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:xxrotflma I drive a school bus we have more mirrors than anything out there, you learn to depend on them. The FJ blind spot complaint is overblown IMO. Yes you do have to pay attention while driving, but you should be anyway. Brushhog, the more you drive it the more you will like it maybe...

My DD is also my offroader/camping rig, but I usually walk to work since its only a mile away. Just can't justify the extra cost of another vehicle.

If space and $$$ are not an issue then I would probably go with the 63 qt. size, fridges are like garages you can always use a bigger one. I have an ARB 50qt., a 63qt would not fit in the space I have. It easily handles 2 people for 5 days I have found after almost 3 years of use.

Nice choice on the FJ, you won't believe what it will do in a stock configuration. :wings: As for bumpers...everybody has their favorites, mine is the Aluminess on the front. Weight is the biggest reason for me, the ARB/Road Armour/Fab Four all fail on this. Even without a winch most steel...

Best place to see most of the models they make in one place would be at the Overland Expo, which is being held at Flagstaff this May. Depending where you are located in Cali it may not be that far of a drive for you and well worth to make up your mind on which one would be right for you. I went...

AT will add a 2nd tank on the other side if you want, but I don't think there is enough room to put a 20lb tank though and a small tank won't run a portable campfire for very long. I carried a couple 20lb tanks inside the main box of our Horizon for the campfire and a smaller tank to run the...

Looks like a good option, can you give more details on it?

I sleep in a sleeping bag, no sheet needed.

Bob, sound like your trailer project is coming together. Amazing considering its been less than a year since the FJ Cruiser summit you mentioned you were going to build a new style trailer. I would not want a inside potty myself, but I'am sure there are plenty of others who would. Make it an...

I have 2 Wiggy's rectangular bags that zip together to make a double bag. One is rated @ 0, the other around 30 degrees, so depending on time of year and where we are camping we have a lot of options for the temp. We also have a Kelty double bag that has a down half and a synthetic half, that by...

Wise words indeed Bob. Keep them warm, dry and well fed and you will have many years of happy camping for sure.:)

In the last 4 years I've had a homebuilt teardrop, then a used AT Horizon and went back to a teardrop. Although the Horizon was a good solid offroad trailer, I just like the teardrop design better. I like the quick set up/pack up (fastest of anything I have used over the last 40 years). Making...

Looking forward to the trip report! :wings:

That was it, Michele Koons was his older sister although I was wrong about her being in a tent (memory not so great), I do clearly remember when he told me about it and how tore up about it he was. Wes (I knew him as Weston) and his family were very well liked in the neighborhood as I recall. It...

I have the same tent on my FJ , worth the extra $$ IMO. Enjoy!

Now thats funny. :elkgrin: The MukLuk/Pugsley are a great quiver bike for sure. The shop I work at just picked up the Salsa bike line a few months ago and I was debating getting the MukLuk but ended up getting the Fargo because it was more practical for where I ride.

Never have heard of anyone being attacked/mauled in a RTT, saw a video once of a elephant destroyong a RTT in Africa, I don't think anyone was in it at the time though. I had a friend in elementary school who's sister was killed in a Grizzly bear attack when camping in a tent at Glacier NP...

X2. A teardrop will tow nice behind his FJ!

Many campgrounds in or around areas that have a high number of Grizzlies do not allow tents or pop up campers, hard sides only. A hungry/determined grizzly can rip doors off of campers and cars so that is not always a 100% guarantee either. I have been camping the last 20+ years in black bear...

I think you have it pretty well covered. I do agree with a slightly bigger fridge if it will fit, I know Chris went with the taller side walls to allow for better fridge access. Fridges are like storage sheds bigger is almost always better. I'am running the same tires on my So Cal teardrop (as...