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@Jay61 This! Well said! Bravo! Once upon a time, every thing was harder. The issue though isn't the gear that makes life easier. The issue is that this perceived "ease" is the selling point, and people are buying stuff to ease activities in which they do not participate. Of course, I'm better...

@ThundahBeagle The problem is that "overlanding" means different things to different people, and the marketing exists to sell products kind of akin to what the average "overlander" might need, and the products are bought by internet dummies who make reviews of said products for the payouts. They...

@ThundahBeagle Let's be real here. The "Jeep", or "General Purpose" as it is held to have originated, was the combination tractor and pickup truck that the farmer needed. A jeep and a flat/stake bed truck were a great combo. Modern SxS are as big as the old army jeeps, and serve the same...

@grubworm I've been landroaming for years and never knew it! I always called it "wheeling"!

If you need the 35's, you will do whatever it takes and pay whatever it costs to be able to make them go on. If you don't need the 35's, then you just don't need them, and spending the time and money is a waste. My truck has 33" tires and I've used all 33 inches of them, and still smacked the...

Car camping. I thought the difference between "camping" and "backpacking" was that in "camping", you drove a car to where you wanted to set up your tent, and in "backpacking", you drove to where you wanted to hike, and hiked to where you wanted to set up your tent. I thought "car camping" was...

@ThundahBeagle @North American Sojourner I nearly said some thing similar - it could also be that somebody left their trash bag to go hike or some such, and raccoons/bears/other animals found it and got in. Sadly, this is also its own problem, caused by the uneducated and ill-prepared.

@Flatland woodsman Good advice! Think more, worry less! Take what you think you need, stop taking what you don't use, buy what you needed but didn't have, or figure out how to do what you wanted without what you thought you needed. And for crying out loud, leave the bedroom and kitchen at...

I'm gonna go ahead and say that SOME restrictions ARE necessary. Necessary restrictions vary according to region, landforms, wildlife, weather conditions, etc., but some are needed everywhere. The problem that WE as consumers face is that the restrictions which the authorities devise for the...

@HonuKai We've all been there! Thankfully, you have three major advantages. 1. Reaver. 2. Reaver's personal experience with and knowledge of this vehicle. 3. A very popular older vehicle with plenty of parts available and shared between models.

I have been confronted by a police officer and told to leave from a place I paid to get access to, for doing the thing I paid to be able to do, and had my $70 season pass confiscated after one hour in my possession. The "stop having fun" guys already won this war a long time ago. One ignorant...

@HonuKai Welcome to OB1! You'll find (if you haven't already) that the community here is generally quite helpful, and quick to discourage bad ideas. Nice choice of vehicle. The XTerra is a very capable machine without modification. Always sort of hoped I might own one of those. Does yours have...

Love well used doesn't wear out, it strengthens. Love for location, companion, machine, any thing. Appreciation deepens as you become more familiar with that which you love.

Husbands who don't thank their wives are the jerkiest of jerks. I can't pay a woman enough to spend five minutes with me, any dude that gets himself married had better make sure that woman feels appreciated!

@AggieOE If your kids aren't the most important thing in your life, then you're working to provide for the wrong people. They should receive all of your time and effort, and it's good that you find yourself giving it to them, unlike some deadbeats I've known who spawn kids into this world and...

Howdy. Hope you find useful information here in this community! Plenty of people to talk to here, learn and share information about places to go, things to do, and ways to do them. Not sure if you're familiar with gaiagps.com, but there's lots of dirt roads, trails, and hiking trails denoted...

Not bashing the product in any sense, it's an impressive loadout! Best of luck with the sale; there's a butt for every seat, as the saying goes!

Nice, but for $38,000 I could get a class C and a class B motor home, two flat trailers, and two toy trucks. If I'm dishing out 38 grand, I ain't sleeping in a tent!

@12C20 and @scubasteve2002 said it all. Don't leave home ever again without recovery gear (15+' tow strap rated at least twice your vehicle's weight, tree saver strap, D-ring or soft shackles, a shovel, and jumper cables). I cannot stress this enough. The tree saver allows you to make a bigger...

Hard not to recommend the Ram, honestly. They've been at the top of the food chain for some time, and that legendary Cummins diesel is a good thing! I'd never be able to go that big, but if you can have your cake and eat it too, you might as well!