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Hello Slowlane: Thanks for sharing this with us. I admire your interest and care for a natural system. Howard

We've used three tablets - a WiFi only Samsung, an iPad Pro 12.9 and an iPad Pro 11. Both the iPads are cellular capable and used constantly. The Samsung gathers dust. In some systems, iPad for example, the cellular capable tablets also have their own GPS units. Whatever you decide, I...

And you've driven one. What do you think it's like for us mere mortals?

Welcome to the Salsa clan. I ride a 2017 carbon Cutthroat on about 30% of my rides. It is a great bikepacking mount as long as the route doesn't involve long sections of rough "hike a bike" - on those trips I prefer my carbon Mukluk on 3" 27.5 wheels. Ironically the Mukluk and the Cuttthroat...

I suspect the drivers of the Kamaz Dakar Trucks might be up to the challenge! Alter the line from Crocodile Dundee ....."That's not a truck....... That's a truck!"

My wife and I own a 2018 EarthCruiser EXP on a 2017 Fuso FG (diesel chassis). While we certainly don't know for sure, we're confident that we'll be able to get parts after Fuso USA completely pulls out of the USA. If parts aren't available through US vendors then we'll order from vendors in...

Two sets of Stauns/Coyotes. One set with two deflators at 45 and two at 35. The other with two at 25 and two at 20. When travelling in our Tacoma with 255/85/16 load range E, I just carry the low pressure set. When travelling in our EarthCruiser with 315/75/16 I carry both sets. In the...

Another vote for new, clean, smooth rollers. I've used Warn 16ti winches with synthetic cable on two different EarthCruisers. The line on the winch with rollers wore much better than the line on the winch with the hawser fairlead. That hawser fairlead was polished aluminum & produced by Warn...

Good luck with that. Howard

I'm looking forward to hearing their reply, and would like to know if they say they will warranty the drop hitch for that use at that capacity. Howard

In general I prefer the USFS 2016 Topos, but they only cover National Forests or the immediate surroundings. Otherwise I prefer the USGS Topo as it is the same as the old quad sheets and has a lot of additional information - springs, old trails etc. - the sort of stuff that helps you explore...

Hello AndyTruck: I haven't tired using one of those first hand so ignore this if you want. Personally I wouldn't try it first hand because I can't see how it would safely work. The first consideration I'd investigate if I was in your position would be confirming how the current receiver is...

Expo Colleagues: I know this truck well. It is in fantastic shape and the solution for dealing with various categories of diesel while travelling outside of the US is fantastic. These folks have taken great care of the truck and their modifications are carefully researched and well...

Hello CactusjK: We use an iPad Pro 12.9 cellular hosting GaiaGPS and we're extremely happy with it. We purchased a unit with the maximum storage to support copious downloading of maps/imagery for offline/out of connection use. We also use GaiaGPS on an iPhone 11 pro (also with maximum memory)...

Latitude & Longitude in decimal degrees. Started with that when I was working across vast regions and the zones of UTM were a pain. The only glitch I ever had with lat/long was in a project where I was mapping floating weather buoys that roamed around oceans for years. When those tracks...

We have a DJI Mavic Air 2 (MA2) and use it primarily for landscape photography and a bit of wildlife photography. The landscape stuff is straight forward where most of our concern deals with lighting, angles, composition, protecting the drone and not bothering anyone else who may be around (we...

Hello Stormsails: I think the suggestion that chains should not be fitted to the front axle of Fusos may come from the Fuso FG owners manual (at least the USA owners manual). Like SkiFreak, I think that snow provides enough slippage that chains on both axles shouldn't inherently harm anything...

The wisest statement of the week on Expedition Portal! Howard

My all time favorite system was on an Olson 40 sailboat we had from 1993 through 2004. It was a pump system but most of the pumps were foot operated so you could pump water "hands free". It was simple, efficient and I think used less water than a pressurized system (only because getting water...

I agree - the total mass of the Fuso with payload and the tow should not exceed 17,045 lbs. A couple of things you've probably already considered - good brakes and controller on the trailer and the fact that with a total moving mass of 17,045 lbs you will be moving slowly - especially uphills...