Prepping a camel trophy defender 110 for around the world...

[The Rover Shop]

Something more simple was my problem with having paper towels available...they always seem to get untidy or flapping around.. I took a broom handle and cut it about an inch longer each side...drilled holes i the end and placed a zip tie through it and then attatched 2 light weight bungee cords and mounted it to the rear guard...keep enough tension on it to stop from coming unwrapped by wind..when you pull from the bottom out it releases the tension on the towel roll so that it comes out easy...and it can be easily relocated to the rear window guard when camping..happy wife = happy life....
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[cdavis3361]

Where did you procure the dash inclinometer? Been looking for something like that for a while. Closest I could find is from a new FJ.

[The Rover Shop]

There is always some coming up for sale on e-bay..I have a spare montero one around if you like that I couldn't get to fit right on my dash..even with this one i think it was from a toyota land cruiser and I had to modify the housing a fair bit to get it to sit right...I just installled it there on the dash with RTV as it holds really well and if i chooose to repace it later with something different shouldn't leave any marks...its the inclinometer and altimeter combo...I have seen some with compasses and all sorts of stuff in them..pretty cool stuff if you can figure how to power them etc...

[cdavis3361]

Thanks! Can't believe I didn't think to look on eBay, I've been checking CL and Amazon. Not so smart moment on my part.

[The Rover Shop]

check under altimeter..compass or inclinometer... if you check compass you will get alot of jeep crop...put -jeep after compass and it narrows it down a bit...

[The Rover Shop]

On a whim the other day decided to get the 110 weighed..7300lbs expedition ready...holy poop..gonna have to cut back on some donuts,,,..she's just big boned...

[Timo K]

10% over GVW... What've you done to it!

[The Rover Shop]

3 winches..inflatable canoe.. Welding system. Underbody protection..beefed up steering and suspension.. Too many tools..refrigerator. Additional fuel tank.. Roof rack and tool box..solar panels..roof top tent..2 spare wheels,heavy duty pullpal etcetcetc.. I guess it all adds up..lol..that is all our clothes, cookware, pantry etc in it as well..

[RamRod]

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I spy some Hennasy Hamocks! They are the bomb, great thing to pack on any extended trip, one thing I learned is that with any amount of wind on colder nights will strip the heat right from you, in that scenario a small single person air mattress will help keep your bum and back warm (even better yet would be a down filled mattress)

Love you build and wish ya the best on the trip!

[The Rover Shop]

On our trip in the interior of the US we learnt that on some cold nights..(cold for us as we have been in Florida for the past 20 years) is 50 degrees.. And even an air mattress is notorious for stripping the cold from your body.. For the cold nights on top of the air mattress goes a genuine Australian lambs wool pelt..actually two of them together.. This gives excellent heat insulation..that is for the roof top tent anyway.. We actually haven't tried the Hennessy hammocks out yet but we have the big Agnes sleeping bags with the air mattress backing which is reversible for the cold and think it will be very comfortable for the right kind of weather.. Really looking forward to trying them out though..almost everyone who has them says they will never go back to sleeping on the ground again.. They call them people ground dwellers..lol..wasn't too many trees to tie to in Moab etc so we will wait for the upcoming trip to Alaska and then south to Guatemala...