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Funny you should mention FWC. Compared to others they are cheap. Well not cheap, they are very well built, but 10s of thousands less than other expedition worthy 4 season truck campers. I’m currently in the process of specing one out. I also briefly looked at the Norweld Flatbed trays. Now...

The Essential Guide to Overland Travel in the US & Canada ; by TeriAnn Wakeman , was recommended by a couple of members. I’m about halfway through, and although dated a bit as far as communications, ( Star Link & Apple have changed all that) this book is a bounty of information, for short...

We use the viair 300, it gets warm after airing up all four tires, but it cools off in a few minutes and I put it back in the bag it came in. While waiting on it to cool down is a good time to give your vehicle and trailer the once over by inspecting your undercarriage, checking your fluids...

Two years ago I had a LRA 25 gallon auxiliary tank installed in my 80. I usually do most of my own work, but at the time I needed it done last month. That, and the fact that a specialty shop would get it right, as in no drips, no runs, no errors. So, I bit the proverbial bullet, and paid 150 an...

I’ve had one puncture in over,( honestly I can’t remember when,) but odds are it did happen before, 40 or more years. My father-in-law uses my barn and driveway to the barn to work on his camper and his VWs. Never cleans up after himself, a 1/4” bolt made its way through a BFG AT E. Since...

Ah, nailed it. Years ago I put out an invite for anyone interested to stop by and say hi and maybe set up camp with us along a track in the San Rafael Swell. It was suggested I set up a “ rally point “. So, I went to the rally point threads to have a look. Needless to say I did not set up a...

Tribal, you mean like if you go on IH8Mud and you own a Jeep that Mud is being tribal? Or, by being tribal, you mean no space/content is given to the RV, car camping or weekend warrior crowd, and lots of space/content given to the self reliant, long distance vehicle supported journey...

Just think, when the kids are all grown and out and about, you’ll be able to afford new underwear when you need it. I had a few pair that lasted nearly 20 years!

So, my building of a poor man's expedtion truck will pass? Oh thank goodness ! I was so concerned about how all my friends would react! Is there a humor emogee? Seriously, I agree with you, all things being relative in life, as in recreation. You and I may dream of spending a year...

Truth- I’ve noticed over the decades that once you get out, truly remote and away, no one really cares about your gear. Folks we have encountered are much more interested in our minds and how we think. Why are we there alone? Where do you come from? In my mind ( and my wife’s ) it’s not about...

This thread keeps going and going and going. I wasted 15 minutes of my life yesterday watching a vid telling me to spend 3 grand on a brake upgrade, in order to save my life. Ya rite! It’s a whole lot easier to just keep the GVWR in mind and don’t drive stupid. Hey, our hobby is expensive...

Meandering around aimlessly, that’s funny too and much different that coming to a fork in the road and taking it!

KYB, now there’s a blast from the past. Agree about the 360 degree hitches. I ran with a spinning Lunette ring for one trip. Came home and welded it fast. If the fifteen hundred lb trailer drags my 6,000 lb truck over, I’m in deep doo doo and where I shouldn’t be.

Even with solid front axles? A friend of mine ran a small fleet of 4x4 Ford tow, roll off and extraction trucks 350s on up to 550s and never was a problem, but that was a few years ago.

Interesting, GM trucks do have a long reputation of not getting along well with different brands of tires including BFGs and Generals. A friend of mine has a Colorado with Generals on it and after only 25,000 miles they are noisy and cupping. On the other hand, my first set lasted forever, as...

255/85s are my favorite size, good luck replacing them if needed when far away from the rat races. What’s important is how easy will it be to limp into a tire store in ( name any town or small city in North America large enough to have a tire shop ) our friends case, Healy, and buy a same...

I'm not surprised by this. Decades ago all that was available were steel racks that would eventually rust out from the inside, even with constant cleaning and re-painting every couple of off seasons. Then Frontrunner introduced an aluminum rack in 2000. In 2008 or so ARB followed suit and...

I built ours to go anywhere our built 80 series can go. It has , more than enough storage, kitchen in the rear, dust proof, waterproof, an rtt 6’ up, 2x2 frame , with heavy duty leaf springs & shackles, 33” rubber matching the tow vehicle, pintle hook, 36 gallon water capacity with a tap for...

That’s an hilarious response! I’m sure all the travel aids come in very handy for those with time lines. There’s a famous line from an old science fiction movie, “Time? There is no time in space “ Cmon, passé is a cool word is it not? Then again, I do prefer single malts over straight up...