So nakman ( Tim Nakari) and I decide to go to Tornado Alley's First Annual Flat Nasty event in Missouri, a 14 hour drive one way. We had a great time, but the terrain is not setup for wagons. The Trip is documented in this thread
http://forum.ih8mud.com/trails-events-expeditions/113138-ih8trees-com-my-week-flat-nasty.html
And I encountered some damage between two trees. woody inspects and says, "Oleg is going to be happy to see you." A lot of people told me that.
Oleg is an all around mechanic. He installed my supercharger, he does body work, he made the rear bumper for Rachel's 4 runner. He also contributed a lot to Christo's altest FZJ85 (80 series pickup). I count myself fortunate to be in the same club as Christo, Robbie and Oleg. Of course we can't forget Nakman, Ige, treeroot, Hatfield, Hulk, Lexusben, Convert, Wesintl, Red Chile, Zepp, Uncle Ben and others (Sorry if I didn't mention you).
When I got back, Oleg worked his magic
Prior to going to Flat Nasty, My Garmin M3 Ique Pocket PC was stolen and I wanted to make sure I had a GPS System for the long trip. I ended up with a Del Axim x51V PocketPC with a VGA screen. It's awesome. I have installed a 8GB Compact Flash Card with about 70 hours of MP3's and even a couple of movies. I have a 4GB SD card installed for maps and other memory storage. The description and my review of the unit can be found in this
thread. I also bought a blue tooth GPS receiver and iGuidance for street Navigation. I still need some topo software for offroad and I am leaning towards memory-map. It's expenisve, but is suppose to be the cadillac of topo packages.
In addition, I looked at buying a universal mounting bracket. They looked junky and I didn't want to worry about my PPC falling off and breaking. So I went to proclip and bought the mounting plate for a Land Cruiser and the PDA bracket for my model Dell. Perfect fit and I am not concerned about vibrations or it falling out:
