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I grew up in the country, what people call Overlanding we just call camping. We both have decades of experience. You've taken issue, which is your prerogative. I, in no way, trashed your thread by commenting to another about their manual pump and how we just tip our cans. I specifically stated...

I've met at least a thousand world travelers and it's 50/50 with those that tip cans and those that don't. You make a fair amount of assumptions, the worst being "Anyone who would be researching this would have the same set up as myself." Many that research read a massive amount of info before...

I'm getting excited about your trip. It will be fun to follow along.

And adding a different perspective is good for anyone who uses this as a reference in the future...as in, maybe they are on the fence about building a water system and are researching and see a couple comments of those that decided to forgo it. If everything is so single focused or one-sided it...

I carry a Leatherman Rebar, it doesn't have a knife blade. I carry a separate knife and in areas that don't allow knives to be carried I can still carry the Leatherman. Zip ties are probably the most used item we carry but our 4 in one screwdriver gets a lot of use. We don't keep it in the tool...

Ha ha. Seven years of full time and we just tipped the cans to fill water bottles. We have a bucket that holds 6 water bottles so that's the water we work from. We talk about adding a faucet every now and then but after making a basic method work for so long we haven't moved past just discussing...

We just moved to Maryville, will be here for about three months. We aren't sure what our weekend plans are but we are former fulltimers so if you are interested in driving the Americas we should be able to answer any questions you may have.

International travel. It is already difficult to acquire SIMs in some countries due to their rules requiring the equivalent of an SSN etc. Going forward with eSIMs I suspect it will become possible but when you keep swapping back and forth between carriers that could create some problems. As for...

ESim only so that's a no go for me but I'm not looking for a new phone. If this is their direction I will be forced elsewhere when I do need one.

Thanks Amanda! Driving the Americas was the best experience of our lives...so far. One day we may make a loop of Africa but we have to refund first. We will be moving Thanksgiving weekend and we're not sure where yet. Stay in touch so we can connect if our schedules permit it. At minimum...

Dexter sorted out a similar setup but I personally think the bone saw makes too much noise :dizzy:

Exactly, most understand what the Pan-American is so that's what we all say we were/are doing but most who drive it chuckle when they actually end up on it.

We ended up driving a large portion of the 40, starting at the northern end. Our issue was we rarely stayed going in one direction so it wasn't uncommon to drive 4-500 miles off pavement, join the pavement to head off to a particular point of interest, then back track to pick-up where we left...

Everything stated above but instead of a standard ODBII reader we use AutoEnginuity which connects to our laptop. That allows us to run injector buzz tests etc. and also record ECM output while we are underway as needed. We also carry both an AntiGravity XP10 Micro Start and a set of jumper...

Yes. If you ever have the desire to start stepping up the difficulty in terrain it's smarter to pick-up and build out an off-road mostly rig and keep your current truck comfortable. Most use their rig as their daily driver so 95% of the miles are on pavement for daily life. While that could...

In the lower 48 we spent over a week out in the Sawtooth Recreation area of Utah, ~280 miles. We too drove the Dempster but it was before the extension to Tuk was completed so that was something around 950 miles. Longest would be in Peru but it was a complete accident. Our paper map listed a...

I'm not sure if the mini has a lanyard attachment point but on my DeLorme Inreach I have a lanyard that I use to attach to the side pocket of my backpack. Sounds more complicated than it is. I took a piece of paracord and threaded it through the loop that is sewn into the backpack's side pocket...

Wanted to add, there are forums dedicated to those on the road full time and they would be a great place for info specific for the US, Canada and Mexico.

Ha! We moved to Maryville from Mountain City this past Saturday and will be here for 3 months. We're already starting to look around for our next place but everyone keeps jacking rent up so we may end up in either NC or FL for the winter. The place we are in currently will go up by $250 per...

We didn't carry health insurance and just used the local pharmacies and doctors as needed. Several friends used World Nomads, some had no issue with claims and others did. Our major problem with the available policies at the time, probably different today, was things like snorkeling fell under...