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Other Repair-A-Thons:
Episode 1:
• Scrapyard Finds Repair...
Episode 2:
• New Scrapyard Finds! R...
Episode 3:
• More Scrapyard Finds! ...
Episode 4:
• Even More Scrapyard Fi...
Episode 5:
• Many More Scrapyard Fi...
Episode 6:
• Great Scrapyard Finds!...
Episode 7:
• Awesome Scrapyard Find...
Episode 8:
• Amazing Scrapyard Find...
Episode 9:
• More Beautiful Scrapya...
Episode 10:
• Huge Scrapyard Finds! ...
Episode 11:
• Terrific Scrapyard Fin...
Episode 12:
• Beautiful Scrapyard Fi...
Episode 13:
• New Amazing Scrapyard ...
Episode 14:
• Incredible Scrapyard F...
Episode 15:
• New Great Scrapyard-Fi...
Episode 16:
• More Amazing Scrapyard...
Episode 17:
• Scrapyard Finds Galore...
Episode 18:
• Scrapyard Finds to spa...
Episode 19:
• Rare Scrapyard Finds! ...
Episode 20:
• Fantastic Scrapyard Fi...
Episode 21:
• More Epic Scrapyard Fi...
Episode 22:
• Scrapyard Finds! Repai...
Episode 23:
• Exciting Scrapyard Fin...
Episode 24:
• Quality Scrapyard Find...
Episode 26:
• Surprising Scrapyard F...
Episode 27:
• Supreme Scrapyard Find...
Episode 28:
• Exotic Scrapyard Finds...
Episode 29:
• Precious Scrapyard Fin...
Episode 30:
• Unique Scrapyard Finds...
Episode 31:
• Valuable Scrapyard Fin...
Episode 32:
• Expensive Scrapyard Fi...
Episode 33:
• Unusual Scrapyard Find...
Episode 34:
• Military Grade Scrapya...
Episode 35:
• Scrapyard -Treasure Hu...
Episode 36:
• Terrific Scrapyard Fin...
Episode 37:
• High Power Scrapyard F...
Episode 38:
• Scrapyard Pneumatics a... - Věda a technologie
I always like it when you go off talking about life and reflecting on things. The lengths people will go to in order to "keep up appearances" for others is utterly crazy at times.
😀- Yeah!
Totally agree. He's spot on every time on every intro.
I do respect his knowledge and skills but also his attitude towards life
Most people are NPCs after all
true. the amount of people who tell me to get a "modern" car is crazy
The string is known in the trade as "dial cord".
one of very few channels on YT that haven't sold out yet and are sticking to the moto "Broadcast Yourself"
The first two minutes of this video shows us why Apple will never offer to sponsor you. Keep up the good work.
I really appreciate your channel. I'm still driving a 20+ year old car, living in a 100+ year old house furnished with original Arts and Crafts style furnishings and fittings, and using my father's and grandfather's tools and machinery. I just wish I had access to scrapyards like those you visit, as they're rather lacking where I live ! Greetings from rural South Australia, from a like-minded OAP.
"Wasted materials and a whole lot of unhappy people." Hit that nail on the head.
most people are not mentally equipped to deal with modernity.
For school, my dad bought me a nice 800 euro laptop.
But since I'm a big Thinkpad fanboy I bought an old Thinkpad and upgraded it a bit.
I'm actually happier with the inconveniences of a bulky laptop that I don't have to worry of breaking it
I'm in a similar boat when it comes to laptops. I'd much rather have a Dell Exx10 or 20 than most modern machines. Not only are they very durable, but they are also very cheap and can be upgraded to their maximum potential for not much money.
Your social commentary is spot-on. And yet, your videos are endlessly entertaining. Keep up the great work!
ive been a subscriber for a long time and your videos perfectly describe the modern world we live in.
The 4wheeler needs done ape hanger bars. Would make it much more comfortable. 😊
15:00 - what a mechanical beauty , those variable capacitors
Always interesting, I like the diverse nature of your content, they reflect life as it is.
My first caravan was being use as a refuse storage area. Cost £50 in 1993 and was made in 1975. What made the deal was a sombrero in one of the cupboards, i could not resist the deal.
Thanks for your time.
Fascinating installment! How in the world did you learn so much about about 70s-era stereo receivers!? Your knowledge of electronics is so impressive.
Always a pleasure seeing your projects and hearing your reflections on technology and society.
Thats rather stilted syntax . . oh you an AI bot filler
First foto: Hechtsee near Kufstein! Nice to see that you were also in Tirol!
I couldn't agree more about mentally "breaking free"...don't be a modern slave to bills and shiny "stuff". BTW I just ❤ vintage German 50s-70s radios . I love the stereo you fixed up.
Always a pleasure. Personally, I enjoy the mixed format. Keeps your channel from becoming stale.
If the world ends, I'm moving in with this guy
i will be around the corner as well xD
I had no idea old stereo system tuners worked like that, very informative!
I like what you did with that quad, mate!
Ref: the plastic windows on the caravan. You can get decent polycarbonate plastic sheets out of larger led televisions for nichts. I used to 'salvage' them when I worked as a tv tech to build a greenhouse. They're pretty much resilient to the elements, hail, etc.
Happy travels, and thanks for posting gerolf! 🖖
I'd say those sheets are way too thin, flimsy and weak for this kind of application...
@@janosnagyj.9540 they're not that thin mate. Approx 5 - 6mm
@@tedvanmatje Hm, never seen something like that. I was working on LCD screens up to 55" but there was no such thing. Some thin diffuser sheets, the LCD panel itself, and that's it...
@@janosnagyj.9540 what generation of panels were you working on?
I mostly got the sheets out of the philips/Samsung models, but the older Panasonic's were a good source too
@@tedvanmatjeWell these were recent models, post 2020 I guess. I dismantled some older (pre-LED backlight) models even from Samsung, but those were all 32s max (as that time bigger TVs were as rare as a unicorn) and maybe that's why they didn't contained those sheets you're referring to. But just yesterday I had an idea: during Covid-times they've installed big separating screens in every public place, those are mostly removed by now. They had to go somewhere 😉Might be a good source as well. Those were really strong thick sheets mosty, some of them really big.
I think the ATV would work great as a standing up scooter type thing,
Best roadtrip I ever had was in Slovenia. Never been so overwhelmed by the beauty of nature.
I like the diversity on your channel. I'm likewise repairing different systems, so it is all of interest to me. I'm kind of surprised that the superglue worked on your AM tuner repair.
4 wheeler and the Camper were interesting! Soooo glad the camper has been all you wanted it to be for the past few years! Thanks!
So much variety in your camper travels! Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Italy - amazing! I live on a big island so there is nowhere to go with a camper lol. You are lucky in that way. The music festival looks interesting - they are building everything from scratch? Crazy haha but I bet all the people involved are having a great time. I kinda wish I was there right now!
A solution I have used for bolting through acrylic is to drill an over sized hole that will accept a piece of flexible tubing the same length as the thickness of the acrylic. This will prevent to screw threads from cracking the acrylic in the hole. It can also absorb some of the bolt clamping forces so the acrylic doesn’t. Too much clamping pressure especially in low quality acrylic can result in ‘crazing’ which is spiderweb micro cracking in the acrylic will will propagate throughout and eventually cause failure. Some solvent chemicals will also cause crazing. Again size the holes in the frame and acrylic to allow for differential thermal movement.
the whole acrylic window has been in vain cause he had forgotten about the traffic regulations or MOT aka TÜV in germany
He needs to buy a window with t type certification for the purpose to be used in a vehicle participating in public traffic.
His solution is already illegal and the police would stop him and prevent that he could drive any further with the camper due to all the risks involved hurting someone else which would require a repair on the spot they have stopped him or a trailer for the camper. Terrible expensive idea.
Unfortunatelly he has already destroyed the old windows where a proof sign had been which is needed to get a spare part. I bet this is also an EU wide regulation meanwhile.
Alle Scheiben benötigen eine Bauartgenehmigung und ein entsprechendes Prüfzeichen.
@@typxxilps
Germany, where they make regulations on regulations to regulate future regulations. I did not realize that camper windows there were such a hazard.
That little electrified quad had me in stitches, it was like the world's least ergonomic mobility scooter with that posture on the go!!! :P
Acrylic tends to expand/contract at least as much as aluminum would.
Be very careful using anerobic thread locker near plastics, they tend to migrate into it and cause cracking (Henkel have technical documents online explaning this)
I didn't know that about the thread locker.
@@darkwood777 I'm surprised Gerhold (?) wouldn't...
I'm also surprised he used acrylic and not polycarbonate which is much more impact and UV resistant.
CZcams won't let me include a random URL but both Henkel and Permatex have pages explaining how their products embrittle thermoplastics.
I had the exact same caravan about 25 years ago, and the exact same problem with the bedroom window. Ended up scrapping the van, as internet shopping wasn't such a big thing back then, and a new window was a crazy price.
The biggest pain was keeping it looking clean, with its bobbly textured skin.
crazy, 25 years ago these windows where that expensive already
As always super happy to see a new post from the Post Apocalyptic Inventor! Those variable capacitors do bring back memories from when as a kid I dismantled and old Braun AM/LW/KW radio that had some minor issues. Later in my electronics experiments also modified that variable capacitor to have less plates to reduce the capacitance. That all worked, but now in hindsight it was probably stupid to butcher a radio that is now maybe a highly sought after item, with clear Dieter Rams design influence. Wisdom comes with the years, and fully agree keeping up with the Joneses (or here Jansens) is leading nowhere or wont bring happiness. But luckily watching these videos do!
That Braun wasn’t wasted. It encouraged you and aided in your learning.
@@hauptuhrdotnetblog6700 thank you for this insight. We should indeed not only look at monetary value stuff 'could have' or what could have been lost by messing around with them, but also at the skills and knowledge we gain with just tinkering (at any age!). That is indeed of great value and will bring one forward. Just try stuff! With those skills e.g. now repair stuff for family and friends, also broken items before bringing them to the thrift store. Those shops simply can't afford to repair everything or simply don't have enough volunteers to clean and repair everything they get. This also learned me to prefer low-tech over high-tech solutions, since they are usually way easier to repair. (paradoxically, I have a job in high-tech...)
Hey, let's give credit where credit is due... Jansen, Hansen, and the likes are where we get all the raw materials!
my old friend Hans Zimmer who makes music for films apparently, Loves the Deiter Rams designs and different classic furniture, such as Eames chairs, when we all stayed in a house in Sussex in '79 my girlfriend was a lady called Diana Panton whose family produced a plastic chair but her dad couldn't cook spaghetti to save his life. Such were those wonderful days now we all live in plastic crapland courtesy of the chinese !!!
Last year we also visited the Triglav National Park in Slovenia, and stayed in the exact same village you show at 21:20. The National Park is a magnificent place for hikes. Besides that, I really like your attitude of always wanting to repair things instead of throwing them away.
Is anyone else disappointed that banana seats aren’t referred to as “Bonanza Saddles” in America?
I happen to be in a mid life crisis as I observe peers my age are much better off financially.
It's great to hear sage advice about love of possessions.
I happen to like fixing stuff too, so I have that going for me.
The main asset we all have is our health bro. Keep yourself in good condition and don't worry about the rest. The way I look at it is that if I had a different life anything could have happened differently. Maybe one day I was walking across the road from some fancy designer shop buying expensive clothes and got run over by a bus?? Don't waste time on regret, just make the most of what you have :)
I'm there too!
@@bobs12andahalf2 yup, me too. 40 years old driving a vehicle half my age still renting. Everybody driving brand new cars with nice houses may seem more financially stable but in reality a lot of them are just heavily indebted.
Car windshields are tinted at the edges to protect the glue holding them to the metal frame and transition to no tint with dots of tint. This allows a gradual temperature difference to prevent stress on the glass and glue. You could try something similar as window tint is pretty cheap. Or just paint the edges with a mesh stencil. I'm not sure if that will work with the aluminum being held with bolts drilled through the plastic. Another option is to make slightly larger holes for the bolts and use something like a bit of tubing like nylon air line as a bushing between the bolt and aluminum and plexiglass plastic by putting the bolts through the tubing and then through the mounting holes. The nylon is pretty stiff but should be more flexible to accommodate the temperature variations of the metal.
Thanks! I've always wondered about those little, gradiated dots around a windscreen!
same here!!! now i know @@Oneshot8242
Bonjour, je regarde d'Alsace en France, vos vidéos sont vraiment superbes. J'aime bien le quad électrique et la réparation de la caravane. Je ne comprends pas toujours les trucs électroniques, mais c'est très intéressant. Vous êtes vraiment un type génial. Continuez à nous faire rêver, merci.
Suggestion for your channel: Add moredetail to the video description of the machines you fix.I would love to go back and rewatch old videos I remember, but I have trouble remembering which Repair-a-thon video it was. Briefly stating which objects are repaired would add value to your wonderful archive--and may generate more views in the long-term.
Also, thank you for the wonderful video. I'm a long-time viewer in the US. Watching your repair of the audio receiver was a real treat for me. I tried this myself before but didn't have your skills or patience. You are an inspiration!
Thank you for the beautiful footage of your travels. I'm envious!
Also, after years of watching our videos, I'm still greatly please to see your ethos of repair, re-use, and repurpose. It is a refreshingly stark contrast to the rampant consumerism and waste of today.
You have made me seriously consider a trip to the Spreewald next year. Not sure giving travel advice was your main goal of posting this video, but thanks!
I wish there was such a scrapyard here in Mexico, with reusable objects such as your quadcicle. People here uses everything to the last breath and then puts it on sale for almost same price as new :D
crazy
and India !
In a way - that’s good that things are used till “the last breath”. Less waste that way. But bad for scrapyard finds for sure.
hahaha yes good point but there's always military stuff on sale in most countires they class as scrap (maybe not mexico) @@absurdengineering
My pickup truck is almost 27 years old (dodge ram). It has over 200,000 miles on it (about 327,000 km) and is not totally rusted even in Michigan winters with salt on the roads. I have it rust proofed most years. It runs fine. It is not new but I will likely keep it for another year or two. My 2008 Saturn VUE has a rusted frame and we will be replacing it soon. My "old" microwave was made in Japan in 1987, the year I purchased it. The home we bought 5 years ago came with a microwave oven so we use both. The Japanese made microwave oven still has the original light bulb. I have never had ANY issues with it. My electric oven was made in the USA. It is a 1998 Maytag and other than repairing the up/down button on the timer it has worked flawlessly for over 25 years. I would say that in general I don't replace things until I really have to.
Good intro and I really liked seeing how the evolution of radio receivers has changed over the decades. Thank you.
24:30 Those clamps are used by woodworkers all the time, nothing wrong with them. Of course the metal jaws are less than ideal, but protecting the workpiece will always be an issue: clamps made from hardwood can mark other wooden surfaces as well.
Good enough is sometimes good enough, when it comes to old campers. But I've followed the channel long enough to know that good enough is never good enough. And I mean that with the greatest of respect!
Dude I love the radio! My father built his own stero receiver in the 70's. It still works!!! Love your work!
Thanks for the video, They use tow gears inside the variable capacitor to remove the backlash. For the short wave any small rotation can affect the tuned frequency for the local oscillator. You can use fishing line to replace the old string.
Beautiful countryside over there, absolutely spectacular! Nice little camper/trailer too, 👍👍🤘✌️.
I finally ran out of back-catalog repair-a-thons a month ago, so I am always thrilled to see a new one pop up! Keep doing what you do, it's important work. All the best from Los Angeles!
Best wishes updating and maintaining your vintage camper. Sometimes old things just need someone to love them!
I love this channel! As a fellow repair and repurpose practitioner there is more value in what you do than meets the eye. The skills you develop lend themselves to learning even more skills that cross over between disciplines. That's my experience at least. You inspire others to be more thrifty and not fall into the trap of excessive consumerism.
The electronic repairs are always fascinating. The UK has lots of caravan breakers I was hunting for a one piece stove sink and drain in stainless similar to yours the prices are reasonable. Your adventures with the caravan look so lovely would love to see some more footage. Thank you for sharing
Another great video👍🏼 very envious of your camper, I wish I had space to store one.
The two sprung gears are know as ‘anti backlash’ gears in the UK, I used to work on electromechanical aircraft instruments many years ago and they often had these on critical gears that needed to turn back and forth with extreme accuracy.
I've seen this principle used on some timing gears on diesel engines with gear driven cams as well. You better make sure to pin both halfes together before taking out the gear or you'll have to fight the spring inside to put everything back together.
This "Marimba"-model has a great sound and reception on all bands. A great radio still made in germany in a quality which is hardly to be found nowadays.
25:30 Tip: not everything has to be smaller in a camper. Allow yourself the luxury of a regular sized cutting board, it’s so much more convenient and doesn’t take up significant space. In my opinion, anyway - I’m not a kitchen snob, but tiny cutting boards annoy the hell out of me.
Marvelous as usual. The philosophy, the adaptations, the ideas. Thanks for keeping us motivated to do the same. Greetings from South Brazil
Top notch content once again! Thank you!
Btw I love the makeshift bit extender made out of 4 individual bit holders 😂
The quad is sweet! You should get a set of "Ape Hanger" handlebars for it, that way you don't have to bend so far forward on it and it would look sick AF in combination with the banana seat and sissy bar.
Great video as always, thank you for uploading! 👍👍
Love the old radio 📻 repairs. You can't find radios like that in the US unless you're willing to pay quite a lot of money
Dude, your videos are awesome. I'm always happy when there's a new one for me to watch.
If your current window experiment for the caravan doesn't hold out or isn't ridged enough, I'd look at trying out vacuum forming your own, to match the old style, creating a more bubble shape, adds that rigidity.
A while back, I built an air hockey table, after seeing a tutorial on CZcams. Took time, but no technical difficulties. Could just as well be used as the vacuum bed in a former.
Ah what a lovely thing to watch while I have my morning coffee.
Entertaining and informative as usefull. FYI all my vehicles have been bought broken, repaired, driven for at least half a decade and then sold running with fresh inspection. Never owned a TV as an adult. My phone gets updated with a used version when the current one is no longer able to interface with the world around.
Good job on the variable Capacitors. Hamradio tinkerers use them for coupling antennas. Highly priced at the bay.
I drive a 17 year old Hyundai Tuscan (since 2020). I will be very disappointed if I don't still drive it as a 20 year old at the very least! Your intro is so true TPAI.
Sounds like you need a new neighbour... I would love to have you living next door (although I think I almost am, at least within a few cities 😉 )
Immer wieder ein Hochgenuß - reparieren ist auch besser für die Seele als neukaufen - das kann ja jeder ... 👍🤘
"Bonanza Saddle". When I was growing up on the USA in the 1960's we called them "Banana Seats".
Exactly what I was going to say. In the 70s I had an awesome Western Auto three speed, metallic green with black banana seat and ape-hanger handle bars.
I've been following you for yrs now, and brother. You have been and seen some beautiful countries. I looking to find more videos from you my friend, please be safe and healthy out there
Hello from Florida, U.S.A.❤
Beautiful scenery great job
I like these multi-format videos - it's interesting to see all the different things you get up to and the skills necessary to overcome the issues and bring these items back to working order. Thanks and keep it up! 👍
My wife and I are new to traveling with a camper but we enjoy it. I like the sink and stove setup in your camper.
Id love to see you at a festival someday! Nice work with the camper! I wish you were my coworker
I watch your videos and listen to your good commentaries on modern society! Those variable capacitors (Hopt?) were also used in Norwegian radios the same era (Tandberg and Radionette) and suffer the same way, much work to dis- and assemble to clean stiff lubricant. I work on many radios, but hate dial string work!
Thank you much for the video! For those wondering that wonderful tune playing is "From Here to Infinity" and "Give Me a Chance" by: The Basic Game.
As for me, I find all your videos very entertaining!
Always happy to see a new TPAI video! The mix of topics is great and I really enjoy your opening monologues.
im happy with my old 1981 4x4 it was built to last i don't need new crap i prefer older stuff its built way better and i don't care what people think thats why i love this channel
Saving the world just means living with items for longer, growth capitalism is the cause of pollution as it encourages replacement not repair. So nice to see these repairable items. Well done. Respect from Scotland 🏴🏴🇬🇧🇬🇧
Great work, and the intro was sublime. I have never understood who it is people are trying to compete with when the "next best thing" needs to be bought, or how some just happily throw their hard earned cash to the wind.
SUV`s are a prime example. higher maintenance cost, more fuel cost, higher cost to buy new, a headache to manouver in tight spaces. But people rather get their vew days of dopamine rush when looking at their driveway. will never understrand this, its so weak minded
@@fritzkuhne2055 totally on point.. and myself I think they look rather ugly, bulky and lacking grace. Does not handle very well either.
People view them as safe but neglect to recognize that the safest car is the one with a good driver, in that sense I almost would guess SUVs to be higher in crash statics.
@@LunaticCharade true. SUV look like alien- clown shoe contraptions to me. Not out of place as some kind of egg in the alien franchise
True and wise words at the beginning I totally agree with. My VW Passat turned 37 years this month, and many ask why I do not buy a newer car. It still runs... is my reply. Great video, as always. Thanks and best regards from Osnabrück...
It may be parasocial but your videos feel like an update from a valued pen-pal.
Always nice to hear how you’re doing.
Greetings from 🇦🇺
Oh man.. we rode with motorcycles from Finland to northern Italy and visited the same areas where you had been including soca. Really beautiful landscapes. Didn't know that there's been filmed any big movies. But i can understand why they would. Stunning landscape everywhere
Ive struggled with the tuning strings of radios on several occasions. I'm glad we've moved on from that. If a replacement string is needed, cloth fishing line works well.
i luckily never had to deal with this, but seems stroke inducing
Always learning something cool with you, Gerolf. Thank you, and good luck with your adventures.
I've not had variable capacitors lock up like that but it is a common problem with old record player turntables. If you are ever in Croatia with the caravan you would be welcome to camp at my property, near the river Drava.
If you ever come to Finland, just reach out for the camping in our property.
Its always makes me calm😌👌🏻 no noisy or irritating music just peaceful and knowledgeable things are here😌👌🏻
I always cleaned off the old hardened lubricant with denatured alcohol. Even if the shaft is stuck fast, that works in about 85% of the repairs I had to do. I used automatic transmission fluid or electric organ oil to relube the areas that needed it.
I detested having to re-string the dial cords. They were always a real hassle. If you have Cuttyhunk fishing line or cod line, they both work well for replacement dial cord. Check the diameter of the old cord first though. There were at least 5 different diameters of dial cord, plus the really old brass drive belts and the flat fabric drive belts. (I was lucky to obtain a hundred or so assorted fabric belts, as they are not obtainable any more.)
The dial cord as used in the Loewe ST-250 is nothing more than "Fly-Fishing" line. Stopping into your favorite sporting goods store that caters to the fly fishermen will yield a wide verity of cord diameters and tinsel strengths, at very modest price.
Weird is good. I like how you change what you do and it's not predictable!
I watched this last night and was thinking about your tuner repair this morning. I remember seeing a high end receiver, though I cannot remember the brand but it had a spring on the tuning string. That part of the system was a simple system of pulleys, most of it was inline along the indicator dial but they felt it necessary to keep that under tension. Perhaps the next time you come across a tuner you could terminate the ends in a loop and stretch a spring across them? Just offering this up as an idea.
In the US the Bonanza saddle you referred to is called a Banana seat. A Sissy Bar is the long bar that supports the back of the seat and usually sticks up 2-3 feet above the seat.
I have never had a new car, at the moment I drive a 2001Mitsubishi Triton ute and I all ways repair my own cars. Like you Gerlof I try and repair many things like my microwave or my tractor etc. Thank you for the video and happy repairing.
Very enjoyable video. I enjoy your tool repairs more than the electronics, but this time I found your electronics repairs to the radios interesting because they were b asic enough for me to understand. The improvements and repairs you made to your trailer look professional, and very workmanlike.
Nice to see it's not just me that explains variable capacitance by waving my hands about!
Don't even consider keeping up with the Joneses. THEY'RE BROKE!!! Another great video my friend!
TPIA one of the BEST channels on the internet. Period.
I love your channel and endeavours to make people think more carefully about the consequences of our Capitalist existence. I am working hard on repairing my own camper trailer which is only 2007 vintage. It has a mechanical wind up system to raise the roof and the cables are stretched and the telescoping roof supports were bent. Now I am ditching the orthodoxy of having the auxiliary “house” battery in the camper, as the car alternator has 110 amp alternator I figured I’d put that to better use than just charging the starter battery. I installed a 50 amp DC to DC charger whose source is the starter battery and use the excess amps of the alternator to charge the house battery. If the battery was in the camper it would miss out on a charge every time we went off exploring whilst camping. I connect it to the camper via a couple of cables with Anderson plugs. Today I installed a 200w solar panel on the car roof which connects to the DC to DC charger to keep the batteries (it also will charge the starter battery) topped up in case we don’t go exploring for a few days. This way one 100 amp/hr battery is sufficient for camper lighting/pump and charging iOS devices.
I've always enjoyed the idea of riding a quad meant for kids!
Words of wisdom! I hear ya good brother! A consumer society of throw away junk by design! One big extortion racket! So glad you see and have broke free👍
Definitely one of my favorite channels!🎉 Keep up to great work!😊
I'm a reasonably new subscriber. have watched all your stuff rapidly. Super excited to see "1hour ago" under this video.