It is positively amazing how much really valuable “stuff” you can accumulate in 13 years. (Yes, that’s how long it has been since our three-year Trans-Eurasian expedition across all of Russia and around the World.) This was good stuff. The local flea market was the answer. For eight hours we bargained with the masses wanting […]
Moving from one house to another house is difficult, but you mark a big box “kitchen”, fill it, move it to the new house and unpack it in the kitchen. Moving a fully furnished home into a pile of boxes for what may be three to five years is interesting. Our “home” is now rented. […]
Have we left yet? Not quite, but have we moved? Yes, and what a move it was. When we drove away from our “small house” in Nevada City, Calif. the last time, headed for Siberia, it was just that, a “small house”. Now, having lived in it for several years, it became a “home”, with […]
A day’s drive north from Lee Power Steering in Sun Valley, we stopped at the Hellwig facilities in Visalia to have our Heavy-Duty Sway Bars and Hellwig Air Suspension bags checked. Everything looked fine, but for long-term reliability, the sway bar bushings were changed and new Hellwig drop-arms with replaceable bushings were installed. New Contitech […]
Following our brief stop at MagnaFlow Performance Exhaust, we continued up the California coast to Huntington Beach for a visit to the Dynatrac headquarters and factory. Dynatrac has been an important sponsor since they introduced their Free-Spin Heavy-Duty Front Hub & Bearing Kit which replaced the problematic factory unit-bearing on all Ford 4X4 Super Duty […]
Heading north from San Diego, our next stop was the huge R&D facilities of MagnaFlow Performance Exhaust (www.magnaflow.com). We have relied on MagnaFlow’s quality and expertise since The Turtle V was first built. We needed a custom exhaust that would give us the best performance, be high up out of harm’s way, exit to the […]
Once we had all the cabinets removed, Integrated Plastic in Rancho Cordova (www.integratedplasticsusa.com), made a quick repair reinforcing the fill tube corner and redoing the vent and outlet ports which could have been the next big problem. With the leaking tank out, we cleaned up the damaged floor, replacing the 1-inch marine–grade plywood that fit […]
New News-Subscribers: To see the full blog with photos please click on the title. Traveling the backroads of the world, or anywhere for that matter, clean, safe, pure water is critical. When we designed the Tortuga Expedition Camper, we incorporated a 40-gallon water tank that feeds an Everpure water purification system using the FDA approved […]
News Subscribers: To see the full blog with photos please click on the title. Onboard compressed air is a critical and mandatory component of any expedition vehicle. On The Turtle V, it is used for our Hellwig rear air suspension, (www.hellwigproducts.com), the front ARB Air Locker, (www.arbusa.com) and the twin Fiamm air horns, (www.fiammtech.com), in […]
Poised for Departure! Well, almost. Garage is finished and being packed, and The Turtle V is undergoing mechanical refinements for the long journey ahead. In a couple of months we’ll start looking for a renter for our home, and a serious countdown will begin. We’ve done this before, so we remember how many details pop […]
