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No problem. This is the one that I use in the rig. I ran the entire Idaho BDR with it, and it's been very accurate. https://a.co/d/esCfJMD

This would absolutely work. I would also recommend a shunt for monitoring the state of charge on the battery as well. I use a small 100A shunt in my Xterra that was about 30 bucks. It works just as well as the more expensive renogy shunt in the trailer.

My heater has a built in thermostat. It kicks on at 37 degrees, and shuts off at 55 or so. I can look when I get home, but I believe mine is about 35W or so.

I'm very happy with it so far. I used a tiny battery monitor with a shunt that displays the state of charge at the back of my drawer system. We used it on the ID BDR, powering my fridge as a freezer. It worked exceptionally well.

This is the way. I have two different LiFePO4 batteries. An AOLithium that I bought for use in the trailer, and a LiTime Mini. Both are 100Ah. The AOLithium has bluetooth and Low-temp cutoff. I still added a anti-freezing tank heater that was designed for use in RV's to keep the water from...

Indeed! But.... Who uses a check book these days? I don't think I've written a check in like.... Five years? Lol.

Lifepo4 batteries are perfectly safe. Mine is in the cab, sitting on a piece of plywood, and right next to my wooden fridge box. I'm not worried about it. I would say agm is potentially less safe due to the possibility of out gassing (though that possibility is very small). Lifepo4 would...

As others have said, "wheeling" and overlanding have very different requirements. It is possible to build an overland rig that is very good at "wheeling", but it will never be as good as a dedicated rock crawler due to the weight requirements. I enjoy going wheeling in my vehicle. But, I do it...

There's still lots of options out there, with prices being extremely varied. Before we can make any sort of recommendations, first we need to know what your budget would be. You can spend up to 50k for something like a patriot or turtleback, or 8k for a smittybilt. You may also get lucky and...

I'm yet to travel mud flat road. I just took a trail from hemmingway Butte to silver city (not recommended if you like your paint job). That being said, many of the trails in the area are mostly traveled by SXS, but, there's considerably less foliage in that area than in silver city. Keep in...

Nice! Looks like you guys had the whole mountain to yourselves! I hope you enjoyed the view up there. Especially from the shack down the hill.

Got a few questions for you George. - Are we expecting any water crossings on the first leg of the trip? - You answered this for me, but let's have you put it here so folks who plan on attending can see: Is there a fuel stop on the first section of the trail? - What altitude do you...

The wife and I are looking forward to doing section 1 at the end of next month! This will be here first overnight George trip.

Use a remotely operated relay on the trailer. I learned about these on the bdr. https://a.co/d/1muefFn

Temps at night were in the upper 50's-low 60's two weeks ago. Temps will be cooling down a touch before then as well.

back from the Idaho BDR early this week. I've been slowly cleaning stuff, and putting things away. The knock sensor finally set the engine SES light off on day 2 of the trip. Scanned it, and decided to carry on. Looks like I'm going to have to take care of that in the near future. The only...

Damn. Looks good! I'd say the paint shop nailed the color.

Just talked to the wife, and we're in. We'll be bringing two vehicles. Including this one, which was purchased yesterday.

I was unaware of this event. I was just up in the Sandpoint area, and am planning on exploring it more. May have to make it out to this event in the future!

Just did the Magruder corridor a few days ago. We mostly stuck to the BDR route, with the exception of a detour to camp on top of green mountain. Conditions on the main corridor route are currently optimal, and could honestly be done in a 2wd vehicle with really good brakes, IMHO.