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Ordered! REI shoppers: Final price $138.69 shipped. A 25% discount for members through 11/20.

Ordering… that youtube link made it easy to visualize. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NXOvnXqIHGE We don’t have a side tent, but did buy the awning room for our ARB 8’ awning on the passenger side. LOVE the awning. The awning room is meh, or worse. Just a hassle all around for not very good...

Thanks for that clarification on the sizes. The Backroads looks very good! It seems like a good compromise of the various things we need at the rear hatch… converting for different weather conditions seems awesome. Maybe not quite the same square footage as the venerable REI Alcove, but tucked...

Thanks! I did a little more research as well, and found out that if you own a boat for the party afloat you might want underwater lighting off the stern… because it looks cool. Apparently that’s a thing. I suppose it goes with the ground effect lighting under your car and thumping bass. I...

No worries. I think you’re right about entitled campers; they must be tough to deal with sometimes.

Not a ranger, a camp host, per OP. Not a citation, a notice, per OP. Not a fine by ranger/law enforcement, a public education effort. My own interpretation is not politics, just a sloppy camp host. Why… Power tripping? Exhaustion & frustration? Just following the protocol that doesn’t...

It does take quite some time to cut a piece of 3/16” that big with my puny 4-1/2” angle grinder! Not to mention the opportunities for the cut to wander… My advice is to grab a piece of that stock and see what damage you can do with your grinder. If you find that fun?

For small stuff like a jack plate you only need: A good vise An angle grinder with a stock metal grinding wheel to cut and clean up edges A drill press w/good bits Safety glasses & hearing protection (edit) I’ve been totally surprised at what I can do with an old garage-sale Makita angle...

Yes! But yikes, the price! it may be that 1000 lumens is too much?

I’m thinking the marine “courtesy” lights indeed *won’t* have the output needed. I think you’re right, just enough light to see the stairs. I searched a few weeks back, and found some RV/overland lights with good output but poor appearance. Thanks for referring back to marine lighting, there’s...

All good points Rotus8! I think I remember that the 10ga standard for these circuits include a safety margin - do you know for sure? My memory *does* agree with R8 that 10ga from alternator to CI battery compartment does typically involve a little voltage drop… which a DC/DC charger compensates...

Quite right. For us that means that when we drive from dry campsite to dry campsite our trailer battery will be fully charged by the alternator via the DC/DC charger. No questions, no worries, no degradation of the battery from low state of charge (SOC). An AGM should consistently have 50% SOC…...

Those look great! LED yes! Have you come across an exterior light you like? I’m thinking replacing or augmenting the dinky “porch” light on the passenger side would be super handy in twilight & night; it seems like we always need more light in that area.

Almost all the small camper charge wiring I’ve seen and made is 10ga., including charge lines in tow vehicles installed by shops. There are certainly stereo installers and overland campers who go down to 6, 4ga, and welding cable; to me that’s over the top. If I had an overlander with 250a...

One for our list the next time we wander south! I haven’t been to Sequoia since I was a little kid…

If needed: A trailer shop could weld a new 3/16” (5mm) plate over your existing holes in the beam. And could come in from the other side to fill the holes with weld. Then you have an undrilled piece of trailer to bolt to… I suggest all this purely from a theoretical standpoint; there may be...

REI has pretty good checklists, including this: https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/day-hiking-checklist.html