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I will also say that for most backyard grills, the cooking surface assembly unbolts from the pedestal/roller base with no more than 4 screws. Convert those to thumbscrews and you could make it a break-down grill without much trouble.

Yeah, it's a bit of a red herring. Technically there used to be 406MHz PLBs that did NOT include GPS - it's not required to be part of the standard. That said, due to the explosion of smart-phones, GPS chips are now cheap as, well, chips, so every modern PLB includes one. They transmit the...

The "sensor" is typically a continuity test that actually checks the low-current resistance of the airbag itself. The airbag computer passes a low voltage over the wire and measures the current to ensure the airbag is present and in nominal condition. When the airbag is disconnected, no...

There's a continuity test built into the airbag harness - when the airbag is disconnected, the warning light is turned on. You could, theoretically, bypass this by wiring a resistor to the correct terminals on the wiring harness that would have plugged into the seat. Which pins and what value...

I switched to Gaia after years with Backcountry Navigator and Backcountry Navigator XE. I found map selection, importing, and management with the BCN products to be a much bigger hassle, and pre-planning routes (which IS something I do) was WAY harder there. I was fed up and frustrated, and...

I agree that the Thetford mount is not up to a motor vehicle accident - I believe the mount is a "marine" option meant to only keep the potty from shifting at sea. The other option for securing it might be to strap it via the handles or find/make a small (non-elastic) cargo net to lash it down...

GVWR is a whole other issue, and the short answer is: It takes more than suspension. That said, as I asked in post #4: WILL IT EVEN FIT? The basic mechanical dimensions of the camper are on the Alu-Cab site here: https://www.alu-cab.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Khaya-GA.pdf I would start...

Will it even fit? I thought the Gladiator bed was smaller in a couple of key dimensions?

+1 for Big Duck Canvas from me - For my last big luggage project, I bought 5 yards of 12oz bull denim at $2.99/yd that was "factory second" due to "slight color inconsistencies". I'd been planning to wax the fabric anyhow, so a little mottling wouldn't have been a big deal, but when it arrived...

The current state of things is pretty much exactly why I bit the bullet and bought my current camper/truck combo used as a package, even though the F150 underneath is maybe "underspec'ed" for the load.

Another thing that will help is to give yourself a prototype or first-sub-project that uses some of the elements you'll be incorporating into the more complex stuff. When I did my "underbed luggage" for the van, after I'd cut all the pieces for the luggage, I realized I had several off-cuts...

Others have covered the heat issue, but I don't want to let the other part of this slide by - are you SURE you want to put that much weight up high? 10 gallons of diesel is ~71lbs, plus ~10lbs for each jerry can, empty. By the time you get it strapped down, you're close to 100lbs. You didn't...

Paul's got it right - start working through it and be prepared for mistakes. You can see upthread somewhere that I went through the same thing when I was sewing some of my more complicated projects - in those cases I actually had to write down an order of operations before I started - this, at...

We've just returned from a 2-week trip up the Eastern Sierras and doing a near-complete lap of Oregon - We're VERY pleased with the rig. There's a punch list of items to address (inevitable, but mostly liveability tweaks, etc.) and a much deeper writeup is due, but overall, the rig was...

I did not make them, they were part of the Overland Vans 4-5" AWD Lift Kit. It looks like their site is "half-dead" now, as the product pages no longer work, so I suspect those brackets aren't available any more. That said, the good news is that (on Astro/Safaris, at least) you can also...

Paul was my Yoda when I was shopping Tigers - everything he says in his post above is important. I walked away from more than one Tiger during my search and was later glad to have done so, after I heard how things went.

Wow, I'm slightly shocked this isn't getting more attention. A certain cadre will definitely argue the Fleet/Flatbed combo puts the truck overweight, and the camper looks well-used (and loved), but this is priced accordingly. Some people would spend as much as you're asking just for a similar...

Were these the 4EAT, or CVT? Also, where are you located?

That used to be true, but in my area at least, I'm seeing more businesses specifically catering to the "Overland" crowd with a specific focus on wiring and electrical installation. Some are standalone and some are general overland/4x4 type shops that have expanded their services.

There are a LOT of questions here, probably too many to answer directly, but let me start here: RULE #1: AVOID SETTING YOUR RIG ON FIRE If you keep Rule #1 in mind while making all your other decisions, things get more clear. Rule #2 You size the Fuse to the Wire - the fuse is to protect the...