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I have had about 3 deals fall through on an extended fuel tank for my 80 series. (Okay, one actually was wise and decided to keep it :) ) I wouldn't mind external can carriers, but my roof is totally consumed by the roof tent. My rear tire carrier can't handle the weight. Thoughts?

Easter Jeep looked crazy this year. Driving into town I saw some long-term campers a stone's throw alining Hwy 191 where camp sites on any normal weekend would not exist. It's chill here (figuratively and literally) despite the outrageous damage done not seemingly by Jeeps, but rather a...

So I'm a total mead fan! Love it. The real stuff too, just plain honey mead. It's really hard to find a good meadery. http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1628&highlight=mead Looks like a few people have done this. Can someone point me to some reference how to start...

I've noted that some folks on this board pad their picture postings. This is adding an artificial black or white border or alternating (even drop shadow) border around their digital photographs. Do people do this to `frame' the picture better for the web? Do they do it to call more attention...

I don't know who it was, but I was running around the lake where we are right now and saw this ************ 4 door Chevy Silverado go by (nice and slow due to the traffic). Now, me saying that is heavy, because this thing was totally tricked for an expedition, and I am not a fan of many domestic...

After several days of snow and ice, when the skies cleared I took a fun 9.2 mile up & down mountain road to see how the UZJ100 does in the snow. It's normally nothing to write home about in any Cruiser. The route is here and is only 1800 total altitude delta...

Folks, here is the first looks at a dapper ol' bloke who decided to put an Eezi-Awn 2200 on the roof of his FZJ80. To take a semi-quote from D. Trump: ``You'd look good in a tent like this, I know I do.'' First impressions are great and ``damn...that really is a big tent up there!'' It's...

...wait a minute...we're not modifying the wife so get that out of your head right now!!! The wife wanted to feel a little more...cough...herself while shuttling the wee ones to toddler Yoga and infant massage and taking those huge shopping trips to the mall. It started with an OME 80 series...

Big Bend National Park Expedition February 1-4 2007 This is the planning thread for the Big Bend National Park Expedition. We will gratefully submit our travel story to Overland Journal in hopes of acceptance :) Our current dates are February 1st through 4th of 2007. This is a trip one does...

To which side (not fore & aft) would you prefer the rooftent to open, and what is the reasoning? I don't have the vehicle width with the 2200 Eezi-Awn to do a fore | aft opening. I am reasoning now to make it open to the passenger side as more gear would naturally be stored over there and...

No, nothing planned, quite the opposite, trying to plan some tentative 2007 trips. First half of 2007 will be exploring more of Arizona. Looking for your top 5 long-weekend exploration areas that could be child friendly (means: daily driving outside of getting there and back is under 3 hours...

LC takes top two spots on SUV reliability. Cool: http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/autos/reliable/9.html I've owned only 6 Cruisers in my life thusfar, some in fabulous and some in shamble condition. I know where each of them are right now, and they're all running beautifully. I have to...

You semi-pro photographers, what are the specs on a wide angle lense that I should be looking for my 35mm SLR? I'm thinking a Nikkor 24mm F2, but want some opinions? Thanks,

How true are the lengths/sizes on the Eezi-Awn?. For instance, the 1600 is theoretically very close to 63" wide. With the canvas cover on it, and some material side `bleed,' is it 64", 68"; for how much extra space much one account?

Looking for a small VGA (very important) LCD monitor for vehicle installation. Anyone have any good pointers?

I'm old school in the computer world, if it can't be edited and managed by vi on a vt100 terminal it's worthless. USB is for punks. My GPS receiver has a USB (male A?) cable. But I'm writing software to read NMEA on rs232 serial. All the adaptors go from rs232 to USB. I need it the other...

...is lacking. Just took our stock 100 series for its first Colorado road trip from PHX, up through the San Juans & San Luis Valley, back through Western Slope and Moab. Lot of road, little off-road, and some good sand dune miles. Packed down lightly (for us) the 100 drove like a 70s vintage...

Driving from Durango to Denver yesterday in the Northern San Luis Valley I officially saw and felt the first snow of the season, 26 Aug. Usually it's Sep 10/11 that I'm in my first snow. The temp in the 30s sure did feel good though! One year we got about 12" on Lake Dillion, CO on 4 Jul but...

Is it just I? Does it seem like there is `haze' now everywhere? I just drove down & back from Tucson today and it was hazy all the way from PHX. My recent trip to Tuweep held the same smoky air, clouding the view if you will. Gooseneck State Park in UT was such an un-crystal-clear day yet...

I may loose a bet here at work. I insisted there was a lift/suspension kit for a 2006/2007 Ford Ranger. I'm finding nothing :O Is there such a thing?