The "She Beast" rolls out of our self-made oasis. Just days before we had pulled the tranny, again, hoping to find the source of it's continued leaking into the clutch. Seemed the previous Mech-Master had been fond of gasket in a tube . . . he had filled a gear oil return hole, causing it to drain into the clutch. We were also rolling on narrow tube-type tires, the goal had been to have 14" wide radials on custom wheels . . . they have not arrived . . . and we have an ETA in the northern Great Basin that we can't push much.
Load two spares and we're off.

For this run we are packing 2x 15gal tanks of potable water (in the truck) w/ a 12volt dc pump routed to the sink, and 1x 15gal (empty) + your basic 5gal w/ a spout for wash water (on the trailer). 50gal of fuel in the tank of the truck, another 35 ~ 40gal in one of the tanks on the trailer. 14gal propane, running to a 3 burner, built-in, stove. We went w/ the "insulated box" version over any form of powered refrigeration. Our cooler was one step above "basic", it was an "Extreme!" . . . It seemed right.

On the rack were our emergency way out, our rides. If you get a rig this size stuck, or brake something, no little truck is going to get it out, and rarely are we more than 100 ~ 150 miles from somewhere. We could ride that in two or three easy days. Mtn Bike Camping is something else that we do.
There are also 2x 6volt batts, wired as 12volts, to power anything that we might want in the back. They are living in an armored milk-crate mounted to the rack. At the moment there is no charging source ( I do have a 12volt alt that I'm going to mount at some point, the truck is 24volt) I did pull the solar panels off my E300, which have mount points that work w/ the bike mounts :) When we stop and off-load the rides, we will be able to mount and plug in the panels.


Total trip should be around 1500 miles.