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Don't misread my needing to orchestrate this with the wife delicately as "wife bashing" :recovry4x4:. I'd be a mess without her, and probably get into a bunch more trouble than I need to be. I'm just whining and I know it. :beer:

Yes, fly the dang thing... Unless you're government the rules don't apply anyway. I'll take a self-imposed "time-out" since this turned touchy...

One way or another, I don't want to have an incomplete tent, so this'll happen eventually - if I can work the deal the cash outlay will be lower than if I have to go to HDT directly (it's an eye-watering/bowel-loosening price from them for a new 305 "package 2"). It's the cash outlay that bugs...

Or your state flag, branch of the military you served in (if applicable), or if you are multi-national the flag of the country of your family's heritage. Just the remember the US Flag goes on it's own right, is equal in height to other country flags when we are not at war, takes a place of...

Yeah, I've heard these can be pulled back from the brink with marvel mystery oil or something since it's mostly hard cast metal, I'm hoping the oil coated the gears and case mostly and only the cheaply replaceable parts have been converted to oxide - if I have to replace the shafts, that's not a...

Engine came today, perfect shape (it's actually brand new). I'm going to try to hook up with pfab to see about working up a crude frame to mount the engine and alternator. Working plan is four banks of two group 27 AGM 100Ah deep cycle batteries, roughly 2.8kWh at 75% discharge. I'm also...

I found a bit of a disaster today. I swung by the storage lot and noticed that my transfer case box had been knocked over, apparently it happened a while ago, the transfer case fell out of its box and was "transmission opening up," so the last storm did a great job filling it up with water...

And I led of with "I'm not a stickler" - I agree with Ahab, as long as you're not leaving it up past when it tears in the wind or bashing government policies and setting them on fire while stomping on them (yeah I know it's free speech, but it's still disrespectful, which I can't abide) I don't...

I've been bagging parts from the engine tear down in preparation to move it to the central valley for rebuilding. In the mean time I picked up 8x CF-19 ToughBooks for the last of the CarPuters (only plan to use 5, have 10 to pick from) - they are a little smaller than the CF-30's I'm using in...

Tomorrow will find me receiving a new Yanmar 18HP 2-cylinder water cooled diesel engine for the trailer's DC generator. This will spin the 450Amp alternator (13kW) I bought from CBRMetalworks to charge the battery pack under the bed of the trailer, and power anything plugged into the NATO power...

I second what Quickfarms says about too much. The pictures in the first post (OP), seem to me to be confusing what I'm looking at. The DOT conspicuity rules focus on the rear outline. For side reflective, you need to think about how high the headlights are to react with the tape - mount it...

Looks great!! Shake-down runs help you figure out what to improve next. Can't wait for the report :) I'm not a stickler, but is that flag on the correct side? IIRC the flag goes on "it's own Right" (think of it like "Stage right, Audience left").

If I was rich, it wouldn't be for long... at least not "liquid assets". :beer:

Also have 10x Grandstream GXP2120 VoIP phones on the way - I bought a surplus lot for $150 used. Two 10.1" LCD screens (1280x800) and two HDMI 1:2 splitters are already here (so I can see exactly what is on the projectors without a direct line of sight to the screens at the rack), so I'm...

Could you just find an extrusion that fits the original design? No welding then, just cut to desired length...

The 303 is finally secured - now I need to worry about shipping... and then storage [thumbzup] Tents + shipping on this project I look to be on track for right around $5K, about 1/3 retail on a single 305. I'm a happy guy :naner:

The EMI shielding I've mentioned so far in this thread is merely to control RF emanations from the PWM controlled LED lighting strips, and to reduce RF emissions over the longer wire lengths to interconnect the tents... At the low MHz range, having an array of long wires that are "banged on an...

The Cummins 4 and 6 B series have interchangeable flywheel housings yes, but you need to match the flywheel housing to the transmission (or vise versa). My advise is to start with a running engine, the 4 uses a balance shaft I think to take the vibrations out of the engine, the 6 is balanced by...

Second 305 is now paid for, working on the details for the 303, should have that closed out tomorrow - not bad, I'm only in $2K for the last two big tents (305/303). I also found a surplus company on the East Coast that has Base-X parts, and the owner thinks he might have a full 300 series...

Usually high idle on emergency vehicles is a switch and taking it out of park or stepping on the brake will disable it. There are cheap versions out there too for sure. I'm not thinking you're blazing new trail, I'm trying to look out for you in the liability department and maybe point out...