Recent content by Howard70

You might use an awl and a hammer while checking the frame - tapping with a hammer can tell you a bit - if it rings that's good, if it sounds mushy that's bad. Any place that looks suspect poke it with the awl. If the awl penetrates or the material flakes there's serious rust. If the seller...

Yes - that was it. Sorry, I didn't know it had sold. Howard

You might contact Expedition Vehicle Services in Bend Oregon. I think they are selling an EarthCruiser EXP house. I've seen the unit and the house looked completely file. The Fuso cab was totaled when the truck hit a tree. Tell Clive "Howard sent me." Won't save you any money, but he'll get...

@Aussie Iron's proposal is likely. I've had two Canter FGs (2014 & 2017). Both developed noises exactly like you described. Draining rear differential fluid & replacing with Mitsubishi limited slip fluid solved the problem for me - even though I swore the noise came from the front of the...

CalTopo can draw lines with "snap to", "connect the dots" and true freehand, at least on the web version. I think the mobile app many be limited to "connect the dots." Ironically, Strava of all things has a really good route tool with the easiest transistor between "snap to" and "connect the...

GAIA has stopped supporting several layers without offering any real explanation or viable alternative. Along with the National Geographic layers they've rejected ERI's World Imagery which I found to be the consistently most favorable satellite imagery layer for my use. I guess I should have...

Interesting truck. Is there a bed or other place to sleep in the camper box? Howard

Thanks! Glad to see the USFS is making the geo PDF's available again. Many years ago one could get them from a couple of obscure sites then Avenza managed to wrangle a more or less exclusive deal with the USFS such that you could only get them in format that worked with their mapping app...

Some bikes that might suit you well: Salsa Stormchaser with suspension fork & Eagle drivetrain Giant Revolt X Pro Both are "gravel" bikes which suggests they would also work well on dirt roads. I don't own either, but I do have a Salsa Cutthroat which is one of their gravel bikepacking bikes...

Thanks for the clarification. I'll admit that I've never had that problem. If I can't get my jack under the axle of the fully deflated tire, I just drive that tire up onto two or more of the 2x12" leveling boards I carry. Then slide my jack under the axle. Howard

Hello Mike: Could you elaborate on this? I don't doubt you, but I think I'm missing something. Do you mean that it takes two different types of jacks to always the correct one for a given situation? Thanks, Howard

This is the best advice this year on Expedition Portal. I've been messing with GPS tracks since 1992. Almost none of the data I left in any program is currently useful. But those ancient csv (coma separated value) files are all accessible and incredibly fun to load up and stimulate memories...

We record & use tracks all of the time. Three devices for recording - Apple Watch (via GAIA and Apple's activity maps) for hikes. iPhone and iPad for vehicle based tracking (CalTopo, GAIA, Pocket Earth, AllTrails depending on features needed). Haven't had any problems with battery drain in...

I probably missed it in your description, but where is the tent located? Thanks, Howard

You might try these guys. I think they work with a crew in Europe. You don’t have to send your ECU anywhere as they work with your files after download. Howard Snell