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I would do that as well if the ends would fit through the slider tie down slots.

I know just about any type of strap will do and for the past two years I've just been using para-cord to tie down the one in the back of the Jeep. However, we recently got an off road trailer that has a fridge slider in it and I was wondering if anyone had found a setup that they really liked...

Day 3 : VLA Visitor Center and surrounding area Miles: 57.9 mi Trip Time: 8 hrs 41 min Average Speed: 7.8 mph Ascent: 608 ft Decent: 970 ft I was up again before sunrise to get back to the VLA to shoot in the morning light. It is hard to imagine how large the arrays are until you can...

Day 2 : San Lorenzo Canyon to the VLA and surrounding area Miles: 162.8 mi Trip Time: 14 hrs 8 min Average Speed: 11.5 mph Ascent: 5,198 ft Decent: 2,899 ft The next morning I was up at dawn to explore the rest of the San Lorenzo Canyon area before heading off to the VLA. The main...

I recently had the opportunity to drive down to New Mexico in the middle of the week to check out the Very Large Array (VLA). Some of you might remember seeing the VLA in movie Contact staring Jodi Foster. For those of you that do not know what the VLA is, here is the description from the...

@jhmoore Thanks for the info on Skalkaho Pass, I'll look that one up. And I completely understand about photography not being a spectator's sport. Even though my wife likes to take photos, I can't take her with me when I when I go out to photograph as I just feel bad about her standing around...

Great photos and it sounds like you had a great trip. I'm just starting to research an overlanding trip up to MT for next summer. I'd love to hit the rut and fall colors like you did, but my son will be with me so we have to do it in the summer.

LOL, who said anything about buying someone else's lemon? I said an economically rational person does not buy a new truck, but instead waits for the depreciation to run its course.

An economically rational person does not buy a new truck. Then the depreciation does not matter anyway. That's the truth right there.

Talk to Nuthouse Industries about their bedrack with removable crossbars. You could get the standard bars and then a set designed to hold a crap ton of skies. They custom build each rack, so can do pretty much anything you can think of... and pay for. lol

Contact Nuthouse Industries about some hubs. I talked with them a lot at Expo West and they said they could match the trailer wheels to my (not purchased yet) ZR2. Their engineer owns a diesel ZR2 that he had there with a cool bed rack on it.

Bed rack for the skies and other long items?

I was really impressed with the Nuthouse Industry line of products. After talking with the company engineer for about 45mins, it was clear they really put some thought in the build and details of their products. It is also nice that you can order their trailers anywhere from the basic "box" to...

I don't think it is that odd that they put that warning in there. The truck only has a 1500lbs payload capacity and a small foot print. Not a good combo for a slide in camper. If someone need one of those, they should really be looking at a full sized truck.

I think skids for the shock mounts is the way to go to solve that issue. There are much larger differences between the Collie and the Taco that should be the driving factors on purchasing one over the other. I test drove both back to back and the Taco was so uncomfortable to sit in for even the...

Looking good so far.

Thanks. Yes, R&R is no more :( James was a great guy, it is too bad what all happened to him.

Thanks. My favorite photo from the whole trip is the one of my son in his red jacket, pointing at the top of the Dunes. He already wants to go climb the Great Sand Dunes a few hours south of us in CO. Luckily, my mom has a place about 30 mins from the trail head that leads over the pass into...

The trip data came from Gaia GPS via my phone. I also used an inReach to track/log my trip. I did my advance planning on Google Maps to get the distances and rough times. For actual navigation, I used Gaia with the area downloaded for offline use. I just used simple way points for places I...

Thanks! Those are just screen shots from Google Maps using the Terrain view (as apposed to sat or street map). It's a little be of a pain to get it to route the way you want it to, you have to drop a lot of "destinations" along the route to force it to do what you want.