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    Cleaning Synthetic rope...

    I have a couple large-ish (about the size of your wrist) diameter synthetic recovery ropes. They get dirty and dusty while on the trail and wondered what the best way to clean and preserve them is? Soak them in a bucket of water and then air dry?? Anyone have a good solution??
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    Bantam traile measurments please?

    Can anyone give me the inside demensions for a Bantam trailer? Side to side and F to R with the gate closed? Thanks a bunch!
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    Deep frying a turkey...

    Hey All. Well, by the time I return home it will be about turkey day. I won't be getting leave until around Christmas so I will be doing my thanking alone. I will likely load up the jeep and do some camping and maybe try to fry a Turkey. I've never fried one before. Eaten it yes...but never did...
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    hardside popup Atlanta CL

    Saw this while "trolling" and thought someone may be interested? Cheap too! Not mine...blah-blah http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/rvs/1894323916.html
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    Living in a Shipping Container...

    This was sort of suggested via the thread asking about using a shipping container as part of an Expo rig. I didn't know where to put this so I hope this is good...Mods? I wanted to start a thread about my own personal journey towards living in a shipping container. Ok...you can all stop...
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    Un-Mobile home axle fix...

    So the neat little Bantam trailer I snagged has a flaw. Aomewhere along the line someone swapped in a mobile home axle. What makes people do such things is beyond me but there it is. So...in an effort to eliminate the oddball wheel-deal...does anyone know anything about these things? Can I pull...
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    CL Military trailer TX 600 bucks..

    Just saw this on CL..not mine blah blah... Thought it was clean looking and odd that its a flat bed (Generator?) trailer.. http://elpaso.en.craigslist.org/tls/1879651589.html
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    Hardigg uses?

    If you had a couple of these Hardigg iM2750s what would they be best used for?
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    Cheap interior light idea...?

    Ok, One of you electrically minded whiz kids tell me I'm nuts please... I had an odd idea and wonder if it is doable or not? The inside dome lights on my full hard top no longer work (not worth a hoot anyways when they did!) so I had an idea. I have been using some el cheapo "tap" lights I...
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    CL Monster Ford Colorado

    Not mine (blah blah) but when I saw this I think my jaw hit the floor! To big? Sure! But WOW!! Hahaha http://westslope.craigslist.org/cto/1793444095.html
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    '02 Ford Diesel Advice pre-purchase help!?!

    Hey all... I'm thinking a little bit inside and a little bit out of the proverbial "box" and could use some thoughts from all the Ford diesel Gurus. I'm a Jeep guy so the diesel thing is a little foriegn but spinning wrenches is old hat for me. I'm looking at an '02 Ford E350 Diesel Van...Yup...
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    Worlds longest and/or slowest build...

    Well, I just bought this and I am thinking it will, eventually, become a tag along camper with a RTT and some other usuals. But it will need some love and TLC. And since it won't be able to go to Germany with me next year it will head to storage for a lil while. I am so excited about its...
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    God I hate to post this...M-715 w/camper

    But since I can't save them all...I found this on CL in Denver. Somebody! Make this thing an expo rig!! Please!!! And BTW, no, its not mine or anyone I know...I just have a Jeep addiction! http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/1755999295.html
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    Stainless Steel trailer turned Earthroamer..?

    Sorry if this doesn't go here...not sure where it should. I remember some years ago some guy built a global exploration truck using, basically, a stainless steel semi-trailer that held milk I think? It was fully self contained and was even boat capable! He was supposed to be "driving" it all...
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    In the beginning...

    This is the start of my long journey and build. There is a story, perhaps, to be found here but it will have to flesh itself out as I go... I will start with the abrigged version if I may? As these first words are written I am sitting in Northern Iraq. Proudly serving as a member of the US...
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