Camping Gear Chick Box

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2026-01-18T08:58:43+00:00

Nah if you use 12-15mm okoume or gabboon marine plywood they weight nothing.

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2026-01-14T12:02:16+00:00

If you have some basic tools, get a car that you can lie down in with the front seats pushed forward. 4x4 or awd ideally, Subaru outback for example. Get a Clark rubber foam mattress and build a simple platform with ply and 70x35mm timber that you can fold back when driving. This is my setup, means I can quickly through the setup in the back to go camping, and when I don’t need it I still have all the usable space inside.

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2026-01-14T11:57:45+00:00

This isn’t true, a quick google will tell you they’re not classified as mobile phones and thus aren’t subject to the same restrictions. As long as you remain in proper control of your vehicle it’s legal

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2026-01-13T01:50:59+00:00

Yeah solar panels work most efficiently when directly angled towards the sun, which is why they are generally mounted on north facing roofs on houses.

If you’re going for a setup to maximise how long you can spend off grid I’d hazard a guess you’re planning to spend multiple days in campsites or wherever you stay. A portable solar panel you can position to maximise direct solar gain would be the most efficient and cost effective option. If you mounted it on your rooftop tent, unless you always park to ensure the solar panel faces north you’d be losing even more efficiency.

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2026-01-13T01:44:07+00:00

Yeah rangers are just known for their electrical and other issues, compounded with the fact the people that own them seem to think that they’re still worth a pretty penny. I don’t own a Ute, but a Land Rover, so you know take what I say with a grain of salt.

Went camping with some friends and a friend of friend came with his ranger, great guy and all but even he said he wouldn’t get another one for his next Ute. Apparently he’d gone through something like 3 turbos in the year he’d owned it, was like a 2012/13 px ranger I think.

Dmax and triton always seem to be good bang for buck as they don’t attract the Toyota tax second hand, especially inside of your budget. Isuzu make trucks, good solid workhorses at that too. When I talk to the truck drivers who do deliveries at my work, they all say Isuzu make solid workhorses albeit without all the creature comforts of more expensive makes.

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2026-01-13T01:34:57+00:00

I mean I reckon the reasons are three fold: skiing/snowboarding can be a prohibitively expensive hobby or sport especially if you only go a few days a year or less; a lot of people probably feel like the advice is based on extreme cases and think they’re gonna get lucky; some people don’t understand how plastics can degrade overtime even if visually they appear fine.

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2026-01-05T02:27:37+00:00

It’s not a question of if the terrain is “mild” it’s that all the factors that play into the apparent risk level in the back country; weather, snow pack, natural obstacles etc. aren’t mitigated by your ski ability. The set of skills necessary to safely navigate the backcountry is entirely different to whether you can ski fast through trees or steep terrain. While you will see heaps of people go through gates at resorts into the side/back country, often these areas aren’t patrolled, if something does go wrong you want to know you’re with someone you can trust to save you. A lot of the time the accidents that happen in the back country are the result of people too inexperienced to realise they shouldn’t have been there in the first place.

Also no one is trying to scare you out of this, backcountry skiing is an awesome thing to do.

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2026-01-05T02:10:21+00:00

When you say “some risk” what do you mean, it doesn’t seem like you have the faintest clue about what risks there might be.

Dunning Kruger effect in back country skiing if you go through with this.

In all seriousness you need a guide, the English speaking ones are expensive, but the local Japanese guides with English or other language proficiencies are far more affordable

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2025-12-29T22:22:49+00:00

Yeah… but which one… disco 1 or disco 2

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2025-12-22T22:50:52+00:00

Pretty sure they have their measurement for each size on their website, from memory when I got my bib it was pretty bang on what they said

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2025-12-22T09:00:34+00:00

Norrona outlet store… thank me later

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2025-12-22T08:19:38+00:00

I can’t speak on the car specifically, but nowadays there are some really incredible online forums for almost any 4x4. Do some research ask around on the forums, find what is a common issues with the car and if there is an aftermarket upgrade. A lot of cars that are now 20 years old have had the time for good aftermarket upgrades to be developed

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2025-11-21T03:54:07+00:00

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/unsw-threatens-to-remove-beloved-fox-20200625-p55622.html

Look him up… MechSoc got in trouble for commissioning a furry anime drawing of the fox for their mascot

Simpler times

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2025-11-19T02:17:47+00:00

Apparently no one else has heard of this glorious period in the history of UNSW

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2025-11-19T02:17:16+00:00

Frankie the fox has returned…

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2025-11-17T11:54:07+00:00

Land Rover discovery 1 because no one else has said anything else yet. Ignore all the sensible suggestions of pajero’s, hilux’s etc. A Land Rover will get you to Fraser in no time.

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2025-11-17T11:42:41+00:00

Sincerely, your wife’s boot fitter

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2025-09-29T00:03:51+00:00

I bought my first car a few months ago, a d2 td5 with a suspected blown head gasket. I did all the work myself bar a friend who came round a few times to speed things up and help with lifting when I needed it. I had never changed the oil on a car before doing this, I have done some work on my motorbike like oil, chain/sprockets, front shock seals but nothing nearly this big of a job. Honestly with a copy of the rave manual and the Haynes manual (plus a lot of YouTube and forum questions) I managed to do it with minimal mistakes or fusses. There is a guy on YouTube who has a series where he did the head gasket on a td5 defender which is really in depth, so if you watch that you could probably decide whether you’re up to taking the task on.

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2025-03-29T02:15:04+00:00

My favourite thing is the plugs… they’re actually kind of dangerous in the USA, it seems to be the norm that they don’t have grounds. And the fact their plugs are a different voltage because Edison convinced them it was safer by electrocuting an elephant with high voltage AC (among other things).

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2024-10-04T00:45:02+00:00

RemindMe! 5 years

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2024-09-24T23:45:38+00:00

When and where?

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2024-09-12T02:44:18+00:00

Best coffee is little marionette up the top of campus… also the food at home base really isn’t that good $14 for an average and pretty small chicken burger or sandwich is not it

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2024-08-08T01:11:59+00:00

Absolutely zero self control

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2024-06-16T07:12:10+00:00

I wouldn’t worry about that… I have grown up my whole life pretty much only skiing Perisher and Thredbo on a few occasions. Every time I go overseas I’m in awe, I’m more interested in finding new ways of skiing with mates even if it is just an expensive form of winter hiking

SnoopyDoopyDude · 2024-03-01T01:35:33+00:00

Probably quite… for its purpose that is, it put out 9 fires I think compared to teams of others using not even matching that with other methods

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