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I read somewhere that BFGoodrich will have KO3 tires sometime next year. I’m curious what’s changing.

Here's an inexpensive option that would enable an older unit's battery to last longer -- a USB battery pack, something like this. You might prefer one that uses cables you already have. We carry a battery in our packs, just in case.

These GPS apps can eat batteries. Hopefully a newer, faster processor will improve your battery life. I used to use a Garmin 60SXwhatever also, which had replaceable batteries and worked well, but the phone/tablet apps are far superior. There may be options to improve battery life. See this...

Wow, impressive. We reached our 365th night on our current trip and have a lot of catching up to do. Probably will never reach 810 though!

I used to use Gaia on a phone and computer which was very handy in the field. A few years ago we switched to CalTopo, because at that time it’s interface was simpler on the computer for planning at home, and worked fine on a phone in the field. Maybe Gaia has improved since then. They are close...

We got a chuckle at your before and after soaking photos!

I did a WordPress migration a few years ago. There's a way to bundle up your entire database (WordPress is really just a database) into one compressed file, if I recall. I think that was in the control panel feature on the server. Yours will be really big as photos are already compressed. Then...

We recently got a message from Bluehost that their unlimited plan will now be 10GB. Since my use of that site is hosting a bunch of maps, we are close to that limit with many thousands of map tiles, so the organization is coughing up for the 20GB more-expensive plan. Unlimited seemed like it was...

I have some preliminary thoughts about the narrow, taller tires, after a thousand plus miles on various road surfaces with 235/85R16, load index 120, 1" taller and 1.2" more narrow than stock size (which were 265/70R16, load index 121, although stock tires were load index 112 and P-rated)...

Same here, haven’t heard anything.

We'll try your service.

As a retired aerospace structural engineer, I'd counter that 50% of payload is very conservative. If the manufacturer says it can carry 100%, I'm comfortable with it. We designed airplanes to have very little margin of safety (due to weight constraints), but they still carried full payload for...

I'm already looking forward to the 20 year report, which will also surely be all A's. You may develop issues in your fingers from writing up all the trip reports though!

Those days are decades old... but I've been playing with JavaScript the past year. Amazing what you can do! At 66 years old I've been spending more time with my first torque wrench lately though. Anyway, hopefully youse guys can figure out how to make WordPress or other blogger tools work for...

Deb and I have been extremely fortunate to join the two 3pins on a couple of summit adventures. Both The Lady and The Gentleman are capable and enthusiastic summiteers, and it's fantastic to hear of another report of their outdoor adventures. Happy belated birthday, Julie!

Yes.

Hand coding is very simple (just kidding): <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px">Mr. Legs, I have no idea what hand-coding is and most likely don't want to. <img src="https://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png"...

Most of my web pages are hand-coded, but I do WordPress posts for a couple of organizations. When I copy from someone's text into a WordPress blog, there's a pesky new line feed at the end of every line. WordPress thinks they are paragraph markers, which display wonky. So I have to hand-edit the...

I noticed those also when we recently bought tires (same size, KO2). It looks like the HD Terrains are intended for work trucks, whatever that means. Maybe it's more about load capacity and hauling lots of stuff, and less about what off-roaders are into? I'm curious and following this thread.

Youse guys have gotten a lot of use, and a lot of fun out of your camper! Have you tallied up how many total nights? Interesting comment. What does the frame look like at the top and sides of the door? Does it curve around the corner, or is it squared off?

Ah, so Garmin has another device with inReach built in -- the Tread. Ignore my previous comment, my bad! We just got a new phone with satellite emergency capability. But you can't send out regular updates to your emergency followers like an inReach. The first two years coverage is free (but the...

Good point. We have two portable solar panels. I've changed the wiring in our camper so the non-Zamp is wired correctly, but it looks weird to wire black to ground and white to positive. Now our Zamp panel needs a reversing plug, which I wrapped with electrical tape to the plug so it doesn't get...

The Garmin website says it pairs with an InReach (so it doesn't have its own satellite communication). For our mini Inreach, you need to do a Bluetooth pair to one device at time. So you'd have to "forget" one device, pair to the other, then "forget" again when switching back. Maybe other...

Our normal-height garage door isn't tall enough for our truck/camper (sure wish it was!). The top of the camper, if I recall correctly, is 7'-3" and the truck is not lifted. We built a dolly to store the camper in the garage. Possibly the camper will retain its value better than the truck, so...

This topic recently came up in https://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/topic/25003-tire-width-which-is-better/?p=283303 We just bought 235/85R16 (BF Goodrich KO2, E rated) a week or two ago but haven't used them with the camper yet. Ours is an un-lifted 3rd gen Tacoma so it may have different...