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....I've been using the old MOBAC (v 1.8) for Google maps and terrain) and their newest version (not Alpha) v 1.9.16 mobile atlas creator for USGS national map base, USGS national map satellite, USGS national map satellite+, USGS national map topo and USGS national map vector... ...the USGS...

Last few days of April in southern Quebec; preparing for expe. Calm before the floods: 1st Landing, Norfolk, VA Ballooning Boondocking ~35 feet from the Atlantic, Maine RD 7950 in the Chaco region of NM 2004 Chevy Silverado 2500HD 4x4 6.0L Ext/LB Tow Package 4L80E Michelin AT2s...

Ripper described the process perfectly. I have a photo of the bedding underway (after bedding, a cap of the same caulking is applied, and smoothed). Every stainless steel screw (and socket) was cleaned before application of sealant, and I used cotton gloves during the process, so that my skin...

....oh, you mention 5200 caulking/sealant (3M products): 3M has a very wide variety of caulking! Dozens. You have to buy the 3M caulking for your application: skin time, tensile strength, cure rate, elongation properties needed, etc, etc, etc. Some 3M caulking/sealants cure flexible -- like for...

When I completely reconditioned our Caribou pop-up this summer (just completed it last weekend: about 180 hours of labor), used several lap sealants: Dicor flowable caulking (when re-doing the roof vents x2: 1 aluminum flange; 1 plastic flanged, caulked to pre 2010 TPO), Dicor non flowable...

Helen: I first arrived at the Honduras Mosquitia region around 1991 (the end of). Over the years, I saw a lot of social change, numerous large NGO efforts in the realm of conservation and hard and good times (ecotourism taking hold, more medical teams arriving, ever increasing hard-wood...

h I just stumbled onto your World-wide adventures! Reading with great interest. Going through your Bocay/Coco rafting expe brought back some super memories for me. From the early to late '90s (over a 7 year period), I trekked through the Mosquitia, from Honduras to Nica (along beach, and...

...I have to agree heartily with haven vis visibility in off-roading/trail driving scenarios, and the bumper vis on-highway use approval in various States. This truck would have, IMO, very limited utility on many, many trails and tracks, limiting your route choices: a) truck width and...

Containerized: I thoroughly enjoyed your in-depth observations on the people, geography and nuts-and-bolts of: designing a reliable expe vehicle for impossible situation; getting the bullet-proof vehicle there; and covering seemingly every health situation that could ever befall the long-term...

Interesting. I'll look at the AEV and Front Runner system perhaps later today. I'll be watching GOBI, too, for any updates on their racking. Are GOBI located in the Colorado Front range region ? Are their designers/engineering approachable ? I neglected to mention that our ETA for 2012 4-door...

Q: is there the possibility of folding the front window out with the GOBI unit in place? Can you elaborate on this? The 2012 Unlimited appears to be exactly the same as the '11 frame-wise and exterior dimensioning...and: does anyone have an up-fitter's PDF document showing the CAD drawings of...

Thanks, Guys, for these excellent suggestions! The GOBI (named after the Mongolian Gobi desert ?) looks very much like what we would require. It appears very flexible and well thought-out. I'd like to see an PDF instruction file on this unit, to study installation and attachment possibilities...

Thanks JDZL; I'll have an in-depth look. $1500 doesn't seem too out of line for a quality roof rack. Cheers, S-

Hi All: We are in the process of acquiring a 2012 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited (this is a 4-door of course), with the standard 1-piece removable Jeep hard roof. Q: what have Wrangler Unlimited owners been deploying as a roof racking system capable of supporting a side-mounted awning, and a roof-top...

Fred: On the PC-side, you would want to have a look at the Adobe PDF reader extension called: GeoPDF "TerraGo Toolbar", by TerroGo Technologies (I'm not affiliated with them in any way, other than being a user). Their plugin can be downloaded from and read-up on here. Once you open the GeoPDF...

Its been a while since I've posted at EP, however here goes. I thought I would throw out there some of the navigation equipment I use when out on a recce/expedition: -my IBM/Lenovo T60 laptop (with built-in motion sensor; good for detecting earthquake activity): a)with several open source...

Hi everyone: Does anyone here actually own a Campa expedition trailer (or an equivalent, built locally: US or Canada), in any configuration? What are your thoughts on this unit? Cheers, Silver-

We try and keep anything heavy down at the floor level stored in the Caribou, and well secured. Additionally, the water tank, and auxiliary propane bottles, jacks and assorteds are stored in cabinets, at floor level. The trick is keeping the weight sitting on the truck as low as possible. I...

Viking: I was just over at your personal site, and sorry to get a bit off-topic, but noticed your Flip-Pac rig. Nice! We were over having a coffee with Jack Stuhler in Vernal, Utah a few summers ago (founder of Eezi Awn rooftop tent racks), and he went over the roof-top tent system on his Land...

Cheers Viking :)