Recent content by assquatch20

Thanks for all the replies. Definitely want to get the girlfriend riding as well (motorcycles) and I probably do need an SOS device so I'm considering satellite options pretty seriously. That said, I'll probably still pursue radios as time goes on. Might be more useful when wheeling in the truck...

Been thinking about how to communicate from my truck to my bike when the girlfriend is at camp with no cell service and I'm out on day rides. GMRS might be good but unsure about practical range in Appalachia. Any advice on this sort of stuff? How do you do it? Starting to lean towards satellite...

Just got this thing. Looking forward to building it out.

Just getting started with this thing. 2011 4x4 5 speed 2.9 I4 with 80k miles on it. I've already had a 2wd that's otherwise the same truck for about 5 years now but it's got 230k on it. Gonna swap my camper from the 2wd to the 4wd truck, deal with a potential exhaust leak, save the frame with...

Like the title says, I want to buy a Kifaru tipi and stove, preferably with a liner and bug net. If you've got one you're willing to let go of just let me know.

Well doing some research, I'm still unsure whether or not my frame can handle the potential weight of a car and shipping container (that's the would-be camper this week) no matter how boxed or long it is. It may be able, maybe not. In which case I've been looking at the medium and heavy duty...

Just to dig this back up, I'm not really afraid of the weight, although saving some is nice. Seems with what I may do to the truck its load capabilities are gonna be pretty high, and I do like the idea of something so sturdy you can walk around on it. Maybe even a pop-up over the cab section. So...

The truck is rated for about 3500lbs onboard, but I know it could do a little better. It's only 2wd though. I think stripping the weight from the horse trailer, widening and whatnot would be more expensive than just copying the general shape and a couple features into a build from the ground up...

Hey, long time reader, first time caller. I've got this idea to build an aluminum flatbed for my truck and convert a horse trailer into a slide-on cabover camper. First issue, even most of the nice horse trailers out there are too narrow for my purposes. My truck is a dually and I'd like to...