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Spare Tire Bag

I’ve had my Spare Tire Bag from Adventure Trail Gear mounted to the spare tire on the back of my expedition trailer, used hard, since May 2018.

Van and off-road trailer going over hill in the woods of New England
Summer 2018 lake camping in the woods of New Hampshire
Designed, developed, and made by active Canadian Armed Forces member Nick Scott, who makes it under Adventure Trail Gear in New Brunswick, Canada, this bag was previously sold as the GARB (Garbage And Recycling Bag) through NBX Trail Gear in New Brunswick.

It has been on my trailer spare, exposed to all weather and road conditions every single day since May 2018. That’s going on three years as of the update to this review, and well over 40,000 miles of every kind of road and environment and weather one can imagine; from the salty coast of Maine to the Smoky mountains of East Tennessee; from the swamps and bayous of southern Louisiana to the wild humidity and salt air of the Gulf of Mexico; and the biggest test, the raw and unfiltered sun and rugged trails of seventeen weeks straight of desert borderland in far West Texas.

I stay out for months at a time and like gear I can depend on without worry. I put the Spare Tire Bag on my trailer spare the day after I got it almost three years ago and have never had to adjust it once. Seriously.

I load it with all kinds of stuff, depending on need, though it usually holds returnables on one side and non-food waste trash on the other. The Spare Tire Bags ATG now makes are one large interior pocket. I’ve kept full gallons of spring water in the bottom and hauled firewood with it.

I keep gloves and trash bags in the pockets. I like that it has several places to stash things. I love that it has built-in D-rings for attaching the corners of trash bags to keep them open. Instead of tying the bags to the corners, I use small stick toggles like one might on a corner of a tarp or rainfly.

stick toggles holding plastic bag in place in larger canvas trash bag
Stick toggles to hold standard grocery type bag to the built-in D rings
I use it every day.

Of all the vendors I’ve dealt with peddling new products, I have to say both Adventure Trail Gear and NBX Expedition have been great; in design, communication and response time, and high quality of product.

#noaffiliation, #notsponsored – I just love the product, paid full price when they first started producing these, and believe in these guys.

It’s a great bit of kit.

I keep gallon jugs under the bag on one side and fill the other side with returnables/recyclables. Each side will hold two fifteen pack boxes of 12oz cans side by side, two tall.

Adventure rig set up as basecamp in the Chihuahuan Desert along the Mexican Border
Camping in the Chihuahuan Desert along the border in various spots for 17 weeks, late winter/spring 2019
Basecamp with off-road trailer, rooftop tent, and expansive awning set up in the woods.
2019-0808, in the woods of New England
My Spare Tire Bag is honestly one of the few pieces of gear that gets used every day, whether set up for basecamp like this, quick one-night stops on the trail, or rolling on the interstate for days. You can see the Spare Tire Bag doesn’t sag and has not faded appreciably.

They have it in a range of colors.

Here’s an image I took in Aug 2019, after it being in the weather and on the road all over the United States for fifteen months:

Spare Tire Bag: garbage and recycling bag, mounted to spare tire on off-road trailer
Aug 2019, after 15 months of constant usage in a variety of climates and environments.
It could use a good cleaning and spray after all this time with some 303 Fabric Guard Protectorant.

I should have done that this past spring.

If you have questions on ATG’s Spare Tire Bag or anything else on my site, don’t hesitate to Contact me.

Spare Tire Bag: for storage, garbage and recycling

It’s Mask Time In America

Every order helps us make more masks for donation.

U.S. could face months of virus shortages among global competition. – Politico

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Folks have asked how to help more directly with our mask donation efforts.

We are accepting disposable gloves, disposable masks, and hand sanitizer to send with face mask donations. Please contact me for details.

You can also Make a Donation. All contributions go directly towards materials and shipping costs for masks as well purchasing the items mentioned above to include in mask donation packages.

Most recent:
12/26: Making masks to donate to Native American communities.
12/22: Six dozen masks sent to Sudan for students and community.

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Help Roaddude Make Face Masks


THE BIG PAUSE of 2020

ROADDUDE.COM is usually about one man’s travels and photography around North America.

During The Big Pause of 2020, however, it is about making quality cloth & fabric face masks and face coverings for the public. Every mask purchased enables more to be made for donations.

Stay safe, stay clean, stay healthy!

Thank you for your orders and support!

 

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Where Is Road?

Back Cove, Maine, working on:

  • – Premium Face Masks
  • – portfolio & prints
  • – prep for painting desert mural
  • – South of I-10, Another America
  • – Roaddude Food Cookbook
  • – improving storage functionality in van
  • – website improvements
  • – my tan
  • I hear it’s autumn. Is that true?

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