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Yes & yes, personal stuff becomes common knowledge for everyone on the trip. It’s not like you can go home a little miffed,after a short visit with a good friend, cause they might have been having a bad day. Those kind of things are amplified on a road trip. My BIL can be a bit of a douche...

One of the 900 plus images taken during our last tour- Sony A65 with 16-50mm lens - iso100- 24mm-1/800. RAW, not edited. My wife like this one- a lot. thought I'd share. Hmmmm -- uploaded image is too big, I'll try again after converting it. Still too big. I'll try mailing it to myself...

Interesting; since the mid 80s until 5 years ago I must admit, I was a fanboy, guilty as charged of BFG KOs & KMs. Used them on various Ford pickup trucks and later, 3 Jeeps and finally our 80 series Landcruiser. Tens of Thousands of miles off highway and close to six hundred thousand miles in...

I also want to add a short story. A while ago I worked with a couple of guys that were new to the transport industry. They got their first job with a regional department store. Beemer & Mark enjoyed driving truck. They had also been best friends since grade school. They grew up together, they...

Hilarious- my wife laughed out loud !!

Wow, too bad you're in Knoxville and I am up in Pennsyltucky, or I'd say get the stuff and c'mon by. we could have it all installed in a few hours.

The only "overlanding" videos I consume are ASPW's 4XOverland, Dan Grec, and that other Aussie, I can't remember his name. Back when the youtube vids were all very novel, I had subscribed to 3 or 4 different producers. I've since, unsubscribed from them all. I appreciate Andrew's honest...

Years ago we bought a new 1989 505 STX Peugeot. Contrary to biased auto review magazines that car has proven to be one of the most rugged & reliable cars to come out of Europe. It was unsurpassed at handling some of the roughest roads in the world. It also loved cruising in the triple digits...

How many in your group, where are you going, what are you driving & how many people in each vehicle? There is a wealth of great advice & opinion on these forums, but we need just a bit of basic information in order to help. One thing- always be prepared for the worst case scenario. Which might...

We use a Rand McNally road atlas of North America for the big picture and keep it handy. Before a trip we pack topo/trail maps from Nat Geo, NF, NP, BLM or any other published maps for the locales we will be in. Sometimes we will have 9-12 local topo maps. While traveling the paper maps are...

Sadly; even though I’ve never dealt with RV dealerships I loath them. Once the sale is made they could give 2 shakes about customer service. That’s their reputation and I’m sticking with it. Good luck!

I’d go with a Dexter axle & leaf springs with shocks. Why? Here in North America you can go into any Napa, Agricultural store, camper or trailer supply retailer and find an axle, springs, shocks, bearings.

You being a Hazmat guy that’s funny!

Yes yes & yes !!

Lighten up Francis. Two guys show up at the gas station at the same time, both in decked out overlanding rigs. In this case, his a 110, mine an 80. It happens a lot out west during our travels and there is always a pleasant exchange between two guys that obviously have a lot in common. I...

. There’s a guy lives up the hill from me, drives a new 110. He’s got every conceivable thing bolted onto it to the point of hilarity. It’s way too top heavy and leans hard going around corners. It also sits lower than our RAV4. Being polite I would wave at him and get no response. I was...

Well, I did use it to pull up some fence posts, and lift the corner of the barn up. But yea, 4 times on the trail or highway. 3 times with the trailer and once for the old heep. I’ve got two floor jacks in the barn for maintenance work. The old one is a 3 ton heavy old iron jack, the other a...

Hmmm, interesting, I think you are generally correct, ours is a 7,000 lb vehicle and a 1500 lb trailer- loaded and about 200 lbs under GVWR. I’ve seen quite a few overlanding vehicles way overloaded.

Every time I figure out a way to lighten up a bit something else gets added. The heaviest things we carry are the tool bag about 40 lbs, and the 28lb high lift. We’ve used the highlift 4 times in 25 years. Thank goodness we had it. The tool kit? I’ve used wrenches & sockets on the trailer...

Hello Chip, I do not have experience with this company. Be sure to do your due diligence before plunking down big bucks for the unknown, which it looks like you are considering. If they want front money- walk away. There have been quite a few folks that have paid up front for gear and either...