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Greetings all, Just wanted to let you check out a great custom made rack I had made for my DRZ400s for an extended Baja surf trip I just completed in southern Baja. The rack was made for me by Justin at Nomadic-Racks. He's out of Santee, California (I found him on Craigslist) and I've got...

Need a recommendation I had an xp-3 that worked fine twice. I used it to jumpstart a guy's car - it worked great. I took it along as my back up jumpstart source on a three week trip to Baja- it worked once more on a motorcycle but when I checked it a few days later it was completely dead...

The Zamp panels that I have are designed to stand up with the folding legs that are attached to them. I think you could probably fabricate some type of clamp to mount them to a roof rack but I think there are other brands that might offer panels ready to be mounted. There were times when a...

Mr. Bronco, I'm the least knowledgeable about the technical side of this stuff, but I can tell you that you can do the Cabo trip with a much more basic set up then you are proposing. I know because I just did it. We spent 21 days living out of our Callen camper mounted on my Tundra 4x4- I...

Congrats on your AWESOME Callen and those two friends you have look like good people too. I'm sure mine is really heavy too- and I've been loading it up with all kinds of stuff inside too. I put airbags on it and it rides fine now - I'm sure I'm over taxing my suspension but it handled our three...

Thanks Cali! Thanks for the info on the readout, I love getting good info. I'll check it next time we're out and about- may do a couple weeks this Spring. ARB + Solar was perfect- troubled that my lithium jump pack (AntiGravity) just died- do you know of a reliable brand?

Thanks for the suggestions Rayra. I did have a lithium jump pack from AntiGravity - I jumped a car with it when I first got it, then recharged it for the trip- it showed a full charge (all purple lights illuminated indicating full charge) then I jumped a moto with it in Baja. Two days later is...

I use a ZAMP 120 watt portable solar system with attached controller. It's got a cable that's about 10' long- and that cable comes with two interchangeable attachments- an SAE type (I think that's what it's called- I have it on my motorcycle heated gear and battery tenders- you push it together)...

21 Days in Southern Baja with Single Battery System, 52L ARB and 120watts solar Happy to say the system worked perfectly! And that was good because my AntiGravity Lithium Jumpstart pack died 3 days into the trip- so, in effect, I had no self jump capabilities if my electrical needs (ARB Fridge...

Alright- thanks for all the tips! I'm on the road 6am tomorrow we're going to try to make it to the Santa Rosalilita area to catch this NE blow that's coming with supposedly some good surf. Right now I'm looking at the ARB sitting here in the living room and it's humming along getting nice and...

Thank's for the tip Allen- we head down every winter for three weeks beginning the week before Christmas- IB to southern Baja with stops at select spots (depending on conditions and surf report) along the way. Put it on your calender for next year- consider yourself invited- camp at my place in...

Thank's for the tip Allen- we head down every winter for three weeks beginning the week before Christmas- IB to southern Baja with stops at select spots (depending on conditions and surf report) along the way. Put it on your calender for next year- consider yourself invited- camp at my place in...

AceBrown: Yep- got the local food part covered... no hotdog within 30 miles is safe when I'm around- of course, con kso (queso). My favorite is to load up on the roasted chickens- the ARB should be good for keeping the leftover chicken chilled. Couple spots we hit though- nobody and nothing...

Thanks Ace Brown for the blanket tip- I'll do that AND make sure that I don't block off the vent on the back of the ARB (already made that mistake). Amoca: Your trip sounds super fun- and with three motos running it too- maybe I'll do that with you guys someday. I'm going to take three or four...

It's my second favorite wave down there.... the first shall never be named :)

I had this exact same thought about 4 months ago. I ended up installing a group 31 size diehard platinum with 100 amp hour capacity in my 2007 Tundra (it fits). I power an ARB 50L refrigerator and a water pump for taking freshwater showers. I bought a 100watt Zamp portable solar panel and a...

Wow- good to know about the no dumping gray water in state parks deal. I've been showering outside of my truck (I have an on-demand propane hotwater heater connected to a 20 gallon water tank) all over the place and will be more careful now. We have a little shower tent and we stand in a water...

Alright! Thanks for all the tips- so basically, treat it like a big conventional cooler and have everything put into it the night before departure pre-chilled- and pre-chill the thing by turning it on a day ahead of time. Got it. And the beer slush-point with obvious freezing point depression...

Okay, first of all, I want to let you all know- I gave the search tool a fair shot and didn't get the info I was looking for, the Google machine was no help either. Here's what I need to know: What's your procedure for prepping your ARB 'fridge for a long trip? I've got a 50L ARB with jacket -...

Thanks Mr. Lexus- vest and toolbag are in brand new condition- stoked!