DIY Projects

DIY Projects
Trailer Tech

Progress update on the Poor Man’s Teardrop 2.0

A while back I posted some pictures of a new trailer project.  I acquired a surplus M116A3 generator trailer chassis from the local Army Depot.  It was too good a deal to pass on.  The original plan was to turn it into a flat-deck dual-purpose utility trailer and toy-hauler. M116A3 Generator Trailer purchased from a […]

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DIY Projects
Jeep Tech

Basics of DIY Diagnostics – aka the joys of owning an old haggard Jeep

If you’ve been a fan of ECOA and the NHT series for a while you’ll know my seemingly ceaseless plight of vehicle problems.  I love my 2004 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, I really do.  I’ll never sell her.  She’s the last newest Jeep I’ll ever own.  That said, she can be a real pain in the […]

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DIY Projects
Jeep Tech
Overland Tech

DIY Storage Boxes

Last year at Overland Expo West & East I taught a workshop on “DIY Storage Solutions for the Budget Overlander” (title was something like that, I honestly don’t remember it verbatim).  Sadly I won’t be teaching it this year, but that does give me an excuse to talk about my new rack. How to fit […]

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