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You mentioned widening your axles and that is a great option for lowering your center of gravity. Have you considered adding wheel spacers? They would have a similar effect but may be easier and cheaper than axles. Widening your wheel base or adding weight lower on your rig would lower your...

I love all the input. Based on what I'm reading, I might add a small gas generator/inverter combo to the mix. It's pretty much the same price range as an additional 200ah bank, but may offer some additional benefit of providing charging/on demand power when solar is not the best charging...

I like your thinking. I too like options. Depending on the gathering numbers and area layout. The fire pit is my first option due to the intimacy of sitting around it but requires work. Preparing and staging wood is time and space consuming, but rewarding as well. My Son gifted me a Solo...

Yes, panel by itself will range from $150-$300 depending on make and power, then you need a Solar Charge Controller between the panel(s) and battery. They range from $30-$300. Look up Will Prowse at DIY Solar on YouTube. Great info to get the gears turning...

Ha! I would say, Let's add air balloon travel to our list of preferred methods... Then again some would probably shoot that idea down... See what I did there? Bahaha!

I dig it!

Ha! Funny but not accurate. Mine was a Christmas gift from my Son. I would not have spent that much...

Upgraded my bonfire for under $50. Saw a bunch of vids about the Solo Stove Bonfire heat deflector. Saw a few DIY models using pizza pans and patio propane heater tops. Ordered some folding steel table legs and attached them to a pizza tray then took my FWOK (SEE PREVIOUS POSTS ON FARM WOK)...

About rolled off my chair reading Dave's manifesto... If all the SJW stuff don't work tho, try some Citronella oil lamps/candles. I've always had good luck keeping all flying pests out of camp. My wife always takes Skin So Soft lotion to camp. Works amazingly well without the deet after effects.

Glad to help...or torment! Lol

Great work and room to expand! I am /have been working on one based on a 200Ah LiFePO4 pack. I have just received a Victron 100/30 charge controller and still need a 1500-2000 Watt inverter to finish the build. I chose the Craftsman roller box as well. I like the idea of modular expansion...

Have you considered looking at the Unistrut line of products? I hear some references to a square nested tubing or some creative fabrication, but (maybe I scrolled too fast and missed it) I didn't see anyone mention Unistrut. I ordered a catalog online or you can swing by a dealer and probably...

I have an ARB awning with a tent/screen room that connects to it. I have a 180 batwing with shade walls but have yet to see a batwing/tent enclosure with floors.

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Like most things, there is a wide variety of kit options with a wide variety of costs involved. Actual A/C vs. A swamp/evaporative cooler are different and vary greatly in price. A small foam ice chest with a 12v fan and blocks of ice can be made in an hour and will cool off a tent for a few...

I agree with zgfiredude, type and size depends on how you plan to use it. "In cab dual battery" also means different things to different folks. If, to you, it means a second battery wired in parallel to the starting battery of your vehicle? Does it mean a second battery isolated from your...

I never travel Alpine...I assault the mountain! Lol

I have heard of/read about folks calling the diesel fuel - gasoline, but figured it was a generic term used by Europeans. I don't believe the heaters will run on RUG because of glow plugs and "sciency" stuff like flash points and combustion process. I have heard of Kerosene being used...

Update-. Just in case anyone trios over this post and wonders... I contacted a rooftop tent company that regularly uses the telescoping ladders and asked them to ship me a set of brackets. I explained how I wanted to use a heavier duty ladder than the one that came with my tent... b/c I'm...

My Son has been designing off grid home solar systems in 24V and 48V for several years, he also has built 12V systems for camping trailers and food truck systems. When I asked him to help me put something together for my rig, I told him I wanted to run a 12V fridge/freezer unit, some LED...