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There are at least 5 other variants of the same compressor available on Amazon alone. Same shape, size, style and output. All that differs is the name and color on the case. The big Smittybuilt...

No problem! I appreciate the comments. There's more on mine over the FWC section in a thread I started over there. It's been a lot of fun using it considering I have taken it on many tough mountain trails here in the state and the desert out in UT, NV and CA. I've driven it through a lot of...

Thanks and I can totally share. These are from my last trip attempting Blanca Peak in Southern Colorado. Just made it to the first major rock obstacle and wisely turned back. In full camp mode that afternoon.

I've gone two seasons with the FWC on my K5 and learned a ton the first season. My FWC is unique that it bolts onto the body of the truck just the way the stock fiberglass top did. Well, it does now. Some got bolted to the front of the cab like the factory top and I've found some didn't...

I've been running the large Smittybuilt compressor for a while now. I've hard mounted it under the hood of my K5 and set it up as an OBA system with a 3 gallon tank under the core support. I've got it set up on a switch in the cab with a relay working with a pressure switch at the tank to...

Yeah it looks like somebody gave you a pretty good head start. The cushions in the camper got recovered in vinyl and they pulled the carpet from the front wall of the camper too. Plus a hell of a scrub.

Well it looks like it cleaned up really well so far. Did you buy it that way or like it was in the pics I found? Good score. If I can help in anyway, just let me know.

That's the one. No mistaking it. Not many low mileage Yellow K5's with one of these campers on it. I went back through my saved pics from the craigslist ad and can say that is the one. Right down to the full hubcaps and bug deflector.

That one looks pretty solid. I remember seeing a yellow 81 or 82 K5 with a fwc on Craigslist out of Wyoming earlier this year. Total barn find, with barn mice inside. It was really dirty but looked really complete. Like dirty enough it needed a bleach bath to kill all the hanta virus from the...

Great report. Awesome photos. I've explored a lot of the area around St. Elmo and Taylor park over the years. You hit the area at the right time. Tin Cup pass would have been very doable in your rig. I've seen many stock 4x4's on it over the years and other than a some rocky sections on...

Thanks EDR. It's been a weird fall around here. A couple of cold nights and an early snow fall seemed to kill the color change on most of the trees, not just the aspens. Lucky for us, Medano didn't disappoint. It's much further south than most of the high country outside of Denver or Colorado...

Here's a run-through video of the trail from start to finish. Sped up for time, but the views are great. https://youtu.be/VkyjU7lzoQU

You're welcome as I'm happy to share my fun with the folks here. Medano pass is relatively easy trail that most stock 4wd trucks can do without any issue. You just need to air down for the sand. The nice thing about the sand is it keeps the masses out. On the east side of the pass it looks...

That it was. Blanca was a great trail to try out even if we turned back at the first major obstacle. The views out over the San Luis valley are worth the punishment.

I got a few of the pics my nephew Martin took from the weekend. Jaws 1 up close. It’s hard to tell what’s so tough about it from this close up, but the oil spillage on the rock is a clue. This is the section we thought was Jaws 1. Mainly for the large fin sticking up in the center of the...

We rolled past crowded parking areas with tons of people. Our need to be away from people and sense for adventure started kicking in. The original plan was to come down to the dunes, then back up the trail we came in on to find a campsite. Problem was the time was only around 1:00, even with...

Made the run over Medano pass into the Great Sand Dunes National Park with my nephew Martin and my friends Bill in the Tacoma and John and his son Tony in the TJ Wrangler. Just to skip to the answer for an obvious question if I broke anything and the answer is no. But it wasn’t for a lack of...

No offense taken at all. I'm not against a 60 by any stretch. Just they don't pop up around here for the money I can afford at this point. Even less so considering I'm still acquiring parts for the 8.1/nv4500 swap coming in just a couple of months. Which I fully recognize is only added more...

Need to finish up fixing the axle. Got a spare axle shaft from a co-worker that is more into off-road stuff than I am. I broke it good though. Even nailed the ball joints nicely to the point I have to replace those too. Knuckle is off and I need to go over to my friend Bill's place to...

I don't move from the camper to the cab or vise-versa very often but it's nice when I need to.

Ok, the next video will be less overland travel and more rock running. Here's part 1 of Hell's Revenge. https://youtu.be/SbN93TyyAIc

That it was. I want to go back tomorrow if I could. So much fun to explore out there. You aren't the first to give that suggestion. Probably won't be the last either. When the budget is ready for it, that may happen. I've had some pretty lengthy discussions with a couple of more hard core...

Video from Rimrocker and La Sal Pass. https://youtu.be/TUeaXeR4fD4

Thanks Don! I'd do Rimrocker again. We got pressed for time so we boogied quicker than our normal pace on a trail like this. It was a lot like the Mojave road in that most could be done in 2wd but there are a ton of off shoot trails to see different things like historic mines, ghost towns and...

I was given the option to try it or take the bypass. I watched a couple take it on and really thought it felt similar to a few of the climbs we had on hells the day before. I felt I could do it. Still, I paid close attention to those that would go ahead of me for the line to follow. So here...