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    **Tepui Expedition Series Gear Bags**

    Water repellent.. probably, water proof..........?
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    hitch mount tire carrier

    Fold down spare tire carrier CBI offroad....... I have one for my 2009 Ford Ranger, got it several years ago and it has been off road many times. They make several variations of it the simplest one is the one I have...... sorry no photos. mjmcdowell
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    Red Wing Heritage Boots

    Red Wing Boots....... I am just so confused....... anything "Danner"....... period. mjmcdowell
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    best way to carry jerry cans?

    jerrycans..... I have made 10 out and back trips from upstate NY out west, CO, AZ. UT. NV. and a few others, White Rim road, Mojave desert road, Death Val...... and other places. 1000 plus miles up in the Cree nation on gravel roads north of Montreal Canada..... you get the point... X-Tra...
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    Roof basket storage

    Roof rack storage.... All good food for the thought..... I have used my roof rack basket for carrying 3 5 ltr. cans and have not felt that the weight is a concern for COG, a smallish ladder could make it more easy to get them up/down I will have to explore that idea as of now I can manage...
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    Roof basket storage

    Ok... I see lots of rigs with gas cans mounted on the roof in baskets/racks, so my question......... how do you get them up there when full, not as heavy as water but not light either, those mounted in the center look like they would be hard when needed to put up/take down. What are your...
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    1911 or Glock

    1911, 45 ACP, fullsized Colt, built by Mike LaRoccas gun works carried almost daily for the past 25 years or so. 7+1 chambered, condition 1 carry, IWB Milt Sparks summer special, 1 extra magazine, Sparks pouch also.... old school, still works, my preferred combination of several 1911's I could...
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    They Went Without Me so I'll Go Without Them

    Your trip to Alaska 2014 Keith, just got thru checking out you and your wifes trip this past summer to Alaska........ Awesome account!!! I hope we meet again on a future DE. ( I have better tires on the truck now and 2 spares..... :D mjmcdowell
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    LED Light Bars; Post Up Pics

    LED aftermarket light's I have a pair of RIGID Duleys spots mounted on my bull bar, had them installed in NM while on a trip out west (my HELLA 500"s went south somewhere in ARK in the middle of the night) I ran them on the road late at night when there was no traffic up thru NM in the mnts...
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    Extreme Outback Ultimate Overland Recovery Shovel

    Shovel.... The hi-lift "handle all" works fine, I also have a tool called the "Baja Buster" I think, a rather smallish removable shovel head and a hoe, have not used it yet but I think a hoe would be much more useful to remove material in the confined space under a mired truck it has a slightly...
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    DE IV...

    Done... some changes this year, the early trip is on portal and I (mjmcdowell) and Scott B and Laura have completed the 2nd trip, Utah, Flaming Gorge 70 + miles of dirt, remote and wonderful! Wyoming, Green River, dirt thru Bridger park, many more miles of dirt, yellows of the aspens in with...
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    MaxTrax storage solution

    MaxTrax storage brackets..... To any one else, before you spend the big bucks I bet with some thought and cleverness you can come up with a homemade solution much cheaper... I did to mount my "TREDS" to my roof basket and it looks good and works! mjmcdowell
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    Triple Aught Design?

    TAD/GI Joe......... TAD Gear and soldier doll's............ Uhhhhhhhh..... ******!!!!! :Wow1: mjmcdowell
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    What did you use your Hi-Lift for today?

    Hi-Lift.... Took it apart, inspected all parts, painted it a new shiny red!, put it back together and re-mounted it to the roof basket, now it look's all brandy new and never used!! mjmcdowell :sombrero:
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    **Tepui Expedition Series Gear Bags**

    Win? Win??? If this was meant for me.... I didn't know I was in a competition.... mjmcdowell
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    **Tepui Expedition Series Gear Bags**

    Uh.. yeah your points are valid but I do not leave anything that could mold/mildew etc. and stink meaning clothes or sleeping bag's, tent for long enough times for this to happen. Also one would be wise to empty the bags as soon as possible after being exposed to bad weather and air them and...
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    **Tepui Expedition Series Gear Bags**

    Make sure the "Sea to Summit" dry bags are the "Hydrauilic" model as they are the heavy duty ones. mjmcdowell
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    **Tepui Expedition Series Gear Bags**

    "Sea to Summit" dry bags... multiple trips across the country, NYS to Nevada etc. (sometimes lot's of hard rain) at freeway speeds on roof basket, very abrasion resistant and water proof... period. Wayyyyy cheaper also. mjmcdowell
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