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I have an unused, uninstalled 37 or 50-quart ARB fridge slide with the ARB tie-down kit. It has some scuffs from being stored for several years but is otherwise new. $275 including Fed-Ex Ground shipping to the lower 48. Or contact me for pickup in Tucson. Thanks . . .

For anyone who's interested in a Fjallraven Keb jacket, I have one for sale in the classifieds section, here.

For sale is an essentially new Fjallraven Keb jacket. You can see where I've hot-waxed the shoulders and hood per factory instructions, but otherwise it's unmarked. It's a men's medium, which fits my 5'9" 150 pounds very well for layering. It's $300 new; I'd like to get $175 plus actual shipping...

Every Microstart we have, which adds up to about six or seven now, we got directly from the company, and every one works perfectly, including those we've seriously abused combining in threes and doing field welding at the Overland Expo. Obviously no such product is 100 percent reliable, but ours...

There is some really good information here, and just a couple of misapprehensions. To put it all together: 1. Any single-wall tent will condense more than a double-wall tent, for a couple of reasons. Chief is the sharp temperature gradient between the interior and exterior—the cold glass...

What you're going to experience is a huge safety improvement. I have an 8274, and I think speed on winches is highly overrated unless you're in some sort of competition or stuck below high tide line. Winching is a process fraught with possible hazards, and slowing it down doesn't hurt.

Ack. Sorry for that long ride, but thank you for the story. In the end the Overland Expo is really about the community, and we have the best.

Personally I have yet to run into an issue with shock loading. The way I prevent it is to simply ensure that the recovered/assisting vehicle does not exceed the speed of the winch and allow slack in the line that is subsequently taken up abruptly. It's always seemed straightforward to do this.

No kinetic strap should ever be part of a winch system. A proper, wide, non-elastic tree saver is the only proper strap to use as an anchor around a tree. Yes, if my life somehow depended on it and there were no alternative, I'd use a kinetic strap thusly. Otherwise, never.

I'll let her know. Personally I'm leaning toward a wood and canvas canoe.

Thank you—we are negotiating for a new venue; we'll update our website as we have news.

There are non-elastic (i.e. non-kinetic) 'tow straps,' and elastic (kinetic) 'snatch straps.' They can appear virtually identical, and people often interchange the name. I realize you know the difference but I thought it was important to specify—especially after a recovery I came upon too...

The MaxTrax worked great as well in that situation; they were able to deform under the weight of the semi and then regain shape.

We're all hoping you mean your 30-foot non-elastic tow strap . . .

Thank you. Comments like that mean a great deal after a challenging event!

Tim Huber wrote a superb piece on the Expo here, for those who weren't there and are wondering what it was really like—and what the Expo is all about.

I can fill in some details. We just caught the edge of the Hurricane Joaquin system, so while we got about four inches of rain, it could have been much worse. The event was indeed never shut down; however, we did have to close all day parking after the sloped field that is the only area...

Everyone, Richard Bogert, the inventor and manufacturer of the excellent Safe Jack products and a staunch friend of the Overland Expo, is offering a 15 percent discount on all sales between now and October 4th. All you have to do is use the promo code GEARUP (all caps) at checkout. I first...

Great idea for a thread, Kevin. Times and attitudes have certainly changed, thank God. I don't blame the racers in 1970; they didn't know any better. I have a Four Wheeler from that era; inside one cover is an ad for a brush guard called "The Cactus Smasher."

Wouldn't that be something? Just once? Still, I'd rather remain a frequently disappointed optimist.