I frequently see new Excursion owners asking how to get the barn doors open all the way. It’s incredibly easy.
You need to open the doors extra wide if you want to load anything wider than about 44”
Continue reading “Open Wide”I replaced the factory paddle mirrors with some eBay special towing mirrors this weekend.
The stock mirrors had power and heat when Fessick left the factory. By the time he came into my life, the heat was completely non-operational. The left mirror moved correctly, but the right only moved left to right. It wouldn’t move up and down.
The replacement mirrors have marker lights and turn signals behind a smoked lens as well as turn signals mounted in the glass. Additionally, I can pull the mirror further away from the truck to increase the view when I’m pulling a trailer
Every year, one of my friends hosts a pig roast for the Fourth of July. Cooking the pig is an all night endeavor, so about a half dozen of the guys come over the night before. We take shifts cooking and sleeping. Last year, he had a full house & I volunteered to sleep in Fessick.
Continue reading “Sleeping Platform (pt.1)”
We built the ger in the early spring of 2007. For 15 years it’s been our home away from home.
Continue reading “A Tour of Our Campsite”Or What’s Fessick going to be when he grows up?
My wallet won’t support a vehicle that can’t do everything. And I mean everything.
Continue reading “Project goals”
I never liked the black wheels that were on Fessick when I purchased him. Also with four 35″ wheels, the size of the spare tire was so different (31.5″) that I really didn’t have a spare.
I was finally able to assemble all the pieces needed to change the wheels and tires last month. In addition to improving the looks of Fessick, the Wander Wagon, my cabin got quieter and my mileage and acceleration improved.
Update June 2019
A lawnmower in the box fits behind the third row.
Update May 2019 – according to the fine folks at the Excursion Cult Club on Facebook, an Excursion can carry 21 bales of hay or 220 dozen Krispy Kreme.
It’s insane how large Fessick is.
One evening while returning from dinner at the in-laws’ house, we saw a dresser on the side of the road about a half-mile from our place.
Dropped off the wife & kids. Tossed the car seats in the minivan and returned for the dresser.
I folded the middle row flat and slid the dresser in the back door. So yeah, a dresser, upside down on top of the folded second row.
Our primary tent is a yurt. When it’s packed up, it’s eight feet long. (Our camping set-up is ridiculous, it will be detailed next summer.) The Excursion is big enough that both kids fit, in car seats, on the big side of the middle row. I built a Z-shaped bulkhead that goes from behind the wife’s seat to behind the kids’ all the way to the ceiling.
From bottom- EZ-up, yurt side walls, shelf for roof rafters
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