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Still after all these years we are still learning to pare things down which can be a challenge when off grid for 6-7 days at a time in the early spring and fall. Food? Healthy, nutritious, simple foods. Clothing? 7 pairs underwear is our baseline. Outer clothing can be worn for a few days...

Get another Coleman. A new one will last another 20 years or so with proper maintenance. Leaking? I learned to depressurize mine before traveling. The fuel knob is very easy to accidentally get turned on while traveling.

Keeping your AGM battery topped off is the best thing you can do for it. At home I use a Schumacher 3 amp charger/maintainer. Not cheap. At camp we keep em topped off with a solar array and a Renogy Adventurer controller. It's a little more money but I'd go with a separate 20 watt panel ( 30...

OK I'll play - a long time ago, (1979) in a place far far away, (Huntington Beach) I was operating a 12-14 ton IR street roller doing a large job on Beach Blvd. An inspector insisted that I cross roll each end of the job. I told him that's what the little roller is for. He insisted. I...

3208? I loved that engine. nothing quite like an old cat V8

If it’s really cold, you know, down in the negatives, I’d bring extra keys and let the thing idle. I’d just never shut it off. Pull the curtains, lock it up. That or bring a can of ether along.

I just bought a spare igniter. I need a spare coil, a handful of spare relays, spare coolant and heater hoses, and a new set of 5 tires, before July.

Lesson learned- take the refund and buy the Frontrunner bracket. You may already have a fridge, but when you buy something like an ARB fridge will you buy a cheap aftermarket slide out, or an ARB slide out? Good luck ! BTW. 25% off isn’t generous. Generous would be getting one out to you at...

Congratulations. I know with your expertise and broad base of knowledge the organization is in good hands.

I used BFGs for nearly 40 years on various vehicles. Always got at least 50k miles from a set of 4, more if I rotated 5 in. Then, 4 years ago my tire guy recommended General Grabbers. 285/75/16.E . I pulled some teeth, and tried them. At 55,000 miles rotating 4 it’s time for a new set. I just...

Wow, you’ve caused me to day dream a bit- 40k budget. Me? Id clean up our 80 series, then put in a completely new somewhat modern drivetrain, think Toyota V8, or LS swap. But you’ve asked about you, so- if I were you, I’d find a GX470 for about 20k in spectacular shape and go from there...

Agreed. EVs will make great commuter vehicles for people living in the burbs. However, as we live in a semi-rural area we have a RAV4 hybrid on order and that will serve our purposes very well. Great for trips to visit family in RI, SC and OH and great for bopping around our side of the county...

Yikes, encouragement for street vehicles to go on technical trails & tracks. I’ll keep my opinion to myself other than to say, that not long ago some guy & gal asked my advice about the trail ahead. They were in a bone stock F150. They seemed insulted by my advice and went past us in a huff...

Agreed- 20k is not an unusual price to pay for a pristine example of many many old vehicles. Even mid 60s VW bugs are going for dollars in the mid teens. Anything Toyota or Lexus? Forget it, you’ll be paying top dollar for them.

An open self effacing sense of humor goes a long way too.

I like your approach - calm, civil, records of interactions. But ; but; a Gobi? what did you expect?

The RCI website says a 3-7 week wait. Two months is acceptable, no doubt. However, how much of a chance is acceptable? I posted up an unhappiness a few months ago. I gave them a week and multiple correspondences to make it right. Coincidentally or not, they made it right after I posted up...

We love ours, simple, effective. Even at 10f vent the tent and toasty warm on low.

That’s a tough one, we never know how good our insurance is until we need it. I’ve a 96 LC LX450. My agent and the underwriters assured me that I would be compensated replacement value. We pulled up flea bay and they were both shocked at the prices. Rust buckets for 5-7k and pristine...

True, not much going on the east side of the Appalachias Maine maybe, Pa used to be, but thanks to expo that’s been popularized. Now instead of seeing 3 or 4 other vehicles every couple of days, there are hoards of 6-7-8.. Permits are now required, the Subaru crowd ruined it for everyone.