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Paulo, while I don’t have the time for the type of detail @Boort gave you, I’ll share a few tips. First, buying and selling items on the Internet is a bit of an acquired skill. I’ve been doing it since I was 14, and my dad started taking me along with him when he was doing a deal to buy or...

First time I went offroad, I took my new to me tacoma on some "easy" trails in an offroad park. Turned out, the offroad park was mainly for rockcrawlers, which meant the easy trails never got used. They were basically overgrown ATV trails. I pinstriped the CRAP out of the truck. I was...

Bill this is a great approach. Udemy classes are really useful. Also, a basic understanding of how engines and basic vehicle components work is really helpful to working on a vehicle intelligently, even if you've never done that particular thing before. So, if you have something that you...

Do you guys actually find limb risers useful? Legitimately curious. I go back and forth on installing them. Wouldn’t be MOST useful for me in Texas, but we have trees and shrubs in areas just like everybody, also we have plans for lots of trips out west, and back to visit family in the Southeast.

https://www.overlandbound.com/forums/threads/texas-fall-outdoor-expo-whos-going.19110/#post-256258 My wording was a little misleading. "OUTDOOR Expo" next month in Llano, TX. I'm going, as are several others from OLB it seems. Wish we could make it to Overland Expo East, but we've got a...

Just registered for Saturday and Saturday night....we're just moving our PINS trip to first weekend of October, or end of October. This expo sounds really great. Looking forward to learning and meeting some of you folks!

Let us know what you find out @Jeff Graham My wife and I are talking about just coming in for the day on Saturday, and not camping. We've got a trip to PINS planned in October as well, and not sure if the baby could handle 2 camping trips the same month.

x2! Looking forward to maybe getting a group together for the expo in october!

I'm considering going. Has anybody been in the past? Interested in the events, and also camping if its offered, can't quite tell. If the events are decent, esp recovery and ham classes, that would probably be my main interest point.

X2 on researching through forums. T4r.org is an awesome resource. Start by familiarizing yourself with common issues for your generation (if your 4r is new than it would be 5th gen), and common maintenance quirks. Just reading through those threads and faq resources will help you start really...

First, props for asking. Not too many people value working with their hands, and the skills that accompany that anymore. I think your approach really depends on whether or not you're approaching this from a functional preparedness standpoint, or as more of a wholistic lifestyle. I'd be...

Drilled into my a-pillar and permanently mounted my snorkel bracket. Not super happy with it either. Wanted to use riv nuts but my makeshift rivnut tool didn’t work, so I used 2 large sheet metal screws. And VHB 3m tape, and a good amount of caulk around the holes. It shouldn’t leak, but I’m...

@ArkansasDon I know has dealt with similar concerns from his wife. His sharing might be helpful to you. I’m actually all for RTT mounted on a trailer vs a vehicle. Our RTT is a bit higher than I like, and a trailer is more versatile. I sort of think things like the hitch and pitch are a little...

I thought it ridiculous mainly because if the cost and weight, when it seems a regular ground tent would function just as well. But yall’s perspective on its usefulness is interesting. Just goes to show how important context is! I wouldn’t buy it, but maybe others would indeed find it useful.

Lol. It’s like hey. Spend a ton of money on a RTT, then buy an expensive heavy hitch mounted item that lets the RTT function ALMOST like a tent mounted on the ground. if only they made ground-mounted tents specifically for this use.....

A slightly more ridiculous version of the same thing..... http://www.hitchnpitch.com/

I agree. The one thing I don’t like about them is how high a set of 4 stacks. I was going to mount them on top of my Plano recovery gear case permanently, which is mounted on my roof rack. But after mocking that up, the stack of 4 on top of a Plano case sat higher than my RTT. Fine for my...

There’s a long thread floating around on here about them, seems that most people have positive experience with them. I have 2 sets and they are very solid. But I haven’t had a need to use them yet so no personal experience.

I knew I liked you OB guys for some reason....I've found more YNAB fans in this thread than I've ever met in person. I tell lots of people about it, but when I get to the point where I explain coding every transaction, people's eyes glaze over and they say something like oh, that sounds like a...

I just want to say, props for YNAB. Using it has legitimately changed our financial life. It’s a great tool. Also, I have a feeling OLB has a much smaller percentage of “credit card overlanders” than average. I get the impression a lot of people on here have similar values to what’s been...