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Oh, in mildly-related stuff - the white-colored grid that I have on this truck......so I use the gray-colored (with carbon) chicken coop flooring grid on the Raider, and it is super-strong and has held up for several years now perfectly. When I decided to use the white stuff on this one (after I...

Was bored today so went ahead and hand-cut six more tiedown eyes out of my last remaining scrap pieces of this 3/16" steel So after breaking two jigsaw blades (teeth too fine, for thinner metal), and not having any more on-hand, I actually used my (new) cordless DeWalt sawzall with a short...

I try to DIY as much as possible, but sometimes just gotta pay for something small to keep things nice on this truck, which I plan to keep for the long haul hopefully. In this case, my different lighting buttons have always been scattered around the dash in various available blanks - left of the...

wow, that's pretty amazing that they don't come with factory tow hooks up front. I figured that was a standard pickup truck/SUV thing......

Hey, I have lights now. Rewired a bunch of stuff up on the rack today to clean up my old haphazard wiring. Anyhow, they work as expected. They hotspot a bit more than I like, so I'll probably get some diffusing film to put on the lenses. Also did a run about 100 miles away in the Porsche to...

Same, I got some 1-gauge, 30-foot jumpers off Amazon for like $50 and put Anderson connectors on them for the winch on my trailer (I tow a racecar regularly, and often pick up project cars that don't run). I run it right off the main battery to the winch. Have never had a problem, even pulling a...

Was recently thinking about the fact that it's annoying not having roof lights on the sides, since my water tank and awning are bolted to the rack side rails, so no real estate there, and they're close to the truck itself since I intentionally made this rack as low-profile as possible. I was...

Same thing the big-ass winches on most Jeeps and 4x4s in the USA are used for: Looks.

Suburban of course is a solid choice, but (and yes, I'm biased), I'll vote 2nd gen Sequoia. A little bit less length than a Suburban (but not much less), but fits five easily with plenty of gear and way more refined than the big GMs for long hauls, in my experience. Tows great (I generally tow...

I probably would have gone that direction too except for I already have that crossbar there and it would have been a ton of work to remove. Plus i like having the front receiver. But yeah there's a lot of room down below for sure, It would easily fit this winch and probably a every larger one.

It's 35 degrees in my driveway, so of course let's work on the Raider. Time to install the winch. I had somewhat of a plan of what I was going to do and that's pretty much what I did, but had to make a few workaround for things. In any case, after doing some measuring, the first order of...

all wired up and working. Still have a bit of wire cleanup to do, but it's functional.

yep. If you look back a ways I already have a beefy crossmember both bolted and welded to to the frame horns for the front hitch (formerly the OEM trailer hitch on a suburban, flipped forward), so it's basically the same idea of what you have. It's just hidden behind the bumper so nobody really...

So my parents sent me an early combo birthday/Christmas present..... You may ask, why? If you read this thread you know I already have a 5000lb (non-Apex) HF winch on a hitch mount so why would I need another one? Well, the other winch and hitch mount largely spends its time on my trailer...

will check them out!

Made some progress on the GMRS install. As noted, picked up the Midland MX275. It's not the setup overlanders out in the midwest would use, but for the East Coast, with plenty of repeaters and less distance I expect it will do well, especially since most of the use will be with other nearby...

My rig is more often than not used for towing my rally car and camping out at paddocks (often totally dark) and other non-campground areas that have lousy lighting. In addition, we often need lighting not only for hanging out, cooking, etc but also for fixing the car between race days. At the...

Looks pretty impressive if it's as good as the specs, but as someone living in a high-income area, I'm sure I'll get a good look at them parked in driveways all over my suburb (far from any overlanding) with multiple Rotopaxes, shovels, and fire extinguishers on the rack and a new RTT on top...

So while Black Friday shopping for the family, I did a bit of Black Friday shopping for myself. I had planned just to swap the GMRS 5w unit from my Raider, which I use for trail comms, to the Sequoia for adventure trips...but figured that's a hassle and would rather just have one permanently in...

Diy. VW Westphalia upholstery. Not too difficult!