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With no scale in the picture, it is hard to say “how bad” that is. How much gap is there, and is it at every corner?

Wrong size bulb seal? Wrong durometer (squishiness) of rubber in the seal? Seal too cold on install?

So my Kukenam was from the time before Tepui sold to Thule, but I can tell you that the mounting rails on the tent itself could be installed either orientation, with one side needing to be cut shorter than the other. So, for instance, if you want to have the tent open over the side, you would...

You might do even better to do an actual sous vide immersion circulator. I use one at home fairly often, low cost, small to store, easy to use. I haven’t measured its power draw, because in the kitchen it isn’t really a concern. Overall this is a cool idea though.

Can you turn them sideways and mount bar to bar? Having a minimum crossbar spacing doesn’t really seem to make sense. You could have bars as tight as you want as long as there are enough and the overhangs aren’t too long. More details about vehicle and tent would be useful.

I like that your floor is flat to the tailgate surface. That is one of the drawbacks to my AT Chaser. Is your floor sitting above a subframe? Is the tailgate attached to the rear frame of the trailer? I would be curious to see the details of that particular alignment.

Be sure to do research, research, research and then more research when calculating gas strut length, force, angle. I decided to change the weight of my AT Chaser lid, which required different gas struts mounted in different places. It cost a fortune as I went through 3 different cycles of...

I personally wouldn’t have gone V6, the I4 Turbo develops a lot more torque where it is needed.

Every time I’ve gotten in to significantly modifying a trailer, I’ve come back to the painful understanding that it would have been cheaper and easier to start from scratch. Considering that the box is designed for a truck, have you considered getting a full ton truck axle and springs? Here in...

It should be very easy to build a frame for, although it might be a very heavy trailer relative to its size. There is a sub section here about 12V / Solar / Wiring and will answer all your power questions a hundred times over.

If you go the “turn off inverter” route, you probably need to be sure you find a fridge with the older style knob based controls. I’m thinking that something digital would try to reset to defaults every time the power goes on or off.

Every time I check it does!

I’m just guessing that you will end up over time finding a lot of broken fridges and broken “stuff” in the fridge due to the appliance not being designed to tolerate the multiple g-forces developed on rough roads (or even just normal potholes)…. However, the ability to easily swap and source...

They are eating at the restaurant just behind the camera. I keep my chuckbox and fridge in the back but cook at a folding table that I move around. I rarely actually carry the box to the table, but can if needed. The extra walking keeps more odor out of the rig and allows repositioning for...

Maybe? My 2 person Tepui was about 100 lbs and I could see the ability to shave a lot of weight by using lower grade materials. I could see the claim being close to true if you stripped the cover, mounting hardware, mattress away and got a little optimistic. Context probably matters. Was he...

Not your proudest moment? You fixed your problem for $5. How can one not find pride in that?

Where does the second, smaller positive cable in the picture go? Presumably not to the main fuse box? If you disconnect only that cable, does the amp rating drop to zero? Also, do you know what the voltages were on each battery before you installed them?

529 Ohms is very high resistance, and at 24V nominal represents a .05A draw. Theoretically, that would take thousands of hours to flatten your battery. 529 milliohms, 0.529 Ohms, is almost 50 amps and could flatten you in 2 hours, and maybe start a fire if it is a short circuit. Knowing if...

When you say “found 529” at the main power wire, you mean a continuity check from the positive battery terminal to the negative battery terminal with the batteries disconnected recorded 529 ohms? It should be open line. The next thing to do would be pull every fuse and then do the same check...

Gas caps like that are all over the place. Yes, Tractor Supply should have one, also any major hardware store or place that does lawn tractors and such. Duct tape will keep contaminates out in a pinch. When you are testing with no power source in continuity mode, you are literally checking...