Alaska Daily Drivers: Hydro Blue 80A and Bright White JTR

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Around 1.5 amp draw on the transfer pump. @chorky

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Wire management is on hold while we wait for a switching system, but.. let there be more light!

 

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Like a dog chasing the mailman, I ran out to sign for the new Falcon shocks that are going on the blue overlanding Jeep. On they went!

The rears have less overall length than the Fox 2-3" shocks:

The rear sling guards also needed modified to work with my Rancho rear shock skids:

The fronts are very similar lengths and travel to the 2-3" shocks:

 

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Redarc releases their own bluetooth battery monitor, so I replaced the one that I had with this one since I'm running their electronics for our solar setup on the blue Jeep.

 

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We run Factor 55 and Bubba Rope in our heavy overlanding rig, but for our daily driver, Rugged Ridge's kinetic rope package on Black Friday discount was a good purchase.

You can never be too prepared ?️

 

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For the first time we transfered fuel from the aux tank to the main tank on the white Jeep. It worked flawlessly. We were on the highway cruising along watching the fuel gauge increase! Like a dream come true ?

The wife and I popped into REI in Anchorage to pick up our cyber Monday purchase. This will be going in the blue Jeep, our overlanding rig.

Not bad for 20% off and in-stock locally!

 

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Making progress on the powered cooler platform for the overlanding rig. No more ice will be nice ? Kind of ironic to install a fridge when you live in a climate that's colder than a fridge gets for nearly half the year. ?

Note: I'm not Bob Villa.

 

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So if you're not Bob Villa.....are you Tim Taylor lol....

Making progress on the powered cooler platform for the overlanding rig. No more ice will be nice ? Kind of ironic to install a fridge when you live in a climate that's colder than a fridge gets for nearly half the year. ?

Note: I'm not Bob Villa.

 

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So if you're not Bob Villa.....are you Tim Taylor lol....

?? Classic!

 

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?? Classic!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA????

 

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We put some more time in on the Dometic setup after work today. All the work in the cab is complete. Final steps are pulling the wiring that we already dropped from the cab up into the bed and connecting to the house battery.

There's a switch mounted behind the fridge that activates a relay to power the fridge. 12v power port is right below the switch.

The fridge is ratchet strapped on the front and the back. There's so much space under the platform. You can still access it from the driver side, passenger side, and by moving the driver seat all the way forward.

Overall, not being a carpenter, it's solid. It will likely not look so good after the first adventure ?

Sorry the pics suck.

 

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Don't you love when a plan comes together? The Dometic is all set!

Hit the switch and powwwwaaaaa!

Unfortunately, the new Falcon steering stabilizer is not going as hot. I had to order a new tie rod clamp. Now we wait. ?

 

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There's some other ornery stuff happening over here!

 

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Our blue overlander got an upgraded steering stabilizer to match the new shocks.

All the way driver and all the way passenger

Also got a good start on the bumper setup for the white Jeep

Couple of stingers hanging out!

 

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Warn, @RebelOffRoad , and KC HiLites are an incredible combination. We now have two identical front end setups on our Gladiators.

Taylor from Rebel was wonderfully helpful in getting this setup to Alaska. ?

Sorry the pics aren't better. There are blizzard conditions outside, and I don't want to open the garage door ?

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