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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Found my exhaust leak(s) was expecting to find a cracked header (because Jeep) which is why i had already ordered up a new one. So i guess ill put the old header in the attic as a spare. I had put this gasket and header on about a year and a half ago.
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    Gaia Tablet Options

    Got my Venkyo tablet returned and picked up a Lenovo M8 for just under 100 dollars. So far so good. Much better GPS chip, and the whole touch screen works lol
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    Quick radio question

    Quick answer is no. FRS radios are FRS radios and GMRS radios are GMRS radios. Longer Answer- "Dual Service" radios stopped being allowed to be sold in 2017 when they made a bunch of changes to the GMRS/FRS rules. While GMRS FRS share the same simplex frequencies you can't use a GMRS radio...
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    What kind of knives do you carry?

    Daily carry is a Kershaw Brawler spring assist. Cheap enough I don't care about using it for nearly everything. When camping I use it for small tasks including cutting up food. Less cutlery to carry to just use my pocket knife for eating, it cleans up fine. I also typically carry a...
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    Awning....rectangular or wing?

    Tarp, guy lines and a couple of painter's poles. Attach the tarp to your vehicle however you can come up with then roll up the poles and guy lines into the tarp and bungie them to the vehicle. when you get to where you want to setup undo the bungies, roll out tarp, guy it out and boom awning...
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    Shooting of Offroaders

    Wonder if the guy was local and knew the deceased. As for booby traps. It happens on the road too. More than one popular motorcycle road has been booby trapped with oil spills and gravel in corners and whatnot. Some folks have been arrested for placing them there over the years.
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    How bare bones do you go for a short trip?

    Everything is prepacked on my shelving. Most of the stuff doesn't change whether I'm going out for a night or weeks other than how much food and clothing I'm carrying. For an overnighter I probably won't rig up my pressurized water either and just toss a 5 gallon jug in there.
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    Skottle v. Coleman Dual Burner Stove

    Just gotta look outside of Wranglers for the low cost Jeeps. Grand Cherokees (ZJs, WJs) sometimes XJs but their prices are slowly climbing and finding a clean stock one is getting harder.
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    How do you get weather updates with no cell service?

    NOAA Weather Radio. Practice listening to it at home before using it to get your weather in the sticks. Some GMRS radios have it, some CBs have it, if you have a HAM radio you can just program the stations in...
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    Ultimate Adventure 2019

    I have some of the older ones on DVD as well. Motortrend On Demand has them back to 2013 I believe. I have some from prior to that I'd have to dig though my big binder o' DVDs and see which ones.
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    APRS- Overland Bound

    Nah I might add it on there though.
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    Ultimate Adventure 2019

    The entire shindig was in Alaska IIRC. Off Road Power Products had their videos out late last year or early this year on You Tube. Motor Trend had been releasing little bits of it for a while via YOutube. I have been checking the Ultimate Adventure section of the Motor Trend app monthly since...
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    Ultimate Adventure 2019

    Peterson's 4 Wheel and Off Road Ultimate Adventure 2019 is finally up on MotorTrend if you are a subscriber.
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    Skottle v. Coleman Dual Burner Stove

    I just meant the oven. I'm pretty happy with my dual burner propane stove. I liked my dual fuel 424 for the most part after it was running. Didn't care for futzing with it to get it up and going when a propane stove is just a spark away from being ready to go. And it was larger than I wanted...
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    What's a good way to charge my 12v battery box?

    This place claims they make a 370amp unit for Imprezas and a few others.
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    What's a good way to charge my 12v battery box?

    Rock Auto shows a 200 amp alternator. Not sure what the base requirements are for the car and what kind of reserve you have.
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    What's a good way to charge my 12v battery box?

    Check these out. On high they move just as much air as my 12v fans have. Ran one for 3 nights straight on my box. Barely put a dent in the batteries.
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    Skottle v. Coleman Dual Burner Stove

    Im on the hunt for one now. Would love some biscuits and gravy lol
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    New guy from SE Texas

    Basically non existent. Very little of Texas is public land. The majority of "overland" type routes are basically just graded gravel county and farm roads. Very little in the way of dispersed camping with few exceptions. If you are used to the land available for various outdoor use in the...
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    Boo

    Doubles down again,. Deletes all of his posts and rewrites his original post. Good thing they were quoted so everyone can see what was said. :tearsofjoy: