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You know, you might have got me to take a second look at these. My WRX wagon is getting a bit long in the tooth, and I've been thinking about replacements. Wish there was a manual in the gassers... Thoughts on the v6 diesel? Any pointers on how to tell which examples will have the rear diff...

I know you said you didn't necessarily want drinking water, but I'm a big fan of the Valterra water tanks because they are inexpensive, come in such a wide variety of sizes, and are ABS so you can weld-on fittings and fill inlets wherever you need. I found my recent 12g tank very easy to work...

W00t! Thanks Jonathan. If you talk to Mr. Bogert again, tell him the discount was enough of a spur that I added the new jackstand adapter to everything else I'd planned to order. I think that might be one of the best add-ons yet.

Again, the area under the spigot and drain are hard plastic. If it starts to be come a problem, a bar mat is exactly what I'll put underneath! :)

Thus far in practice, the carpet has never got so much as damp. The neck of the hand faucet is actually well out over the plastic area of the "step" for the slider door. (And also more than high enough to get my biggest pot under it for filling.) The drain spigot is similarly proud, plus I...

Jerry Can/Propane Fuel Carrier I've written this up in more detail elsewhere, but I want my build thread to have all the relevant projects in one place. Therefore, here are a couple photos on how I built a rear carrier rack for fuels and my Trasharoo: I started with an old junkyard spare...

One more little trick to make use of all the available nooks and crannies: Since my rear seat is mounted "in-between" where the 2nd and 3rd rows would normally sit, I've removed the rearmost seatbelt reels from their spots inside the trim plastic. On the driver's side, this frees up a tall...

Final little project was a semi-temporary storage/riser box for the fridge. This box is sized precisely for a 10gallon rubbermaid roughneck tote that acts like a drawer. The fridge mounts to the box with ratchet straps (not the camlocks shown). Note that I've replaced the plastic handles with...

Next was to fab up a new open-sided "box" for the relocated house battery. This is an AGM battery so I feel ok about not having a sealed/vented box in the cabin, but it's a calculated risk. You can see the outline for my current Group34 Marine battery, but I left room for a larger Group31...

Well, I'm behind on updates again. Here's a mishmash of photos for the latest round of interior fixes. The goal of this phase was to fix the issues with my previous bed design. You can see upthread that I built a battery box to fit behind the bench seat. This also served to support the...

Depending on where you travel, there's one more limit: The speed limit. In many states, all vehicles with trailers are limited to 55mph, even if posted limit is higher. If you have to cover a lot of highway miles to get to your preferred places, this is a factor. Sure, you can plan to exceed...

Answering on uber's behalf: It's a butane stove - the disposable fuel bottle is contained on the right side of the stove. I use the same basic kind, but mine comes with an adapter to allow it to use propane as well. I love the stove for being easy to pack, light, and has good heat control. I...

That's awesome. Wish I'd waited and gone with FXT bits. I got impatient and jumped on a bargain-priced set of Outback Sport takeoffs. Got a mild lift and slightly stiffer rates, but not as much as I'd hoped. Now that the Subie is back to street-only duty, probably just as well, but there you...

That's an amazing amount of progress for 1 day's work! Well done.

I wanna play too! Not quite a fullsize, but we share a lot of parts/architecture, so I wanna play too! Herbie's Astrolander Build

I like the best of both worlds. I mounted my panels in a rack on the roof, so I can have charging all the time, but the panels can be easily slid out and re-located wherever the sun is shining.

I think you're right to suspect the factory 12V outlet would be capable of handling a compressor. I'd either go straight to the battery, or run new wires if I needed the connection elsewhere.

We try all the time. She's just picky lately. Ended up doing just lots of snacks on that trip. Next time may need an actual lunch... Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

+1 for "It all comes down to what's nearby". In the SD area there are several 70cm repeaters. Very handy. Out in the desert, I've only run into 2m. One radio lets me hit both...

We have an ancient round set of these from my wife's family. I think I'm going to sneak them into the rig and surprise her with a pie of some sort on the next trip..