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For the OP and others on the thread that have had problems with Rotopax fuel cans expanding/warping: did you get the Rotopax fuel cans or the cheaper Fuelpax fuel cans? They are made using different processes and the Fuelpax cans are thinner only carry a 5 year warranty. I recently picked up...

Figured I would make a quick post of my FuelPAX mounted that finished up yesterday. It leverages the FuelPAX mounts that come with the containers, but I needed a way to mount them on my Garvin roof rack. Not a complicated project, but the real reason that I'm posting is that once I completed...

First are on a trail in Cataloochee in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park this past weekend. The second set are of a cool 4wd VW Vanagon overland vehicle that I saw on my way home yesterday.

That looks great, nice job! It's very similar to the one I built for my Jeep. My camping equipment fits perfectly right next to the cooler. I like that water solution, very cool!

Wow, that was a fast response! Thanks for the feedback. I kind of suspected that was the case. I'll check out some of the other areas and see what I can find.

Hey everyone, My wife is interested in going out to the Cades Cove area for some birding and photography. Of course, I'm interested in taking the Jeep and doing some exploring. I've just started checking things out and even with the various MVUM, Topo, and NatGeo Illustrated map overlays in...

So here is the latest on the 2.0 version. I completed installing the aluminum edging, trimmed down the slide out table, and reinstalled it, and then mounted it back in the Jeep. It looks a lot better than the first version, and the fabric matches the rest of the interior well. I still have to...

It's the Lifetime 55 quart cooler. It's a little larger than I wanted or need, but it works really well and the price was right. It also got fairly good reviews as well. Even empty, it is already a bit heavy though. I pre-chill it, make sure my food and drinks are cold to begin with, and top...

So the corners and edges were just not turning out the way I wanted. Kind of a mess really. Back to Lowes for some aluminum that I could use for edging. I had been thinking about doing this for a while, to protect the edges better. I guess my decision was made for me. Got the front pretty...

So for everyone following this thread, I'm currently working on the 2.0 version of this project. As I've been using it for several months now, I've found a few things that needed to change. First, as someone pointed out earlier, I did start to see issues with not having a brace at the back of...

Average Joe, The event is one of 3 ( I believe) annual events that are put on by the American Adventurist team and the one most local to us. It's really just a great gathering of like minded folks focused on camping, off-roading, paddling, and biking. Great folks to share knowledge with, camp...

Rick - thanks. It has worked out pretty well. I do need to add a brace at the back of the cooler side (behind the driver seat). It just has the wood where the rails mount to right now, and could use some additional support to keep everything square due to the weight of the cooler. It worked...

How do you like that Garvin rack? I've pretty much settled on the Garvin Expedition for my 2 door JK. Looks good!

Hard to say. We started at the eastern end of tracks available from the Georgia Traverse web site. Our trip worked out where we basically took our time getting started each morning, drove the route most of the day and then around maybe 3-3:30pm, we started looking for potential primitive camp...

Absolutely amazing! Such an inspirational story and life lesson as well.

Had an awesome overland trip on the Georgia Traverse route for 5 days, over the New Year's holiday, with two other OB members (@generaloverland OB 9002, @tnave94 OB 6348) and a non-member. Didn't get in as many miles as we had hoped, but completed about half the Traverse, and rang in the New...

Our first week (for Christmas) will be here at cool, little farm house in the mountains of North Carolina, not far from Johnson City, TN. Then the day after the family gets home from the Christmas trip, I'm hitting the road with a few friends to do the Georgia Traverse over the course of the...

Just a big shout out to Terry for a great, friendly net control, and all of the others that were able to join the net last night. It was my first time using EchoLink on my iPhone, so it was definitely a trial run. Half way through, I ended up dropping, quickly searching the Internet...

I saw the social media post earlier today regarding the 22 members who gained their HAM licenses this past weekend. Don't think I was included, but I passed the technician test on Saturday and received my call sign today! Woohoo, I'm hereby known as KN4RBL. Make it 23!