Field notes
Straight answers on overland trailers, off-grid power, and off-road base camps for search and rescue and disaster response.
Overland
Off-Grid Power for Overland Trailers: Batteries, Solar, kWh
Lithium vs AGM, amp-hours vs kWh, inverters, DC-DC charging and solar sizing for overland trailers, with worked examples and a daily load-budget table.
Overland Trailer Buying Guide: Weights, Power, Water and More
Shopping for an overland trailer? Learn how GVWR, payload, tongue weight, tires, power in kWh and water capacity affect your choice, plus a buyer's checklist.
Overland Trips from Dallas: Texas and Nearby Routes to Try
Overland trip ideas from Dallas-Fort Worth: Big Bend National Park, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Hidden Falls Adventure Park and the Ouachita National Forest.
SAR & disaster response
Funding a Disaster Response Trailer: A Guide for Texas Teams
How Texas counties, cities, fire departments and nonprofit SAR teams can fund a response trailer: budgets, bid thresholds, co-ops, grants and paperwork.
Off-Grid Comms for SAR: Starlink, LoRa Mesh and Solar Power
How SAR teams can pair Starlink backhaul with a LoRa mesh network, size a battery bank for comms runtime, and choose between solar blankets and rigid panels.
SAR Base Camp Trailer: What a Search Team Really Needs
A practical guide to choosing a search and rescue base camp trailer: staging, crew rest, charging, comms, shelter, water, towing and a requirements checklist.