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Wow, that's a gnarly pic. Talk about an accident waiting to happen, with no clue that it even could happen. Again, congrats on dodging what might have been an awful injury. Please keep us posted on what you learn from the manufacturer. Rico

Your pics of this incident could be worth a thousand words in making sense of what happened. I'm glad you came away more or less unscathed. Thanks for this alert, and i'll be following your thread very closely, and taking more caution with my own set of steps. Rico

I've bought numerous tires from Discount over the years, and they've all served me very well. My recent decision to shop for tires elsewhere in the future really has nothing to do with the quality of their products or anything with the way the company is managed, just more to do with the...

The company is no longer in business (there's a load of competition among tent manufacturers) so it might be tough to find one now, but you might try googling it. If you can get your hands on a Ticla Teahouse 4 then I think you'd have just about exactly what you're looking for. By far my best...

Bill, I saw at least a couple WTW threads a couple years ago demonstrating various vertical-mount solutions. They typically involved a front-fork skewer mounted near the top rear of the camper, just below the roof edging, with the bike's rear wheel resting and secured against the bumper in some...

In a word, fabulously.

Anything you can do to keep the bikes themselves from absorbing hits and vibrations is a good thing. The possibilities are endless, but for low-tech cheapo solutions the main thing I looked at were a wide variety of lengths and styles of bungees. I use them in several apps and configs to...

It looks like it'd be fine if you stick to pavement, but all bets are off the moment you venture onto unimproved roads. Folks often underestimate the varied kinds of stresses that bikes can undergo when they're suspended on these or other manner of solitary mounts. I recommend to anyone who'll...

I've got the 88P, it works great on our 18" E-load LTs.

Great concept, I hope it works well for you. The cotton jute just might offer a bonus absorbent effect on any condensation that could occur between the foil barrier and the camper's vinyl on cool moist nights. Let us know what you experience with it. Rico

Hear hear !

So I guess you're not in a position to bring your cat(s) with you? But if you're interested in doing so, there's a 'camping with a cat' thread here on WTW somewhere. We've been bringing our kitty (17 y.o. now) with us for years; she goes everywhere we wander, and anyone could tell she enjoys...

Just came across your Oct '16 post ETAV8R, so sorry I'm late to reply. My little custom fabricated bike rack works, in a word, 'fabulously' on rough roads. Those challenging kinds of up-down stresses are absorbed within the mounts and bungees, and the forks are in their normal position so no...

I started out with one of those 60x20s, but quickly realized it was adversely affecting our truck's departure angle, and greatly hindering our ability to negotiate backroads. If you plan on doing much of that kind of travel you'll surely want to evaluate that characteristic with respect to your...

Just roughly doing the math in my head, the 5950 lbs fully stocked plus a couple of passengers might put you about 900 lbs over the '13 Taco's 5350-lb GVWR, And you also pull a small jeep-thingy? I'm trying to wrap my mind around that kind of load, but it sounds like you're doing it with a...

We've had our inflatable 12-ft Innova Sunny 2-person model for about 13 years now, and have had a whole lotta great experiences in it. Storage is in its own large weather-worthy rucksack with shoulder straps, total weight about 34 lbs, so it's hikeable for a reasonable distance. It has a rear...

Nicely done, I likey. It'll probably be a better fix than my angle-iron and chain solution (below), but in the end whatever gives the overhang portion some support is likely to be a good thing. Thanks for sharing the pics. Rico

Great looking rig, I'm betting you're gonna love it. Can I ask how you're planning to garage it? Height looks to be a bit more than your garage will handle at the moment, but I suppose that could change. Congrats on your find!

I think I'll go do the same. Thanks for the word. Rico

Cool. I've had it in my mind to make a shoe rack of some sort to keep all my hiking boots, sandals, tennies, slippers, etc., better corralled instead of scattered all over the place. You're on the right track with this approach to storing odds-and-ends, and I'm gonna feed off your ideas...

I'm fairly positive there was a good thread on this very subject within the last year or so, but my WTW search just now couldn't exhume it. Maybe someone else can locate? Rico

Ultimate Recliner Chair from Alps Mountaineering: Adjusts in 7 increments, from total upright to star-gazing, nice neck support for us geezers, easily customizable for your particular fit (as I did), packs up flat, best camp chair I've ever owned, bar none, it's worth a look. Rico

We use center lid supports like this:

Too cool, Mark. When I finally give up my Luddite ways and buy a smartphone, this app will be among my first buys. Got a rain gauge to go with that?