What did you do with your Grenadier today?

[The_Ick]

Installed a worklight on the camera pole i have mounted to my ladder and some full lenght led strips under the gutter.

I never thought about the led rope lights under the gutter. That looks good.

You should throw this picture in the monthly picture contest thread.

 

[Jean Mercier]

I am travelling in the Atlas mountains in Morocco right now. I have 3 books about the Atlas mountains, two French books and one British. I almost didn't read, I usually travel without any planning.
Yesterday I opened the British book, published re-edition of 2025, therefore rewritten in 2024.

But, what surprised me was on page 9 a picture with 3 Grenadiers on it, and the author is speaking about harsh snowing and the convoy had to turn back. I think Chris Scott was therefore part of the journey, and I make a guess: these where the 3 Grenadiers of the "Hard way home" winners, because indeed, for those who followed their journey, they had to change their route because of a heavy snow storm.

 

[DenisM]

Great to hear from you Jean and learn of your adventures further afield. Keep an eye on that fuel gauge
Safe travels
DenisM

 

[Brad@SuperiorCO]

First Colorado Grenadier Club event on Saturday @ Dirtbox Overland.

 

[chrsbe]

I never thought about the led rope lights under the gutter. That looks good.

You should throw this picture in the monthly picture contest thread.

I used a 5mm wide outdoor 12v LED strip. It's the cheapest and simplest side light you can have. Plus, you can get it in warm white, which I personally prefer when camping. Just think about your crossbars that may need to go on the gutter as well.

 

[Brad@SuperiorCO]

I used a 5mm wide outdoor 12v LED strip. It's the cheapest and simplest side light you can have. Plus, you can get it in warm white, which I personally prefer when camping. Just think about your crossbars that may need to go on the gutter as well.
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This is such a great idea.

 

[chrsbe]

Here are some pictures of the telescopic camera pole I mounted to the ladder. I originally intended to use it for a 360° action camera, but it also works great for raising a work light up high. I wired it using a spiral cable. like a pocket sun, so to speak.

 

[Mike24Ineos]

Installed my left side grab handle, Purchased from the dealer as a retro kit.

 

[LabRat]

I almost ran my wife's LR4 off the road on a tight offramp this morning - very twitchy steering!
Then drove my Grenadier to work without any issues.

Same, no longer like driving my daughter’s LR4

 

[AngusMacG]

Drove to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu for work today. Got the low oil warning for the second time since owning my Grenny. I’m about 9000 miles from my last oil change. This is the second time this has happened but the first time was worse as the warning went from orange to urgent red warning in a short amount of time. Luckily this time that didn’t happen and was able to stop and get a quart. No warning since.

 

[Tazzieman]

Last year we had a giant dead gum tree felled. And now the rounds have dried out, so...
Got about 2/3 through, probably 2.5 years worth so far.
Yesterday and today I doubled our woodshed.
Got a couple of tons stacked before the missus insisted it was time for G&T

 

[CRH]

Drove to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu for work today. Got the low oil warning for the second time since owning my Grenny. I’m about 9000 miles from my last oil change. This is the second time this has happened but the first time was worse as the warning went from orange to urgent red warning in a short amount of time. Luckily this time that didn’t happen and was able to stop and get a quart. No warning since.

Not always short on oil, can be a false alert. I had it on mine, added oil then said it was overfilled. Luckily it was going for a service. When they had done the service it said low oil, they added a bit, still low. Luckily I have the diesel so clamberd onto the wing and pulled the dipstick, oil was on the max. Drove a few miles and the warning went off.

 

[AngusMacG]

Not always short on oil, can be a false alert. I had it on mine, added oil then said it was overfilled. Luckily it was going for a service. When they had done the service it said low oil, they added a bit, still low. Luckily I have the diesel so clamberd onto the wing and pulled the dipstick, oil was on the max. Drove a few miles and the warning went off.

When I was at the gas station I checked the oil level and it did say I was 1 liter low. Just added a quart and all seems good

 

[CRH]

When I was at the gas station I checked the oil level and it did say I was 1 liter low. Just added a quart and all seems good

Mine said add 500ml, which i did, it then said overfilled 10 miles later!!
That's when it was due it's service, the overfilled warning kept coming on and off depending on how far I had driven

 

[Logsplitter]

Last year we had a giant dead gum tree felled. And now the rounds have dried out, so...
Got about 2/3 through, probably 2.5 years worth so far.
Yesterday and today I doubled our woodshed.
Got a couple of tons stacked before the missus insisted it was time for G&T
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I have competition

 

[globalgregors]

Had an epic day in low range in and around the Galán volcano in the La Puna region of northern Argentina, up around 4,500-5,000m altitude.

 

[Mike24Ineos]

I finally got my 9/11 tags. United We Stand

 

[TheDocAUS]

STARLINK MINI INSTALLED
The Starlink Mini is installed and up and running on the Grenadier.

The Mini is secured in a Smart Touring Systems lockable bracket (SMS) on the Rhino Rack Pioneer Platform. I have a SMS voltage booster inside the bracket assembly plugged into the Mini. The power cable feeds into EXT3 on the passenger's side of the roof (RHD). The cable goes from a Deutsch DT plug on the Mini end to a Deutsch DTP on the rooftop outlet (EXT3).

The SMS bracket allows the Mini to be installed or removed very quickly, in around 1 or 2 minutes. I am making up a cable to plug the Mini into my Lithium powered battery box inside the car when parked overnight, if I need it. That will be a Deutsch DTP plug to a 50 amp Anderson.

The Starlink Mini can be used while driving or parked. When parked you need the EXT3 switch turned on as well as the PWR button.

I renamed the Starlink Network name to get rid of "STARLINK". I usually use Latin network names to make it obscure, here I used Viva Cristo Rey (which is Spanish rather than Latin I think).

The hardest part was trying to work out how to put security on the Starlink Mini Wi-Fi connection. Wow what a task that was, for such a simple matter. NOTE: the Starlink Mini must be on, the Starlink app connected so you can get to Settings>Router to set up a password.

A video of the SMS bracket and voltage upconverter here:

https://www.smarttouringsystems.com.au/uploads/b/110296415-736448368569394936/starlink_power_supply_217.mp4

 

[LabRat]

STARLINK MINI INSTALLED
The Starlink Mini is installed and up and running on the Grenadier.

The Mini is secured in a Smart Touring Systems lockable bracket (SMS) on the Rhino Rack Pioneer Platform. I have a SMS voltage booster inside the bracket assembly plugged into the Mini. The power cable feeds into EXT3 on the passenger's side of the roof (RHD). The cable goes from a Deutsch DT plug on the Mini end to a Deutsch DTP on the rooftop outlet (EXT3).

The SMS bracket allows the Mini to be installed or removed very quickly, in around 1 or 2 minutes. I am making up a cable to plug the Mini into my Lithium powered battery box inside the car when parked overnight, if I need it. That will be a Deutsch DTP plug to a 50 amp Anderson.

The Starlink Mini can be used while driving or parked. When parked you need the EXT3 switch turned on as well as the PWR button.

I renamed the Starlink Network name to get rid of "STARLINK". I usually use Latin network names to make it obscure, here I used Viva Cristo Rey (which is Spanish rather than Latin I think).

The hardest part was trying to work out how to put security on the Starlink Mini Wi-Fi connection. Wow what a task that was, for such a simple matter. NOTE: the Starlink Mini must be on, the Starlink app connected so you can get to Settings>Router to set up a password.

A video of the SMS bracket and voltage upconverter here:

https://www.smarttouringsystems.com.au/uploads/b/110296415-736448368569394936/starlink_power_supply_217.mp4

Nice install - much easier than what I did, putting the voltage booster under the seat. I found a voltage booster makes all the difference with these things.