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    Dfw/frisco meetup???

    carol I'm not getting into a pissing contest with you. re-read your post. PERHAPS... simply next time you set up an event. a few days out post a reminder on the thread. then you get more than 5 to 15. I have six people in frisco that want to do things. Also there are another 25 people...
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    Dfw/frisco meetup???

    right I run 4 companies and deal with crazy political madness from the current administration. like I have time to build a local four wheeling group. this is why the DFW group doesn't grow. when someone makes a suggestion people get butt hurt...
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    Dfw/frisco meetup???

    the issue here is 'rally points" get set.. and then things fall apart. IF the DFW area wants to grow as a group.. then SOMEONE has to simply drop a note on the thread a few days ahead. WHY?? because the thread sends out an email automatically. if YOU go up and look at this tread I posted...
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    Dfw/frisco meetup???

    how about sending an email out a few days before.. or make a post to remind people of a meet up? I could have made it.. but have been crazy busy. so notes on a calendar... dont work I tossed by phone at 5pm friday.. and won't pick it up until 9am tomorrow.
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    Dfw/frisco meetup???

    set one up...see who comes.
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    Opus OP4 --- our two weeks and a new found respect for our Defender 110

    thats right... the equipment upfit is done in usa.
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    Opus OP4 --- our two weeks and a new found respect for our Defender 110

    After I did the review, I contacted Opus.. and by a turn of fate I also called a friend who imports cars and other items from Asia. he turned me on to two manufacturers that make several of the Australian market trailers that are now being imported into the USA. So, me being me... I sent an...
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    Opus OP4 --- our two weeks and a new found respect for our Defender 110

    Thanks... and yes Opus needs some quality control help... and maybe a design engineer. On the boatbuilder front. you think you might be interested in working / helping on a expedition trailer project / prototype build? Re the D110.. and Dallas... Thanks.. and yes they are about dead. so...
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    Opus OP4 --- our two weeks and a new found respect for our Defender 110

    I got back monday... it's wednesday --- we already have a rough design and I've talked to a fabricator about a frame. Looking at composite construction for the box portion. looks like a mix between a bruder exp4 and a boreas xt but the total length of the 0p4. I have a chevy volt battery...
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    Opus OP4 --- our two weeks and a new found respect for our Defender 110

    I don't really know if you would consider a trailer as 'gear' but in this case. a honest review needs to be done due to the lack of info in the American marketplace. For the record, we rented our OPUS op4 from Rvshare... so this is as unbiased as one can get. Our money, our time, our...
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    Garmin Overlander

    agreed. we just came back from doing the Grand Staircase... no cell signal. gaia and on x... didn't work. i used my old gps and papermaps. old school.
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    Australian Style "caravan" for rent?

    My gf after a long discussion stated she wants to take an extended overlanding trip. the issue here is she has a medical condition which causes her to get up to many times a night to use the toilet. I'm not really comfortable with her out on a porta... or a tent toilet in the dark. So I am...
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    Routes, trails, camp sites, resources and knowledge help for upcoming cross country trip - Summer 2021

    im planning to leave in a week for glen canyon and the area... likely north rim of grand canyon as well. taking the defender 110 and a expedition trailer.
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    Continental Divide 2021

    there are a few places in my files the road is more boulder trail... but it is RIGHT on the divide line.. the black tubing put in is tight next to the trail. the new mexico part is interesting... but after three days we were begging to see SOME form of water. lol