Denise’s handiwork attaching and securing all the hydraulic lines in the equipment room. That is a bit of an art in itself. I dubbed this contraption the “octopus “. 😄😄 These are LED light bar driver modules to run all...Continue reading
A Day in the Life of an Off-Grid Solar Installer
This is our project journal — field stories from off-grid solar installs around Northern Arizona. The 4 a.m. starts, the parts that don't show up, the problems solved on the fly, and a behind-the-scenes look at how these systems actually get built — plus a bit of life on the fringe along the way. Originally posted on the River Daves Place forum; you can read the full thread here.
Oh yeah it’s time to modify stuff!!😄😄 This is a shift stick coupler I bought for Ol’ Yeller.
I thought it was a rubber isolator type coupler, but it’s not. And it turns out nobody makes such a thing for the trucks Getrag g360 transmission. So I decided to make the solid steel coupler into an isolator bushing...Continue reading
Last Friday morning, Denise and I loaded up in Ol Yeller and hit the road early.
The Franken-shifter was super mushy to shift, but cut most of the transmission noise coming through the stick. Once we dropped out of the mountains, I hit the cruise control ( yes, it has working cruise control! 💪), and we...
The rest of our weekend story is a part of @wash11 story you can check out here:…
The rest of our weekend story is a part of @wash11 story you can check out here: https://www.riverdavesplace.com/forums/threads/im-a-car-guy-again-after-a-20-year-break.316672/#post-5627845 It’s a fun read. Our family misadventures that finally led to Joel buying his Galaxie have been quite the ride. I have...Continue reading
On Saturday morning, while @wash11 and @Yarder ran around and got cars and beach chairs ready, it…
On Saturday morning, while @wash11 and @Yarder ran around and got cars and beach chairs ready, it was my job to “assist “ the girls dress up. 😍😍😍 It’s a pretty nice job to have!😄😄 Basically, I just make sure...Continue reading
Hello!! Despite me not checking in here for quite some time-we’ve been crazy busy, flat-out pedal…
Hello!! Despite me not checking in here for quite some time-we’ve been crazy busy, flat-out pedal to the metal during what was supposed to be a kinda slack time. 🤪🤪 I don’t have time to update much here right now,...Continue reading
I’ve been absolutely buried lately, and not much time to update here.
One project we have been working on that is turning out really good I can’t wait to share with you all, but it will be a fairly time consuming process to show and tell the story. So for now I’m...Continue reading
Long time, no post!
We have been super busy, as always, but I finally had some time to make a post-but instead I started an entirely new thread! I decided that the “sneek peek” RV project was epic enough to warrant it’s own thread....Continue reading