We installed some thick rubber floor mats inside our Humvee for the dogs. They can grip this flooring better than the bare metal floor and it gives a little sound deadening.

This was the first snow at our place in 2026.

We used our Humvee to pickup the Christmas tree this year.

The M1097R1 Humvee has dual 12 volt batteries to make the truck 24 volts. Both of our batteries had a low charge state so we removed them and charged each of them overnight on a trickle charger. We were able to revive the batteries, for now at least, and they…

WIKIPEDIA: The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV; colloquial: Humvee) is a family of light, four-wheel drive military trucks and utility vehicles produced by AM General. Coming soon.

The 80 Amp circuit breaker on our MEP-1050 was defective and would not stay in the “On” position so it needed to be replaced.We found the part with a reasonable price at Powerwerx – https://powerwerx.com/ – for $54.99 plus around $10.00 for 2 business day shipping. The Powerwerx SKU number…

Our MEP-1050 generator came with two Optima red top AGM batteries, one of which was marked bad. The good battery had about 8 volts in it and the bad battery had 3-4 volts. These Optima batteries sell for $300 – $374 each depending on where you look so I searched…

This is the beginning of our MEP-1050 generator project. We’re going to try and document our troubleshooting any issues we find and the repairs that were needed here in a series of posts. The MEP-1050 is a 15 kW military generator we purchased off a government surplus company. How and…