I recently purchased a Smittybilt rooftop tent to go on top of my camper shell on my 2018 Ram 2500 Now I had to figure out a way to get it up there! The RTT weighs about 125 pounds…. I wanted to mount it “North-South” so when deployed I had some cover over the tailgate.
A few years ago I added three 140 watt solar panels to the roof of my Forest River 19RR Toy Hauler These panels are controlled by a Bogart Engineering Charge Controller and monitored via a Bogart Engineering TriMetric Solar Monitor. For storage I’m using two Group 31, 110 amp, AGM batteries that sit in a
A few months ago I bought a Smittybilt Rooftop Tent (RTT) to be used on my RAM 2500 4WD pickup truck. The plan was to mount it on top of the hard campershell. I fabricated a couple rails to easily load and unload the tent onto the truck. This worked out great to load and
Three Wheeled SASS Gun Cart I’ve been wanting to update my Cowboy Action gun cart for some time. My cousin recently got involved with the sport and I built him a cart that the plans have been rolling around in my head for some time. Here is “Fifthwheel Pete’s” cart I have since added a
I recently started loading shotgun shells as I’ve been shooting lots of a new found sport called TRAP…. I bought a used MEC 9000 progressive loader and set it up in the loading room. I loaded 100 shells and went to the trap range. They all worked great! A couple days later on a raining
I recently purchased a Beretta 686 Silver Pigeon Sporting…..Have lusted after one for years and finally fulfilled a bucket list item! Everything about the shotgun is great….Except the EJECTION …..The spings Beretta used will launch a shell upon opening the action into the next county! And if you actually use your hand to capture the
I have a wonderful , 40 year old Charles Daly / Miroku 12G Superior Trap shotgun. The other day, shooting trap, I was 21 for 22 when the top lever leaf spring broke. UGH!!! As I’m sure most of you are aware, leaf springs were used in many older shotguns, rifles and handguns. Today, most
I recently retired an planned on spending a minimum of three months traveling in my 20′ Forest River 19RR Toy Hauler. I’m a bit of a news hound and wanted access to various news channels while on the road. I rarely stay at established RV parks with Cable TV hook-up. I tend to boondock at
Don’y you just hate an empty hole? Seems like there ought to be something filling it! On the Uberti 1866 and 1873 lever action rifles, most cowboys remove the lever lock that was designed to hold the lever closed when in a saddle scabbard on a horse. Since it isn’t needed by modern cowboys, it
Picked up a used Charles Daly Miroku Superior yesterday and it needed a couple simple modes…. First remove the very 1960s white line spacers Second… I’m not a big fan of ejectors. And this gun could fling spent shells into another county! I removed the two V springs that must have come from the rear
