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  1. Old_Prospector

    The Long Wait put to Verse

    Over the hills and through the trees To the sea shore away from freeze Lower down the jacks Sit back and relax Enjoy life and the ocean breeze
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    How Large a vehicle do I really need

    I have a V6 Toyota FJ Cruiser with five speed automatic transmission, so I cannot really answer your question with experience about a 4 Cylinder engine. Most of the time on level roads, I can drive pulling a light trailer in fifth gear without constantly shifting to maintain speed. Fifth...
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    The Long Wait put to Verse

    "I'm in awe," he said with hat removed and a deep bow. Two entries back to back, and the last one is a work of art.
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    The Long Wait put to Verse

    Here's another. Whether 550 or 560 matters not It’s a great little home on wheels that you bought So plan a trip Pack up and split And use those camping skills that your father taught
  5. Old_Prospector

    The Long Wait put to Verse

    Yes, Yes. More rhymes, and limericks count too. Good contributions Gina and Frank. Winter is not generally ideal camping weather (at least in this part of the world), so it's time for fun and creativity in the literary venue. So let's see more poetry.
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    The Long Wait put to Verse

    After a long trip of motels, diners and laundry mats, I began looking for a small pull-behind house on wheels; When up pops tiny Raindrop trailer on the internet, Complete with all the comforts of couch, bed, and kitchen meals. I said to self, can you afford it? And replied, “you bet.”...
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    Fantastic Fan Fantastic Fan Exterior Vent Cover

    Jean - I would be interested in your reason for preference on the traditional fantastic fan over the rain sensing unit. At this point I have ordered my CI with the rain sensor, but there is plenty of time to fine tune my order. I would appreciate your experience with both.
  8. Old_Prospector

    Sink Sink upgrade - faucet & backsplash

    Nice clean job. You are a craftsman sir.
  9. Old_Prospector

    TV Mudflaps

    rgupnorth - those would protect the front of the trailer alright. When you go 4x4 without the trailer, if you added broom bristles to the bottom mud flap, you could brush out your tracks. Then even an Apache couldn't determine where you went. Kind of a modern twist to an old west tacit of...
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    Kitchen "Cooler Niche"

    Thanks everybody. As far as dry ice, I would definitely wrap in butcher paper (newspaper has been known to transfer ink to plastic materials), and never just drop dry ice inside. The temperature of dry ice is -110º F. Direct contact with the inside surface of the cooler would be questionable...
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    Kitchen "Cooler Niche"

    A person can easily go off grid in the Rocky Mountain States. If I was out chipping away at rocks for 5-6 days in the summer (no hook ups and a two hour drive each way for supplies), a cooler that will function longer does have value. Frank is correct that I would be out for a while and not...
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    Kitchen "Cooler Niche"

    Mark n Casandra. Thank you so much, those measurements confirm that the Yeti 35 is the only cooler of the three Yeti models in consideration (listed in the first post) that will fit the kitchen niche. The method used by Van and Terri makes a lot of sense. If I follow their technique, than I...
  13. Old_Prospector

    Kitchen "Cooler Niche"

    Thanks for sharing experiences. Has anyone put a tape measure to the actual width of the cooler area?
  14. Old_Prospector

    Planning 2015 East Coast / New England / Nova Scotia

    I traveled to Ontario and New England this past fall. It was a 3-1/2 week genealogy research and sightseeing trip with a departure from Kansas on Oct 14. I returned on Nov 6. My outbound route took me through Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan (SE tip), Ontario, New York (extreme...
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    Kitchen "Cooler Niche"

    The Camp-Inn kitchen “cooler niche” appears to have been designed specifically to accommodate the Coleman 54 quart cooler. The Coleman measures 24-1/4” long by 16-3/4” deep by 16-3/4” high. Therefore, different coolers must be equal to or less than each dimension of the Coleman measurements...
  16. Old_Prospector

    Itinerary Nw Round-up 2015

    Re: NW Round up I was thinking that with fpoole (Frank) in attendance that you would be guaranteed a "fire side chat" with a couple yeti tales thrown in.
  17. Old_Prospector

    Energy Independence

    GinaNBob. Good catch, wrongly assumed they marketed in the US. I just chatted online with them. They only sell in Australia. I also asked if they had plans to establish in the US. The answer was no, and that they were plenty busy just in Australia. They seem to be a small manufacturing firm.
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    Energy Independence

    Thanks for all the good information on solar. One may wish to view the Australian u-tube on "Kickass" solar regarding the support legs hitting the back of the panel when the panel is picked up to be stored. Here's the...
  19. Old_Prospector

    Solar

    The link you provided said the panel was without the controller. for another $25.00 the 100 W comes with a controller. Is there a reason you decided to against the controller? I'm certainly a novice in the solar area.
  20. Old_Prospector

    Some Additions to the Guidon

    Pat. Thanks for the quick answer. Regards, Ken
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