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One of the most beautiful Cascadia Marine TraIl campsites, thanks to Washington State Parks. :)

Nice work! I see that you enjoy your projects.

I know this is an older video, but your bed platform is brilliant. I love the adjustable strap for the adjustable headrest lol. Thank you for taking the time to be so thorough, quite the inspiration. 🌻🐝🧡

It is absolutely wild how long and hard I searched for any amount of information on how to removel these trim pieces before I just applied brute strength and broke something. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

If you’re away for a month or more it can be a good way to stretch your ration of alcohol, spirits or whatever for a fuel burner, without having to make needlessly big fires and wasting time and energy on them all time. I just dont use twigs I try to get something a little more substantial going like a small swedish torch type of deal inside it. You still have to tend it but there’s usually a good 20-30 minutes of cooking in a fill or two depending on all the usual factors …

Practical? Wouldn’t leave home without one! Most of my twig stoves will also hold an alcohol burner (Trangia) quite well. Here’s a tip. If you want your gasifier type stove to gasify, never over fill it.

What a beautiful place canada is...

I have to agree that gas stoves are more practical, but twig stoves have ONE advantage that gas can't rival with, extreme cold. Most gas canisters can't function at -10 celsius, and even the best and most expensive ones that are meant to work in the cold can't handle more than -30 at the absolute best, while twigs will burn at any temeprature so long that it's dry enough that you can find decent wood, even wind is not really and issue since they're usually closed so the fire isn't blown out (well unless you're in the middle of a storm but if you're actually trying to light anything in the middle of a tornado instead of seeking shelkter then I think it's a you issue rather than the stove's fault).

Brad, good explanation. I also have a Subaru Outback (2012) that I want to set up for car camping with a platform system similar to yours. Have you figured a way to secure the heavy components in the event of an accident?

exactly what I am looking for - for my trip to Death Valley in September, an I also want to visit the Eureka Sand Dunes. I will drive there with a rental SUV. Do you think, it's possible to drive there with this car, also as someone who got not much experience with driving on such dirt roads. But I drove a lot of dirt roads in Terlingua, TX with a van. What do you think? And sorry - btw nice photos!

Sometimes u can use it during a fire ban, with BBQ briquettes, and use ubiquitous hand sanitizer to start 😅

Looks like a fun trip!

Looks like a great place to visit! I could spend months and months in the southwest and not tired of exploring!

Столик очень удобный. Меня семья ещё просит в угол поставить маленький унитаз.... Удобно...

Шикарно!! Надо это показать инженерам в Японии - что б они так на поток поставили...

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It's flat when you fold the seats?

Which is better solo stove campfire or this one?

My doctor prescribed Bentonite hills for depression. Instructions are weird: Take 2 meals a day in the Bentonite hills for 3 days.

Beautiful photos, thank you!

Great scenery. Would be nice to drive through there. Love the van too, my family used to own the same model with a manual transmission years ago.

Amazing trip! Thanks for sharing!

Hi Brad, Great video thanks. Is it a must that you have a 4 wheel drive vehicle to get to the dunes or would a two wheel drive pickup be okay ? You said it was about a 2 1/2 mile trek from your parking spot to the dunes is that correct ? How is the hike in the sand to the dunes from the parking ? Also the dunes look pretty easy to find is that a fair assumption ? Even though you thought it was flat lighting I think your photo came out great . I'll look for more of your work. Thanks again.

Hi Brad, I’m in Australia trying to fit out my second Delica. I’m new to CAD but learning and wondered if you would be prepared to share your base plan? Thanks, Jan

Great video, Brad! Always fighting humidity up here in the PNW! You skill at making instructional videos is really excellent, by the way!

Enjoying the road trip and photograhy Brad, thanks for taking us along for the ride.

I use an alcohol stove and use a twig burners at the pot stand. Best of both worlds

Careful in shopping mall parking garages now with the rack... My delica barely fits in some places with no rack. I wish more accessories were available for the L400 but Japan doesn't hold on to older vehicle models for long and there aren't enough in Canada for retailers to provide parts. (I am in Nova Scotia, far away from BC!). 🙂

Hello Brad, I hope you are fit and fine. Your content is really good.

Breathtakingly gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing🙏✨

Awesome place, love the images you took.

Great stuff. You are inspiring me to get to the southwest again. I'm on the east coast ☹

One of the best stove designs ever - no need to carry any fuel. The secondary burn does not only give a cleaner burn, it saves a lot of fuel too. In my experience you just need around half the amount of wood. To my knowledge, a fire-ban prohibits the use of all stoves, that provide an open flame, so no advantage with white spirit or propane burners either. Most of your twigs are way too big for this stove - to work properly, the top air vents have to be above the fuel. The proper way to operate these stoves is to fill them tightly to the top air vents and fire them up from above - should have read the manual first or watched some of the hundreds of YT-videos that are out there. If everything is wet, a spoonful of wood pellets put on top before igniting would help - that's the smart thing about upside-down fires, the actual flame dries out the next top layer of wood by its radiant heat, but doesn't produce enough steam to effect the burn. You can always cut some bigger dead limbs and split them in quarts, the dry inside will readily catch, just need a bit more kindling than usual (not, if you're using fatwood for kindling). Why do you bother with the boil time, what do you achieve in those 3-5 minutes you can save with one of the other stoves? And why do you bother about cooling time? If you are in such a hurry, toss it in a creek or pond to cool instantly (try that with one of the other stoves and see what happens). Notice: if a wood gasifier stove produces gray or black smoke after 30 seconds in, you didn't operate it the way it should be ! IMHO not a fair comparison.

Recognized so much of that drive, Brad! Those curves around Lake Crescent are beautiful!

Interesting! I shot some astro for one of my first times on Death Valley a week and half ago with some friends. I was in way over my head! And it seems I'm following you around! Back in Ohio now, but will be in Tucson in a few weeks and I almost always stop by Saguaro National Park when I'm out that way!

I to cold weather camping all the time. I carry a few esbit tablets and fatwood pieces. Then wet wood is no issue. Fill the stove with small twigs on the bottom up to inch diameter at the top, put the esbit tablet or fatwood under the stove & light it. It will dry out the twigs plenty quick & the rest will go. You can find plenty of fatwood in any pihe forest. Or after cooking, you can dry more twigs for your next camp, and pack the dry tinder with you.

I always carry a lightweight cammed bypass pruner with me. Fiskars powegear 2. Makes cutting the tinder much easier.

Been using the heck out if mine. I don't care that it takes a bit longer to boil water. By the time I'm doing that I'm either done for the day or packing up for the morning.

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Thanks just found your channel. I have been to the Kelso Dunes before a few times love it there. Going to the Death Valley dunes this week.

Up next, Hidden Dunes and Buckwheat Dunes.

people are so disrespectful and selfish

Beautiful photography and thanks for making this video. Dreaming of doing this trip some year, so really appreciate the beta!

Brad: Love the Ibex dunes, I have been going there for over 30 years. REALLY upsetting to see that some people don't care about wilderness. Driving and OHV into these dunes is really pathetic. What was the date you were there?

What size tarp and what brand do you use. Thank you nice set up

top !till next time~ 🤝

Thank you for sharing this. Was it cold enough for you to need dry suits?

I've been to the dunes six times; on my last trip I got some truly epic shots of the dunes but the previous times there was so many footprints it wasn't even worth it. People are so rude, they care only about themselves, how hard is it to walk in-between the dunes and not walking on the dune face ruining it for photographers such as us. I don't know about you, but California is one hell of a road trip for me.

Thank you for such a great video. You got a new subscriber. See you out there!

Great video! I was out at Mesquite almost a year ago and agreed, alternate routes in are super helpful for photographers. Heading out again next week! Can't wait!