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    Older PLB's?

    You do need to make sure the seller has ownership rights. If you buy a used ACR PLB the seller must be the registered owner and must transfer ownership to you, the purchaser. Otherwise you can’t reregister the PLB to yourself. That’s the case with ACR. Can’t say how other manufactures deal with...
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    Popup FWC traveling and guns

    Sure, but I am at the moment taking 10 days doing another different west to east California - Nevada – Utah backroads trip with as much dirt road sans pavement as possible. Currently posting from a NV desert summit with an air card and netbook. A bit crude, but I do get Internet access here...
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    Popup FWC traveling and guns

    To state the obvious, hunters regularly and successfully harvest bears with a handgun when they are the hunters and not the hunted. Even elephant have been harvested with a handgun. With that said..... For aggressive bear protection, blacks or grizzly, forget about a handgun unless you are an...
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    Outdoor charcoal cookers

    I haven’t used it yet, but I picked up a Grilliput for a charcoal / wood backup option to the propane grill. So far no need for the little grill as the propane grill works great, but it’s there if the propane grill fails. Packs small, everything fitting in the tube section of the grill. Amazon...
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    Optima Battery Problems

    I have no dog in this fight and have NOT read the thread completely. From what I have read many times over the last few years, from many different sources, is that Optima is not what it used to be, and can be hit or miss with quality control. They seem to have many more problems than other...
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    cross country gas storage?

    Folks won't have to contend with the usual problems with new Blitz gas cans any longer...... http://www.plasticsnews.com/headlines2.html?id=25695
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    Need good coffee for percolator

    Not exactly preground in a can, but I buy Costco’s packages of coffee beans. I think the one I use is SF French Roast. They have maybe ½ dozen different beans. On the way out the exit, Costco has coffee bean grinders that have maybe a dozen different coarseness setting, from drip to perc and...
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    Camp Desserts -- An Odd Question

    At home, I poured about an inch of cooking oil in my usual frying pan, brought the oil up to temperature (I toss a small piece of bread in the oil to judge temperature) and tossed the formed dough in the pan. Fry about 90 seconds, then flip and fry for another 90 seconds and the donuts were...
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    Camp Desserts -- An Odd Question

    Thanks for the great idea! I tried it this morning and it’s just so easy to make your donuts and they are very, very good. I bought a roll of cheap canned bisquit dough and made 8 of them earlier today just to road test prior to making donuts in camp. Outstanding! I made a simple glaze with...
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    Why does "size matter" in N.America???

    I didn’t wade through 11 pages, just read the first page…… I think that pretty well sums up a large percentage of the giantisaurus rigs on the road. Seems like most of these drivers can’t seem to stay in their own lane on the narrower city streets and are always riding or crossing over the...
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    Is a handheld HAM worth it?

    I think the regs say that a licensed HAM must be present at the operating station when an unlicensed person transmits using a licensee's call sign. So even if you were in two different cars, side by side, travelling down the highway, the licensee wouldn't be within immediate control of the...
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    bathrooms?

    I did. You must have missed it. I’d definitely rather have a Sportsmobile. That will probably be my next ORV when I am ready to buy again. They are slick, no doubt about it. See below…… My fully equipped Eagle was $16.3k in 2008. I can’t see where an unknown, one-off camper with a single unit...
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    bathrooms?

    The “game changer” is what caught my eye. I just don’t see one custom, relatively expensive cottage industry camper as being a game changer in the camper world, especially in the tough economic times we are experiencing at present and for the foreseeable future. Looking at the website a shell...
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    bathrooms?

    From their website @ http://www.xpcamper.com/ $47k for a base model camper only. No truck included. Building one camper does not a well known camper manufacturer make. When the company folds in a year or two no one will recognize the brand name and resale value will play out accordingly. FWC...
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    bathrooms?

    For the price maybe. Much better campers out there for less money. $47,000.00 for a base camper is a bit much. And resale value for a one off camper is close to nil.
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    Spot

    I hate that kind of deception. An email requesting renewal is the honest thing to do. I won't be considering SPOT in the future. My PLB will suffice.
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    The Healthy Diet for Outback Living....

    +1 for the win. Nothing trumps good, old fashioned bacon when out in the sticks.
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    Scepter Fuel Cans

    Not really. The fed mandate restrictions/specs differ from CARB specs. CARB deals with smog issues, while the Fed is concerned with child safety.
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    gearing questions on v6 manual

    Comparing autos to manual transmissions, there will be differences on the under driven gear ratios since the 340 has two under-driven gears vs. the 5 speed which has three under-driven gears. First gear in the auto Trans is usually lower than the typical manual Trans. But for the sake of an...
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    gearing questions on v6 manual

    I seem to remember that Scott Brady did a very good, in depth write up on this subject of differential gearing effects on driveability and fuel economy. You might do a search for his postings. It's worthwhile reading.
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