Recent content by CR-Venturer

At least where I live, satelite imagery is extremely helpful. It can save you a ton of time going down dead ends that lead to nothing. Be aware that sat imagery is a double edged sword, as it can be exceptionally useful in identifying tracks and potential camp sites, but depending on the age of...

I love the under deck storage on that thing, but I gotta say, Honda really missed a golden opportunity by not making that deck into a folding table like the legendary RD1 CR-V table. Looks like your rig is doing very well from the video with the Wagoneer.

This is an awesome idea and I'm thinking of doing something similar myself. I saw someone use a folding plastic bench for this purpose somewhere before, and in looking for that post, I found this one.

I can't do the slide out the back kitchen like many have on here because of the necessity of keeping the bed available for "homestead jobs," so for years I've been using the plano sportsman's case as the "Kitchen Bin." Recently I finally decided that I hate it, so I revamped my kitchen setup: I...

Finally got sick of the Plano case for the kitchen bin. It was just too inconvenient, always getting jumbled up, hard to reach and find things, awkward to move around, always getting buried by things in the truck etc. So I revamped my whole kitchen setup: Not exactly a mod, I know, because I...

Revamped my kitchen setup. I had a crack at using one of these bins as the kitchen before, without success, but I think last time I was using only the left bin. I had been using a plano sporsman's trunk previously, but I finally decided I just hate it, so I was determined to make this work...

All these are good reasons for the Ghettoverlanding approach I take. My old rusty truck didn't cost me that much to begin with, and the mods have been pretty cheap along the way. If it ever gets totalled, even if the insurance company won't cover it, it's not the end of the world.

I had cracks in the uprights of my bed rack, likely from the stress of side to side rocking while off road. I built a reinforcing brace from aluminum angle and flat bar and bolted it all in, adding some JB weld to the cracked uprights just for good measure. Absolutely zero side to side movement now:

Many insurance companies will insure your rig and everything bolted to it when off roading, but not all. Best to check with your insurance company.

So THAT'S where Spam comes from!

My summer season had a rather rough start. I went out for an overnight camp out on the crown land not far from home and found much to my dismay, that my tent was very wet inside and my mattress was soaked. I was extremely baffled by this, as I've had it out in heavy rains even while deployed...

I find it supremely baffling that someone had a barricade to put in front of that fallen tree, but somehow not the means to remove it...

Absolutely smashing, old boy! Tally ho!

That blackstone grill is an interesting little unit. For certain meals, having that huge griddle is awesome.

I love overlanding, but not THAT much!