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  1. old_man

    Rock lights placement

    Just a heads up for some of you. Lights under a vehicle are illegal in Colorado. They may not enforce it, but if you piss off the cop, it is one more ticket you can get.
  2. old_man

    Poll: Matching trailer tire size to vehicle tire size

    I actually only had to swap the brake drums since they were integral with hub. The cost was around $100 and it took 10 minutes to swap them over. I am running 3500# axles so the drums were fairly readily available in my new lug pattern. This may not be true with the smaller axles. As for the...
  3. old_man

    How long have you run your tires on street with low PSI

    I carry a hammer to check the tire pressure and use my hand to sense the heat. Old School
  4. old_man

    Starlink for Overlanding Build & Mods

    There are actually two different dishes from SpaceX, the older round dish and the new flat dish. The new flat dish actually automatically locks on and tracks a satellite. Because of its shape, it can get blown around by the wind, but it tries to compensate. It is not designed to really handle...
  5. old_man

    Starlink for Overlanding Build & Mods

    It is good to see someone recognize that finally satellites can actually be faster than terrestrial cable. I worked on writing data traffic handling for a satellite called STPSAT6 for Northrup Grumman and NASA. You can find it on WIKI. It stood a proof of concept satellite for earth to ground...
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    How long have you run your tires on street with low PSI

    I want to interject, the tire pressure listed on the tire is NOT the pressure you want to run. That is the absolute pressure to every be allowed. If you air up to the MAX pressure then go out and run in the heat at highway speeds, the tire will heat up and the pressure will increase...
  7. old_man

    Starlink for Overlanding Build & Mods

    oligopolistic I thought I was the only one around here to use two dollar words
  8. old_man

    Starlink for Overlanding Build & Mods

    Let me clarify some of the roaming questions, being an aerospace engineer and working in this field, I have intimate knowledge of how this all works.. In the beginning, each Starlink satellite would talk to a subscriber as it passed overhead and directly relay the signals back to an ground...
  9. old_man

    Poll: Matching trailer tire size to vehicle tire size

    Actually, I carried an adapter from 5x4.5" to 5x5.5" so my vehicle spare could be used on the trailer, but it just never sat right with me doing it that way.
  10. old_man

    How long have you run your tires on street with low PSI

    Airing down really helps on washboard roads and to cushion the harshness of the trail. On trails with tons of big rocks, it helps traction. If traction is required that much, you better be in a group and have a winch and recovery equipment. Airing too far down without really being required...
  11. old_man

    Jumper Cable Circuit Breaker

    I never have and never will run a circuit breaker in jumper cables. You want as much current as the battery can provide.
  12. old_man

    US Rocky Mountain 4th Annual JUNE JAM in Buena Vista, CO

    I finished my gig in Arizona and I am moving back home to Colorado. Hope to have time to drop by and see you guys. I live three miles from the Expo in Loveland.
  13. old_man

    US Rocky Mountain 4th Annual JUNE JAM in Buena Vista, CO

    Remember, most SWR meters are frequency/band specific.
  14. old_man

    Seating a tire bead

    Back on the farm we would put an M80 in the big tractor tires to pop them.
  15. old_man

    Carry?

    Where I live, that meant carrying a gun.
  16. old_man

    Adventure '4x6 Lowes' Trailer Build

    Check out my trailer build. I added shocks to my airbag setup and it is silky smooth.
  17. old_man

    old_man's Offroad Teardrop Trailer Build Thread

    Just finished up converting the teardrop to run matching tires to the Jeep. It is on 35x12.5's as well. The XJ is running Ford pattern axles 5x5.5". Hope to post up some pix in a day or two.
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    Poll: Matching trailer tire size to vehicle tire size

    My original offroad teardrop trailer build included 31" with 5x4.5 lug spacing tires trailer tires. I got a lot of comments on the size of the tires. The problem for me is that the Jeep has 35" tires with 5x5.5 lug spacing. It was always a hassle lugging two spares around. I finally swapped...
  19. old_man

    How long have you run your tires on street with low PSI

    My standard everyday pressure is 28psi. I have forgotten to air up and run 14psi for months with no adverse issues other than a smooth ride and a bit mushy steering. My tires are 35x12.5x15s.
  20. old_man

    Poll: When you camp, do you normally have cell service?

    I started this thread because of a lot of chatter about needing cellphone access. I come from the days before cellphones. A year or two ago there was a funny situation that arose here in Colorado. There was a lady from back east that was going through Rocky Mountain Park. The park is a...
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