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Hey folks, wondering if anyone's ever built or seen a home made forced air propane heater? I came upon this on the local classifieds: Not a great photo I know. What I could surmise: - the hose on the right is attached to a small fan powered by the battery - you can see the standard green...

Hey folks, I'm wondering if there is an option to use hilift or a farm jack with straps rather than chains? I'm already carrying a tow strap and a tree protector; I'm not gonna carry any chain. But I can't visualize how repositioning would be done with straps. Is it even possible?

Hey folks, I'm looking at getting a set of quick release awning brackets for my 270 awning but both front runner and ironman say they are not compatible: My awning is well within the weight capacity of both of these sets of brackets. Any idea why they'd say it's not compatible?

Hey friends, I'm curious about purchasing an older 4x4 van sometime in the next few years. I've been sporting an SUV + tent and it's been working fine, but looking to upgrade (or move laterally, I guess) eventually. I started occasional craigslist/market place searches and I see some vehicles...

Hey folks, I've been intrigued by the tent cot concept as an alternative for RTTs/ground tents for a while. I'm curious -- is anyone able to leave their bedding inside the tent cot while folded -- or partially folded? I ask because we typically move frequently when car camping. It would be ok...

Hey folks, If I understand correctly, the advice against filling up disposable green propane tanks at home is that they are not certified to do so. Sounds reasonable, not worth the potential explosion to me. How about something like this: Can I refill it from my 20lb tank? Safely? Hm...

Hey folks, what's your go to meals for car camping that don't require scrubbing or plenty of water? I have a griddle/scottle and the requisite cast iron cookware. I'm not a big fan of super saucy dishes 'cause they take a while to clean.

Wondering if anyone’s using road flares for fire starter? Here in the PNW it’s always wet so thinking of adding something that’ll start a fire no matter the conditions. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Haven't been able to find much info on this winch: http://www.comeupwinch.com/mobile/_eng/pro/detail.php?pid=293&cid=128&f=102#.X4eAxS0ZN24 "Only" 6k pull single line, but that's plenty for my vehicle (5k GVWR) and comes with a 2" receiver mounting already. Haven't heard about ComeUp before...

Hey ya'll, looking to invest in some hunting pants for the upcoming season. These caught my eye...

I've got a solar charge controller and I've also got an old 19+v laptop charger. I've hooked up the laptop charger to the solar input on the solar charge controller and it seems to work to charge the battery. Is there any reason I shouldn't be doing this? Solar charge controller is design to...

Hello everyone, Building a LiFePO4 battery box. The box will be self contained and move between various vehicles. I anticipate having the following external connections: - USB/12v cigarette (these are easy enough) - Solar In (to a solar charger that lives inside the box) - Mains in (to charge...

Went to order a Smittybilt Overlander XL and turns out that our preferred store doens't sell them anymore. Instead they are now recommending Overland Vehicle Systems (OVS) tents. When I asked why, they said that both Smittybilt and OVS tents are made in the same factory but OVS is a better...

Afternoon everyone, Looking for some specific suggestions for a solar panel. Currently travelling with a 500Wh home made lithium pack and interested in being able to recharge it. I live in the pacific north west so I suspect a 100 watt panel is likely the minimum I should go for. I need...

Is anyone familiar with Doghouse trailers? About half of the weight of the Smittybuilt Scout. Talked to the owner and it is a china import. Wondering if anyone knows about them. Very similar to cost to Smittybuilt, but will come preassembled with some nice accoutrements already. Thoughts?

Howdy ya'll, Any advice for a free standing canopy? Living in pacific northwest, it's gotta be somewhat water resistent (water proof?). Optional walls would be lovely for really bad weather. I've been eyeing e-z up. Any thoughts? Even amazon has AmazonBasics canopy now..

Good afternoon everyone. Any tips on how to wire in auxiliary lamps to be used by existing vehicle controls? My initial plan was to wire into the high beams. This makes it legal for road use. Upon further investigation I found out that daytime running lights module does something funky at the...

Hello friends, I'm trying to add some aux lighting to my vehicle. To that end I purchased a $50 20" lightbar off amazon. It looks decent, but I measured the current draw it turned out it was pulling 4 amp at 12V which would make it at 48 watt lightbar when the seller advertised it as a 120 watt...

I'd like to add an outside temperature readout somewhere in the vehicle. I know there are optional mirrors I can buy, but at ~200USD I'm looking for a cheaper option. Having trouble finding anything on the forums, but surely there must be something. Thanks

Hey all, I'm looking at purchasing an Inreach of some sort but the majority of the time I will not require the satcom functionality. In "standby subscription mode", will it still function as a bluetooth GPS for my ipad?