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  1. old_man

    K02 tire failure

    Personally, I run about 28psi in my 35x12.5x15s. 38psi sounds a bit high.
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    The Zello Option

    You don't live in Colorado.
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    Planning my longest trip yet. Colorado to Canada then Mexico and back to Colorado

    If you are up that far in Montana, it would be a shame to not visit Glacier National Park.
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    Electric powered overland vehicle

    Wrong. It takes more energy to move a heavier vehicle, no matter the vehicle type. You get some portion of that back on a long downhill, but going over rocks and boulders, regen doesn't have time to kick in.
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    Insurance

    I have been with Farmers for 40 years. They wrote me a $25,000 stated value for vehicle add ons for a VERY reasonable amount.
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    Crazy people?

    Over on NAXJA they put up a motion to change my login from old_man to crazy_old_man.
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    US Rocky Mountain 4th Annual JUNE JAM in Buena Vista, CO

    I am planning on being in the area. Since you are all filled up, I will probably hit one of my other favorite spots and just stop by and say hi.
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    Trying to make overlanding more enjoyable for a family of 4

    My trailer build was for my city girl wife who refuses to sleep on the ground anymore. Now she complains about the fan noise on the heater when it is 80 inside and -20 outside. Go figure?
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    I completely loaded my Jeep and teardrop with all my contractor crap and I am driving back to Colorado at noon. Waahoo
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    Photography

    I actually studied with Minor White back in the day. Love B&W.
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    Finally getting back to Northern Colorado

    I am finishing up my work contract in Arizona and I am heading back to Loveland in a couple of days. Looking forward to getting together with some of you. Heading back through Monument Valley and Moab. Hope to get some good pix.
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    How much to spend on a Overlander?

    There are parallels in almost any endeavor. I come from a rock crawling background. We have a saying, chrome don't get you home. You see people spend $60k on a vehicle and they strut around saying how good of a driver they are since they have all the fancy toys. In the 60's, being on ski...
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    Rock lights placement

    Just a heads up for some of you. Lights under a vehicle are illegal in Colorado. They may not enforce it, but if you piss off the cop, it is one more ticket you can get.
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    Poll: Matching trailer tire size to vehicle tire size

    I actually only had to swap the brake drums since they were integral with hub. The cost was around $100 and it took 10 minutes to swap them over. I am running 3500# axles so the drums were fairly readily available in my new lug pattern. This may not be true with the smaller axles. As for the...
  15. old_man

    How long have you run your tires on street with low PSI

    I carry a hammer to check the tire pressure and use my hand to sense the heat. Old School
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    Starlink for Overlanding Build & Mods

    There are actually two different dishes from SpaceX, the older round dish and the new flat dish. The new flat dish actually automatically locks on and tracks a satellite. Because of its shape, it can get blown around by the wind, but it tries to compensate. It is not designed to really handle...
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    Starlink for Overlanding Build & Mods

    It is good to see someone recognize that finally satellites can actually be faster than terrestrial cable. I worked on writing data traffic handling for a satellite called STPSAT6 for Northrup Grumman and NASA. You can find it on WIKI. It stood a proof of concept satellite for earth to ground...
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    How long have you run your tires on street with low PSI

    I want to interject, the tire pressure listed on the tire is NOT the pressure you want to run. That is the absolute pressure to every be allowed. If you air up to the MAX pressure then go out and run in the heat at highway speeds, the tire will heat up and the pressure will increase...
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    Starlink for Overlanding Build & Mods

    oligopolistic I thought I was the only one around here to use two dollar words
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    Starlink for Overlanding Build & Mods

    Let me clarify some of the roaming questions, being an aerospace engineer and working in this field, I have intimate knowledge of how this all works.. In the beginning, each Starlink satellite would talk to a subscriber as it passed overhead and directly relay the signals back to an ground...