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  1. lolzhax

    Dometic Fridge in Pickup Bed and Bear Country

    Grizzlies are an animal I'm not familiar with but the black bear in dispersed areas are easy to scare. They run as far and fast as they can if you yell at them, in my experience. Black bear are only a major problem in developed campgrounds and mountain towns where they're used to seeing a lot of...
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    What is the last thing you bought and plan to buy?

    IMO take those off and toss them in the trash. I'd frequently get rocks stuck between the shield and the rotor, causing some really bad sounds... until I disposed of them.
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    What is the last thing you bought and plan to buy?

    I just bought this gladiator diesel. I have a LOT of things to buy now. lol
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    Offroad Recovery Gear Questions

    If you're using synthetic winch line, those heavy snatch blocks are made for steel cable and not ideal for synthetic line. These are just a few bucks more than a snatch block and weigh a lot less.
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    Plates and bowls, let's overthink this together

    Same... They burn in a wood fire or pack them into the trash bag. I hate washing dishes. lol
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    Offroad Recovery Gear Questions

    Aluminum in a real rough environment becomes a wear item also.. It will with stand some hits but they dent and get damaged with repeated abuse. My next vehicle I'll probably do it anyways, just to be weight conscious in some areas. For me at least, the bumpers and winch are non-negotiable. We...
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    Offroad Recovery Gear Questions

    So you no longer have a bumper or a winch? I guess that's a decision you made to limit yourself on places that you can camp. I wouldn't consider bumpers part of the recovery equipment since that's trail armor, IMO. It's non-negotiable for where I go. Here I am, questioning whether I should...
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    Offroad Recovery Gear Questions

    That's crazy, I'm not sure how you managed to get to 400lbs from rope and aluminum pulleys. My entire recovery kit including straps, 4 pulleys, soft shackles, and a 30 ft freedom rope weighs in at 52.8 lbs... It all fits between 2 bags that are strapped to my roll bars in the jeep. I don't...
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    Offroad Recovery Gear Questions

    Yeah all that old stuff is really heavy. Steel cables weigh around 30 lbs and so does the snatch block. Thankfully now, we're using rope and milled billet aluminum pulleys which weigh a fraction of what that old stuff did.
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    Offroad Recovery Gear Questions

    Because sometimes you wake up and it snowed when you thought it was raining. I've been in that situation in WY. I've also been in the situation where you can't see that the ground is rutted or washed out under the snow. ...or the snow conditions change from corner to corner. One section of...
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    Offroad Recovery Gear Questions

    Some people enjoy fall and winter adventures in mountainous regions. There's nothing more peaceful than the dead silence of a snow covered campsite, as the snow acts as nature's sound deadening. Besides, that's only a couple more small straps and rings than any basic kit should already...
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    Powering a fridge in a Jeep JL

    Over discharging is probably the #1 thing to kill a battery... and no reason to put unnecessary charge cycles on the power station. Just turn off the power station and plug your refrigerator into the extension cord. Switch it to MAX mode and pre-cool everything on AC power.
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    Powering a fridge in a Jeep JL

    Normally, I pull the fridge out of the jeep and plug it into the wall in my garage. My IceCo VL45 runs 24/7/365 between the jeep and my garage. If I'm going out again soon, OR I'm packing a day or two early before going out, I run an extension chord to the back of the jeep (jeep is backed up to...
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    Powering a fridge in a Jeep JL

    I use the EcoFlow Delta 2 Max (2000wh) and the EcoFlow Alternator Charger (800w charger). Runs my IceCo VL45 and Starlink Mini non-stop. Gives me the flexibility to use the power station anywhere when I'm not using it in my vehicle, and the Alternator Charger provides basically unlimited power.
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    Tools you love, cant live without!

    Knipex wrench pliers. The pliers version of a crescent wrench. They feed my laziness by fitting every bolt size. Basically channel locks without destroying your bolt heads... They also work as a mini press, to press things together like roll pins or bearing casings. Way more useful than I could...