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Just a cautionary note, I’m running a 3500lb axle and was using a two leaf spring rated at a combined 2500 lbs. The trailer scales out at 1400 lbs fully loaded. We snapped a spring in half our last trip out. I replaced them on the trail and upgraded to 5,000 lb four leaf springs

Safety/First Aid Kit Tow strap Air compressor Tire repair; & make sure you have “all terrain “ rated tires. Street tires have weak sidewalks and will puncture easily. I caved in and bought traction boards many years ago. Thousands of off road miles later? Ive never used them and no longer carry...

Thank you for that comment. Over the past 40 years or so we’ve been through a multitude of tents. Then, about 15 years ago we began heading west and quickly learned the difference between our old school Coleman tents, and well built 3 & 4 season tents. However, I digress; To your question - I...

Wow, you guys eat out a lot

I have four regular rectangle magnets encased in plastic, that live on our front bumper. They are used specifically for holding a map down atop the hood.

I’ll second this motion. Charcoal, wood or propane. We use charcoal and wood. Put the cover on and it’s a perfect grill. After searching long and hard for a grill that’s easy to pack away we bought ours 7 or 8 years ago. It should last another 7 or 8 years with ease. The only thing wrong...

The only times we use our annex is when staying for multiple nights, when the tent heater is needed, or when camping at a campground. If it were just me I wouldn’t use it, but my lovely wife is modest and likes the privacy that the annex provides while she disrobes and gets into her jammies...

Same is t Same is true here. We do go remote, as remote as is possible in the lower 48. In the 3 areas we have traversed in the past year we encountered less than 10 people besides family, while covering well over 700 miles of remote tracks. Here is but one example and this was during “ busy...

There is There is a huge difference between “ choosing” to be homeless, ( which isn’t really being homeless ) and being homeless. Let’s not try to varnish the meaning of a word. A lifetime ago, I was homeless. Not long, as I used public bathrooms to stay presentable and after 6 months landed...

I get it, I’m off a family farm, we used to get all our sundries at the feed mill / co-op or the locally owned hardware stores. Craftsman did go to shit until now, as Ace Hardware handles that line and they’re the same as they’ve ever been. Around here though, since Agway closed down tractor...

Small farm tractors weigh around 8,000 lbs going all the way up to 40,000 lbs. I’ve never seen, nor heard of a farmer using Harbor Frieght as a source for anything important, let alone extraction equipment. You’ll get the best bang for your buck at Tractor Supply, or any other farm supply...

Absolute truth. If it weren’t for that tariff the big three would have suffered miserably & jeep would have been swallowed up long ago. I kinda like a regulated economy. Then again, I’d trade my 80 series for a 70 series troopy in less than a heartbeat.

We’ve never run out, my wife makes sure of that, however, if we ever do run out, we carry a really good pair of scissors.

I gotta ask, how are the bushings and ball joints holding up on your Chevy? My BIL has a Colorado and got the bad news that his ball joints are shot. Less than 25,000 miles. Maybe 4 or 500 on easy to difficult technical terrain, and he finesses it through. It’s just sad..

You are on the right track. I will add that your primary concern when choosing a medium size truck, is dependability. ( notice I said “medium size truck”) Dependability usually goes hand in hand with how many 100s of thousands of miles the vehicle was designed to last. I’m not a fanboy of...

Busy day in Wyoming

In order - Electric - Warn, Ramsey, Comeup, Superwinch, then all the rest. Hydraulic - Milemarker, and other industrial type winches which require a PTO to drive a hydraulic pump. Let’s not beat around the bush here. Warn, Ramsey, Comeup & Superwinch are the industry leaders for...

Nope, didn't forget that at all, just thought it was common knowledge. I've had two kinds of cans rip open, or pop off while working in the Mohave Desert. Cheapo plastic gasoline cans, and traffic paint in 5 gallon steel buckets. . The gas can was in the flat bed utility truck, the cans of...

I wouldn’t haul any petro in a “Wal-Mart” type can. They are designed to sit on the garage floor. If they get really hot the pressure will crack/rip them open especially if subjected to lots of movement. I just wouldn’t do it. Why 20 gallons? My gas guzzler gets roughly 10mpg and with 15...

Oh jeeze, we used to carry every known tent stake, including 8” lag bolts. With the RTT we carry only the heavy traditional stakes and the sand stakes. Lightened our stake bag by a few lbs.