Camper buildout

Solder it on. 👍

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Oh, Yeah. Take the soldering iron with you. :)
 
First road trip with the ATs!!! I ran into some snow that would have had me using my traction boards for hours🙃 So I just backed out without them. Super happy I could get unstuck without traction aids. It was crusted, old snow in shade and about 15" deep(can't believe I didn't take a photo🙃). I had a blast plowing through 6-8" sections of snow at 1am.
*Camped in eastern Idaho. I'm in Montana now, but going to S Dakota now due to weather. Earlier than I was planning, but I'll just hit Montana again in on the way back!!!
Had one of the best vegan burgers I've ever had at a vegan restaurant in Bozeman... pretty small city
 

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Burger looks good. Must be my brekkie time.
As an aside re driving on snow. The Icelanders use large tyres and run them at very low pressures, about 2-3 psi on, what they "call, monster trucks". They use silastic to prevent the tyres coming off the rims and their "trucks" are may be just modified normal 4 WD`s. Lifted and speedo compensation. Some are a tad more modified than that though.
 
@ateday I didn't even air down from 2.4bar. But I wouldn't have made it anyway because the snow was getting deeper with elevation and tree coverage. If it were 8-10" the whole way, I would have totally aired down and plowed through!!! But I have a feeling it would have been over 2' of slush. I was very close to a ski resort that had a terrible year with "only 160" of snow compared to their normal 300. I was super happy to get as high up the mountain as I did!!!
 
@ateday I would have been willing to try pushing forward if my dogs could move my traction boards💓 I'm confident I'd need at least 32' tires to have a chance without traction aids. Maybe 35' would be able to walk through trouble free. 🤞 the Forester Wilderness will be able to have close to 32's jammed in with some small lifting blocks. It'll lose most of the gearing advantage from the new diff, but you're getting so much more rubber. I see myself buying one and trying once they depreciate a bit
*I have trouble getting the dogs to sit without treats😂
 
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