Tony
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Fresh Water Tank Tool Mod
My new 3D printer is opening up new possibilities. Since getting our Boldt, I’ve been hauling around around a 1/2″ socket wrench with a 1-1/2″ socket for the sole purpose of opening and closing the plug on the fresh water tank. Most of the time it isn’t needed while traveling, but there have been a…
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Window Props Mod
We really like the dual-pane acrylic windows that Winnebago installed in the Boldt, with a couple of exceptions. The built-in window props only have a limited number of settings and none that allows for the windows to be open only a couple of inches. This is especially problematic for the window on the back passenger…
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Disabled Reverse Sensors Mod
Usain, like most modern vehicles, has rear sensors that sound a warning when reversing the vehicle and it detects something is in the way. Since we typically travel with a bike rack attached to the hitch, it gets really annoying to have to reach up to the dash to turn off the annoying beeeeeep each…
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2026 Oregon Trip Recap
06/03/2026 – 07/22/2026 Our 7-week adventure to northern California and the state of Oregon was amazing. We left home a few days later than planned, but with some longer travel days we were able to make it to our first pre-scheduled reservation in California with a day to spare. We traveled in 10 different states,…
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Super Singles Wheel Upgrade Plus Spare Carrier Mod
After giving it a lot of thought, and weighing the pros and cons, we finally did it. We ditched Usain’s duallies and made a major upgrade to super singles. We purchased the Sixty Sprinter Super Singles set from Own Offroad, which included a spare (that can go on either the front or back, if needed).…
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Hood Struts Mod
The stock Sprinter van that the Boldt is upfitter from has the heavy hood that requires the teeny tiny bar to swing out to hold it up. For convience and safety’s sake, I had Owl Offroad install their Sprinter Hood Strut Kit. They really work nice and will really appreciate them the next time I…
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Rear Door Struts Mod
I’ve had a few close calls where a gust of wind has come up and slammed the van’s rear doors unexpected as I was working behind the van. I decided it was time to outfit Usain with rear door struts supplied by Owl Offroad. The downside is that they take a lot more effort to…
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License Plate Frames Mod
Sometimes it’s the little mods that make something look better. In this case, it was adding license plate frames to Usain. They’re completely aesthetic, but I really like them. It was a set of two, so both the front and back plate got a frame. The ones I purchased even have screw covers, which makes…
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Pack Rat Repellent Mod
As we started adventuring into more remote locations in the southwest, we noticed that a lot of vehicles had their hoods propped open while parked at campsites. Having never seen this before, I Googled and discovered it was to protect pack rats and other pests from camping out under the vehicles’ hoods (cold desert nights,…
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Sprinter Horn Upgrade Mod
Anyone that has driven a stock Mercedes Benz Sprinter van has discovered the horn is very wimpy. As Owl Offroad says, “Your Sprinter might drive like a truck, but it shouldn’t sound like a scooter.” You can purchase an upgrade online and install it yourself, but we chose to have Owl install our replacement at…