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Awesome JK you have there. A few points- on your old Jeep, it was the terrible lift holding you back. My JKUR has road tripped from Miami to Moab and entire East Coast and back on 37" beadlocks humming down the road at 72mph with one finger on the wheel. Top notch suspension, hydraulic ram...

I'm wondering if there are any better tie down solutions than what I'm running in my Jeep and had in my last pick up. I was using 2" round L-track disks for the ARB tie down straps. It worked great, but I really don't want to drill 8 holes in the bed of my brand new F150. Is there a better way...

Follow up- I decided to abandon the idea. By the time I pay for one, get everything working, pay to ship to the US, it just isn't worth it.

The problem with an HDJ81 is I can't register it in my prefecture. Japan has been clamping down on older diesels and you cannot get tags or registration for them anymore. The only way they can be bought is to send them right to the boat for export. I found a nice '91 with 55k miles on it, but...

I'm stationed in Japan and heading back to the US next summer. I'm "toying" with the idea of getting a '93-98 Land Cruiser to bring back with me. I already have a fully built Wrangler Rubicon Unlimited in storage stateside. So this would be the family's second rig and knock around truck...

Well in most of today's society, it's considered rude to drop a "deuce" on the side of the road or trail. When I was "hauling poop" around with my Casita, having a potty 15 feet away came in handy for some road side emergencies. Especially with small kids. Too bad my future trailer likely...

Fridge is on quick release L track buttons. Removes in less than a minute. Normally I run around town without it, but when it's in place, it's nice to put the cold groceries in there and still be able to run more errands.

Great, I'm glad this idea is workable and maybe even be a better solution. Fridge in Jeep. Chuckbox that can be moved to either Jeep or trailer. I have an aluminum roll top table I bring as well. I like the small propane tank mounted outside the trailer- easy to hook up the hose to my stove...

I have nearly the same requirements- Limited to 3500 pounds max load. 2 kids. Big dog, although he doesn't always go camping. I started with tent camping out of a utility trailer. Then bought a fiberglass 17' Casita with bunk beds (Heritage model). It was great when the kids were little...

I'm in the day dreaming stages of building an off-road camping trailer. While I love the idea of the outdoor kitchens I see, I like having my ARB in the Jeep. The food and drinks are always with me for a day on the trail, or night if something breaks. It's not hard to imagine unhitching and...

Isn't the Danfoss compressor in the ARB DC powered? I would think it favors direct DC input rather than running an inverter, feeding it AC power, the fridge then uses a converter to change it back to 12VDC.

I've been researching more since I first posted the original question. The Bluetti A200max is a heavy and expensive beast, but one of the very few to use a LiFePO4 battery which lasts for thousands of charges and possibly a decade or more, compared to a Jackery that can only do a few hundred...

Thanks I’ll give it a go. I have a mac desktop was hoping to try out the iPad.

I keep a ARB 50QT in the back of my Jeep. After getting stranded with a dead battery once, I don't trust the voltage cut off to leave the fridge running while out camping with the single battery. Option 1: Genesis dual battery kit, which will cost $600 plus 2 new batteries, another $680 for...

Is there a good iPad app for designing where stuff can go in a trailer footprint? Either 3d or 2d. There’s got to be a better way than graph paper and cutting out scale size camping gear, or is there? I got a fancy new iPad and pen and want to put it to use to plan out my adventure trailer.

Thinking about putting a RTT on a rack onto a short bed F150. We'll have a small travel trailer for the wife, dog and I, but setting up the dinette for the boys every night gets tiring plus I think they'll like having their own "tree house". So the kids can use the RTT. Added bonus, I can...

In Naples Italy I was dropping my Jeep off to be shipped and this caught my eye. Pretty cool truck. Too bad they made them in 2007-2008, too new to import to the US.

I know the differences on paper, but what about real world experience from you guys who are living the dream? Towing with a Wrangler. Plan to take it to off-road parks/trails and sleep in the campground or parking lot, but also be able to tow it on overland missions which are mostly rough...

After camping and having my ARB run my battery down too low and leaving me stranded, I don't quite trust it. Turns out the battery saver was on "low" instead of "high", but even high is 11.8v, which is 35%- too low for my comfort zone. I mostly run the ARB in my Jeep and it now has a single...

I'll jump in. My modified JKUR did "okay" pulling our 17' Casita all over the place. Not great, but not dangerous either. On pretty much every overpass (even in Florida) it would shift into 3rd and be humming 4000+rpm to maintain 68mph. It got the job done. However after a 2000 mile move...