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Up next was a bit of an upgrade to the winch. Factor 55 has an awesome hook and shackle (closed loop) replacement for the OEM warn hook that comes with the winch. It's called the Ultrahook and it took 5 minutes to replace and has a ton of wonderful features that I'm not going to go into, but...

As a JK owner, I wave at every Wrangler I see and probably get a unusually high 80% return rate in my area. It's not that I feel elite or bias towards other Jeeps, it's that I spend enough time trying not to miss a Wrangler that I often find that I should be paying more attention to the road...

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"Roadtrips bring a family closer. We learn to talk to each other, be bored together, experience things together, play together, fight together, forgive together, move on, and be friends together." This. Right. Here.

This was one of my chief concerns when buying a Wrangler. When the top is down or even just the soft top on for that matter, it's completely exposed. I do tend to run the hard top for overlanding mostly. Luckily the JKs have lots of accessories. I have a Tuffy steel lock box under each front...

Awesome! Can't wait!

In anticipation of the lift and tires upgrade at the end of the month, I decided to go ahead and install the Teraflex HD tailgate / tire carrier. Along with this process, the Rugged Ridge hi-lift jack mount would no longer work, but Teraflex made a version of their own. While I never thought...

If anyone's coming from the east / south east, there's a grocery store in Belleville called Sharp Shopper with a large parking lot. It's about a 20 mile drive NW to the farm according to Google. If the OB group wants to camp together (like mentioned above), that might be a place to meet up. I...

Awesome!. I was thinking of using a flagpole, but I might drape this across my front windshield instead. (Thought - window shades with the logo could be made of cheap card board and would ID other OBers) For those going to MAOF, please stop by and introduce yourself!

I recently purchased (brand new from Teraflex) the solid black version of the JK Rear Utility Cargo rack with the added aluminum side plates (also black). I assembled and installed it for a total of two days and did not like the position it sat at due to my fridge and other cargo area items...

I bought mine with the Labor Day sale - IIRC. The tent has been great in my outings so far. Due to my own fault, I scraped the cover and chewed up the corner of the cover pretty good rotating it on my blacktop driveway. One of those "kick yourself" moments. Definitely get the...

This is awesome that apparently someone came up with the fabricated mounts for the rear. While that's definitely a cleaner attachment point, it does cause the awning to mount further down and back. I would have a pro and con with that as it would be in direct line with my rear mounted lights...

This is awesome. I'm in for one to fly at MAOF. Sent from my iPhone using Overland Bound Talk

You'll need a separate permit for back country. At least I did in 2011. They want to track you separately in case something happens. Also check their runoff. If they have heavy runoff they will close parts of the park due to the Virgin River being too high. Give them a call around May to...

So I had a problem with getting the tent on and off by myself. Wouldn't fit in the garage, and didn't want to leave it sitting out in the hot sun all the time, so I got the bright idea to buy a cheap set of aluminum ramp parts (like you'd use for loading a 4 wheeler into a pickup truck) only I...

I have a few that I plan on taking to the Mid-Atlantic Overland festival and handing out to try and get some awareness on the east coast. Feel free to send along more and I'll play east coast ambassador and make all kinds of new friends. :)

Just saw this thread. I'm in DE and would love to help if I can. My summer is a little chaotic but I'm here. The main difference between east coast festivals and west coast festivals (that I've found) is that east coast needs reservations much further in advance for anything outdoors. We're...

For those of us running a roof top tent full time and that is not garage kept, how has the cover for your RTT been holding up in the sun? I'm concerned that the black vinyl cover is going to fade and/or get brittle in a short period of time. I'm also a little concerned with heat being that...

Took some time tonight to finish the Genius install. The intent with this was to tuck away a good shore power charger if I were to be parked for several days. Knowing that solar power is the next project, the intent here is to supplement that. The G7200 has several settings and can be set...

Here's a shot from inside the tent. If you look at the far support post, you can see the LED light strip which I've run the USB power line down to the side where it it meets to the switch (not shown). There is an identical light strip on the bar on the opposite end too. I love walking back to...