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  1. The other Sean

    diy tire chains?

    I paid less than a hundred for the pair for my truck. Not worth the hassle. https://www.etrailer.com/vehicle-finder.aspx?hhcat=chains
  2. The other Sean

    Luxury Off Road Escalade

    You know, proper front bumper, sliders and some proper skid plates and, yea, I'd shove it down the trail without question.
  3. The other Sean

    food dehydrator?

    You can also run your dehydrated peppers through your coffee grinder and make your own hot pepper powder. It's nice to be able to mix and match what peppers go in to your own jar.
  4. The other Sean

    Ground, Cot or Air Mattress: Make and model please.

    My Wife and I have a pair of the Coleman cots. Sturdy and mostly comfortable. The one downside is the weight. 20lbs each.
  5. The other Sean

    Post trip care?

    Mechanical visual and hand shake once over. Pressure wash the topside then the under side. Hit it with the soap nozzle on the pressure washer, rinse. If I'm feeling froggy, I'll hand wash. If I'm feeling extra froggy, I'll vacuum and wipe out the interior. Check all fluids for level and water...
  6. The other Sean

    Ask About Gaia GPS!

    One thing worth mentioning is how much ram all these layers use. On a trip this weekend I added the private land layer and my cheap tablet couldn't keep up and wanted to lock up. I simply turned off that layer and all was good. I'm running a $59 Insignia (Best Buy house brand) tablet, so it does...
  7. The other Sean

    What tablets will Gaia GPS work on?

    Are you looking to only run Gaia on the tablet? I run a cheap insignia (Best buy house brand) 8" tablet in my truck. It works as long as I don't try to run too many layers or more than one app at once. For $59 + a memory card, it more than does the job for the single purpose of running Gaia.
  8. The other Sean

    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Added a WAM bumpers winch mount and a 9k Engo winch.
  9. The other Sean

    Other Uses For Your Recovery Gear

    I use my Hi-lift around the house more than on the trail. Just yesterday I used it to get a truck cab off jack stands and on to furniture dollies. I can't count how many fence posts and saplings I've yanked out of the ground with it and how many corners of something I've lifted to get blocking /...
  10. The other Sean

    What do you have for arrangements for your house while away?

    Pretty much that. I've driven up to my uncles cabin to stay a night or two during the winter months, mainly to put more tire tracks in the snow / see a vehicle parked / lights on and off / people occupying the cabin. The more lived in a place looks, the better for prying eyes.
  11. The other Sean

    food dehydrator?

    Same/similar here. For me the dehydrating and vac sealing are awesome additions to my kit. To be honest, the vacuum sealer gets more use. I pre chop all my veggies for a meal and vac seal. Makes it easier to cook up your eggs in the morning. I also vac seal multi packed meat items separately so...
  12. The other Sean

    Significant Other

    Pretty much mine as well. She loves camping, loves remote camping, loves road trips, loves travelling. Banging trough the woods, up over an around things at 3 mph all day? not so much! lol. To add advice, my wife is ALWAYS invited along on trips. This is something we established many years ago...
  13. The other Sean

    diff breather vs relocation

    I Don't see the benefit to this. The most difficult to the process of relocating is unscrewing the old fitting and screwing in the new one. Also, I've got the end of my rear diff breather up inside the tail light cavity which I'd trust more than this item.
  14. The other Sean

    Cleaning overland gear

    Those various cleaning wipes are worth their weight in gold. I just used the Armor all cleaning wipes on the interior of my truck after a 2 week road trip of which 1 week was in Moab and 2 weekend trips to the MN north woods and they worked great. Baby wipes for your person. For dirty...
  15. The other Sean

    2001 Ford Ranger (process of overlanding, minimalist build, daily)

    Which engine / trans does your truck have? I had an 03 Ranger previously. Mine had the 3L and manual trans. Dead reliable, simple little truck. If mine was 4wd and or extended cab, I would have kept it longer.
  16. The other Sean

    Taking the top off of a Jeep

    When I had a topper on my last truck I just used a couple of 2x4's cut a bit longer than the width of the toper and 4 ratchet straps hooked to the rafters in the garage. I would back in, unclamp the topper, bring the 2x4's in the bed with me, crouch down then put my back to the underside of the...
  17. The other Sean

    Camp/trailer security

    That golf ball idea is genius. Thanks for the tip. Since we tent camp, we always load anything of real value in the truck and pretty much everything else gets tossed in the tent and the tent gets completely zipped shut. Out of sight, out of mind.
  18. The other Sean

    tent storage, fold and roll or stuff?

    A combination of both. The foot print gets folded, the tent itself gets folded in 3rds and rolled and the rainfly gets stuffed. The reason is the footprint has it's own pouch and folding works best, the tent fits best when folded and rolled and the rainfly fills in the spaces in the main bag.
  19. The other Sean

    Wilson Cell Signal Mobile Amplifier Review

    Great looking item, but, the money. Dang. I do miss the "bag phone" my Dad had in the early 90's. It had an external antenna cable jack and we would regularly zip tie the antenna to a sapling we cut down and I would stand on top of the truck holding it in the air to get a call out in the woods.
  20. The other Sean

    Lockers/ LSD for DD OB Rig

    My personal opinion is saying no to rear LSD on anything that will see highway speeds and snow/ice. I've owned a few vehicles that had them and ALL felt light in the rear during and just after snowstorms. My old Ford Ranger regularly liked to have it's rear try to pass the front. I prefer a...