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  1. Mike S

    CCW Pistol Recommendations

    Old fashioned I have a Colt series 80 Officer's Model .45 ACP. It is very compact and makes a BIG hole. But I am sorta old fashioned about self defense, and am very familiar with Colt 1911 guns, so that is my choice.
  2. Mike S

    RTT mouting ideas?

    Your Air Camping tents and Autohome OverLand model tents are 'related' and very similar, but the Autohome employs a different mounting system than the one shown. If you would like to call us, I would be happy to discuss various mounting options. 888-852-2359 M
  3. Mike S

    Maggiolina and East Coast?

    We ship to the East Coast all the time. Give me a call and I will give you an exact quote.
  4. Mike S

    2008 F250 Build

    Did you add an extended range tank? I am looking at a 43 gallon Transferflow replacement tank for my F350...
  5. Mike S

    Mud is pollution

    My brother has been in the forest products industry for 40 years. He agrees that, without regulation, the industry would cut every tree they could and would no bother to employ any measures to protect the environment. So regulation of logging is needed - on both public and private lands. Salmon...
  6. Mike S

    Ford PSD transmission build

    I am considering having John Wood in SoCal do an HD rebuild on my F350 automatic transmission. Any one have any experience with John Wood and his work? Thanks.
  7. Mike S

    Camper Shell - Add Racks

    Matt - I assume that you have a fiberglass cap by a major maker. If so, you can safely at a set of Yakima tracks, towers and cross bars. This requires drilling through the roof, so seal the though fasteners with a silcon caulking like Sikaflex. I did this on my standard ARE cap and it has...
  8. Mike S

    Shoe Storage & RTT?

    All the newer AutoHome hard shell RTTs have an elasticized cargo net that covers the forward half of the ceiling. I sit in the doorway, remove my shoes and stuff them into the net. Once inside, the rest of my clothes get folded and put in the net. In the AM, I just reverse the order and sit in...
  9. Mike S

    Personal review of the Maggiolina roof top tent.

    Christian -- thanks for the positive review. The reason we started this company is that Rich and I both love the product!
  10. Mike S

    Super Duty Crew Cab owners?

    I have an 2001 F350 CC SB with the 7.3L. This is a truck for hauling my dogs and towing my Airstream trailer. I very much like the CC arrangement and with the Lariat package it is extremely comfortable. I put a lot of miles in traveling in this truck. I plan on adding a 30 gallon water tank...
  11. Mike S

    Ford / International 7.3L diesel vulnerability

    I had an experience last week with my low mileage (90K) Ford SD 7.3L. The engine stuttered and began to run very poorly, producing very little power. Drove to an International dealer/repair shop and they diagnosed the problem... There is a wire harness for the glow plugs inside each valve cover...
  12. Mike S

    Potential Project, requesting advice

    I started out with a clean, stock FJ60 a few years ago, and spent north of $10,000 getting it here I wanted it... OME suspension, FF rear end and with anti-sway bar, H55F tranny, Dual battery system, electronics, and miscellaneous other goodies. If you add replacement parts and repairs that...
  13. Mike S

    RTT Condensation Barrier

    You can buy this product from AutoHomeUSA. Here is a link: http://www.autohomeus.com/accessories/underMattress.php
  14. Mike S

    Help with battery and/or fridge

    It is quite possible that your battery has a dead cell or has overheated during charging and expelled some gas leaving it below spec. I have found that when you start to have this type of problem with a battery it is not worth the aggravation of chasing down the problem. Replace the battery...
  15. Mike S

    Polyester Vs Poly cotton Blend.

    If these tents are your 'finalist' choices, I would first determine which has the best quality workmanship. All things being equal, in a conventional RTT I would lean towards the poly-cotton blend for it's durability and resistance to stretching. The best fabric for any tent is highly dependent...
  16. Mike S

    Expeditions West: FZJ80 Land Cruiser

    Christian - your aux tank set up seem to be identical to mine - a Long Ranger from Man-a-Fre. Capacity on mine is 44 gallons. I have passed smog several times in California with it.
  17. Mike S

    RTT Questions

    We had our standard Maggiolina alloy ladder tested according to American Ladder Institute standards (the main standards body in the USA) by AM General at their Hummer development lab in Indiana. Set up with a Maggiolina on an H1 Hummer, the ladder sustained just under 800 lbs. before it failed.
  18. Mike S

    One Spice?

    It would have to be either white pepper. black pepper, or red pepper. I do not think that salt is a "spice", it's an ingredient.
  19. Mike S

    Lipstick on a Pig: The 10 Don'ts of Vehicle Modifications

    A great deal of what we do to our vehicles depends on what we do WITH our vehicles and where we do it. I guess that 99% of people here use their vehicle for mobility while traveling the back country and as a mobile camp. Do I NEED a winch? Never have yet. A shovel and a good jack and...
  20. Mike S

    FJ60 wet carpet

    Do you have (or have you had) a roof rack? If the windshield is original the next suspect would be a leaking drip rail. This is pretty common on Landcruisers that use the drip rails for support a roof rack.
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