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ok, maybe i suck at searching(?), but I'm finding staggeringly little info on the technical detail of the LT vs MPT bead.

On second thought, I think I need to be less flippant about dismissing the buckstop MPT to LT bead conversion. I'm going to try and learn the technical detail behind the two beads. A forged 20x11 with a 7k weight rating would fit the bill for the 40x15.5R20 Toyos. It's just a bummer it's not a...

I had looked at them in the past and I'm not finding my notes. Called (because they don't list weight ratings) and talked with Jim (thanks Jim!) who was super helpful. They have a 20 x 9.5 and a beadlock and a 17 x 8.5 beadlock. Both have a weight rating of about 3800lbs. This puts me right...

If I'm going to get into custom-made wheel territory, I'll just spend the money and deal with the hassle of military tires and get some billet Wehring super singles. Just doing the cost-per-mile calculations on any military-ish tires other than the continentals is just really painful. And I want...

So, I keep coming back to this, and I feel like I just must be missing some set of products out there. I've had Toyo MT's on several rigs and I love them. I'd like to put a set of 40" toyos on my next rig. I'd also like to use all of the rear axle weight rating which will probably be about 9k...

sorry to dig up an old thread, but how did this go (bonding aluminum sheet to fiberglass)?

Also interested in knowing where this went and who the wheel manufacturer is.

Anything new in step van conversion land?

I've been looking at doing a steel frame with an aluminum skin backed with standard rigid insulation board, but the stiffness provided by the honeycomb board you chose is very attractive (and thankfully very easy to find!--don't worry, I won't mention you). Have you had any issues with...

for those following with bated breath: turns out you can become your own CDL-class-certificate writer (make yourself a test, write yourself a certificate) in WA: http://www.dol.wa.gov/driverslicense/cdlemployer.html

LOL, yeah, yeah.... :) WA still requires you take a class from one of the companies on their "list" though (which is 160 hours of "class" time). Would just have to get (show) residency elsewhere. Just debating whether it's worth getting a dif driver's license and finding somebody in Idaho...

Sort of frustrating that it looks like it's very different state-to-state. E.g. looks like if I were a resident of Idaho I wouldn't be required to take a class.

Ok, thanks that's helpful. Did you get the impression that your CDL would have covered you adequately in all of the countries that you passed through had they asked? Or do you get the impression that you would have needed a local version of a CDL in any of them?

thanks! also, wow, still loving steven's blog. probably going to be reading all week.

ah, haha, whoops!

wow, your travel journal is also really extensive. thanks for sharing.

Thanks, this was super helpful. I love how really thorough pieces like that always teach you something new--e.g. I've been planning on a dual-circuit espar D5+D5 hydronic heater setup, but was just going to use solenoid valves and a microcontroller--I didn't know that thermostatic valves were a...

Yeah, given I'll be trying to full-time it with my girlfriend (and both trying to work part-time-ish remotely, both trying to not go crazy) I think I'd like to design for a largish box within the platform of an M1083 / MB truck. Shipping container cargo just doesn't seem like it can be in the...

Please forgive me if this has been covered. I've been searching for the last couple days for an exhaustive list of maximum dimensions and weights for international travel while full-timing in a custom overlander. In the US (where i live, currently) I see 2.6m max width, and I've found...