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I have already slimmed down all the gear that i carry. Everything we bring on the trip we use. Except for the tools. However the tools is one thing i am not willing to sacrifice. Although it is a newer vehicle, things still happen out there. The shovel is now outside on the spare tire carrier. I...

Yeah i am trying to avoid slimming down all my gear. that is what will be the most expensive. My tent packs up small enough, its just sleeping bags and pads. That could start ranging in the 1-2k range to replace everything.

This’ll around without the big stove I was able to put more items in the trunk. The long brown thing up too is my roll up table. The Plano box and 2 front runner boxes are dedicated to just sleeping bags/pads/tent. The other two front runner boxes are for kitchen and dry goods

Those duffel bags are the 4 sleeping bags and 4 sleeping pads. All the clothes for 4 people are within that hard-travel case. We are leaving for the weekend later today and have a new configuration we are testing with 1 plano box and 4 wolf pack boxes. We also got rid of our camp chef stove in...

I'll try out the duffle bag vs hard sided suitcase. I mainly used the hard sided since it prevented us from overpacking. Forcing us to only pack what would fit in a carry on. Here is the back side of the jeep. I can't really use any tire mounted cargo carrier mainly due to the license plate /...

Yeah, i think i am going to take it in stages. First i will be picking up the msr dual burner stove since it is compact and will replace quite a bit of my gear. I will most likely just camp with this for a few trips to see how well the jeep packs out. Next will most likely be the MSR dromedary...

@Brewbud - I am looking at the compact sizing and those down filled sleeping bags arent saving that much space over a double sleeping bag. What hurts even more is trying to get 4 250 dollar bags/quilts. At this point i don't think it is necessarily a game of inches. More of the less bulky items...

Sadly i use the shovel quite a bit for either trail cleanup or recovery. I have a small folding trowel shovel and had to use it in a recovery situation in the snow a few years back. It took us over three hours when we were solo to get out. I used to own a full size truck as shown in my avatar...

Here is everything that i am carrying. I did forget the Tarp / shovel / recovery gear / tools in the first few pictures. The carry on suitcase is clothes for 4 people for a 3 day trip. 2 Camping chairs are not shown but already underneath the rear seat. Box in middle is toiletries / food /...

Thanks for all the suggestions i have been receiving so far. If you have any product recommendations for sleeping bags that would be great. Here is how my jeep currently is and will remain this way until the rainy season in northern california. I will need to take some pictures of the gear that...

I am thinking of getting rid of all 4 sleeping pads and going down to 2 air mattresses. Also thinking of getting rid of the 4 sleeping bags and going down to two doubles. I dont know if my wife is willing to give up the coleman stove for a jetboil.

So we are a family of 4 + dog. I am 6'3, wife is 5'9 and the kids are 4 and 6 years oid. Whenever we go camping for the weekend we end up having storage issues. Most of my gear came from when we had a full size truck so everything is oversized. I already gave up my 65 qt rtic cooler and i think...

Got rid of my fullsize truck and picked up a JL Rubicon. Have done lots of day trips wheeling but no overnight camping as of yet. I am having to downsize all my gear since the majority of it wont fit in the jeep with a full family

Thanks for the kind words everyone. Its been too hot to go anywhere lately so we have been taking care of home things. Planning next trip to Mojave road / Joshua tree park once it actually cools down. I will say this. Having a megacab vs a crew cab 6' bed the turning radius makes things a bit...

The last thing i did was pretty extensive. Rock sliders / Front bumper / Winch / SPOD SE / Led Lights / Recovery Gear / Tonneau Cover Next thing to do are diff / trans breathers and gas tank and exhaust armor

Finally got my first trip out with the new goodies. Went to poker flat and explored around the area and ended up at Cleghorn Bar. Was glad that I had the rock sliders cause leaving Poker Flat campsite and continuing up the trail i had some pretty good rub spots. The sliders gave me confidence...

Front bumper / winch / lights. Waiting on some electrical pieces before i can finish wiring this. Also getting ready to leave for this weekend so trying to pack up everything and trying to fit things under the new tonneau cover. With the tonneau cover, there is only 19 inches of total...

@BoldAdventure What are you doing for gas tank protection? Does the factory power wagon have something? My gas tank and SCR/DPF hang well below the frame so i need to figure something out for that.

And they are all done. Still works as a step and of course i lost some ground clearance sadly but i think it is worth the tradeoff

i believe the rectangular tube is 2x4 .250 wall and then the round tube is 1 3/4 DOM with .188 wall thickness. This is definitely adding a huge chunk of weight.