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  1. Mad Garden Gnome

    Air down...or else

    Airing down seams to have become "Gucci". You're not going somewhere........technical.......or hard core unless your on the side of the road airing up or down with all the right gear. In the late 70's, 80's, and through part of the 90's, the only place I saw people air down was for sand...
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    Dual Battery Placement Question

    If your power needs are only a winch and spot lighting the International Space Station, it sounds like you may need to invest in a higher output alternator and perhaps the largest battery you can fit in the stock location. Your main power requirements appear to be engine running activities...
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    Airing down

    Yes. I am curious on the accuracy of the scale.
  4. Mad Garden Gnome

    Oil analysis...

    FYI, Blackstone is one of the few labs that give you a commentary with your results. Many just give you the spectral results and that's it.
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    Diesel or Gas?

    Absolutely I've been fast enough on a tractor to be scared And it wasn't that fast
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    GPS Failure Scenario

    I mainly use GPS as a refence. My main nav is maps.
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    HAM whuffo?

    "its so's i knows when the black helicopters are comin" :tonguewink:
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    Diesel or Gas?

    Look up the you tube video of the 18HP steam tractor out pulling a built 5.9l Cummins in a tug of war. Torque turns the wheels.
  9. Mad Garden Gnome

    Diesel or Gas?

    My Xterra is my only gasser. Ideally, for an overland vehicle, I'd want an older mechanical injection turbo diesel. The new emission systems being able to put you into low power mode due to failures I feel is a liability.
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Had to pull the fan back out. I wanted to add more support to take some weight off of the top radiator mount points. I also wanted to expand the fairing in order to increase the area that the fans drew through the radiator. So I cut off the bottom of the fan fairing and fabbed a new combination...
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    Benicia for the cool temps and the views ...

    And Zodiac Murder History!
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    New Jeep coming to the garage!

    Nice numbers on that engine.
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    Solar Power and Overlanding

    We have a 100W panel and controller we use on our horse trailer for camping. It supports two big AGM batteries, which supported a 40Q Edgestar cooler set sub 30F (4.5 amps) out at a desert festival for a week. We got the whole package from WindyNation. The controller is straight forward. I...
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    Member Grill Badges?

    I've found a couple places online that have those. Amazon is one but a Mini place appears to have a good price ($16+shipping) on them.
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    Legal Weapons and Overlanding

    ***THIS LINE OF CONVERSATION STOPS NOW*** DEBATE POLITICAL BELIEFS ELSEWHERE THIS IS ABOUT EQUIPMENT AND OVERLANDING SPECIFICALLY FIREARMS NOT FIREARM OWNERSHIP PHILOSOPHY
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    What are you using for a fridge/freezer.

    Picked up an Edgestar 40 quart. Ran it for a week in the desert off of two AGM batteries and a 100W solar system. Worked great.
  17. Mad Garden Gnome

    Overland Xterra

    Had to pull the fan back out. I wanted to add more support to take some weight off of the top radiator mount points. I also wanted to expand the fairing in order to increase the area that the fans drew through the radiator. So I cut off the bottom of the fan fairing and fabbed a new...