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The Shovel Brigade is what initially attracted our attention to Jarbidge. Great friends Jack & Darcie aka @locrwln1 in their, then, white 80-Series, starting in April 2006, we tried every spring to go to Jarbidge via the 'back way' and got...

Also, what are the lengths of your electrical wire/cable between your busbar to Orion and then from the Orion to the Ecoflow?

Generally, with exceptions of course, the higher the relative SOC of a battery (somewhat chemistry dependent) the higher the input current resistance the last 10-20% of full charge. Think of the battery as a tire: To go from flat to 30psi...

W/o more data/info it sounds engine RPM related (alternator output to house battery related) and/or SOC (State of Charge) on one or both batteries (House and Aux batteries). How long was the charge cycle on #1? What was the SOC on both...

Not sure why 'mud pulled me back to this thread almost 9 years later (likes by Dan?), but this trip through northern Nevada remains an epic adventure to this day. Firstly, it was absolutely fantastic countryside to explore, with wide ranging...

During this day's trip we passed through some of the most amazing scenery of the entire trip in my opinion, and i think most of the guys would agree. A few spots, with the huge granite outcrops looked almost lord of the rings ish..

Just before dark we pulled out the binoculars and glassed the surrounding mountains. I saw some prong horned antelope just above us staring down at us. After discussing Cam's fascination with these gigantic stallion poo piles, we all hit the...

We continued on after lunch heading for a camp spot location that Dan had provided on the GPS. We were really starting to get up out of the low desert and the mountain views began to get more and more large. We finally reached the...

After lunch we continued following our GPS tracks that Dan had given us up further into the high desert. I have to say, after earlier indicating i was disappointed we couldn't drive on the playa because of how wet it was, it was also a huge...

After traveling and seeing some wildlife (mule deer, prong horned antelope and some grouse) it was Pasquale's turn to cook lunch. Today's menu included sausage sandwiches with roasted red peppers, garlic and onions on fresh buns.... in fact...

Earlier in the trip we drove up to this cool mountain top called New York Peak. This shot gives you an idea of all the elevation changes we kept making throughout our trip. We started the morning in the playa down below, and ended up back down...

Here's a shot of the Copper Mtns, when we were on our way in to the tiny town of Jarbidge: I'm pretty sure Alex got some pics of the town itself, but here's a little info about it:

After i sheared the rear wheel off my traxxas by hitting a few jumps at full speed... i mean, why not right?! That's what they are made for; we packed the muddy RC's up and hit the road again. we were going to pass through an area called...

After fueling up we headed out of town. Each of us had an extra 15 gallons of gas on our bumpers or being stored in some fashion. Two of the guys had an extra gas tank which after the trip i believe is the absolute best. Perhaps it's time to...

After meeting Dan for the first time and letting Andy and Tom convince him that his best course of action was to meet up with us the next day, we all departed. While the guys were getting rounded up to get back on track, i was talking to a...

Next stop, was planet X pottery. I was not sure what to expect to be honest. I thought to myself, aren't we heading out into the desert? Why is there a pottery place out here?! We started trying to hit up Dan on the radio as we continued...

This gives you an idea of what some of the dryer trails were like:

Who knew that at the end of May there'd be this much snow still around.

Indeed we ran across a LOT of mud on this trip. Even my dog got mud in the eye:

I took pics of the double rainbow, but only one showed the fainter 'bow...

Awesome trip and kudos to Alex (and Cam) for driving so far to go on a trip with us. Here's a pic that tells you a lot...

Coming soon... Stolen without permission from @concretejungle

Consistently getting 10-years+ out of my Odyssey AGM batteries. Keep them on a good quality charger/maintainer when you're not driving the rig and you're golden. Yeah, they cost more...but you get more ;). If you don't have a...

Different ways to slice a pie...but for my applications and peace of mind, running a wire back to battery negative terminal neutralizes (pun intended :p ) all the potential confusion, consternation & discord about all things grounding...

Folks, let's make sure this all remains civil. Added: cleaned up. Leave the personal stuff out please.