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I was just keeping the RPM under 3500 to take it easy on the engine and save a little gas. But we weren't in any hurry either, because the scenery was very nice. I could have pushed the Tundra harder but I love her too much to put the spurs to her just to prove a point.

My 'manual' porch light switch in our 26 LRSS; to avoid having to fuss with the wireless remote (which is a pain to use because of the user unfriendly start-up). The photo of the inside of the sink cabinet shows the connection points for wiring the switch in parallel with the wireless control...

Here are the pictures of my solar system. It's a 135W Kyocera panel and Morningstar SunSaver MPPT charge controller. I used AWG 6 for all conductors. The panel is positioned on the roof so that the custom aluminum brackets (my creation) bolt into the wood at the top of the hallway walls. The...

Finally got photos of my ladder. The ladder was from Surco (http://www.surcoinc.com/RV-URVL.html) and seems sturdy and of good quality. I moved the street side middle bracket down about 6" to work around the rear window (nuts on inside are hidden by the blinds). I used some aluminum flat bar...

I added the ladder and solar power myself. I used stainless hardware to mount the ladder, using acorn nuts and large washers for the inside of the walls and pieces of aluminum bar for the roof mounts to spread the load on the inside (no plywood backers in the walls). The solar panel is mounted...

The Tundra performed admirably, although we had to drop down to ~30-40mph (flashers flashing) on all four passes that we had to crossed TWICE (11K+ in the Eisenhower)! Not sure what the gas mileage was; too busy looking at the scenery :) The stretch of interstate highways from the Virgin River...

Couple of photos of our North Trail on I70 in Utah on the way to Rocky Mountain NP.

This led replacement is by far the brightest that I have found. They have 24 LEDs, are very bright (as good as a 1141), and each package comes with two socket connector options (bayonet & wedge base). I used the wedge base for over the range to replace that pathetic 5w electricity waster...