WEBVTT 00:00:09.900 --> 00:00:12.439 All right, listeners, I am about to give you 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:15.400 an intro. I asked ChatGPT what our intro was 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:17.839 just to see what they would say, and this is 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:20.100 their weird, twisted version of it, so I want 00:00:20.100 --> 00:00:23.839 you to hear it. Welcome to Botches Off -Road. 00:00:23.899 --> 00:00:26.559 Join us as we talk about everything from gear 00:00:26.559 --> 00:00:30.160 revved up rigs and tent setups to shop talk and 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:33.799 trail shenanigans. So there you go. That's our 00:00:33.799 --> 00:00:38.259 new intro. That's what ChatGPT believes. We say 00:00:38.259 --> 00:00:43.079 at the beginning of every episode. I mean, it 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:44.899 does seem like that's actually what we talk about 00:00:44.899 --> 00:00:50.340 most of the time anyways. Right. Sounds more 00:00:50.340 --> 00:00:52.859 like an introduction to our podcast than an intro. 00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:59.420 So this is a rap. It's kind of a weird rap because 00:00:59.420 --> 00:01:03.460 it's... Kind of just me and Mark. Gavin set me 00:01:03.460 --> 00:01:06.120 his rap. It's seven minutes long, so I'll play 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:10.400 that for you at the end. But first we'll start 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:14.140 out with me and Mark. Yeah. So Mark, I'd ask 00:01:14.140 --> 00:01:15.840 you what you did this weekend, but I watched 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:17.739 you work in the sun all weekend, so I know that 00:01:17.739 --> 00:01:22.500 you cleaned up my scrap pile. Yeah. We did replace 00:01:22.500 --> 00:01:26.560 my thermostat that we mutilated. So there is 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:28.439 one thing. Was that Friday? Yes, that was Friday. 00:01:29.930 --> 00:01:32.890 Oh, and me and your brother fixed his wheel that 00:01:32.890 --> 00:01:35.090 wouldn't stay on. Oh, yeah, they got that too. 00:01:36.590 --> 00:01:41.269 No? Yeah, we kind of took a laid back. We were 00:01:41.269 --> 00:01:43.370 supposed to be way more laid back this weekend 00:01:43.370 --> 00:01:46.230 originally because you said screw off for the 00:01:46.230 --> 00:01:50.170 weekend. And then we were like, oh. Yeah, and 00:01:50.170 --> 00:01:52.049 then I found out I actually needed help because 00:01:52.049 --> 00:01:55.209 that scrap pile had to be gone. Yep. Yeah, that 00:01:55.209 --> 00:01:58.849 was not what I would consider fun. Like quarter 00:01:58.849 --> 00:02:03.609 of it's our own doings. Yeah. I mean, we got 00:02:03.609 --> 00:02:06.430 a trailer left that we got to haul in Saturday 00:02:06.430 --> 00:02:10.169 morning. Mm -hmm. I almost think your taco can 00:02:10.169 --> 00:02:13.889 haul that trailer. Don't I need a drop itch? 00:02:14.629 --> 00:02:18.990 I mean, yeah, we need a drop itch. But, I mean, 00:02:18.990 --> 00:02:23.409 I think it can haul it. Yeah. I mean, I'm still 00:02:23.409 --> 00:02:25.550 going to take the Duramax because I'd rather 00:02:25.550 --> 00:02:29.629 not chance your taco pulling it. I still find 00:02:29.629 --> 00:02:33.830 our discovery of axles, and we thought we were 00:02:33.830 --> 00:02:39.349 idiots. Yeah, when we found two basically brand 00:02:39.349 --> 00:02:42.509 -new -looking CV axles, and I'm like, why did 00:02:42.509 --> 00:02:45.449 we throw these away? It was past us that dumb? 00:02:45.590 --> 00:02:50.550 Yeah, the joints were all fine. I save them and 00:02:50.550 --> 00:02:53.150 we get looking at them and all the threads are 00:02:53.150 --> 00:02:57.370 gone. Every single one. Oh, that's why we threw 00:02:57.370 --> 00:03:03.669 the perfectly fine jointed CV axles out. I wonder 00:03:03.669 --> 00:03:07.150 how that happened. And it happened twice. I think 00:03:07.150 --> 00:03:11.870 one of them is one where I had issues with my 00:03:11.870 --> 00:03:15.539 hub. Oh, that's right, because you had the one 00:03:15.539 --> 00:03:17.639 that, for whatever reason, the nut was cross 00:03:17.639 --> 00:03:20.080 -threaded and it got drove on with the impact. 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:24.300 Yeah. Yeah. That's definitely one of them. I 00:03:24.300 --> 00:03:25.879 don't know about the other one, though, because 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:33.719 it's definitely a 4Runner. Duncan's? Maybe? You 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:36.479 remember when we did Duncan's? Yeah, when we 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:38.599 did Duncan's lift, we had one that got stripped 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:41.969 out like that. He had to replace one CVXL. But 00:03:41.969 --> 00:03:43.389 I swear that one looked like it'd been there 00:03:43.389 --> 00:03:47.129 for a good bit besides then. I thought that one 00:03:47.129 --> 00:03:52.169 was also broke. No, that one was fine. Oh. Because 00:03:52.169 --> 00:03:54.270 it stripped out when I was putting it on. Hmm. 00:03:55.370 --> 00:03:59.069 It might have been it. Seemed like it was there 00:03:59.069 --> 00:04:02.870 longer than that. Well, anyways, my giant scrap 00:04:02.870 --> 00:04:07.009 pile's gone. We took, like, 9 ,500 pounds of 00:04:07.009 --> 00:04:10.539 scrap into the scrapyard. And then... I only 00:04:10.539 --> 00:04:14.000 got $500 for it. So scrap is down, by the way. 00:04:14.039 --> 00:04:21.120 Do not scrap stuff right now. Yeah. Yeah. Man, 00:04:21.180 --> 00:04:23.920 this is crazy. The stuff that ChatGPT says about 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:27.360 us is really funny. Yeah. What else does it say? 00:04:28.899 --> 00:04:32.800 I'm asking it what Mark drives. Oh. It would 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:39.300 be fun. Yeah. It's searching Reddit. Oh. It couldn't 00:04:39.300 --> 00:04:42.720 find any public info on what vehicle Mark from 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:48.279 Botches Off -Road drives. Okay. I'm pretty sure 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:51.139 my Instagram says what it is, but of course it's 00:04:51.139 --> 00:04:54.160 not Mark from Botches Off -Road, it's SilverToggle14. 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:59.220 It actually says the host haven't specifically 00:04:59.220 --> 00:05:04.139 mentioned Mark's rig on any episode. Uh, yes 00:05:04.139 --> 00:05:11.269 we have. Oh, man, that's funny. Well, what does 00:05:11.269 --> 00:05:12.930 Alex drive? I was about to say, which is yours? 00:05:21.110 --> 00:05:26.009 Probably the same thing. Same thing. Check his 00:05:26.009 --> 00:05:28.689 handle. His handle appears to be Forerunner98. 00:05:29.670 --> 00:05:34.870 Well, at least got that one right. Listen to 00:05:34.870 --> 00:05:37.670 Meet the Host, episode season one, episode one. 00:05:39.550 --> 00:05:44.750 Couldn't do it with me. You have your whole episode 00:05:44.750 --> 00:05:47.730 to yourself. I know. I was just saying. Couldn't 00:05:47.730 --> 00:05:53.069 just say Mark's episode? Yeah, same with Gavin. 00:05:56.050 --> 00:05:57.850 Oh, that's funny. I was going to say, what does 00:05:57.850 --> 00:06:00.750 it say, Gavin? We should put it in our show notes 00:06:00.750 --> 00:06:03.709 so that next time that ChatGPT is looking, it 00:06:03.709 --> 00:06:10.019 can figure it out. Let's see. Oh. And if any 00:06:10.019 --> 00:06:12.720 listener doesn't know, Ace Hardware is having 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:17.759 an incredible packout deal. Yep. It's a buy more, 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:20.480 save more event. And I don't remember the exact 00:06:20.480 --> 00:06:28.199 specifics. One second. But I know that we got 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:33.759 a hell of a deal. Oh, 100 % hell of a deal. So, 00:06:33.819 --> 00:06:37.879 man, these deals are way harder to find than 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:40.379 you would expect. I mean, sponsor would be a 00:06:40.379 --> 00:06:43.600 lot better deal. Yeah, pack out, sponsor us. 00:06:43.939 --> 00:06:48.819 I'm not looking for sponsors, right? Yeah. But 00:06:48.819 --> 00:06:52.600 if Milwaukee reached out and was like, hey, we'll 00:06:52.600 --> 00:06:57.319 sponsor you, I would not tell them no. Yep. All 00:06:57.319 --> 00:07:01.279 right, so this is the deal. If you spend $199, 00:07:01.620 --> 00:07:05.699 you save $40, so you only spend $150. You spend 00:07:05.699 --> 00:07:10.839 $299, you save $80. So you only spend $219. But 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:16.339 if you spend $499, you save $200. So you only 00:07:16.339 --> 00:07:23.779 spend $300. Yeah. I would say, listeners, guess 00:07:23.779 --> 00:07:25.879 which one we did, even though we don't have money, 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:30.420 but we bought $500 worth of packouts. Yeah. Actually, 00:07:30.500 --> 00:07:39.100 $570. Did you add more? No, the total ended up 00:07:39.100 --> 00:07:45.819 being 370. No, that's right. Yeah, we bought 00:07:45.819 --> 00:07:50.060 some more packouts for tools on the trailer. 00:07:50.139 --> 00:07:52.360 That way we can pull them out of our chest because 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:55.779 that was, although the tool trailer was like 00:07:55.779 --> 00:07:59.240 the absolute goat of the trip, having to get 00:07:59.240 --> 00:08:02.740 into that chest every time we needed a tool sucked. 00:08:03.259 --> 00:08:08.540 Yeah, we kind of ran out of time for organization 00:08:08.540 --> 00:08:13.060 slash needed more pack outs, and we just didn't 00:08:13.060 --> 00:08:16.500 have time for it. So we bought two more of the 00:08:16.500 --> 00:08:19.819 22 -inch modulars. Those are the ones that we 00:08:19.819 --> 00:08:23.220 use for our individual sleep system setups. I 00:08:23.220 --> 00:08:26.360 actually picked those up today from Nuego and 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:31.779 have already filled them. One of them has... 00:08:32.940 --> 00:08:40.100 The ball joint press and brake kit and the tap 00:08:40.100 --> 00:08:44.860 and die. Okay. Because generally, if we need 00:08:44.860 --> 00:08:46.700 the brake kit, we need the tap and die because 00:08:46.700 --> 00:08:48.940 for whatever reason, our stuff always gets destroyed. 00:08:49.240 --> 00:08:53.039 Yeah. And the ball joint press just seemed to 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:57.600 make sense there. Do you have the brake line 00:08:57.600 --> 00:09:03.230 bender in there too? Yep. Okay. And then the 00:09:03.230 --> 00:09:07.029 other one, I put pretty much all our power tools 00:09:07.029 --> 00:09:13.190 except for the impact because I put that in the 00:09:13.190 --> 00:09:15.330 drawer so we can get to it easier. Yeah, that 00:09:15.330 --> 00:09:17.629 one would definitely be a separate one because 00:09:17.629 --> 00:09:20.450 that one we use way more often than all the other 00:09:20.450 --> 00:09:26.929 ones. Exactly. But we also have two... Oh, I 00:09:26.929 --> 00:09:29.309 guess that one wasn't just a 22 -inch packout. 00:09:30.980 --> 00:09:34.360 Wait, did I accidentally buy... No, I didn't 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:36.019 buy the same things. Oh, I look at the wrong 00:09:36.019 --> 00:09:39.740 thing. Maybe? What's going on here, Milwaukee? 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:44.379 I also bought what they call a medium toolbox. 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:49.779 That's half the size of the other one. I don't 00:09:49.779 --> 00:09:51.940 know. I bought two of those, and I'm not 100 00:09:51.940 --> 00:09:54.559 % sure what we're going to put in there. But 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:58.360 I'm thinking hammers, pry bars, stuff like that 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:02.909 in one of them. Yep. Because it's shorter, so 00:10:02.909 --> 00:10:09.110 it's slim, but my theory on it is something that 00:10:09.110 --> 00:10:11.830 we need, but we don't want to have to grab a 00:10:11.830 --> 00:10:14.690 whole box, so some lighter stuff will go in those. 00:10:14.950 --> 00:10:19.269 Oh, so we could have a grinder chest. That's 00:10:19.269 --> 00:10:23.470 not a bad idea at our rate. No. And then I also 00:10:23.470 --> 00:10:26.830 bought three of what Mark calls the ammo can 00:10:26.830 --> 00:10:32.909 pack -out box. Yeah, well, it's about the same 00:10:32.909 --> 00:10:34.990 size of a ammo can, so that's why I would refer 00:10:34.990 --> 00:10:38.730 to it. Same size, same shape. And those are going 00:10:38.730 --> 00:10:41.110 to be really interesting because we're going 00:10:41.110 --> 00:10:44.929 to build me a second battery box so that I have 00:10:44.929 --> 00:10:49.129 two pack -out battery. removable things and then 00:10:49.129 --> 00:10:51.129 we're going to put one on mark's truck that way 00:10:51.129 --> 00:10:53.509 if we have another situation with an alternator 00:10:53.509 --> 00:10:56.990 dying we can just swap batteries quickly and 00:10:56.990 --> 00:11:00.029 keep the truck moving yep and charge up the other 00:11:00.029 --> 00:11:04.009 battery that we just pulled off exactly it also 00:11:04.009 --> 00:11:06.929 gives us the ability i mean it doubles our truck's 00:11:06.929 --> 00:11:13.179 battery capacity then yep so we will i mean i 00:11:13.179 --> 00:11:15.120 don't know it's not like we run anything off 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:17.820 the trucks we're not we're not gavin guys we're 00:11:17.820 --> 00:11:20.840 uh we're a little more slim line than that yeah 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:25.620 but that does save me the hassle of running lines 00:11:25.620 --> 00:11:29.240 for my battery to well i mean we still gotta 00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:31.519 run it to the other battery but i don't have 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:34.539 to run so much for the air compressor idea later 00:11:34.539 --> 00:11:38.679 down the road yeah no we could actually so we're 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:41.960 gonna put two uh Anderson connectors off your 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:45.360 battery box in the back. Yep. So your air compressor, 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:47.419 you'd just be able to plug into the other Anderson 00:11:47.419 --> 00:11:53.799 connector. Yep. So that'd be slick. Yeah, we're 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:56.100 not Gavin. We don't try to take our house with 00:11:56.100 --> 00:12:01.059 us. We say that as we pull a trailer. As we pull 00:12:01.059 --> 00:12:05.399 a garage. Our trucks are a little more utilitarian. 00:12:07.289 --> 00:12:09.870 they're rough and they get beat on so we don't 00:12:09.870 --> 00:12:12.029 really want to have expensive stuff getting knocked 00:12:12.029 --> 00:12:17.009 around yep but yeah so we're gonna build a couple 00:12:17.009 --> 00:12:23.429 uh battery boxes out of those so i now yeah with 00:12:23.429 --> 00:12:26.929 this setup i am gonna have all four of my half 00:12:26.929 --> 00:12:31.990 chests in my truck now yep so i'll have two battery 00:12:31.990 --> 00:12:34.529 boxes which will sit on the bottom and then two 00:12:34.529 --> 00:12:38.440 storage boxes Right now I have one battery box 00:12:38.440 --> 00:12:41.039 and one storage box, and we use the storage box 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:44.340 for our clothes. So I don't know what I'm going 00:12:44.340 --> 00:12:48.679 to put in the other one yet. But, yeah, it's 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:52.320 pretty sick. That deal, you can't beat the deal. 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:55.799 I mean, you're saving $200 on packouts. Packouts 00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:59.340 are expensive. That's like three free packouts 00:12:59.340 --> 00:13:01.960 if you get the right one. Yeah, kind of reminds 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:03.860 me of our Bauer deal we always take advantage 00:13:03.860 --> 00:13:10.509 of. Buy a battery, get a tool. Yeah. Usually 00:13:10.509 --> 00:13:13.330 the tool is worth more than the battery itself. 00:13:14.470 --> 00:13:18.129 Like our $140 grease gun we got for $70? Mm -hmm. 00:13:20.509 --> 00:13:24.389 Yeah, so definitely go check out your local Ace 00:13:24.389 --> 00:13:29.350 or at least get on their website. And Leatherwood, 00:13:29.470 --> 00:13:31.590 I was impressed, man. I saw more packouts at 00:13:31.590 --> 00:13:36.779 Leatherwood than I expected to. Yeah. It's starting 00:13:36.779 --> 00:13:40.659 to bleed into the off -road community a little 00:13:40.659 --> 00:13:49.460 bit. Yeah. I'm sure if you listen, me and Mark 00:13:49.460 --> 00:13:53.159 kind of tote packouts like they're Jesus, but 00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:58.759 we don't hold them quite to that regard. Don't 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:02.340 take it as that. No. They are the off -road truck 00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:08.580 messiah. Yeah, it's just very beneficial to have 00:14:08.580 --> 00:14:10.799 something that's locked down. We don't have to 00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:13.039 necessarily worry about strapping them down. 00:14:14.019 --> 00:14:16.220 Yeah, you need something, you don't have to unstrap 00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:17.919 it. You just grab the button and pull it out. 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:19.659 And then when you put it back in, it's just click, 00:14:19.779 --> 00:14:25.379 and in it goes. Yep. And they're pretty capable. 00:14:25.419 --> 00:14:28.340 I think the average weight capability is like 00:14:28.340 --> 00:14:33.629 75 pounds a box. We definitely push that a lot. 00:14:33.830 --> 00:14:37.190 I was about to say, Matt Offroad literally just 00:14:37.190 --> 00:14:40.470 mounted the transmission onto a stack of packouts 00:14:40.470 --> 00:14:44.309 on a roller cart. Did he really? Yes, for the 00:14:44.309 --> 00:14:48.570 rollback that he's doing. Oh, that's freaking 00:14:48.570 --> 00:14:53.750 awesome. Yeah, packout, they're really that good, 00:14:53.850 --> 00:14:58.460 man. In the Overland space, right, because that's 00:14:58.460 --> 00:15:00.460 where everyone goes is they buy their Overland 00:15:00.460 --> 00:15:03.500 boxes. You've got, what, the Rome box? Yeah, 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:10.559 Rome's a known one. Patchy cases. Yeah, but those, 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:13.539 they don't lock it. Like, Rome has a locking 00:15:13.539 --> 00:15:16.139 capability similar to Pac -Out. You want to be 00:15:16.139 --> 00:15:19.360 specific without actually modifying it, then 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:24.169 yeah, Rome is your go -to for us. But, dude, 00:15:24.210 --> 00:15:27.590 these are freaking expensive. What are they running 00:15:27.590 --> 00:15:31.470 again? Like, the cheapest Rome is the 55 liter 00:15:31.470 --> 00:15:36.789 one, and it's $274. Yeah. And then their locking 00:15:36.789 --> 00:15:40.549 systems are $230 a piece. Which is pretty much 00:15:40.549 --> 00:15:45.950 on par with Packout. Or more. No. Way more. Because 00:15:45.950 --> 00:15:49.909 we can get a Packout mount for, like, $100. Oh, 00:15:49.929 --> 00:15:55.580 true, true, true. Now, Rome has these lid organizers 00:15:55.580 --> 00:15:58.120 that go in their boxes, and Pac -Out has nothing 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:01.720 even similar. But our lids aren't as big as theirs, 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:04.340 so it makes sense. I also think Rome's the one 00:16:04.340 --> 00:16:09.139 that has their portable kitchen, too. If I remember 00:16:09.139 --> 00:16:13.559 correctly. I can see that. It's like, so I feel 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:15.879 like it was Rome or someone else. Pretty much 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:18.720 like a rifle case that has all the kitchen necessities 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:23.450 and stuff, like a sink and a stove. And don't 00:16:23.450 --> 00:16:25.750 get me wrong, I'm not shitting on Rome. No. Rome 00:16:25.750 --> 00:16:28.870 makes some absolutely beautiful gear that isn't 00:16:28.870 --> 00:16:32.929 red. Red is driving me nuts right now. But they 00:16:32.929 --> 00:16:35.289 make some absolutely beautiful gear, and if I 00:16:35.289 --> 00:16:37.169 could afford them, I'd probably be doing the 00:16:37.169 --> 00:16:39.669 Rome route because they're so much nicer. Mm 00:16:39.669 --> 00:16:44.830 -hmm. But I'm broke, and the next closest thing 00:16:44.830 --> 00:16:49.110 is packout, so... Yeah. That's what I'll roll 00:16:49.110 --> 00:16:53.159 with. Also, so remember, The other day we were 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:58.500 talking about chair mounts. Yes. So I had Chris 00:16:58.500 --> 00:17:04.380 send me a link to that tent mount that he has. 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:09.160 It's called the Sleeper Keeper. Yeah, yeah. Absolutely 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:13.960 sick, by the way, for anyone looking for a way 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:17.819 to store their gazelle or something. I'll send 00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:20.240 you a link, Mark, and we should probably link 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:25.519 it. in the show notes yes we can do that so what 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:27.819 the sleeper keeper is is it's basically just 00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:30.779 it's flat on one side and a semi -circle on the 00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:34.579 other with a little channel for your strap that 00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:39.079 way you just throw your tenon strap it down boom 00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:42.500 you're on the road but looking at its dimensions 00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:46.319 i think that if you had a camp chair You could 00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:48.099 just – oh, they have packouts in the bed of the 00:17:48.099 --> 00:17:50.700 truck. I know. I was just like, oh, Alex, I see 00:17:50.700 --> 00:17:55.180 packouts. But, yeah, you just – Well, I'm with 00:17:55.180 --> 00:17:59.660 a fridge and a half cooler. Yeah. I think that 00:17:59.660 --> 00:18:01.880 you could get away with slapping a chair in there 00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:04.960 and strapping it down as well. So I'm kind of 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:08.380 – I'm looking for ways to mount camping chairs 00:18:08.380 --> 00:18:13.140 because I spent some money on Timu and got those 00:18:13.140 --> 00:18:16.299 cheap little folding chairs, that pack down really 00:18:16.299 --> 00:18:19.099 small and like, that's fine and all, but I want 00:18:19.099 --> 00:18:23.720 a nice comfy chair. Even though I don't like 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:25.180 sitting down, but you know, it's a whole different 00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:31.279 thing. Yeah. So I think that might be an option 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:33.720 because I'm looking for stuff I can throw on 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:35.779 the roof rack next to the swag, you know? Oh 00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:39.859 yeah. Um, we also found, uh, I sent those links 00:18:39.859 --> 00:18:43.259 to you. We also found aftermarket waterproof 00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:49.630 bags for chairs. which are absolutely sick. This 00:18:49.630 --> 00:18:54.549 gives you the ability to... Oh, I sent you a 00:18:54.549 --> 00:18:57.170 lot of them. This gives you the ability to actually 00:18:57.170 --> 00:18:59.190 put your chair outside without it getting wet 00:18:59.190 --> 00:19:02.809 and being all wet when you need to use it. So 00:19:02.809 --> 00:19:05.769 that's just, I guess, some of the stuff we've 00:19:05.769 --> 00:19:09.730 been looking at or doing this week. Right about 00:19:09.730 --> 00:19:13.170 now... You guys will hear from Gavin. I haven't 00:19:13.170 --> 00:19:15.930 listened to his rap at all, so I have no idea 00:19:15.930 --> 00:19:20.569 what he's going to say. So I'm actually going 00:19:20.569 --> 00:19:25.410 to let him lead us out, I think. So me and Mark 00:19:25.410 --> 00:19:27.269 will sign off here, and then I'll just kind of 00:19:27.269 --> 00:19:30.109 stitch Gavin in at the end. Yeah. Real quick, 00:19:30.250 --> 00:19:32.690 since we were talking about Rome earlier, their 00:19:32.690 --> 00:19:38.609 95 liter rugged case is $400 pretty much just 00:19:38.609 --> 00:19:43.200 for that alone. Yeah. How big's the Milwaukee 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:50.579 one? The chess? Oh, that's a good question. I 00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:58.880 don't remember. I don't think it says in liters, 00:19:59.039 --> 00:20:04.160 though. No. I think the only ones that are labeled 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:10.980 liters are the coolers. Yeah. But either way, 00:20:11.059 --> 00:20:14.079 ROM's really expensive. Packout, although all 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:16.079 the tool guys say that you're paying a premium 00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:18.900 for them, they're kind of the cheapest way to 00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:23.819 get into the lockable box market. Yep. So I highly 00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:26.279 recommend them, and we'll turn you over to Gavin. 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:30.660 I'll catch you guys later. Later. All right, 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:34.500 guys. Thanks for the plug. I am recording this 00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:37.390 earlier in the morning. because I won't be there 00:20:37.390 --> 00:20:39.589 for recording it at night, so I figured I'd do 00:20:39.589 --> 00:20:42.150 just a little plug to tell you what I'm up to, 00:20:42.230 --> 00:20:46.650 what I got. I did some installs on the truck, 00:20:46.710 --> 00:20:51.490 installed the cargo boxes, installed a couple 00:20:51.490 --> 00:20:53.529 of little knick -knack little things, did some 00:20:53.529 --> 00:20:59.230 more wire hiding, and then I hardwired the charging 00:20:59.230 --> 00:21:02.150 cable to charge the fridge that had previously 00:21:02.150 --> 00:21:05.819 just been hooked up to a cigarette lighter. I 00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:08.619 actually connected some wires to that, ran it 00:21:08.619 --> 00:21:10.660 out through the firewall, connected it to the 00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:13.880 aux beam switch panel. So now all I have to do 00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:16.079 is press the fridge button on the switch panel 00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:19.039 and my fridge charges. So that was really nice. 00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:22.759 I tried doing that on the Wii Boost and failed 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:28.359 miserably. So long story short on that. I was 00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:30.440 looking to see which one was positive, which 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:34.079 one was negative, and I lost the guessing game, 00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:36.480 and it actually kind of fried my WeBoost. So 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:40.000 WeBoost customer support, super, super nice. 00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:44.839 100 % recommend on that. I told them that it 00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:47.500 had burned up, and they just asked me for my 00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:49.480 name, my address, and they sent me a replacement. 00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:52.900 So that'll be here Thursday. Unfortunately, I'll 00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:55.460 be gone. I won't have my Wii Boost. I was kind 00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:59.740 of spoiled about that. And now without it, I 00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:03.319 don't get as much service anywhere. So I didn't 00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:06.000 really know what I had until it was gone. So 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:09.440 that's unfortunate. But I learned from my mistake, 00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:13.940 and I'm just going to buy a hardwire kit for 00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:18.339 it. It's only like $24. So that's the plan for 00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:21.660 that. I did get some new gear, so I'll kind of 00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:26.589 go over that real quick. First one was the Kelty 00:22:26.589 --> 00:22:33.009 cargo box. It's basically a tote with three cloth 00:22:33.009 --> 00:22:36.329 boxes in it. We're using that instead of our 00:22:36.329 --> 00:22:40.769 bags because it's three small bags that'll pack 00:22:40.769 --> 00:22:43.990 into the size of a duffel. It helps with organization. 00:22:45.309 --> 00:22:48.109 All the kids' clothes stay in one bag, all mom's 00:22:48.109 --> 00:22:50.450 clothes stay in her bag, and all my clothes stay 00:22:50.450 --> 00:22:53.630 in that bag. And we still have enough space to 00:22:53.630 --> 00:22:56.869 put all our other essentials in there. So it 00:22:56.869 --> 00:22:59.569 could fit in about four to five days worth of 00:22:59.569 --> 00:23:04.250 clothes, plus our, you know, cleaning up essentials 00:23:04.250 --> 00:23:08.349 for ourselves, deodorant, this and that. And 00:23:08.349 --> 00:23:11.430 for the kid, it'll fit all his diapers and wipes 00:23:11.430 --> 00:23:14.609 in there that he'll need for the weekend. That's 00:23:14.609 --> 00:23:18.490 pretty fun. It takes up about the same amount 00:23:18.490 --> 00:23:21.750 of size, but with it being more of a rectangle 00:23:21.750 --> 00:23:23.730 than round, you can kind of fit more stuff in 00:23:23.730 --> 00:23:27.430 between. And I could pick up the whole thing, 00:23:27.569 --> 00:23:30.569 throw it in the tent, and we don't have to shuffle 00:23:30.569 --> 00:23:32.029 through clothes every time we're looking for 00:23:32.029 --> 00:23:35.130 something. So something that I was kind of looking 00:23:35.130 --> 00:23:37.170 at for a while, and we're really glad we got 00:23:37.170 --> 00:23:42.089 it. Next would be... Coffee. So we went down 00:23:42.089 --> 00:23:45.210 to Moondance. It's a local cafe in Fremont. Picked 00:23:45.210 --> 00:23:48.309 up some whole coffee beans that were brewed, 00:23:48.309 --> 00:23:52.329 or I'm sorry, brewed, that were roasted locally. 00:23:53.390 --> 00:23:56.349 And we are going to bring those to camp, and 00:23:56.349 --> 00:23:59.509 we're going to try out our new Brewtrek Overlander 00:23:59.509 --> 00:24:02.970 French Coffee Press. I took that advice from 00:24:02.970 --> 00:24:06.390 Alex and picked up one of those. And so far, 00:24:06.390 --> 00:24:08.250 so good. It looks pretty cool. I haven't tried 00:24:08.250 --> 00:24:10.490 it yet, but I'm going to try it. out at camp 00:24:10.490 --> 00:24:14.210 um and then i even picked up a an electric grinder 00:24:14.210 --> 00:24:18.329 because i was hand grinding multiple scoops of 00:24:18.329 --> 00:24:22.490 coffee and it was taking longer than it was about 00:24:22.490 --> 00:24:28.109 as effective as a um as a pepper grinder so that 00:24:28.109 --> 00:24:31.470 was kind of annoying so i'm gonna do this electric 00:24:31.470 --> 00:24:34.549 one i thought it was battery powered but they 00:24:34.549 --> 00:24:36.529 just photoshopped all the cord out of it and 00:24:36.529 --> 00:24:39.519 i didn't really read too much into it Turns out 00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:41.920 it is corded, which is fine. I have a little 00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:44.519 battery box I can hook it up to. It's just kind 00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:47.440 of something I wanted, battery -powered. And 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:50.900 that is a Krups Silent Vortex coffee grinder. 00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:54.099 I'll let you know how that goes. It looks pretty 00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:56.299 sturdy. Looks like it's going to do the job. 00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:59.279 Hopefully it is pretty quiet because I don't 00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:01.599 want to be doing that early in the morning in 00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:05.619 camp and have it be super loud. And then we, 00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:08.920 because we knew it was going to be hot, we reordered 00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:13.500 our ceiling fan light. It's battery powered, 00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:17.740 charged by D batteries. You could set it on the 00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:20.140 floor, tilt it. It's got a little light on it. 00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:22.900 Or you could hang it from the ceiling of the 00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:25.220 tent, which is what we're going to do. Just keep 00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:28.180 some air moving. It's supposed to be really hot 00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:32.220 this weekend during the day. So that's the plan 00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:36.200 with that guy. We also picked up a collapsible 00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:39.200 folding bucket, a little wash basin from Nature 00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:42.619 Hike. That way we could pull water from the river 00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:47.380 for dishes or pull water from the river for showering. 00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:51.039 And you might ask, if you listen a lot, how would 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:55.099 I be showering? Well, we just picked up a portable 00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:58.539 shower too. So after the last time we went camping, 00:25:58.819 --> 00:26:01.859 Jasper had a little mishap, which... poop ended 00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:04.359 up going all down his leg and instead of wasting 00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:07.059 a bunch of wipeys and getting it kind of clean 00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:10.420 we just figured we'd get a shower because number 00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:11.960 one we're going to be out there a little bit 00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:14.920 more and it would be really nice to be able to 00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:18.380 take a shower so between that and between the 00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:22.240 boy needing it every other day um you know just 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:25.259 washing his feet off washing his legs washing 00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:28.880 our hair it would be really nice so we got a 00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:32.430 flex tail gear this is a portable shower usbc 00:26:32.430 --> 00:26:36.190 charged it should work pretty well i mean i tested 00:26:36.190 --> 00:26:40.130 it out in the kitchen in a bucket of water and 00:26:40.130 --> 00:26:43.190 it almost gave better flow than what my shower 00:26:43.190 --> 00:26:46.910 does so seemed like it was pretty nice uh and 00:26:46.910 --> 00:26:50.130 i will let you know how that goes i also picked 00:26:50.130 --> 00:26:52.849 up a pop -up shower tent and this one's kind 00:26:52.849 --> 00:26:54.970 of been on my brain for a while we've been doing 00:26:54.970 --> 00:26:59.650 more group camps And ever since last year when 00:26:59.650 --> 00:27:03.130 we grouped camps for botches yearly, I kind of 00:27:03.130 --> 00:27:07.750 noticed that my setup with the awning on the 00:27:07.750 --> 00:27:10.630 side, the portable shower toilet on the side 00:27:10.630 --> 00:27:13.549 of my truck, was really nice when we went solo, 00:27:13.690 --> 00:27:17.990 but kind of too close for us when we're camping 00:27:17.990 --> 00:27:21.029 in groups. So I wanted to get something that 00:27:21.029 --> 00:27:23.130 I could put a little farther away, I didn't have 00:27:23.130 --> 00:27:26.490 to pack up every time we moved. And as much as 00:27:26.490 --> 00:27:31.910 I love the side opening awning portal shower 00:27:31.910 --> 00:27:35.809 thing, for group camping, this is going to be 00:27:35.809 --> 00:27:38.849 a lot better for us. It's going to separate the 00:27:38.849 --> 00:27:41.990 bathroom and stuff from everyone. People don't 00:27:41.990 --> 00:27:44.369 have to hear us do our business because we're 00:27:44.369 --> 00:27:48.589 camped close together. So that's going to end 00:27:48.589 --> 00:27:52.670 up really nice that I don't have to sit there 00:27:52.670 --> 00:27:55.440 and worry about it. So, yeah, that pretty much 00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:58.819 wraps up my upgrades and kind of what I've been 00:27:58.819 --> 00:28:02.319 doing. I will throw it back to the guys, and 00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:04.339 I'll kind of give you guys a review and stuff 00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:06.440 on that when I get back, let you know how it 00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:10.160 went. So, back to you, dudes. I guess I should 00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:13.539 have listened to Gavin's thing plug before we 00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:15.500 recorded so I could know where he was going to 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:18.480 fit. Poor planning on our part, but this is the 00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:21.220 actual end of the episode. Hope you guys enjoyed 00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:24.339 listening to us. And stay tuned for Tuesday's 00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:27.019 episode. We have a really fun one planned. Or 00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:29.819 you get to listen to us planning a really fun 00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:32.779 episode. You know, that's how it goes. So catch 00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.279 you guys later.