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One thing you should consider is where the original intake is situated. Many newer vehicles have the intake in vulnerable positions, usually sacrificing practicality for style. If the intake is behind the bumper, behind the grille or in the wheel arch, it will be a lot more susceptible to...

Thankyou for the information Dave, that is what I was after. The search for my next vehicle is just starting, but I've always liked the size and ability of the Jeeps.

I'm amazed that the drain hole doesn't have a one-way valve. I'm not planning on intentionally drowning the vehicle, but snorkels are a bit of insurance that I usually fit and they help keep the dust out of the air filter as well. I'd still rather replace an electronic module than a...

Has anybody got any experience when it comes to the water-fording abilities of Jeeps? The specific vehicle I am curious about is a JT Gladiator, but a JL Wrangler with the Pentastar engine would be similar. I would likely fit a snorkel and breathers to give some protection anyway. This is a...

Do you mean EchoLink? or DMR? If there is a system where we can be on both that's ok too. Let me know if you want it on EchoLink in the previous timeslot, 20:30 Eastern, 17:30 Pacific on Friday, and I will run the net. I'm available on May 5, 18, 26.

Great. If we could get another couple of volunteers it should be viable once again.

I'm not going to influence your choices. I generally make my own, mainly because nothing off the shelf fits easily in my vehicle. But I do have a question: How much battery capacity do you have to run that induction hotplate?

If you have sleeping and or cooking facilities in your van you may not be able to even enter Singapore. A few overlanders have disguised the fact they have living quarters in the vehicle and have gotten away with it.

I really liked this, especially how the European vehicles were travelling in Alaska. Potentially I'd like to do something similar, although my "European" vehicle is currently in Australia, I'd like to go there before too long. You have a new subscriber to your YouTube channel.

It's great those sensor wires are long enough. They are a problem on my VW van and I've snapped one when my suspension was overly extended.

Should be fine. I would have the bars about half the length of the tent apart, maybe 4ft and equal overhang at both ends. They are pretty solid (and heavy). I've carried it on my Nissan for thousands of miles, it has 3 bars, but the overall distance is only about that. Only strapped down on the...

I thought I'd start a thread for people to post details about books they have read that inspired them to get into overlanding. Here are three from my own bookshelf I have selected. They all have an Australian slant of some kind: 1. African Adventure (A Senile Safari), Hazel Barker 1995. By the...

I can't get to this one, but definitely on the list in a year or two.

Go out in it and enjoy. If you come back after several trips away and think "I really need that" go out a few more times and if you still think the same put it on your list.

You are welcome to restart the net on the original *USA-GNG* EchoLink server, they would be pleased to have us back. I would also be also happy to run some of the Echolink nets, more so after the US changes to daylight savings as it puts the net, in my timezone (UTC+10), into Saturday afternoon...

An extended visit to NZ, to go overlanding, is definitely on my list.

As far as being classified as overlanding, would probably draw the line at driving primarily on the interstate and staying at hotels every night. There are plenty of epic trips on mostly pavement, like the Pan American, that nobody could deny is overlanding. Just get out there and explore.

I'm amazed at how hard it is to even get a metric topographic map nowadays, most of the electronic ones, eg. Garmin, are in feet even for Australia. Because of the raster format, it's not something that can be changed on a device.

I am wondering, do first-aid courses in America cover snake bite treatment? It is covered quite comprehensively, in first-aid courses in Australia, as well as the treatments for other venomous creatures. Many of which are even poisonous to just touch like the Box Jellyfish. It is recommended...

Cutting and sucking does not work full stop, be it on humans or anything else.