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Axe, hatchet, folding hand saw, ( that’s a knife isn’t it ? ) Gentleman’s Swiss Army Knife, filet knife, set of 3 camp kitchen knives, my trusty Gerber. In our backpacks a smaller hatchet, another pocket knife and a portable handsaw.

I’m a firm believer in aluminum racks. I’ve had two steel racks, both of which rusted out and had to have new hoops custom made for the last one. Aluminum is lighter, and does not rust. The Aussies and the South Africans make the best rack for the money. Sadly, they’ve doubled in price over...

No, not yet, however , anything after 5 years would be suspect and worthy of an inspection. The interior of tires wears out and we can’t even see that.

My ankles are fairly strong for a guy fast approaching 68. I accredit this to participating in competive basketball and riding a road bike until I was 42 years old. I still choose to wear high topped boots. Even those in great shape, ankles & all, have figured out the benefits of high topped...

Those tires look old. BFG tires will dry rot and be dangerous well before the tread wears out.. as Conner said, have them checked out by a pro.

If you’re planning on driving on any off pavement roads, forget about having one of those things hanging off the rear of your vehicle. It’ll get ripped to shreds. When you eventually go to a roof rack, you’ll look back and wonder why you wasted money on a receiver carrier. A good one that you...

This all speaks to the society we live in. Consumerism driven by instant gratification. As with all things (H20 comes to mind) conserving our use of energy would preserve and protect. I’ve always been puzzled by easterners that have moved west and insist upon a green lawn. Or a “save the...

It is flat out strip mining. The same kind of mining that raped the coal regions of Ohio & Pennsylvania. Unfortunately it’s gonna happen in a lot of places in N America. As I have stated previously, the same political powers that claim to want to preserve vehicular access into public lands...

A fourth vote for progressive, or heavier springs. If you have a spring shop near you they can modify according to your need without breaking the bank account, by adding a leaf. After 30 plus years in the transportation industry I did learn that air bag suspensions and airbag helpers do a...

That's a very strong point that I hadn't considered. Hmmm. maybe I will, after all, get 4 more mounting brackets.

I just ordered an awning for over our kitchen and have moved the 162lb RTT up on the Frontrunner brackets so that the awning can be mounted on the rear of the racks. I’m a bit concerned about 4 grade 8 bolts being enough to hold the RTT in its place. My anal retentive self says to get two more...

I have a Lawn Boy mower . I never drain the fuel, and I most always have gasoline in a container over the winter. My chainsaw doesn’t get used much, so I’ll mix up a gallon of fuel maybe once a year. The Landcruiser sits in the carriage house with the same tank of fuel all through the...

Never heard of it, however, as we tend to find ourselves way off grid most of the time we carry an up to date PLB, a couple weeks worth of dried food, two completely outfitted back packs, and always a close family member that knows where we are and when we are supposed to call them..

One of my winter projects is to install sound deadening floor matting. I’ll be removing everything and applying direct to the steel floor. I see there are products to do this. What is your experience and/or recommendations? ( no spray on bed liners ) Thanks in advance

So, you must have missed the price spikes over the years. The last big one was 2010 when gas topped 4.00 a gallon, then in 2008, we were paying nearly 5.00 a gallon for diesel, gas was around 4.25 gal, before that in 2005 because of Katrina gasoline spiked at over 4.00 per gallon and didn’t...

You guys nailed it. For me, a 7,000 mile trip at $3.00 a gallon works out to about $1750. A dollar more a gallon is $2300. If 500 more every 7,000 miles is hurting ya, then somebody is in the wrong hobby.

the pump is bolted into the box, suck hose slips into the open window where 7 gallon jug is strapped down, quick connect is used to the heater, that hangs from the hooks, plug goes into power inverter.

Last week while on a tour of the Carolinas I got to test my newly installed, vintage Cobra 25, that has been peaked & tuned. I began a conversation with a deck hand in the Moorehead City boatyards. We were headed east at the speed limit. We talked for over 10minutes and I was easily 8 miles...

W yea, the Camplux needs a minimum amount of water pressure to ignite. We have a 110v water pump on ours. Pulls up to the pump on the racks then back down to the heater. The pump, all the quick connect water lines and the 110 line are bolted into a box that is bolted to the rack. Open the...

Might of been 2000, I just remember going up to Gaspe’ a big hurricane and then 4.50 & 5.00 a gallon for quite a while after that. It spiked again in 06 or 07.. my exact years may be wrong.