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Hard core stuff, way off grid, hundreds of miles of serious washboard every trip. Fab skills are top notch , I just never upgraded anything until it broke.. now it’s built to take it..

I started with exactly the same trailer over 13 years ago: big learning curve: axle blew out twice, then stepped up to 3,500lb axle; slipper failed for the spring, welded new box; slipper spring kept coming out on washboard and any other technical terrain, replaced springs with 3500lb eyes...

I’m not sold on the In Reach and your story confirms my suspicion. The Smokies are not remote. Wow! Glad you didn’t get hurt. Thank Toyota engineers for it.

Very true, I’ve done a ton of research on this very subject; finally after reading through my policy, then speaking with my carrier, ( & not some ill informed answering service person) I have found that Medicare, combined with my supplemental will cover extraction costs. However, leaving the...

While camping the other night along Mongollon Rim forest rd 300, a helicopter landed about 200 yards from us. The helicopter shut down and did not leave for nearly 2 hours. The next morning we learned that a fellow camper about i/2 mile from our camp, about my age, passed away from a heart...

National park’s backcountry vehicle camping sites are reservation only. BLM sites are 1st come. go on line and purchase two paper maps from “40 degrees Latitude”, one of Moab east the other of Moab west. These maps are a plethora of information including trail ratings and very accurate...

And then the fight begins- LOL no really- I have all the stuff I need in one duffle bag, lovey has that, a big carry on bag and another bag besides that. It is hilarious!

Sometimes I really wish I lived out west which would enable me to participate in these kinds of things. Each of you have commanded my utmost respect. Thanks.!

I have a small Engle we use as a freezer and a 64qt ARB. The Engle is 8 years old and running flawlessly. The ARB is in its 3rd season. Both draw very low AHs. Both will last a very long time. If budget is not an issue there are better ones out there that draw even less AHs, such as Snomaster...

Yes, it is a dedication that becomes a hobby. I daily drove mine for the first few years, now it lives in our carriage house, chomping on the bit, awaiting its next adventure. Currently am on our way west in it. GVWR at max and with the trailer we’re tipping the scales at just over 8,000 lbs...

On second thought? Maybe not. Already plenty of threads started on RTTs, the good ones the bad ones & the ugly ones.

We have one of the old green ones- does cookies & brownies really well!!

Just thinking about that as we’re hotelling it tonite near Dayton. Thankfully my wife hates hotels, once we cross the Mississippi campsites are lookin real good all the way to Utah & back .

We go all out at home, my wife is an excellent amateur chef and since retirement I’ve learned to do quite a few things on our high end home stove/range. ( Not a wolf, or other top name, they along with other top names are of retail quality built to look like commercial, ours is commercial...

I’ll cut to the chase hear and give the same advice I’ve lived by for decades. 1st, Tires, including a full size spare with matching wheel to rotate in. ( Why? I cannot say how many times I’ve heard; my spares great, it’s been under there for 5 years and I’ve never used it, meanwhile, it’s dry...

Ok then, I was raised in the snowbelt of Northeast Ohio, and ya, winters cold be cold long & harsh if and when the lake would freeze over. Usually though pretty mild winters and a couple of weeks of too hot weather in the summer. I can’t speak for the Hilliard area, although tornadoes were...

Ohio weather hard core? Well ya, compared to Southern California. You musta said that tongue in cheek eh?

Yikes, times they have a changed. I started out with, 66 VW, army surplus sleeping bag, one of those old perforated foam sleeping pads, a Coleman stove, couple jugs of water, a grocery bag of dry food and a small Coleman ice chest, one of those green steel ones with the hasp lock. a really...

Well put, we’ve been in the same situation Iand the RTT is so much easier to deploy in adverse weather. One other thing no one has mentioned, being up off the ground gives me good visuals of our campsite and the surrounding area. The only issue I have with your words? Cold in Alabama? LOL !!

No, not a good idea..