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I think the Garvin Expedition is pretty hard to beat myself. Although I don't own a Jeep any longer, I went with one of their rail mount Expedition racks for my truck shell. Their quality is superb. That LOD sliding rack mentioned earlier intrigued me. If you are looking for something and...

It was about 9 months for my Terradrop. I had several custom requests for the build so mine took a bit longer than most. In the end I got exactly what I wanted how I wanted it. The guys were great at listening to my ideas and implementing the customizations I wanted. -Curtiss

Welcome to the Oregon Trail'r family. They put out an awesome product. You will not be disappointed. However, the waiting is a real drag. -Curtiss

Check you manual to see if you can force your alternator into a higher voltage mode. My GMC Canyon drops the voltage to as low as 12.3 volts when I'm cruising on the highway. However, this can be overridden by activating the tow/haul mode which bumps the voltage up to 13.8. I know for some...

That little gizmo is pure gold and looks like a really simple solution for modern vehicles. -Curtiss

How new is your rig? This is a really open ended question especially with modern vehicles and their advanced charging systems that drop the voltage when they detect your rig's batter is charged. I've done an enormous amount of research on this topic and spent lots of dollars to make sure my...

This is a topic near and dear to my heart. For my brother and I my dad got 2 weeks off a year (6 or 7 day work weeks the rest of the year) and we went camping when he had time off. Those 2 weeks from age 4 to 14 for me are absolutely burned into my memory. Learning how to fish, build a fire...

For some reason it's been grilled cheese sandwiches and beer on the first evening. Typically I do all the cooking on our trips (funny, the wife HATES my cooking any other time) and I want something quick and easy the first night. After that it's a toss up since our teardrop's kitchen is almost...

Cowboy pinstripe? I usually hear it referred to as desert pinstriping because every damn plant (trees, shrubs, cacti, etc) in the desert has thorns that scratch your clear coat. I've found the best defense to be white paint. Otherwise it's a lot of buffing which of course removes the clear...

Goonies never say die! That is all... -Curtiss

I'm a bit older but for me it was the starter on my '66 Jeep Wagoneer (automatic transmission). HOWEVER, this thing ate starters every couple of years (never did figure out why) so when going offroad I always carried a rebuilt starter and the tools to change it (1/2" open end wrench cut in half...

The 2" body lift on my previous vehicle. There are so many consequences to this kind of lift. In my case, brake line length, fuel tank filler hose length, air filter housing to throttle body intake hose and just a general feeling of uneasy that I had taken an extremely reliable off road...

I didn't want to spend a fortune on power tools I was going to leave in my rig. I did want a common battery and a 12 volt charger. I went with Ryobi. I have a drill, tire inflator and chain saw which all use the same battery that I can charge from a 12 volt outlet. They all work very well...

If you decide on the Alpine Loop and Telluride, don't miss Alta Lakes. It's on the way to Telluride and there is a ghost town on the way to the lakes that makes for some great photo opportunities. I also posted a backroad trail from the Purgatory Resort to Alta Lakes (which gets you to the...

The awning is the 814102A. I got a little confused researching this so I thought I would post the correction. I'm sure the other poster looked at the generic ARB 2500 awning and not the deluxe one with the aluminum case which is far more expensive and far nicer then their awning in the generic...

For me it wasn't one or the other. As another poster mentioned, I ended up doing both, and then some. I bought a teardrop trailer and put a rack on it plus the rack on the truck. I can carry everything required to keep the better half happy. :) -Curtiss

I saw their trailers at the Overland Expo West 2018. Sweet rigs, but by no means small. Actually, I would say there were quadruple the number of trailer vendors from just 1 year ago. The overland trailer market has definitely exploded and there are many choices out there. -Curtiss

To really figure this one out you really need to figure out what kind of overlanding you want to do. There are off road capable trailers out there with a bathroom option. There are some really nice ones made in Australia. All of the trailers that have bathroom have one thing in common. They...

I ran my Snomaster on the tongue of my trailer for a year with no adverse effects. If the fridge comes with an insulated cover, that will definitely help. I had a custom box tarp made also to cover it. I placed some foam spacers inside the box tarp to allow for ventaliation. Keeping it out...

Looks like we're all in the west valley. 83rd Ave and Glendale here. -Curtiss