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Indeed, it's mostly the attitude that gets it done - that and honestly knowing yourself.

From the datasheet (attached), the 2031 is a Coleman 2-burner stove short of 700lbs. I have some difficulty as a 140-ish pound 5'8" (1.72M) individual just moving around the 305 shell and frame pack - I can dead lift about twice my weight a few times before I'm spent (the shell/frame weighs...

If you can get the airbeam on the ground with a crane that'll help, but you may have to find a way to roll it out and back again with a vehicle (and that can make site selection complicated). My truck will have a compressor, but not a high volume one, so again I'm hoping to reduce the tools I...

Looks like an MEP-831 on two furniture dollies hanging from the crane... Base-X tents are often shipped in very large and heavy Hardigg cases which I don't need or want (more to store and carry), I'm focussing on building a collapsible frame to but in a trailer bed that will contain the tents...

Yeah, one of the reasons I went with Base-X is the reduced personnel count to set up. All the videos I've seen of DRASH tents being set up look like you have to get a bunch of people inside to push the tent out, or having to do a dead lift while ballancing the tent on a pole...

Ahhhh.... picked them up. Little mis-communication with the trucking/expediting companies delayed the pickup from last week. Again lots of manual labor to move it into storage. Now I have the following Base-X resources: 3x Tan 305 (all complete) 1x Tan 303 (all complete) 2x Tan 103...

Congrats - I found the first "shake down" packing for our camping/road-trip last spring was an eye opener for my wife on what you need versus what you want on a trip. Things need to be multi-use and packable - whole packs of new sponges need to be taken down to single sponges (leave the rest of...

Based on photos and videos I've obtained, and eye-balling the stored package height, I'm guessing 72" - as luck would have it I've never had a tent out of a bag and had a tape measure available at the same time. I did "reverse engineer" the tents before I bought any of them - at first I was...

These models' geometry are a bit simpler than drawing up say... an M925. Base-X 103 - This is what we'll be doing the July camp-out with the family in "just to try it out" Base-X 303 - I'm only bringing this if we aren't somewhere that has bathrooms. This will always be my bathroom tent...

Yeah well... I did a horrible drawing back in post 125, but I think I can do better. Tents were picked up today (err, yesterday now). Should be here in a week. Gives me a few days of fairly nice weather to get the storage container situated.

Shipment is scheduled for a Monday pickup in VA. Pre-paid. Just took a look at the storage container this evening on the way home from work, and I'm in for a bit of work to cram the new arrivals... *sigh*

Classifieds here on Steel Soldiers, Government Liquidation, Craig's List, eBay, swap meets... the usual places. As with anything the faster and newer you want it the more you'll pay. If you can play the long game and be patient for good deals, they will almost fall in your lap (you do need to...

Go get some then [thumbzup] Start small: 103/203/303. I have tentatively sold the wife on going camping with the 103 tent, what I consider a "hallway" in the full FOBIC setup - but you have to remember that it's still a 15'x9' tent with a 6' ceiling. Last spring we went across the country to...

Funny thing happened too while this project was churning - GATR came out with the 4Meter VSAT ball I was hoping they would...

Everything is packed up and bidding has started on the shipment, so hopefully the cost will be comparable to the ones I had shipped out of Pennsylvania last spring. Again, this shipment contains: Qty 5x tan rapid entry vestibules Qty 2x 103 tents (frame shell only) Qty 1x tan 305 end wall...

California Rattle Snake tastes like chicken. Crickets taste like peanuts and walnuts, only they crunch like popcorn. They will find out about that soon enough too I'm sure. Now hear this: :derailed: :beer:

I grew up knowing what the underside of a tree looked like, and so will my kids dang it!! The oldest is 4-1/2 now, and he and his younger brother already know what it is like to wake up cool, and find that it's below freezing outside the sleeping bag (and no kidding on that). They also know...

Quick update since this thread dropped out to page 17 of the Aux Equipment forum... Last of the tents are shipping next week after a long holiday lull, and a hit from the IRS last year - and buying and repairing a M1009 CUCV... I'm going to be in the market for some 103 tent liners as both of...

Wife's uncle's frequently stated opinion is that roughing it "is a busy signal when I call room service..." - I should be able to provide that for him with this collection [thumbzup] I dropped the 20' ISO container in place at 7AM this morning, thanks to Jack James Towing for the help, also had...

Yeah, funny how mention of free money though gets the "Honey-do" list's ears to perk up... :doh: