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Cascadia 4×4 Vehicle Specific Solar System

Tuesday, May 5th, 2020

Cascadia 4×4’s Vehicle Specific Solar System is a hood mounted solar panel configured to fit different hood contours.

When exposed to daylight the VSS system provides power to your battery. According to the manufacturer, “This gives you the ability to run 12V accessories like fridges, phone/laptop chargers, lights, power inverters etc. without the need to start your engine and without fear of draining your battery and leaving you stranded.” Producing 85 watts, it can also be used to recharge a drained battery.

One of the things I was concerned about was glare from the mounted panel, but they say that due to it’s light absorbing properties the solar panel creates a surface with very low reflectivity across the hood of the vehicle.

So far, they are available for the Jeep Wrangler and Ford F-150.

www.cascadia4x4.com

Posted in Mobility, Power | 4 Comments »

Vehicle Ready HEXGRID Platforms from 5.11 Tactical

Wednesday, April 29th, 2020

5.11 Tactical’s HEXGRID is a multi-angle load bearing platform. PALS compatible, it allows you to configure your equipment so that it easiest to access. With the HEXGRID platform mounted to the front of your passenger seat, you can reach right over and get what you need without looking. Naturally, the system can also be mounted to the rear of a seat.

The system consists of two components, seat and headrest.

Posted in Load Carrying, Mobility | 7 Comments »

Mack Defense Awarded Contract from US General Services Administration

Saturday, April 25th, 2020

ALLENTOWN, PA (April 22, 2020) – Mack Defense has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to supply the full range of Mack-branded products to federal agencies for a variety of applications. The one-year contract, which runs to January 2021, includes two additional GSA-optioned one-year extensions, which could push the contract through 2022.

“With this contract in place, fleet managers in more than 300 federal agencies have a one-stop shop where they can select commercial Mack vehicles and parts to address their needs,” said Nicole Zelno, Mack Defense senior manager, contracts and bid/orders. “We look forward to working with the GSA to fulfill our contract with durable, reliable Mack trucks, all of which are assembled here in the U.S.A.”

Mack Defense has been a GSA contract holder since 2015 and has supplied various federal government agencies with Mack Trucks products as part of these contracts.

The GSA is an independent agency of the United States government established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. GSA acquires and supplies products and communications for U.S. government offices, provides transportation and office space to federal employees, and develops government-wide cost-minimizing policies and other management tasks.

Mack Defense has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to supply the full range of Mack-branded products to federal agencies for a variety of applications.

Mack Defense, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mack Trucks, is responsible for the sale of heavy-duty trucks to federal- and ministerial-level customers globally. For more information, please visit www.mackdefense.com.

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Slumberjack Overland Utility Bin

Monday, April 13th, 2020

This 50 liter Utility Bin can be mounted to spare tires or rear gates. It can be used for extra gear, firewood or trash. You can even use it as a cooler if you line it with a trash bag.

It incorporates a zippered front accessory pocket for smaller items and PALs webbing along each side. Below, you can see the mounting straps.

slumberjack.com/overland-utility-bin-spare-tire-trash-bag

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Rokon Introduces Universal Accessory Rail

Tuesday, March 17th, 2020

Rokon has introduced the Universal Accessory Rail! With options for the front and rear, UAR can add up to 18 threaded mounting points for accessories to outfit your Rokon for any job.

www.rokon.com/bikes-gear/accessories/universal-accessory-rail

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10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Cold Weather Training

Sunday, March 8th, 2020

Over the course of this winter, “The Originals” of 10th SFG(A) have conducted a wide variety of cold weather and mountaineering training both at their home base of Ft Carson, CO and in at various locations in Europe.

Posted in Forces Focus, Mobility, Mountaineering, SOF, Training | 4 Comments »

Team Textron M5 Ripsaw Tank

Sunday, February 23rd, 2020

What the heck, it’s Sunday, a great time to watch videos. This one of the Textron optionally-manned M5 Ripsaw electric tank shows you what it can do thanks to robotic controls. Yep, that’s a UGV coming out of the front of the Ripsaw. It’s a robot that births robots.

Posted in Mobility, Robotics | 6 Comments »

Hill People Gear Expands HPG Mobility Lineup with Universal Seat Back

Sunday, February 23rd, 2020

Hill People Gear is expanding its HPG Mobility lineup of overland and off road products with the Universal Seat Back. Although there are a few other seat backs on the market, HPG Mobility’s offering is unique in a couple of ways.

Thanks to its manufacturing partnership with First Spear, Hill People Gear has access to First Spear’s proprietary 6/12 fabric. The 6/12 fabric allows for the entirety of the seat back to accept both MOLLE and Velcro backed pouches for maximum user configurability.

Not all car seat backs are completely flat from bottom to top – most of them curve inwards to allow for more passenger legroom. The HPG Mobility seat back contains an aluminum stay that can be bent to your car’s specific seatback curve. This tucks whatever is mounted on the Universal Seat Back into that inwards curve, reclaiming valuable passenger legroom.

There are a variety of tabs bar tacked into the perimeter of the Universal Seatback that are sized to accommodate a variety of pack components from the Hill People Gear lineup such as the capture flap and pack bucket.

The HPG Mobility Universal Seat Back will attach to just about any seat. There are two bottom straps designed to be girth hitched around any hard point that can be found underneath the seat and the generously sized top strap clips around the headrest area. Removing the seat back is as easy as unclipping three side release buckles. There is also an extra car kit available for folks who want to easily switch a single seat back between multiple vehicles. The extra car kit consists of a spare pair of bottom straps as girth hitching them underneath the seat is the difficult and time consuming part of mounting the Universal Seat Back. Once the bottom straps are installed, switching cars is as easy as unclipping from one car and clipping into the next one.

Hill People Gear is also releasing it’s popular Velcro backed Tool Roll and 58 Pouch in new colors for use on the HPG Mobility Universal Seat Back.

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