I am now on the road to Alaska and will be gone until September. I hope to be photo blogging as the trip progresses. You may be able to view our location by looking at APRS. I also will try to keep the facebook page updated. See you all when we return…
Expedition Trailer
M416 Fresh Water Tanks
by tomas •
For some time I have been planning on mounting water tanks under the bed of our M416 trailer. The idea was to be able to carry more water and to have the weight down low to help keep the trailer from tipping. I ordered two 15 gallon tanks off the Internet as a starting point…
Expedition Trailer
MAX Coupler Hitch Installed
by tomas •
The standard pintle hitch on the M416 trail is a great hitch. However, there are a few shortcomings; the pintle is REALLY noisy; in many cases the tongue is too short; for high speed highway travel it is lacking in stability; and it is really hard to back. The positive of the original pintle is that it is…
Trip Reports
Lockhart Basin
by tomas •
On my list of to do’s in Canyonlands has always been a drive of the Lockhart Basin road. After cruise Moab 2011 I had a chance to make this drive, Alan had time in his schedule to accompany my for part of the drive. We left Moab an headed west from town on the Kain…
Expedition Trailer
New Rooftop Tent Rack for Trailer
by tomas •
Version 1 of my Rooftop rack for the trailer was mounted inside the trailer bed. This was going to cause problems with installing a hard cover for the trailer. Here are a few pictures showing the new rack with the frame modifications required to support it. Mounting the tent on the new rack …