Recent content by irish44j

So, this post will be "hey I did a simple thing" along with "I am apparently an idiot," so bear with me. At the forward end of the Sequoia's roof rack, it's just an open rectangle over the moonroof area. Not sure why I left this open, guess I thought I may want to climb out the moonroof onto...

Hah, no worries....!

ah nice - man, I do not envy you working on rusty stuff underneath - I did that with my first Sequoia and my old XJ (and some old BMWs) - I've now sworn I don't care HOW crappy condition a project car that I buy is, but I refuse to buy one that has any significant rust - which the Raider has...

A couple add-ons for the kitchen module thing. After trying out a bit more, I moved the cupholder to the other end so I could put in a multi-outlet power bank back there. This has multiple lighter-style power outlets, and multiple USBs (at my daughters' request so they can plug in all their...

Well, the Raider is pretty small and integrated in terms of gear (it has to, to fit stuff), so it doesn't have a kitchen, just a slide-out fridge and storage boxes + 2 Kelty kitchen bags for food stuff and coffee stuff. This build isn't for that, it's for my Sequoia, which I'm starting to build...

For those who have seen my Raider built, it's pretty small and integrated in terms of gear (it has to, to fit stuff), so it doesn't have a kitchen, just a slide-out fridge and storage boxes + 2 Kelty kitchen bags for food stuff and coffee stuff. This build isn't for that, it's for my Sequoia...

well, getting right into my list. Before that last post I saw that Ironman had a sale going, 25% off / free shipping (they do that a lot), and that brought the price of their smallest (55") awning down to well under $200. By comparison, the similar ARB one (which I have on the Raider) is at...

So I'm going to be shifting gears a bit here in this thread, as the Raider is more or less "where I want it" for the time being - at least until I think of other things I want/need to do to it. Instead, I'm going to spend some time focusing on the Sequoia. While I absolutely have a blast in the...

lol worked great, mostly to hold my sunglasses and reading glasses ;) And also the switches are way more convenient. Only thing I don't like is that my switch lighting is "always on" which is kind of bright inside when sleeping. I draped a t-shirt over them lol. May have to do a cut-off master...

This weekend I headed out with my old college roomie and a couple of his friends to Green Ridge State Forest in MD/PA for some cold-weather camping. He's from Montana, an experienced camper, but is just starting to build his Tacoma to do anything really "offroady" so Green Ridge is good since...

Yeah, great to meet you. I looked up your rig when I got home - very cool! If you're on facebook, look up "Northeast 4x4 Club" - that's a lot of guys I wheel/camp with and they set up all kinds of events around the mid-Atlantic. Andy (who was out with me this weekend) is one of the guys who...

well, not much real news on the hard start. Still doing it and I'm mostly out of ideas for the moment and have other things to do. It always starts eventually so I'm not losing sleep over it. This weekend heading out camping into western MD (which will be chilly) so doing some quick projects to...

Nice. I'm thinking about doing something similar except with one side of my 2nd row seat (3rd row already gone) in my Sequoia. So this gives me some ideas.

Not that I'm any kind of extreme overlander (usually just out for a few days), but the group I usually go with consists of (varying numbers of): 2-3 guys who are white-collar, from the burbs, make pretty good money.Then we have a guy who is a welder in some rural area of WV, a guy who is a...

For those who follow my build, you know I like to do things on the cheap and/or improvise and/or search for hidden gems (sometimes), but in this case I bought mostly off-the-shelf and ended up getting a small Stanley set that should fit my needs (and packing space) It packs up nice and is...