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I am a mechanical engineer and tool and die maker from way back. I built a tool to bend the tubing. I have air/hydraulic benders for the big stuff and small radius but a big radius presents other issues. It worked perfectly. How do you keep the trailer from tipping from side to side with a...

If your cooler already has the contents down to temp and the outside temp isn't too high, I estimate from reviewing the specs that the cooler will most likely pull around 5 amps. Over night (12hrs) you will probably use 60 Watt hours. The batteries should handle that, the question is can you...

Let me do some back of a napkin calculations... First off, You can/should never completely discharge your batteries. Ideally on LI-ON a rule of thumb is never below 30%. Most manufacturers numbers are based on total amount in the battery, not what is repeatedly available without killing your...

My wife and I do a fair amount of winter campting. That means -20F is not uncommon. I am in the process of putting a diverter valve on the hot air output from my diesel heater and plumbing it over to the "out house". That way you can heat it up before doing your business. After our last...

I specifically avoided saying that. :blush:

No, mainly stupid people thinking that since they took a class and bought all the most expensive equipment, that they were qualified.

I had a S/R specialty having to do with extreme winter rescue and high angle ice work mountain rescue. Rocky Mtn Yosemite Tetons Sequoia and a bunch more not on the list. I worked with Rocky Mtn Rescue Group back in the day.

I have been in all 10. Have performed S/R in 4 of them.

My specialty is road kill stew.

I have pix as a baby 6 weeks old (1952), overlanding with my family on a vacation from Texas through Colorado and up to Yellowstone in a late 40's Willy's wagon. I will see if I can drag it out of the archives (big box in the basement) and post it up. Challenge...anybody got any earlier...

dirt/gravel suitable for a car

On your way to Sedona, try and traverse the Mogollon Rim trail. It is pretty and follows an escarpment for over a hundred miles.

Instead of using poop pipe like normal people, you use conduit?

Welding galvanized... that explains a lot.:blush:

Don't even try to figure out what is going on inside Anak's head. That is a deep dark place you really would not want to go.

I can either run it manually, or plug it into my onboard air for my lockers, or run it off of my CO2 setup.

Mesh is cool, I designed and tested commercial mesh radios for one of the largest manufacturers, so I have lots of experience. The issue is that it is like a chain, with each link being a user with the right equipment and turned on. Link in the chain has to have communication to two other...

Since you have a bit of time, don't skip Durango north to Silverton and Ouray. They call this the Switzerland of the Rockies and will be a highlight of your trip. Having said that, anything offroad in the San Juans doesn't tend to open till around June. I would recommend hitting Arizona...

I run an air/hydraulic jack, so I can slide it under the vehicle and plug it in my CO2 a presto the rig is in the air. I hook up the impact and the wheel is off in less than a minute.

New Mexico (NM) style is made with shreaded pork/beef with RED chili, wrapped in classic corn masa harina and wrapped in corn husks before cooking with steam.