I just wear the same shoes I wear everywhere else.
Problems = 0.

And remember, if you get a Huffy Cranbrook - that specific model only - you can donate it to the Yellow Bike program on your way out. It must be the correct bike because they need all parts to interchange in order to manage the fleet. Bring a crescent wrench and pliers and such, and some grease. The...

I don’t see why not, just open the door a good amount rather than a crack or the exhaust will overheat them. I’ve run mine in the back of a pickup with a canopy shell at home during power outages, but I left the hatch open.

So one thing is never mentioned on your website... do you have a way to do these tours? All it says is you’ll have a bus stop where you sit around hoping someone comes by and gives you a ride.
And if so, how do you set the tone of the cruise when it’s someone else’s MV?

You guys phrase it better than I do, but that’s exactly what I mean.

And then you’re back to more people who can’t bring their own shit... which leads to more plug and play and more spectators.. maybe these solutions improve traffic but they ruin the event.

Five big Zorbs!

Those are awesome! But yeah, physical gifts aren't really necessary. I'll offer the same advice I offer anyone coming for the first time. Get there, get your camp set up, and then wander down the street (any street, any direction) looking for someone who looks like they could benefit from an extra ...

“Gifts” really aren’t necessary but those are awesome as hell and people are gonna love them!

Next time I want to be around the far side of 8:30-ish, by some friends but not in a “camp”. No set up, no tear down, just roll up and stop. But I’ll probably be stuck with being near Elliot so that goddamm unjon isn’t too far away, I also moor the boat to him. He’s a regular stick in the mud I tell...

I always lock my bike onto unjonharley. It’s a lot harder to ride away dragging him along.

The numbers are OK now but if the Org manages to get BLM to increase the population cap by 30,000 with zero vehicle pass increase, the specatator percentage goes way up. There’s already no way they’re going to evacuate all the vehicles out there now in any kind of timely manner in case of some sort ...

Flying and bussing masses of people in, who obviously must depend on vendors (or “camps”) to accommodate them and obviously cannot be bringing much for anyone else to enjoy ruins it. The majority become spectators. There’s just no way around that. It’s just over. I've ridden the BxB from Reno the l...

What?? Don’t tell the starry eyed new burners that it isn’t and never was about love and manifesting inner peace and all that other stupid bullshit. How do you confuse an event called Burning Man with the Love Parade??

In 2007 a guy camped next to me from New York, it was his first time and he rode in (on one of those BMW R1200 all terrain bikes). He was a bit miserable in the dust and heat with no really good shelter and little water and food and such. I hooked him up with power to recharge his electronics, cold ...

Don’t count on a used bike that was at Burning Man before, that you pick up on the way in, to hold together and work all week. It might, it might not. I mean the frame won’t break in half but the bearings are likely trashed by abrasive, corrosive playa dirt. And most of the bikes were junk when they...

That certainly does speak for itself.

Any camp that advertises to fill 50 spots with amenities for any total stranger who pays IS a plug and play or at bare minimum contributes to the plug and play mentality. A real burner shows up prepared as if no one else would be there. You can write all the paragraphs you want, you are what you are.

This is a call for Captain Dust Fighter !! It is in fact possible to have a nearly dust free place at Burning Man. Ask anyone who’s visited mine. There are two things that are a big help, besides painters tape over EVERY access hatch vent window seal and opening of any kind. The trick is not to just...

Can you feel the Plug & Play...

RV rooftop air conditioners don’t pull in outside air, they recirculate your existing interior air. You don’t need to do anything with it. As for all other vents, access hatches, window frames, etc, painters tape is your friend. If you do the standard Burning Man RV trick and cover your windows with...

You’ll want more power... 10 - 12k BTU. 5000 BTU ACs are pretty weak and you won’t have much insulation, it’s gonna have to really put out. It’d be better than nothing though. The portable ones don’t have “vent issues”, there’s just a hose that needs to go outside. You have to get the cold air from ...

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The contact force of a tracked vehicle with the soil is very small. Estimating for that vehicle less than 3psi. That's less than a shoe and much less than a bike or a tire vehicle. You might explain that to DMV - it's counter intuitive.

The DMV has people who know a lot about heavy equipment.

They’re custom built. If you don’t know how to do it, you’re not gonna do it.

He’s right, thats the pro way. A contractor friend showed me that years ago and I keep forgetting how to do it.

I just flew to Santa Rosa over most of the fires and I’ve never seen such a big thick smoke layer. You couldn’t see anything for miles and miles and miles.

If you have a 100-foot 10-gauge cord (a really great thing to have) I’ve found that it coils nicely into a 5-gallon bucket.

Depends what she looks like...

So, it’s August and NOW you’re figuring out how you’ll fuel a large camp? See this is why I handle all my own stuff. Good luck, campers...

But that’s not the only thing. The issue is turning, and how smooth or cleated the tracks are. In a straight line things are pretty peachy. If you watch a really good excavator operator spin his machine on a surface he doesn’t want to tear up, he pushes the bucket down on the ground to lift the mach...