What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

I made a custom adapter to display my external rear camera that’s mounted on my tire carrier to the in dash display. Since the tire carrier now blocked the factory backup camera in the tailgate handle, I went with an external camera. And my tailgate is all electric with no way to unlock with a key (Smart thinking Ford). So after a bit of research, ordered the correct molex connectors from Amazon and created this y adapter. It works perfectly and only cost about $25 in materials.
 

Attachments

  • media.jpg
    media.jpg
    308 KB · Views: 40
  • media.jpg
    media.jpg
    178.1 KB · Views: 40
  • media.jpg
    media.jpg
    101.4 KB · Views: 39
  • media.jpg
    media.jpg
    239.4 KB · Views: 38
  • Like
Reactions: traildog, Boort, roots66 and 1 other person
Big Easy Overland said:
New Icon Stage 2 lift and BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO3 285/70 R17 tires. It's been a LONG time coming.View attachment 296801
Click to expand...
very nice rig! can you test it out at the spillway? I drive over it ever so often but never saw if there were any muddy dirt roads there or if its just total swamp.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Big Easy Overland
Staticline40 said:
I moved away from the sPod BantamX because I was frustrated with the bluetooth only working when it wanted to and installed a dual Garmin Powerswitch with a custom cover...
Went from 8 circuits to 12.

sPod
View attachment 296806

Garmin
View attachment 296807
Click to expand...

I hadn’t heard of the Garmin powerswitch before, looked it up after your post and I’m really liking it with being able to run from Apple carplay on the head unit! Thanks for the post brother!
 
  • Like
Reactions: Staticline40
Blu12T said:
I hadn’t heard of the Garmin powerswitch before, looked it up after your post and I’m really liking it with being able to run from Apple carplay on the head unit! Thanks for the post brother!
Click to expand...
Once you get it wired up it's super easy to pair it with your phone or other device, and the bluetooth actually works. I also have a Garmin Tread XL in the truck so they are paired to that as well.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Blu12T
The saga continues...
Decided to upgrade my headlights from my previous "upgrade" and ordered a set of Morimoto XB Hybrid lights. Turns out they won't fit with the Genesis system installed. So one thing led to another and I removed the Genesis system and installed a single Odyssey battery and rewired all the things.

Old headlights

m02.jpg

Genesis dual battery system
m01.jpg

Single Odyssey
m04.jpg

Fancy new headlights

m05.jpg

m07.jpg
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: MuckSavage, roots66 and Boort
I finally got the Southern Style Offroad Stage 2 High Clearance kit that I bought before Hurricane Ida threw a wrench in my plans installed today. I was going to install the ARE differential breather that was bought then as well, but it's in a box somewhere and I couldn't find it.

I'm still needing to fine tune the trimming of inner fender and whatnot but so far so good. I love how it looks.20260102_141353.jpg20260102_141417.jpg
 
  • Like
Reactions: El-Dracho, roots66, Blu12T and 2 others
I did this....sliding a sheet of plywood onto the truck and barely, I mean "barely" touch the glass and POP....The pisser is my wife said, you need one of those protector thingies.....I said, you mean a headache rack, like the one I have next to the garage, she said yes.....<facepalm>
 

Attachments

  • 20260108_193712945_iOS.jpg
    20260108_193712945_iOS.jpg
    1.4 MB · Views: 32
  • Wow
Reactions: roots66
I'm knee deep in repairing an RV slide for a guy that thinks that water leaks can go on for a year and its ok to not think it needs to be repaired. Then he said something that gave me pause....He put a 2x4 on the roof edge and said that he thought it would stop the water.....just sitting there....Now he isn't happy at the cost...I have wanted a gantry crane for a long time so....

This doesn't even qualify for the "Here's your sign" redneck joke...What pithy comments would you say to him?
 

Attachments

  • 20260107_212448429_iOS.jpg
    20260107_212448429_iOS.jpg
    3.7 MB · Views: 29
  • 20260108_155325538_iOS.jpg
    20260108_155325538_iOS.jpg
    2.1 MB · Views: 29
  • 20260108_155528148_iOS.jpg
    20260108_155528148_iOS.jpg
    1.9 MB · Views: 29
  • 20260108_155712001_iOS.jpg
    20260108_155712001_iOS.jpg
    1.9 MB · Views: 28
  • 20260105_132000590_iOS.jpg
    20260105_132000590_iOS.jpg
    2.2 MB · Views: 27
  • Like
Reactions: roots66
highboy4x4 said:
I did this....sliding a sheet of plywood onto the truck and barely, I mean "barely" touch the glass and POP....The pisser is my wife said, you need one of those protector thingies.....I said, you mean a headache rack, like the one I have next to the garage, she said yes.....<facepalm>
Click to expand...
Whoops
 
highboy4x4 said:
I did this....sliding a sheet of plywood onto the truck and barely, I mean "barely" touch the glass and POP....The pisser is my wife said, you need one of those protector thingies.....I said, you mean a headache rack, like the one I have next to the garage, she said yes.....<facepalm>
Click to expand...
I feel your pain, the story of my life
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom