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I agree completely about asking why the Discovery 5 wasn't included. My TDV6 Discovery was a great vehicle that could swallow a cased seven foot interior door, get over 600 miles on a tank of fuel and easily walk up a tough hill climb that defeated a 109" Series II pickup on a trail ride. It...

Chad was an industrial designer with Boeing - I'm a retired Lockheed Manufacturing Engineer (24 years on the F-22, 3 years on F-35, rest of my time was working on the C-130 and C-5 aircraft). One of the reasons I've got a Terrapod on order to replace my perfectly serviceable Maggiolina is how...

I had a Maggiolina for ten years and spent a couple of hundred nights in it. Great tent and no complaints at all but I recently sold it and have a new Terrapod tent on order. Check out the thread in camping equipment on them. I wanted something lighter and lower profile than the Maggiolina...

I was wondering if you had some kind of ladder stabilization plate/bracket worked out for the tents and what kind of ladder you recommend? I have the 8.5' Extenda-Step from my previous tent that I could use - just wondering if you've found something better. I have some ideas but was wondering...

I agree - the P300 has plenty of power and lower differential gearing so it should be better off road in low range. Like you I wanted it to be as mechanically simple as possible with 18" wheels and no sunroof. I did opt for an upgraded interior with the heated and cooled seats along with all of...

And that's why I carry my five pound bottle in a carrier on the roof rack. I really like my sixteen inch two burner Partner Steel stove. When you are camping out of a Defender 90 smaller appliances are a good thing.

Seven dwarfs if they sleep crosswise... Chad is one of those oversize humans so he made a tent long enough for him to stretch out in. Looks great guys - I especially like your installation crane rig.

I'm pretty pleased with my Samsung Tab 2 Active and Bluetooth Garmin antenna combo - Ram makes a cradle for it that has the charging pins leaving the USB-C port available for other uses. I'm running Gaia on it and it does well displaying .gpx tracks, I mounted a 1.5" RAM ball to a low phone...

Bill- You ought to drive over to Gainesville to Terrapod World Headquarters and check them out in person. It's the little details and overall design that Chad has incorporated into these things that convinced me to give up a perfectly usable Maggiolina for something that I think is far better...

Have the nose pieces for the SOLO model arrived yet? No shipping required for that one - the D90 is ready and waiting to drive up and get dressed up in its new tent.

Its about 9' tall fully extended and I couldn't find one that is shorter. I like that this one has individual locks on the rungs - some only have one lock. Its worked real well for me for about eight years in all kinds of conditions.

A lot of us use extendable ladders like this one because they collapse down and can be stored inside the roof tent or the vehicle. The original ladder for my old Maggiolina was painful to use.

Just filled the Defender 90 up for the first time since September - mostly running errands around town - and put 19 gallons in my now 23+ gallon capacity tank. I had 363 miles on the odometer since the last fill up which confirms my range estimate of around 400 miles on a full tank. With an...

I like those - need to do some measuring tomorrow to see if they will fit in some of the cabinets in my travel trailer. I'm sure they will be a good alternative to some of my Wolf boxes.

No worries, we understand that there are things way beyond your control and it really isn't camping season yet. Just keep teasing us with some under construction pics to keep us entertained. Little details of your design ideas are always fun to keep us distracted.

"I'm also far from the dinosaurs you see on this forum who insist a proper Land Rover has to be coil sprung and on an independent chassis." Actually a proper Land Rover has leaf springs, a metal dash and no gearbox synchros on first or second - those later model pretenders with coil springs and...

Black & White - thumbs up for an artistic touch! Monochrome is cool...

I'm trying to use an android based Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Active 8" tablet for my GPS running Gaia and think I'm getting real close to a working, highly accurate system. This tablet has external power points that can be used with a cradle that has contacts that correspond to it. That would leave...

I've had several vehicles with heated screens and they are very nice when you come out to a frost covered vehicle in the morning. My 2003 Mini introduced me to the benefits of heated seats but true decadence is the heated steering wheel (and heated AND cooled seats) in the new Defender. My LR3...

Pic of my 109 diesel wagon from a trail ride in 1996