connector and spliced the new...
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    Hoplite III, a 2022 Power Wagon build (pic heavy)

    A couple of week ago I was also able to finish up the on board air system with an ARB Air Compressor Pressure Control system. If you are unfamiliar with ARB Pressure Control system, it allows you to configure preset tire air pressures in an app and then inflate or deflate your tires by simply...
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    Hoplite III, a 2022 Power Wagon build (pic heavy)

    You can also see the Icky Concepts bulkhead MOLLE panel installed in some of the above photos. It was kind of a pain in the ass to install with the BedRug and Smart Cap already on the truck. I had to pull the BedRug away from the bulkhead so that I could install the riv-nuts. The biggest...
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    Hoplite III, a 2022 Power Wagon build (pic heavy)

    I also got some more bed modifications done. First up was the create for Maximus. I made this from a hog/cattle panel that my dad had laying around his property. Once it was all cut to shape and size, I dropped it off at a buddies business to be powder coated as it was too large for me...
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    Hoplite III, a 2022 Power Wagon build (pic heavy)

    I managed to get a few more things done on the build over the last several weeks... The Tread Pros are now mounted to the top of the RSI SmartCap next to the solar panel. I also "fab'd" up a curved pressure washer wand. Not it is really easy to wash all the mud and dried dirt from under the...
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    White Rim: Taylor and White Crack sites available Labor Day weekend.

    I just had to cancel my reservations for Taylor on Sept 3rd and White Crack on Sept 4th. I'm not sure when they will show back up on Recreation.gov, but they are open for someone else to grab.
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    Dempster Highway run

    Nice trip, thanks for sharing it with us. I had plans to make a Tuk run this past May/June from Colorado, but the high gas prices killed it :(
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    Hoplite III, a 2022 Power Wagon build (pic heavy)

    Every overland build needs an on board air system of some type, so I picked up an ARB twin compressor for those duties. Phase 1 of the system consisted of mounting the compressor in the passenger side RSI half bin and routing the cables and wires to the engine bay. The wiring runs through...
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    Hoplite III, a 2022 Power Wagon build (pic heavy)

    With some electronics installed and more planned for the future, it was time to address controlling them. For this I went with the Switch Pros eight switch unit. SDHQ makes a very nice 3D printed replacement panel for the Power Wagon that cleanly mounts the control panel just to the left of...
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    Hoplite III, a 2022 Power Wagon build (pic heavy)

    On the other side of the truck is where I'm installing all of my WeBoost cell signal booster at. This system has a fairly large module and rather small cable connections, so I decided to install it in the rear in-floor cubby on the passenger's side. The cubby is made of three parts. First is...
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    Hoplite III, a 2022 Power Wagon build (pic heavy)

    The next area to address was Communications. Up top I'm using a mix of some 67 Designs parts I had on hand and the Bullet Point RubiGrid for the phone holders. BP's shortest arm worked well for the inReach mini. To power these I used a 12v to USB socket adaptor and bought some short...
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    Hoplite III, a 2022 Power Wagon build (pic heavy)

    One of the mods waiting to be installed in the bed is a Dometic fridge and slide. I am also going to be installing some lighting in there to make things easier at night. All of this means I needed some type of power back there. Instead of adding more load to the trucks battery, I mounted a...