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Okay. This seems to span the hardware/software boundary since not all map software is useful on all hardware. I drive off road, off-grid, out of cell service, in the southwest where BLM, private and State Trust land are often checkerboarded. I need to know who owns what so I don't get busted. I...

Has anyone here tried mounting the spare tire on the side of the trailer with the fender bearing the weight?? The trailer sidewall would only function to keep the spare vertical.

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:) Fortunately, they're Borzoi, who don't bark or otherwise make noise, UNLESS they see a black lab next to the van :Wow1:. Why specifically a black lab? Who knows. If they see jackrabbits, antelope, etc, they let out their "prey yip", but only one. Here's Sarah leading the tired pack back to...

Build pictures are good, and give me ideas of things to do. But trailers in the mountains, or desert, or wherever, are wonderful! They give me ideas of places to go! Thank you!!

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To some extent, it depends on how you view the TD. We think of it as a metal tent, not a miniature RV. Consequently, Biffy Bags, rather than a portable toilet, are enough for us when required, and they store small. We keep the rain gear, as well as all other emergency gear, in the tow vehicle...

And what would you store there? When we travel, some stuff just goes in the cabin. We have a tongue box for nasty stuff (trash, muddy clothes, etc.). The kitchen storage is plenty big, and the cabin cabinets work just fine. Things which we might use only occasionally, or for emergency, stay in...

Although we tow a teardrop rather than have a RTT, we travel with 5 big dogs (Borzoi). Since we do not want them in the TD with us (where would we sleep?), we had similar issues. Resolution is that they get the entire back of the AstroVan when we're driving, and for overnight, we attach a rear...

Thanks. I'll look into those.

Continental Divide, Clear Creek, CO Quick 3-day trip: Friday night's camp site at 11,500 ft elevation Saturday - We moved a dozen or so miles and climbed another 500 ft. No campers, no hikers, not even tire tracks on the rutted, boulder strewn thing that passed for a forest service road to...

We've a lifted AWD Chevy Astrovan. We need at least the 35 sq feet (7' by 5') of cargo space because of the pack of big dogs (five Borzoi) we travel with. We like that we have a decent approach angle (25 degrees - yes, we've torn off all the plastic cr@p, front, rear and side), and short wheel...

eatSleepWoof Thanks. Will try exactly this. Doug BTW - You travel with your dog?

Thanks for the suggestion, but we generally do that - Set it up and then re-tighten the guy lines _really_ tight. Works okay in relatively high wind, but gusts seem to defeat it. For example, last week we were out on the continental divide (Northern New Mexico) with sustained wind of maybe 25 or...

We currently have an Arb awning. The horizontal poles from the rooftop out to the aluminum support structure insert into holes in the support structure. Despite making everything as taut as we can, when the wind is sufficiently gusty there is enough stretch/play in the system that the poles pop...

I'm assuming that I can easily custom mount a rhino platform to the round yakima bars that are more or less permanently attached to the roof of my van. But before I spend a boatload of money on the rhino pioneer platform, I wanted to confirm this. Anyone?? And if this should be posted in another...

Flapper-doodles in galley bounce open and stuff falls out over bumpy, not even gnarly, roads such as: The picture doesn't really do justice to the size of the rocks, the bumps up and drops down, but no big deal. Anyway, do any of you have the same problem? Do any of you have elegant...

Love the fold down shelf. If my wife sees this, I'll be out in the shop immediately fabbing a pair for us!

First, there is a duct for the heat between the fridge and the water. That gets the heat away from the fridge and into the body of the galley. You can see it in one of the pictures I previously posted. Second there is a (screened) pass-through between the galley and the main cabin and a...

Finally. Done! Made a door for the opening between the fridge and the water. It's held in place by an aluminum channel and two butterfly latches. In camp, we simply remove it. So how is everything working? It is summer monsoon season, so the sky is overcast roughly half the day. You can see...