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Just for amusement, my longest travel in a day was 1800 Km - from Scotland to the South of France in 22 hours - I slept on the ferry crossing for a couple of hours. Absolutely silly, now that I think of it. Now we change every two hours, and avoid more than 8 hours unless it's really a case of A...

Good point on what they'll be used for. For 70/30 surfaced/unsurfaced we'd pick either Geolandar A/T-S or Toyo Open Country A/T (we're on the latter now), for more like 60/40 with a fair amount of rough track the BFG T/As are good. Having said that, the Toyos have done a good job for us in dunes...

Hmm - how is your alignment (or more accurately, your vehicle's alignment)? We ran BF Goodrich T/As on our Land Cruiser - we replaced two at around 70,000 Km and they could have done another 5000-10,000 Km at a guess however we wanted to renew them where we were able to find tyres and not run...

Question 1) Have you lifted the suspension (can't really see from the photos)? The higher the CoG, the more moment, leading to lateral rocking. Question 2) Have you upgraded the springs? Shouldn't be a big contributor, however when we modified our vehicle, adding some weight (and taking som off...

How may times do you need more range than you currently have? If it's frequently the case that you need more fuel then perhaps a built-in extra tank is worth it; however if it's rare that you actually need more fuel then fuel cans are a better option. You don't add more weight to your vehicle...

None of the above in my view (I know that's not answering your question correctly...). FOr this mix I would go for Geolandar A/T-S not GO15, or Toyo Open COuntry A/T. May be Pirelli Scorpions.

As Gustavo says - it's not possible to travel the majority of South America right now. For example, we're not allowed out of our home for anything other than essential purposes - food, medical, other essntials. Some people are permitted to travel by road but need an authorisation letter stating...

I suggest that you stay off the Panamericana - it's often boring, has a lot of slow truck traffic, and lots of loose bolts, nails, etc., to puncture your tyres. Use the minor roads, get into the sierras and deserts, and if you go far enough, into the rain forest. This is not a blanket...

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On the roof: higher CoG, more wind resistance, less convenient to fill, easier to drain fuel to the main tank (if located at the right place on the roof), if there's spillage, less easy to clean up, although perhaps easier to see a slight drip. At bumper level: will increase polar moment of...

Well, it depends on the trip. If it's driving from Houston to Marfa, and we just want to get there, that's sensibly doable in a long day - changing driver every two hours, with a lunch break half way - leave at 0730h, arrive at dusk. If I want to explore on the way, I'd break it up into 3 or 4...

Yes I would much prefer a leisurely wander than getting stuck. Thinking back, the last time I was stuck was about 20 years ago in the Sahara, in a Series 100 LC, and it was a desert driving training day, so that was the plan. Other than that... never for more than a few minutes on very few...

This certainly seems more consistent with the thread so far. I was assuming (Incorrectly, I guess) that the idea was to take a trail rig/rock crawler, and convert it into an overlander, for which much of what's needed in a trail rig is really a disadvantage when "overlanding". I'm also conscious...

So, just to help me understand, why is the title of the thread "Converting from rock crawler to overlander"? . That 's the (implicit) question I've been answering.

Bear in mind that in some countries the type and size of your fire extinguisher is set by the law.

I certainly don't think that a standard vehicle will never break (Land Rovers spring to mind...) however I think that it's better to get a vehicle which will handle 99% of obstacles in standard form rather then buy something unsuitable and put a lot of expensive kit on it to enable it to get...

NOt sure what "looong" means and if it's no more than a month I'm sure it's entirely doable. The key question though is to do with the availability of spares. If you break anything non-standard in Bolivia or Congo, you run into major problems.

In the bed inside the car - no time required to set up - secure (lions etc.). Not a lot of headroom but we sleep lying down...

I guess I have to say that if you really want an "overlander" in the sense of being able to drive comfortably to Tierra del Fuego and back, then strip off all of the non-standard stuff, put back all of the original kit, then do a full service, renew suspension bushings, and make a few minor...

I've travelled in a lot of LRs and a lot of LCs as well as Mitsubishis and Nissans. In Africa in the 1970s and 1980s there were lots of LRs (80% of 4x4as), now they're 10% at best. There's a good reason for that. In terms of Discoveries, the early ones had terrible brakes, and all of them are...