Tacotown's expo/NSTV on dirty5's build, pics & BS

Nice idea, I'll definitely look into that. I'll have plenty of room because I'm planning on OBA under the bed. Thanks!

 

fuse block, lighting, switch, and some wire. More stuff coming in soon..

Mockup mount of where I'm thinking of putting the rear facing light bar.


Will make a lot of headway this weekend

 

We might want to switch that fuse block to one with a ground bus on it too. They are a little nicer and you dont have to try and ground out everything. Other then that

 

Yeah that could be handier.. I'll do some googling now

 

This one a little better? https://powerwerx.com/blue-sea-5032-12-circuit-split-fuse-block?gclid=CJGosZT8hc4CFQqLaQod5e0Jkw

 

Thats a split power one but other then the two leaded That is exactly what it looks like. Amazon 12 spot fuse block with negative buss, its a blue seas.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Sea-Bla...38&sr=8-3&keywords=12+fuse+block+negative+bus

that look right?

 

Yup ans i guess i should have mentined i have one with out a cover sitting here if you want to get that one and use mine and when yours shows up just switch them out so you can still play this weekend.

 

Nice setup, in a nutshell functional.... You can spend money out the ying yang, bolt stuff on till your running a beverly hillbilly wagon...but you have to set up you ride for work for you, even with that bolt on bottle opener . ...hey thats what its all about in the end game on top of your performance.

 

Been meaning to post for a while, been busy..

So this happened yesterday


Got the tent from Reuben from Odin Designs, he said the @KB Voodoo Bed Rack was the nicest one he's seen and by far the most convenient and easiest install for the RTT. Everyone I come across seems to love the rack, looks awesome, lightweight, sturdy, and modular. Just all comes together with the tent on top

I'm flying to CA on friday and not getting back till monday morning so unfortunately I'll have to wait 2 weeks for its inaugural trip

From what I've seen by just looking around and setting up/packing away the tent a couple times, the build quality is awesome. Everything's super sturdy, stitching is nice, fitment and articulation are clean and smooth. Can't wait to get it on a trail and a campsite and give it a good, full review. I did notice while mounting it, it was a lot lighter than I expected, definitely good news for something at roof height on my rig.

Anyways, I'm going to photodump some pics from the past couple weekends now

 

We took a little drive up to the Buena Vista area to explore a bit this past weekend.
We waited out rush hour in Denver and didnt get to cottonwood till later friday evening

Doubled back in the AM and got a proper pass-pic



Drove down the west side of cottonwood to taylor park reservoir. Super packed, so we checked out a couple dirt roads off the main road and snapped some pics, walked around and let the pup explore


We stopped by taylor park trading post and got some bacon for dinner and took off towards Tincup. Didnt take any pics on carbonate hill or in tincup, Im generally pretty bad at getting pics and I havent uploaded the pics my copilot took.

We headed up tincup pass after a quick putt through the little town. We took some fun lines up tincup and had a good time, nothing too crazy being a solo trip but enough to make it fun
Quick stop by mirror lake on the way up. made me wish i had a SUP

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Pour out a little liquor...
Sharing some Tincup whiskey on Tincup pass

Nice windy summit so we took off and headed down the super easy east side of Tincup
Detoured over to alpine lake, which is a beautiful private lake right off the road down from tincup

Adventure buddies


After this we went and scouted up Mt Princeton road a bit then turned back to head back up tincup a little bit to setup camp for the night

Finally out of the car for the rest of the day!

Early setup

It was starting to rain and soon get darker so I folded the flag and setup the aux awning...a tarp..

Alas, we are setup

I give her two options and she lays on the dirt

Dinner. We just got this new stove and have been wanting to try it out. love it




Sunday morning it was up Mt Princeton road. Nice shelf road of soft, sandy dirt. Not particularly challenging in many(any) parts, except the last switchback(mostly due to exposure), but it's just sketchy. Only one nice place to pass above treeline. Anyways, pics!








There ya go. till the weekend after next!

 

Since picking up the RTT, I've decided I'm putting big mods(lockers, fridge, GPS, solar) on the back burner until after my Germany trip this fall. I'll be saving for UCAs, a bumper and a winch and will pick those up when funds are available. Till then, I've got some wiring to do, I'll be working on my wiring diagram the next couple days and getting all the stuff together to knock it out probably next week. I'll try to document as much as possible so I can help others trying to go to a blue sea box. @3378jakesr5 i'll be asking some(read:many) questions coming up...

 

Sounds like fun. And no problem, ask away.

 

pics from camping last friday up by china wall to check out the meteor shower
Of course, I forgot my DSLR AGAIN

 

whoa! Nice! Im ready to move to CO!

Im driving out in the spring, at least. @misdirection1982

 

Let me know when you're heading out, we'll hit some trails!

 

Also updated OP w new pics

 

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