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I will be finding myself traveling back and forth between central texas and Arizona. Where are places to boondock in texas along interstate 10. It's been quite a while since I've been on.

How many here are ham radio or other radio operators?  I would love to hear some people during my travels. KI7LIK

For those vehicles that take conventional oil for gas engines, I can get a quart of oil for 2.25 after tax, and it depends on the vehicle for oil filters.  Email me if you need an oil change and I can help out, or you just need the oil.  This is near my cost.  If you are near the Glendale, NW...

While travelling the tow vehicle will be the charging of the house batteries, and so will solar panels when funds become available. I have a couple of battery back up/uninterrupted power supply units. Does anyone have experience in repairs or trouble shooting these types of systems or...

I am curious as to how you put antennas on your rig, both amatuer, wifi and other types of antennas.

It seems hard enough to "prep" when you have a large house with cabinet space.  But I've found it even harder while in a vehicle.  I have a crew cab pickup, I can store stuff in there. I store food, water and some pain meds just in case of emergency, i get stranded.  How do you store food while...

I would like to meet up if ya'll are in the the area around north maricopa county.  I work during the week, therefore I can meet on the weekends.

I have started listening to the ham frequencies, but don't transmit as I do not currently have an amateur radios license as of yet.  Sometimes interesting conversations, others mundane and a lot of nothing going on. I usually monitor frs channel 3 as well as murs channel 3 on a regular basis...

Unsure on where to put this. I plan on working and living out of my 20 foot enclosed trailer. I am a mechanic/technician. One of my tools is an air compressor. I am trying to figure out how to the compressor without needing to run a generator. To do solar would seem to be way to expensive and...

Unsure on where to put this. I plan on working and living out of my 20 foot enclosed trailer. I am a mechanic/technician. One of my tools is an air compressor. I am trying to figure out how to the compressor without needing to run a generator. To do solar would seem to be way to expensive...

I will be off of fr 300, also known as rim road, off of Milk Ranch Road. Look for the camp signs and the red super duty pickup. Email me if you can come. I will be monitoring murs channel 3 and frs channel 3 in case you have a radio capable of those frequencies. Email me for more information.

In order to maximize space inside my cargo trailer (I know 8.5x20 huge anyway) and to be able to somewhat attach light objects to the walls and ceiling, I would like to know how to get insulation in between the 1 in thick joists. How would this be done?

An idea I had is to use a ladder rack as the base for the shell to live in. Standing up might be a little hard without modifications, but could be done. Plus, it gives a decent base for solar. Wood or metal could be used and if you are familiar with using it, so could fiberglass. Unless...

I have been emailed back and forth with a solar and wind place based out of flagstaff, az. For about $400 they have a kit with a 140 volt panel, 30 foot of wire (which, even for a large trailer like mine, is overkill), pwm charge controller, panel mounts and some connects for batteries. Does...

I want to charge/run a laptop and kindle without having to use a 120 volt outlet, in essence, eliminating the need for an inverter for those items. Where would I be able to find these things. I have the usb cords for the phones and tablets. I have been looking a little while, but haven't...

Yesterday while driving on us60 near sun city az, I saw a white Ford dually van (four tires on the rear axle instead of two), that had brownish/green colored extended top, which looked like it was made out of plywood, but I was driving and didn't want to look to much. Gotta keep the eyes on the...

For electrical, I know that when one sees 12 V on something, it's the nominal rating. It can go higher. As a auto/diesel technician, the highes I usually see is 14.4 volts and I have seen amperage as high at 200 amps on one alternator and about 350 to 450 amps on one vehicle with multiple...

What would you prefer and why? One large capacity (say 300), or multiple lower capacity solar panels. Now that I think about it, I would like multiple 100 watt panels versus one 300 watt panel. Although, if I could, I would have multiple 300 watt panels. But at the high price of one panel...

One thing that I have been thinking about has been using an old or maybe not so old bicycle for electricity, especially to charge the house batteries. I saw on a documentary about having a unit that you set the bicycle on and attach it to where the rear wheel mounts and use the rear wheel to...

What are the smallest air conditioners.  I will only need to cool about 108 cubic feet.  Also, what would be good to use as a sealer between the rear split window opening of my super duty and the front window in the camper?