Wimps. Good for us though.Seems this may be a non-issue now, they changed the course to exclude Black Bear and Ophir due to the potential of snow on the trails.
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Wimps. Good for us though.Seems this may be a non-issue now, they changed the course to exclude Black Bear and Ophir due to the potential of snow on the trails.
Do it! I've never had a generator. My popup doesn't have many electrical loads though. I always have a full battery at the end of the day with one of these, even with some cloud cover and shaded camping spots:I was actually just thinking about installing solar in it. It seems like a better and much much quieter option especially in a small campground like at HIH
Seems this may be a non-issue now, they changed the course to exclude Black Bear and Ophir due to the potential of snow on the trails.
Can someone recommend a handheld ham radio that I can "monitor" trail announcements with? What frequencies will the trail leaders typically broadcast on?
BAOFENG UV5R is a pretty cheap and great little radio for monitoring. Programming can be a pain but if you decide to go that route and get the programming cable, I can walk you through programming in repeaters and settings. I can send you my settings file with channels pre loaded
We’ll likely be simplex (no repeater) 146.40MHz or 446.50MHz and depending on reception i’ll probably hang around a local repeater if I can get to one.
Very cool & considerate (gas generators suck around campsites)
Yeti 1000 Lithium Portable Power Station / Solar Generator | Goal Zero. They have open box units (yeti 1000 (100aH) for about $725- with no solar panel you can charge it up in your car while out wheeling.
Perfect. We avoided question long enough for it to solve itself. Almost like work.Seems this may be a non-issue now, they changed the course to exclude Black Bear and Ophir due to the potential of snow on the trails.
Allegedly. Black Bear draws so much traffic into Telluride and is such a tourism draw, we are betting that they get it open prior to us and FJ Summit. We are particularly big, but FJS is.They changed it because they said they heard from San Miguel County Road & Bridge that Black Bear won't be open until August. 2019 Telluride 100 Route Change
you have a lot of faith that we actually ever know we are doing, let alone when we are doing it.........seriously though, we will likely have this info by HIH9
Had @orangefj45 install his 3.1:1 t case gears and his 10% underdrive gears for this trip. If anyone wants to try them find me in camp.
The underdrive has completely compensated for my 35s. Feels like I'm on stock tires again.
you have a lot of faith that we actually ever know we are doing, let alone when we are doing it.........seriously though, we will likely have this info by HIH9
I would love to discuss this further with you and possibly take a lap around camp or drive a few minutes up the hill. I've got a 4spd running 33s with 4.88s and it revs high on the highway. Most of the time I am towing our trailer, but the lower low and reduced rpm at speed have me intrigued if this would be the right solution for me.
What year is your truck and did you regear the diffs as well and what size tires are you running?
Many thanks!
Seriously considering the GoalZero400 for HIH9. Won't have enough time to build out my electrical system for my trailer with all the other stuff I have to do. Really just need enough to power a few LED lights and maybe a small fan or two. Thinking this in the tongue box on my trailer would be perfect short-term solution with their 50W solar panel.
I have the Yeti 400 and a 100 watt solar panel. Never used either of them yet though! I am very sure it will be enough to run a fan, lights and charge my Apple devices if needed.
Why do you need a fan at HIH?
Probably be fine. Did you do the math on the Amp-Hour draws of your devices and does the box hold enough to provide what you need? Run everything you can off the 12V ports to save juice. The DC-AC converter will draw additional power beyond whatever you plug into it if it's turned on.
Had @orangefj45 install his 3.1:1 t case gears and his 10% underdrive gears for this trip. If anyone wants to try them find me in camp.
The underdrive has completely compensated for my 35s. Feels like I'm on stock tires again.