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    '11 Colorado front bumper

    Finally finished my bumper. I've been driving around with turd brown primer on it for 6 months. I'm happy-ish with how it turned out. There's just enough room to add a mounting plate and stuff a 9000# winch in there between the frame rails should I decide to in the future. Now I have to...
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    DIY mini power pack/latern on the cheap

    I have a pile of 6v 5ah SLA batteries. They are from emergency backup lighting fixtures. We change out batteries on a 2 year PM schedule regardless of condition. Most have never been used, apart from a 2 minute monthly function test. All have been maintained on a float charge. We generally...
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    Travelling with a shop vac! (Silly, right?)

    I've added a little 2 gallon shop vac to my camping gear. It might seem silly at first, but it's proved to be incredibly useful. Thought I might share my reasoning. It runs easily off my 1000w inverter. Being a vacuum, it's great for vacuuming sand and dust out of the tent, the back of the...
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    My version of onboard air with mv-50

    Quick little project tonight... built a 12v compressor setup using an MV50 compressor and the tank off a harbor freight 3 gallon compressor that was given to me because the fellow who had it didn't seem to understand CFM ratings and thought that 0.6 CFM would keep up with a roofing nailer. The...
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    Mars colony-style tent system - Logos Decagon

    OK, so I happened across this, and I'm just overly amused by it. I don't know if it's been posted before, so apologies if it has. http://www.gizmag.com/logos-decagon-modular-tent/21001/ It's a tent system that links together in modules, with a variety of rooms from common areas to sleeping...
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    Unistrut for bed sliders or...?

    Ive decided to build a bed slide for my truck, and settled on using unistrut for the rails. After spending a couple days doing some digging, I have determined that unistrut trolleys are too damn expensive, so I've tried to determine which bearings would be most suitable for making my own custom...
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    Finally got a cap for my Colorado!

    Been lurking for a while... ever since I got my 2011 chevy Colorado crew cab and got the bug to build a camping rig. I've been wanting to put an aluminum cap on my itty bitty pickup for quite some time. Trouble is that they're ungodly expensive new (like 2400+ bucks for one with the options I...
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