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Ok, time for some more camping and stuff. This trip was down to George Washington National Forest. Just a smallish group, and no particularly difficult terrain - mostly just going to camp, run some scenic fire roads, and such. We've been down here before and it's pretty easy cruising but this...

ok thanks, that's what I remembered, at least I'm not crazy. Will check the valve.

Had to dead-tow a buddy's (lifted) Celica through some streams on our last trip. Usually these are low enough for him to get through, but not this time.

I've had a Yaki Road Shower for a few years, used pretty regularly, but last weekend it wouldn't hold pressure, was leaking through the cap - past the threaded part, not the pressure relief valve. I looked at it an there's no seal (rubber, plastic, etc.) on either the cap or on the "base" on the...

So back to electrical, the bane of any 80s car. The last two evenings (and this one) I basically ripped apart and troubleshooted the entire headlight system. Basically, everything works as it should EXCEPT low beams, which don't work at all now. Checked the main relay (which just provides power...

Yessir - I was also surprised at how nice quality it was! So, since I"ve added all the crap on the back (in addition to the spare tire) the rear visibility on this thing kind of sucks, especially backing out in a parking lot or basically anyplace offroad where reversing is needed. There's...

I've been traveling for work so not much doing during June, and now it's hot AF out there so not doing much either haha....but a little project tonight. The original windshield wiper arms have the "tab" style end...just a flat slot that fits into the blade bracket. It's flimsy....I've had one...

- yes, I ordered the axle specifically to match the track width of the Raider pulling it, and to get 6-lug so it could use the same wheels/tire size. IIRC I ordered it from this place, which will basically make whatever you want for a pretty reasonable price/shipping: Replacement Utility...

ah dang, I thought the bump meant some new progress lol... Anyhow, if you want some Gen1 stuff, my thread in this section has a bunch of my projects (though it's a V6, so not doing an engine swap at this time).

Will be following along, as I built a scratch offroad trailer with a Mighty Max bed (though use it for hauling stuff mostly), but haven't gotten around to making it into anything useful for camping/overlanding yet and was just recently considering some options. Here's a build thread from when...

I like taking a shower in the morning. A morning without a shower first thing (and a coffee) is a lousy morning, in general. Usually I'll just spray my hair or something, but time to go the whole way and get a shower enclosure. Got this OVS one for a reasonable price (with a coupon) and it came...

literally on a pole directly next to a sidewalk

^^epic

Got the welder and some scrap metal out today to beef up the gas tank skid once again, this time on the sides and the mount brackets, the areas that bent on the last trip. Eventually I'll just buy some 1/8" sheet and make an actual nice one, but for the time being patching together with more...

thanks guys, will look into those!

I know there are some "toughbook" style tablets (SxS and stuf like that) built for the hardcore overlanders, but I'm looking for something just for our weekend trail runs on the rare occasion my buddy isn't there with all his mapping gear to lead the group. Since I won't use it much don't really...

Let's have a camping weekend. Friday afternoon I headed up through West Va. into southern PA to meet up with some of the camping/wheeling group for a couple days. The meetup for the first night of camping was in Buchanon State Forest, up on a mountain in a Primitive site that took some driving...