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Good to hear that. In the next few years we may be looking for something that can compete with the Airstream Basecamp 16 footer.

Yup, that’s not the first Rocky Road problems I’ve heard of. I don’t recommend their products to anyone. ARB and Slee bumpers and sliders need no kitbashing to make them work, bolt off/bolt on. Does the rear bumper have a license plate relocation bracket? BTW That’s a very nice bit of...

Yeah, the guy on the Gladiator forum that’s put that many miles crisscrosses middle America following big-rigs carting windmill parts for work. It was definitely impressive to hear his mileage after that first year. I just read that he didn't quite get to 200000 miles, yet. But he did put...

Wow, I can’t help but wonder aloud. I had a 2004 and replaced suspension bushings, on average every 65,000 miles. When I sold it most all the bushings had been replaced twice. I got pretty good at using a cheap harbor freight press. I always kept in mind that they wore so quickly because we...

I just saw this thread today for the first time and am able to answer your question. I'm using an Odyssey battery for the starter/vehicle side of things. I'm using the yellow top Optima as a house battery. I have a 100 watt and a 125 watt panels. When I arrive at camp I separate the two...

That’s a great idea, We use one of these. As our duffles get smaller it gets bigger. No wasted space.

Maybe. Depends on the vehicle. Mine already draws cool air and would benefit zero from one, other than looking cool.

I don’t have them yet, it’ll be next winters upgrade. If you contact Main Line Overland located in the Philadelphia suburbs, they have a sample or two to sit in and check out. We’ll be making the trip down there soon to actually sit in one. Main Line Overland: Auto, 4x4 Specialist for Cars...

Airport Tower eh?

6 pairs of socks, 6 underwear garments, 3 pairs each of shorts, pants, shirts. A hooded sweatshirt and rain gear. Our winter clothing is in a sealed poly box in the bottom of the trailer, easily accessible if needed. That’s it, that’s all that’s needed for 6 weeks and much much more. When...

Hmm, I’ve never had the inside of any vehicles soaked and we have done our share of water crossings. I don’t know how the commercial drawer systems are made but mine are boxes, screwed and glued together and would probably float for quite some time before taking on any water. I should go out...

Looks pretty stout. I do bolt mine down drilling holes through the bottom. I’m always thinking worst case scenario. If in a high speed wreck, will anything go flying through the air or will everything stay put.

New radius arm adjustable 3 degree bushings are on the bench. One of the Slee 3 degree bushings failed after only ( insert sarcasm Imogene) 120,000 miles of use. Monday I’ll get the arms off, cut and beat the old ones out of one arm, use the other arm as a jig, then do the other arm. Have I...

I’ll only add that we usually warm up the tent, shut it off, sleep. Wake up, warm up the tent, get outta bed, get dressed. Shut it off. There has been a couple of occasions that we left it on all night because temps were near 0-f. With the heater a foot from the tent door zipped open about 4”...

Mine is a heavily modified 4x6 originally purchased at tractor supply. It’s a whole lot easier to modify a registered trailer than to build one from scratch, then apply for a title, registration & license plate. The tent and rack weigh a little over 200 lbs. I added 200lbs of 2x tubing to...

Agreed, we carry gasoline, and propane. If I had a Diesel engine, then I would have purchased a diesel heater instead of my Mr Buddy heater.. as you, we warm the tent up in the evening, shut it down just before lights out. I’ll get up around 5, and heat up the tent for getting up and dressed.

(Back in 1998 we drove our Jeep Wrangler up into Canada. As we drove through Montreal I couldn’t help but notice that we were in, besides service vehicles, about the largest vehicle on the highways. Hmmm) . To your topic, then. Well, that wouldn’t be a bad thing would it? The price of petro...

True, our 7,000 GVWR 1996 Landcruiser with heavy OME suspension, heavy steel bumpers & sliders and using the stock gears on 33” rubber doesn’t care. Loaded, unloaded, roof rack, maxing out the GVWR with a 1500lb trailer it gets 11mpg at 70-72 mph. At 60-62 it gets 13-14. The vehicle doesn’t...

The Tembo Tusk Skottle curmudgeon speaks. No, not worth that kind of money. Unless you are starting out overlanding from scratch and are into feeding a lot of people, all the time at camp. We often go with family which is 3 vehicles and 7 people. Everyone has their own stoves and cookware, so...