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Got back yesterday from a four day trip to Mount Rainier, the White River campground. It is one of the few places where we could have a campfire with the burn ban going on, plus the smoke/bad air from the BC wild fires. I will make a trip thread later, and also update my old Camping Gear Review...

How To 12volt DIY Overland Build

Here is my Nemo Heliopolis that Chris had reviewed back in February. https://expeditionportal.com/field-tested-nemo-equipment-helios-and-heliopolis/ Tried to set it up last week, but I did not read the instructions, and cursed quite a bit. Read the instructions earlier in the week, what a...

I have to third the comment as well. In my research to get power to my new fridge, the bigger wire is needed to prevent voltage drop over a distance, and to keep a thinner gauge from getting warm/hot. The thinner wire I had in the rear for the two 12v outlets (one was used for the old school...

"Oh Hey There!" 26: Snorkels

Oooops, I had a typo above, no ground wire for power to the fridge should go to the frame. Both wires should go directly to the battery. The gauge I am running is what tech support at National Luna told me to run for the length from up front to the back. When a fridge compressor first fires up...

I am running 8 gauge stereo power amp wire from the aux battery up front to the rear to power my National Luna fridge. Both wires straight to the battery with a heavy duty ANL fuse. Fridges like their power directly to the battery, and the ground wire also to the battery, and not to the frame.

There are D rings back there, and I run the straps through them first, then over the cargo. Probably hosted on Photobucket. PB recently is holding its members accounts hostage to the tune of $400 per year if they want their pics to be shared on forums instead of just being viewed on PBs site.

Thanks Paul, and everything is pretty much strapped down too with very good straps. I use to use the ones where you pulled the strap tight, but I recently switched over to the better ones.

I got the Weekender 50 Twin Fridge/Freezer from Paul May at Equipt Expeditions last September, and I like it very much. Finally being able to have a separate compartment to keep items frozen, and bring along ice cream too :D I did have to have some rewiring done, as the thinner wire I had in...

Yeah, I bring a lot, as I near senior citizenship, I tend to bring more :D Plus I have a lot of new gear this year I am going to try out, so no doubt I will weed back a bit next time. And that chuckbox takes up a lotta room, I am thinking about getting a custom one built over the winter that is...

Overland 4 Wheeler 12volt Electrical Advice

Odyssey 34R-PC1500 Extreme Battery Installed 7-28-2017 I was on my second Toyota battery, and it recently started to get weak. The original Panasonic one from July of 2006 ran for seven years, and kept the ARB fridge going too on camping trips, as the fridge was not wired to the aux battery...

I like these, I got them back in May of this year. Merrell Men's Moab 2 Mid Waterproof Hiking Boot http://www.merrell.com/US/en/moab-2-mid-waterproof/27880M.html Most of the reviews are good on them, and the sizing was correct for me. They are comfortable, almost as comfortable as Skechers...

The shop just called me, this is the one that is going in at 11 am this Friday. http://www.odysseybatteries.com/pc1500rt.htm Need the riser plate for it too. Same one that shop owner has in his new 4Runner.

Thanks!

I am at Safeway once a week, will have to look for them. Probably in the same section as the instant mashed potatoes?

Yep, good old burn bans. We were planning on camping next to a nice river in a few weeks on US forest service land where I normally go, but if there is a burn ban in effect (great chance with the dry/hot weather here in Western Washington) then we will go to Mount Rainier National Park where I...

Very nice! I have two setup videos of my Airlander that pop up in a Google or YouTube search for setting them up, but I have not done a take down one. The setting up of these is the easy part :D

This is the one I am getting this Friday, but with the positive on the left side. http://shop.odysseybattery.com/p/34r-pc1500t?pp=12