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Nathan, Sounds like you are looking for a cold weather solution. There are all kinds of ideas out there. The first solution is your tent, you want to go with passive solutions before you start with active systems like the Zodi heater. For example, no one can sleep with a Zodi heater on...

Martyn, Just shows how far the off road trailers have come. Frenchie's 4x4 trailer was state of the art a few years back. It works well, for rock and gravel, just wouldn't want to put anything of value in it. But, as you know, I'm not a real off road guy, but I can't understand why in...

Maybe I spoke too soon, appears that IVECO may be coming to the US. Then again, they have been talking about bringing Alfa back for years. http://beyondcars.blogspot.com/2007/07/fiat-bringing-iveco-trucks-stateside.html Rich @ AutoHome

Hey Jeremy, Your tent looks great, it is a Maggiolina On Line. These came in small and medium, yours appears to be a medium sized one. It was the Goldilocks tent for years, just the right size for world travel. The large Maggiolinas tended to overhang the roof on many vehicles so was...

Hey Bob, Great to hear that your tent has survived all you have put it through. I've really enjoyed following your adventures, I was just looking at one of your pictures from Alaska today. The 3M Scotch Guard will not hurt the fabric, think of the fabric like a mesh or lattice, something to...

John, let me know if you ever see any of these surplus. They look to be an IVECO WM90. These use the same basic chassis as my truck. I would love to have the engine mounts and parts to swap over a diesel. This is the only place I've seen them surplus but it is in Italy...

I agree with Martyn, you want to keep things light up there on the roof, if you put a kayak up there, it can be really high. That being said, if you have a vehicle that can handle it. I have a couple suggestions. I don't recommend a kayak on top of a rooftent, the Maggiolina Extreme can do...

Hey Martyn, Yes, I'm trying to give Mike a hand. Just got back from a month in the Copper Canyon with Frenchie, he is a trip. Had us on things he called roads, the logging roads felt like freeways. I have a new appreciation for what you guys do. I've been through hurricanes, and crossed...

I would hold off on the Sunbrella, it is good fabric but has two drawbacks, doesn't handle chaffe and can leak. This is why you don't see it on any of folding tents, it could work on a tent like a Maggiolina with a solid roof and the Sunbrella is on a vertical wall and well protected from...

It is difficult to make a single wall tent keep the rain water out but still breathe. I've done a lot of work with the Maggiolina's fabric through the years, it has a DWR finish (durable water repellant) but even it's finish does wear out with time. Here are some thoughts, they are highly...

Oh, here is what the 4x4 Daily looked like, but it had a winch in front

The IVECO 4x4 has been around awhile. Bjorn, how is your German, here is an interesting link from Switzerland http://home.datacomm.ch/iveco.web/fram_reis.htm A few years back, I saw one of these IVECO 4x4 Dailys set up as a camper for a round the world journey, it was very impressive IVECO...

Hi Guys, I'm new to the group and if it is OK I'd like to give my 2 cents. I've been involved in rooftents for many years, used to bring in Zifer rooftents, you know them now as AutoHome. Yes, they finally discovered marketing and have set up a brand name. I personally think it is great...