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Maine, like VT, does not require residency to register your vehicle in the state. Probably due to sales tax, which doesn't exist in NH. Out-of-state residents registering in Maine is income, of course they aren't going to turn it away. When I first moved to Maine, I registered my truck with my...

Housing situation forces sale. 1979 VW Transporter (Bus). Originally 7 passenger, converted for camping and modified for my preferences. Name is Ducky. $7000. The good: ~66k miles. Original GE code 2.0l EFI motor. 30a PWM solar controller. 83Ah FLA house battery. Separate house fuse panel. 150a...

Talk to the people that live on border towns in Maine, registering their vehicles in NH to avoid the tax, it gets pretty ugly. Maine does prosecute for tax evasion pretty aggressively. Only personal exemptions are actively enrolled college students, military personnel, and rental car businesses...

Well, on a positive note, it broke falling out of the back. It could have been worse, that was 13lbs of unsecured cargo that could have taken your head off in an accident. I have to say, that is the biggest issue I have with portable power stations, they rarely secured properly. Whenever we...

Short trips to start. I'm in rural Maine so I don't have far to go to get off the beaten path but close enough to call in help if something falls off :).

Finally, eight years later, legal and on the road. Let the games begin!

Forgot about this thread. He's done, just waiting on DMV.

I have one of that controller's clones. Paid under $13 to use with a 100w panel.

Sounds like where we are, craft store is about 2 hours away, same distance as any of the box stores, hell, closest grocery store is over an hour away in summer, almost 90 minutes once the white stuff falls. Wood is non-conductive, look where your home breaker box is mounted :). Sent from my...

Piece I had was leftover from a better half’s household project, got it at Michael’s but probably could find it at just about any craft store. Wood would also work

You can’t drill through the box anyplace to run the studs through? If not, what I did with one of mine (the other is attached by the studs) is used a scrap piece of .5” thick plastic, countersunk the studs heads, then used 3m double-sided tape to attach to side of my battery box. Sent from my...

I’m using two different brand but inexpensive meters and shunts - on for load, one for draw. Both shunts are located in the ground cable for the battery. Pay close attention to the instructions, the one I used require the earth for the gauge itself to be connected to the shunt, where depends on...

Windshield in, tuned up, vacuum leaks hunted down, cranked the torsions to 25.5 degrees out back, just the right lift I think. Cannot wait time get tagged and rolling.

FedEx lost my windshield so while trying to source another one, I finally wrapped up the last of my electrical upgrades. Final step is some wire organization, will plug away at that this week. Big Thanks to a member on the Samba (former Superwinch engineer) for sharing his knowledge and...

I know a guy that works in shipping for a vendor. He told me that in March, they could sent out as many packages as they wanted (FedEx). By May 1, they were told by FedEx they could only pick up 60 items a day. By June 1 that had dropped to 40 a day. They switched to the big brown trucks, they...

I’ve seen TJ, Gen 1 Ram, and 3.6l Caravan radiators used successfully as belly radiators and one guy who had a 2 core generic “racing radiator” from Summit up front with a Mexi-nose and a 3.4l Chevy out back. Jake Raby - rumor has it as he keeps things pretty close to his vest - uses dual Cayman...

Eventually, the plan is to go watercooled as well. I've been tossing around the idea of AHA at 50*, there's a part of me that leans toward 2.3 Ford as I have a ton of tribal knowledge from my old circle track days and rotted out Fox bodies and Rangers are plentiful. Subie is out, they hang too...

Though the VW guys will cringe calling it a van (though that is exactly what it is), here's mine.

I took them to another tire shop and got them done this morning. $400 for the tires, $80 for mounting and balancing. I'm not disappointed. I hope they are noisy as hell :D :D :D Before: After: Though I think I like it better with the hubcaps on. My CVs are right at factory angle, I...

Arrived today but can't get them mounted where I bought them so I'll do it myself and then take them to VIP to get balanced. Achilles Desert Hawk XMT 27/8.5R14. I like the look of them, hope they look good on the bus.