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    DFW

    Hi, from Hunt County.
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    Bottle Jacks

    Go to a junkyard and you can buy a few scissor jacks for that kind of money. Weld a nut on the drive tang and you have something you can work with pretty quickly using a battery powered impact or drill.
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    Rotopax water packs safe for drinking water?

    That's way too much bleach unless you are trying to shock the container. 1/8 TEAspoon would be more like it if the water isn't cloudy. If you are getting your water from a municipal supply and they chlorinate it then you may not even need to chlorinate it yourself for storage. It's not safe...
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    Quietest ATs?

    So far my quietest ones have been my Cooper Discoverer ATs.
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    Lifetime cooler, great cooler for great price

    I've got the 28 quart model. Could never bring myself to drop the coin on the "other" roto molded coolers. Far too rich for my blood. I precool mine and try to precool any items I'm putting in there and ice has no problem lasting 5 days as long as I can keep my kids out of it ha. I fill it...
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    Tilt away spare tire carrier

    Found it. For 15 dollars I went ahead and bought one to build a swing down carrier. https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200750438_200750438
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    $900 1980 Ford F250 - Budget Build - The best overlander is the one you have

    If the reman unit fails check out redhead steering boxes. They're gonna cost you more money but that company actually does a good job rebuilding them.
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    Tilt away spare tire carrier

    What's the receiver hitch piece you have there?
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    GMRS Radio!

    FRS and GMRS share all frequencies now, have since 2017. The FRS equipment is just limited to narrowband, 2 watts and non removable antennas, and on channels 8-14 both GMRS and FRS are limited to Narrowband and 0.5 watts.
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    GMRS Radio!

    Non repeater operation I've rarely heard someone use a call sign. Doesn't mean you wasted your money. You're good for 10 years I'm sure you blow 7 dollars on far more worthless items every year. Hop on a few repeaters. There's more than one in the Phoenix area. They'll certainly want you...
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    UV-5R as a mobile rig

    forgot the Coax troubleshooting link . DOH! https://www.rightchannelradios.com/blogs/troubleshooting-guides/18428171-testing-for-defective-cb-coax
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    $900 1980 Ford F250 - Budget Build - The best overlander is the one you have

    You need to adjust the drag link. That's the link hooked to your pitman arm. That will allow you to adjust your wheel back straight and have equal left and right steering. Double check your steering box bolts if they're loose they can cause a front end clunk. Hopefully the parts store...
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    Used Truck Shopping--Looking for Smoothest Ride on Forest/BLM Roads.

    Surplus Tahoe. Honda Ridgeline would probably be perfect for this intended use. For me I've had best luck with lowering tire pressure and disconnecting my swaybar. Allows the axle (or control arms) to move more freely on their own without effecting the body as much.
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    UV-5R as a mobile rig

    If you live in an area with a lot of RF noise you may be overloading the cheap radio. You need to troubleshoot your coax as well. This is a CB related article but testing coax works for any radio system. I put in a Motorola surplus commerical unit in my Jeep and had all kinds of issues...
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    Solar Setup

    Here's my setup. It's not permanently installed and I don't always bring a panel with me, depending on the trip, though I have considered mounting a panel on top of my Jeep permanently even if it's not always used.
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    Trail Security

    No. Espeically when talking inside of a house. Aim your shotguns. "General direction" doesn't work out in the confines of a home. Interior walls suck at stopping pretty much anything thats going to be effective at stopping those with ill intent. Outdoors aiming would atill be advised...
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    Trail Security

    He needs to pattern his shotgun cause they don't work that way :tearsofjoy: Even with a 18.5 inch barrel with a cylinder bore (no choke) you aren't going to "pepper everyone in the room" even with birdshot unless you can take a 50 or 100 yard shot down inside your house. Contrary to popular...
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    Tablet and Phone Mounts

    It wont without modification. The bendable aluminum rod they use flexs and bounces all over the place because of how long it is. All my dashes have been plastic as well but I've had luck using short arms on them. On the no drill seat mount you can add a cable clamp like pictured below...
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    Tablet and Phone Mounts

    I've simply gotten used to the fact I'm making holes on any new vehicle purchase. I typically find out if there's anything important behind the piece of trim I want to use and then use self tapping screws to secure a RAM ball there and use that. Currently I have one on the center portion of my...