Recent content by K Dub

Adobe forums have been rendered useless by the proliferation of AI. I was recently searching for something about color management and found the exact same misinformation posted verbatim across multiple forums. It had all the right words in it, but to someone with a background in color science it...

Man, y'all are making me homesick again. As for the Arctic trucks, I'd agree they're probably too wide for our forested trails in California, but would probably be a blast in the deserts. Frequenting both shows some interesting variety in the hobby. I've never seen a Ford Raptor in the Sierras...

I was cleaning my rig after last week's adventure, and it looks like I've picked up some more trail rash. Luckily, it's in the exact same place as the existing trail rash on the lower edge of the back bumper. If I did a modest bumper trim, I could remove all the damage and never have it happen...

That was exactly my concern. Looks like that trailer harness option is 20amp limited, and I'm not sure how much is feeding that plug but it can't be any more than that. The alligator clamps claim 35amp max draw, so probably a better solution. My first impression was that my cig lighter outlet in...

Yeah, I'm looking at those too. There's an option for the little one to power off the trailer harness that I'm curious about, and their midsize is a substantial upgrade over my little soda can compressor. I loved the accessory pulley driven kits for the 80 series back when I had one, but never...

I was 12min per tire plus the cool down. I've had to stop mid job to cool it down when it's hotter out. I've heard decent things about the Harbor Freight unit for $150, which is ten times more than I paid for mine, but a bargain compared to the ARB.

I'm going to look into a slightly better compressor. I spent 45min in that meadow filling tires and the compressor got so hot I couldn't put it right away afterwards. I don't want on-board since I use this around the house and on the other car, but there's better options out there. At least I...

Here are a couple more keepers.

No joke. We call it sausage fingers. I got the funniest little sunburn on the tops of my hands and my nose, because otherwise I was completely covered up. I applied a ton of sunscreen and DEET but still got burned and munched. I guess that's the price you pay for paradise.

They were great crossing creeks. I'm always scared of having a fall on these solo excisions and these just gave me more confidence to maintain my pace over obstacles. An injury out there could be a life changing event. I hiked twenty three miles in two days and only ever saw one other person on...

I just spent three nights in Monache Meadows. The first day is for travel and setup, day two was acclimating to the altitude and scouting from the camp to trailhead through the backcountry, then yesterday a monster hike up Olancha Pass. It's not an easy trail. I dragged a teardrop back...

I made it back to base with some cool scars and stories. A couple of kids at my elementary school did not. I'm always reminding myself of this when revanchism gets too appealing to my aging mind. The kids these days play their music too loud and their pants don't fit, but we weren't any better...

Yeah, I ain't about that "RETVRN" business, my 9 year old daughter still rides in a booster seat. I enjoyed my childhood, but then again...

We hit a deer on Rocky Flats below Coal Creek Canyon when I was young and riding in the back of a pickup truck (as was the style of the time). I cracked my head something fierce on the cab window and had to sit with a Sprite can for an ice pack while my dad field dressed the animal on the side...

You might need more than a Crown Signia for meeses. My Mad Max crossover was only good for scaring prairie dogs.