This would be handy.

Jackass wrote:Read the back of the ticket, now turn the dogs loose...

Yeah I was thinking dogs, a ring of tesla coils, or electrified fences would slow them down.

I'd rather be in Reno

That sucks. I could have taken a couple extra home if there had been some way to coordinate it.

I don't think I've ever heard so many screetching janky bikes on the playa. I wonder if a lot of these are recycled ones from years past that got sold for cheap/dumped.

We had a green tortoise bus get stopped in front of our camp. Supposedly the license plate was "dusty" so they used that as a pretext to pull everyone out of the bus, unload all the luggage and have everyone stand there for hours as the dogs went through their luggage. Saw a few people in ...

Things we've used in the past: 1) Playatech 2) wire shelves with a piece of plywood cut to fit the top 3) EMT frame with plywood top 4) Folding table I think #2 was the cheapest, lightest and easiest to transport. You can get a 6' tall shelf and make it into two 3' tall bars. Playatech was the sturd...

Yeah nothing stays cool without A/C or a swamp cooler. Coolest scenario without any active cooling is being under shade and having the wind blow freely. That's going to get dusty though. Any type of tent will feel warmer due to the lack of airflow, and your body heat warming it up.

The more grommets you secure the better. I've had canvas tarps rip out the grommets but that was only with three or so grommets attached to the ground. Bungees also help with keeping the tarp taut. If there's any flapping in the tarp that can lead to tearing. Also, there's a big difference between h...

Oh man, do I have to share, or can I eat them ALLLllllllll... :) I do killer olives...in the midst of all the organized chaos happening for preparation/finalizing commitments, if bringing a few Masons of olives is remembered, I'll seek you out and drop them off for you to enjoy. Hmm... Now it's beco...

Well, here we go again! Looking for homebrewers to help us continue our tradition of bringing unique brews to the playa since 2011. Ciders, mead, beer, wine, hot sauce, pickles, infusions, whatever you like to create. We will be trying out a new setup this year so PM me if you're interested in helpi...

You could build an EMT structure to surround the camper but that always seemed like a waste of space to me. I'd rather just sit outside under the shade and let the breeze cool me off.

I've been toying with the idea of doing a helium bong at our bar.

I'm sure it's different with a 7 year old, but when I took my 2 year old camping by myself it was difficult to even set up our tent while still keeping an eye on him and making sure he didn't wander off or pick up a snake or something. ... ... I was actively encouraged to pick up snakes (after an a...

I'm sure it's different with a 7 year old, but when I took my 2 year old camping by myself it was difficult to even set up our tent while still keeping an eye on him and making sure he didn't wander off or pick up a snake or something. I think if I brought him to burning man or even a regional it wo...

Freeze dried stuff is also pretty expensive for what you get. It's only really needed if you're going to be carrying it on your back, so canned would be cheaper/easier. Even certain types of fresh food will last quite a while out there if you take reasonable care of it. Hard cheese, salami, tortilla...

So replace a 3# sledge and vise-grips with all this electric motor junk, spare battery, chargers, power source ... I fail to see the economy of scale for a small/solo camp. But that's me, a 6'5" knuckle dragger with plenty torque in the shoulders to use simple tools. Yeah, if I was just settin...

So If I decide next year to replace all the rebar for my monkey hut with 3/8 x 18" lag screws and won't have the luxury of a generator or compressor, do I need a impact driver or a drill driver? What size drive and how much torque do I need for say, an 18V driver? Whatever you decide on you mi...

Yeah, the hammer drill pounds the bit in and out in the direction you're drilling (useful for making holes in concrete, etc), while the impact driver hammers in the direction it's spinning. (better for driving screws into stuff, or bolting things together) I was trying to put some long screws in our...

Our camp is going to do a ripoff Amtrakathon in November/December sometime. Los Angeles union station to Santa Barbara for wine tasting/drinking and back.

It's probably one of those things like making car emissions 50 state compliant, just in case they decide to sell it in California. You get charged the deposit in the store when you buy the stuff so doesn't really matter where it's made.

Camp with alleged russian gansters doesn't file police report, hmmm...

or a whistle tip, lol.

In the spirit of overkill, this year we found 1/2 inch by 18 inch lags for a very good price. So we took a mix of the 14 inch x 3/8 lags and the bigger new ones. The difference is considerable. Using a 6 foot 2x4 as a lever, it was possible to pop the 3/8 lags out. It was NOT possible to pop the 1/...

People have been smuggling recyclables in from out of state and getting the CRV for them. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-recycle-fraud-20160810-snap-story.html Aaaaannnnd... seven years later.... On my way home to California this year, at the Truckee inspection station, I was asked abou...

I usually just use washers and lag through the metal loops in ratchet straps or carport legs, so there's no way you can possibly get what is secured off without removing the lag first. I guess that's the downside of using chain links and hooking something to them.

Back in 2009 (first burn) I remember a couple of guys standing in the middle of an intersection waving their hands frantically. I think they may have even stepped in front of me to get me to stop. When I stopped they asked me if I had any drugs. I just laughed and rode away.

I seem to remember them saying they didn't have any intention of moving it to fly ranch, but seems like it would be possible.

I was really excited to see the space whale, but in reality it just looked like a giant lump of dusty steel to me, not some beautiful piece of stained glass. The photos of I've seen of the space whale since returning home are way more impressive than any of the first-hand views of it that I had. Fo...

Other than being still roped off on tuesday night (or whenever it was when I was out there) the lighthouses were really cool. Never made it back to check them out on the inside.