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Rooftop tent camp at dusk over a Utah valley

Field Log · Est. Colorado

BUILD IT.
BREAK IT. DOCUMENT IT.

An open journal of fabrication, FJ Cruiser overland systems, software, and everything learned in the space between engineering and dirt.

N 39.7392° · W 104.9903°· ELEV 12,183 FT· 2010 FJ CRUISER· CHASSIS 04 · REV B· ROOFTOP TENT · MOD 12· SAN JUAN RANGE· MOAB · CO · UTN 39.7392° · W 104.9903°· ELEV 12,183 FT· 2010 FJ CRUISER· CHASSIS 04 · REV B· ROOFTOP TENT · MOD 12· SAN JUAN RANGE· MOAB · CO · UT

Journey by the numbers

Miles, nights, and revisions.

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01 · Disciplines

Where software meets steel.

Some builds are welded. Some are written. Most are both.

Fabrication

Sleeping platforms, drawer systems, mounts, brackets, and the mistakes that got us here.

Electronics

12V power, dual battery, lighting, sensors — designed with a software engineer's habits.

Mapping & Data

Trail logs, GPS traces, offline stacks, and small tools that make trips easier.

Overland Systems

Recovery, cooking, water, storage — refined trip by trip on the FJ Cruiser platform.

02 · Current builds

From the workbench.

All projects
FJ Platform · Chassis Rev B

Overland · 2024

FJ Platform · Chassis Rev B

Awning Mount Rework

Fabrication

Awning Mount Rework

Alpine Loop · San Juans

Trip Log

Alpine Loop · San Juans

Elevation & Fuel Curves

Field Notes

Elevation & Fuel Curves

Offline Trail Cache

Software

Offline Trail Cache

Ethos

Progress doesn't come from knowing everything before you start. It comes from beginning before you feel ready.