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Yall check out my dual battery tray I made. It's the size of a group 31 battery.

 

Batwing installed. Can't wait to use it!

 

Hope you don't travel anywhere windy

 

Better keep an eye on Africa as there’s talk of the continent breaking into two pieces as plates shift.

 

Are you talking about that crack in the rift valley? As a geophysics major in college, I can assure you that was formed by rainwater making it down to some kind of media that could be dissolved underground causing a collapse. probably a layer of volcanic ash. Everyone is screaming "plate tectonics" without having a clue what they are talking about lol

 

Over the mountains it gets windy and I go there quite often. I just don't deploy my awning when it gets too rough. I snapped a leg off of my arb awning because I didn't guy it down or stow it overnight. I'll never do that again.

 

That batwing is YUGE... can you lower the poles one one side or the other to help block blowing rain and help with runoff..?

 

I really like the extended coverage of the Batwing but don't want to give up the fully enclosed room I can put under my standard awning. It's way smaller but great when it's raining or there's tons of mosquitos.

 

As a retired guy, From what I was told that concern about plate movement and it’s affect on the crack were brought into question.

Almost forgot, lol.

 

Pic of flatbed? Was thinking of making a tray for mine around there. Wondering what it looks like, and the overall placement.

 

More water! Prepping for Utah desert summer camping. Brings me to 60L water and 20L fuel. Planning on 1 more scepter and 1 more wavian and should be all set for any trip I plan on taking. Plus the 6 cans stacked side to side should fit perfectly between the wheel wells!

 

Nice! Where are you getting your Scepter waters?

 

That's about the best I can do for now, I am in the middle of a seat swap.

 

That’s perfect thanks. Have an idea of how it will look on mine.

 

Wondering if anyone could offer me some insight on maybe a stupid question. If installing a solar charge system on a single battery (I have a group 31M) does there need to be some sort of protection between the battery and charger?

 

You can find them all over Ebay or Amazon.

Straight from the horse's mouth:
https://www.renogy.com/blog/how-to-fuse-your-solar-system/

 

Well that's pretty clear. Thanks

 

One of those is on my bucket list. Looks great. Are you able to open the back passenger door with it deployed? Looks close, but may just be the pics.

 

The door opens fine. The door may just graze the cover, but you can just push it upwards and out of the way. I use this mount with the prinsu rack. http://www.rhinorack.com/en-us/prod...rackets/batwing-tracklander-bracket-kit_31104