Recent content by DaveT

Love that area! Don't get there often enough even though Edmonton is pretty close. Thanks for posting some pics!

Apologies...took longer than I planned. What I've built for the rear receiver hitch is a little heavy for a car but it should be adaptable to any vehicle I run with now or in the future and is modular so I can change out parts of it as I need. I built the swing gate out of heavy wall steel...

Funny you should mention the rack. I've completely redesigned things. I found that the rack was too heavy for my wife to flip up when she needed access to the hatch, so I built a swing away receiver for mounting the rack. I just finished it this week so pictures will be incoming soon. It took a...

Working on finishing the wiring today. Want to have all the loose wires sealed up before I give Otto the big wash and wax before winter. I was able to label my interim remote controls by putting some white vinyl on top and just labeling it with a Sharpie. It's not pretty but it's effective.

Some overdue under the hood photos. I'm pretty much done with things under the hood for now so here's what's going on. After killing the OE battery down to 5 volts a few times, I didn't trust that it hadn't been damaged permanently. I swapped it for a second hand Optima red top. More CCA...

I'm still very new to getting properly off road since most of the locals are off roading in either trucks or Jeeps but so far most of our journeys end up between Edmonton and Jasper National Park. I want to do some longer road trips next year. Two trips I want to do next year: Head into the...

I've been struggling with how to control lights and accessories in Otto. I have plans for things inside and out which will require AC and DC power. I want to control everything in a user friendly way without breaking the bank and without having to run wires all over the place. I have two...

In my last post I showed my trunk battery set up. Now I'll fill in some gaps for you starting with the solar set up. Again I'm using parts I had around from previous builds so the parts aren't all matched well but they work. In the trunk I've mounted a 20 Amp solar charger. It's a 'Raggie'...

Since there's interest in my aux battery, I'll start there. My usual disclaimer...I'm doing this on a budget and with intent to not permanently modify the vehicle so some of my design choices might seem strange...you've been warned. And forgive the dirty Subie...it's been raining so Otto hasn't...

Too long of a pause between updates here...I'm working on a bunch of changes to how I have things set up. Trying to race the snow. I'll try to take some pictures this weekend...it's been miserable weather here lately so no good for photos. I've since met up with the only other Overland Bound...

Quick update on things. Since Elk Island isn't an options for me either way, I'm going to make a run to Jasper National park next week instead. The long weekend will be packed but the middle of the week still had a few spaces to spare. I'll be back next Friday. My world gets crazy after the...

Well that was easy....booked up solid. I'm going to cancel and we can try again another time. As for a day meet on the weekend I'm going to not do it on the long weekend. The park is especially busy and I take it some of us will be out of town. I'll plan another event while the summer weather...

Hi Guys, Looks like we don't have enough RSVPs to go through with the event as planned. I know the timing was terrible but my schedule wasn't very agreeable as the organizer; I'll plan ahead better next time. I'll be seeing if I can get a solo spot. If they aren't already all booked, my...

Thanks Bushrat. Just so everybody knows we'll be paying by the day. If there are more or less each night we only pay for who stays overnight that night...as long as we stay above the minimum of 10 people. Also, no freebies for the kids. They count as a full person...so sorry if you have a big...

Great idea Shaun. I just checked and the site is still available. If we don't have enough or somebody books it out from under me while waiting for numbers to grow, I'll change it to a day trip on the weekend instead.