Camping/Overlanding Thread

SCOTTISH therapy sounds tasty

 

That list you made was impressive in itself.

 

Thanks, with the winch and 46g tank lm probably okay for a while.

 

What don't you have??

You got it all it seems

 

When younger I ran splits on my trucks and using my high lift could break the wheel down, patch the tube and be aired up and running in about 20 minutes. That ain't ever happening in my life again!

 

Id be lucky to get it done in an hour.

My buddy and I changed a flat in 8 minutes one time when we were late for a tee time! It was a Honda civic and we probably could've lifted one end without a jack

 

You said Handle wrong.

 

We were parking lot camping this past weekend in Golden BC. Hard to tell but we had a garage heater under the tarp (yes lots of ventilation), the tent was ontop of the sled trailer with enough room for our chairs infront of the tent. We had to keep turning the heater off it was so warm. We were quite proud of ourselves sipping rye n coke toasty warm at the end of a great day!
That is my buddies taco, I have an 06 limited tundra btw

 

That is some style if i may say so. I've done the parking lot camping but that seems quite glamorous compared to my set up

 

Thanks, i would call it dirt bag engineering rather than glamorous though haha

 

Dirt bag? More like resourceful IMO. Pretty ingenious.

 

I agree. Dirtbag is more the term but not everyone out there understands what true "dirtbagism" is. I lived a life of a climber and paddler for about 6 years all over the country. I truly understand being a dirt bag!! It's the best living there is

 

Haha, this guy gets it

 

YUP

 

I realized maybe there isn't very many people reading this that know what split rims are and how they work. They weren't very attractive but made it easy to patch a tube and keep going on the trail. Now, nobody even has tubes, I guess

 

You got me! Heard of the term but not much else about them tbh.

 

http://www.splitrims.net/
They are multi piece wheels: the rim on one side is removable by disengagement of a lock ring. I've worked on many different types. Many people consider them dangerous but that is only true if they aren't assembled correctly. Out in the sticks, I would use the high lift to break the bead loose allowing the lock ring to be pried out. Once the rim is off you can slide the tire off and get the tube out.

 

There will be an upcoming photo dump of our recent trip, however for now here are a couple of our time out at Long Point Provincial Park in Ontario.
3 weeks until we head over to Michigan!

 

@Krezz description of the cooler in the picture.

Kurt

 

That is our Yeti 65.
It's been out on 2 trips, so far both times great ice retention over 3 days. Mind you weather has also been favorable, but its given me some confidence. I do need another sooner than later just due to the amount of crap we keep seeming to need/want to bring along... we take advantage of car camping, and with 2 kids and 2 dogs we always over pack.

 

Yes I hear ya on the packing, I bring all the sinks in the house including the slop sink.

Thanks,

Kurt

 

His and her modelos at Navajo Lake, UT

Since then we got a yeti tundra, bed rug, and have bed bars on order in preparation for a RTT

 

what up fellas! Overlanding is what I do! I've been building out my truck for 4 years. I finally called it complete a few months ago. I have full armor; full set of 1/4" aluminum skids, fully welded tube bumpers, boxed frame, 12k comeup winch, and sliders. I run dual full size spare tires, 4 tred pros, 60" hilift, and all sorts of misc tools and recovery gear. I am fully self contained; James Baroud RTT, awning with fully enclosed room, 82q ARB fridge, on demand water system with hot water heater, and full kitchen including stove and oven. I can carry any combination of 35 gallons extra fuel and water. A typical 3 night trip will be 10 ga water 5 ga spare fuel. A week in Death Valley would be 15 ga water 30 ga spare fuel. I have a dual battery system, fully fused, capable of winching off the house batteries if engine and main battery are dead. House batteries are 140 Ah. 1000w pure sine wave inverter, LEDs all around, 10" navigation tablet, 50w unlocked ham radio, personal locator beacon, etc etc.

Anyways, I love camping in extremely remote areas, drinking beer around the campfire, wheeling technical trails, smashing high speed dirt, and talking trucks all day long!

 

I want your rear bumper and bed rack... also, you do your own wiring? If so Ima hit you up one of these days cuz I need to get my lights and electric setup going but I have this problem that I have no idea what I'm doing

 

Yeah I did all my own electrical. I'm a systems engineer with working mainly with electronics. I'll help you out anytime! Just let me know

 

Hell yes I'll take u up on that

 

What gauge wiring did you run form your battery isolator to the batteries in the back of the bed.

 

2/0 welding cable with chafe wrap

 

@osidepunker
I have been enjoying reading about your rig and seeing the pictures for a couple years, over at the other forum and now here.
It's impressive and well thought out. I have learned a thing or two from you.
So many times the mods people do are for show. I think the term is "poser". I appreciate that you do the stuff for real.
The way I put it, "some people talk, some people hit".

 

Alex is a lot of talk. Just feed him more beer