Comanche Scott
Expedition Leader
Glad to read you all survived with minimal damage.
Hope the clean up goes quick and easy. :beer:
Hope the clean up goes quick and easy. :beer:
2017 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon with J30 (gobirubicon)
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rubicon91
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rubicon91
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Thanks Scott yeah long road to go hopefully power and internet restored soon. Vacation in 9 days need to work beforehand or no vacation.Glad to read you all survived with minimal damage.
Hope the clean up goes quick and easy.
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And that is why I live on the top of a hill. I can always raft out here with the dog and cat, or stay here high and dry with a months worth of food at home.
No beer would suck, but I have spent 8+ hours on the oars before sober.
Crap ETA: I prefer living in earthquake territory, hurricane prone areas scare me. I was on the Outer Banks when Hugo started to roll in, Ill take the risk of an earthquake. Myrtle Beach was still rebuilding 2 years after Hugo, and 20 years later i still have a jelly fish scar from that trip.
No beer would suck, but I have spent 8+ hours on the oars before sober.
Crap ETA: I prefer living in earthquake territory, hurricane prone areas scare me. I was on the Outer Banks when Hugo started to roll in, Ill take the risk of an earthquake. Myrtle Beach was still rebuilding 2 years after Hugo, and 20 years later i still have a jelly fish scar from that trip.
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Comanche Scott
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Crazy!
A friend was telling me that up north, there is at least one entire electric sub station flooded to the point all the equipment will need to be replaced. That's going to take some time. Also getting power poles may be an issue. They may need to come from further west.
Really feel for all you good folks.
I was thinking about Florida being the number one retirement destination, and thinking about all the people in assisted living and memory care centers. Super Mutt and I go visit those places out here. The stress those folks, and their care providers are under... man. It's just a really tough situation.
Hope the aid/support is overwhelming and fast.
A friend was telling me that up north, there is at least one entire electric sub station flooded to the point all the equipment will need to be replaced. That's going to take some time. Also getting power poles may be an issue. They may need to come from further west.
Really feel for all you good folks.
I was thinking about Florida being the number one retirement destination, and thinking about all the people in assisted living and memory care centers. Super Mutt and I go visit those places out here. The stress those folks, and their care providers are under... man. It's just a really tough situation.
Hope the aid/support is overwhelming and fast.
rubicon91
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So before the Hurricane came I was preparing for my big trip next week. One of the things I did was remount my solar heated road shower to my Jeep. Today was the first day we had everyone back at work. The strain of all the computers and everything overheated our generator at work. Well the owner was trying to hook a hose up to the side of the building but we were missing a piece on the building. Roadshower to the rescue. It was still full in case I needed it for showers after the storm. So pressurize and boom generator is fine now and we are all back to work. A little urban overland use lol
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rubicon91
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Had to get some prep done for my trip in a few days. Got power back last night Yahoo. Still a ton of people here without power. Certain areas are still flooded everyone doing what they can. The prep today was getting my off-road evolution protek skid plate system installed as well as finally mounting my powertank propane mount and putting propane bottle on to see. Next up is to put the trailer contents all back together after using so much over last week due to this Irma nonsense. Hope to be on the road by Wednesday afternoon to get to Applachian Rendezvous by Thursday mid day.
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Comanche Scott
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That EVO skid plate setup is really nice!
Will look forward to hearing how the propane tank works out. I'll be running the same thing on the Scout.
Hope the trip is epic fun! :beer:
Will look forward to hearing how the propane tank works out. I'll be running the same thing on the Scout.
Hope the trip is epic fun! :beer:
jscusmcvet
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Looks great Donny - see you in a couple days
rubicon91
Explorer
Cant wait John! Going to be a fun time for sure.
encryption
New member
@rubicon91 - great build. I have a couple of questions on your setup. I love the look of the Gobi Rack but I've heard that MPG and highway sound turn for the worse with it. How's your experience been? Also, how much room do you have left between your fridge and the TF shelf? I'm not a Jeep owner yet but I am embarking on the overland build adventure when the 18 JL's are out, in anticipation of which, I bought the 65L Dometic which is 22' tall vs the 20" on the 50 qt ARB.
rubicon91
Explorer
Thank you encryption! So you will not have any room between the TF shelf and the fridge. The shelf is on the highest setting and I cannot get my hand between the lid and shelf. As far as the Gobi Rack is concerned yes you do lose some MPG. I could care less about MPG meaning I drive a Jeep so I dont expect to get 18-20 mpg. I get between 12-13 which has been par for the course for both my JKs. I also do not necessarily run it hard driving but I also dont ease into or stay at a certain speed to get great gas mileage. As far as noise is concerned I have had both a soft and hard top. The hardtop with the gobi on is still more quiet in my opinion than a soft top is. I hardly notice any noise at all with my radio on. Now if the radio is off yes I hear it but it is not anything to drastic at all. With you waiting on the new Jeep I am sure that none of what I have on mine would be available to even install on the JL's for a while. Hope this all helps!