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Nice conversion. I built my own years ago and keep tweaking it every year. I'm curious, How much does it weigh loaded down with everything including the huge capacity water tank and how much empty? The reason I ask is because I learned the hard way. My trailer is 1,200 lbs loaded, with 33"...

I had a 1966 VW set up very similar to this. However, mine was red and did not have the lights up top. I ran simple fog lamps on the front bumper. I was all over the mountains and the Mojave back then and well down into what is now Joshua Tree NP. My safety kit did include a fire...

I'll second the Lizard Maps... I was skeptical at first, but they are filling the gaps that National Geographic maps do not cover.

Been there and was sadly disappointed. Everything is broken up into grids with gas and oil wells making it very difficult to locate any through trails... The region also caters to the ATV and sled folks with plenty of those types of trails. Boating and all that inland boating brings with it, and...

Nice story, I miss having a dog but there are simply too many places a dog cannot go. We have in the past and will in the future be crossing the border into Canada and Mexico. Europe and Australia are within our grasp. National Parks, and backpacking? NDA. Once we are done traveling, I'll...

We have a pair of water tanks built into our trailer and carry a 7 gallon blue container in the rig. We fill up our our hydration systems in our back pack and day packs and in our 4 gallon solar shower bag.. All told, a little over 30 gallons which is more than enough for 5 or 6 days in even...

Here I go shamelessly pushing a new friends podcast. http://toyotatrucksandtrails.com/

well, OK, but I have found tire/vehicle manufacturers recommendations to be a bit faulty. As a young man I thought it had to do with them selling more tires as I followed their rules for a few years and was chewing through tires rather quickly. 25/30k miles at best. My latest example? The VW...

weight, weight, weight, tire rating, & weight. I run 20 lbs on my trailer all the time with E rated BFG KM2s and that includes long distance interstate travel. The trailer weighs only 1,000 lbs fully loaded and sticks to the trail, big rocks, slickrock, and the highway like glue. My rig...

wow, what a great experience. After I learned that every one of the members of my group were experienced continental travelers, with two of them having even been to the land of Oz, I was a bit concerned that they might have found the back woods of Pennsylvania kinda boring... My concern was...

Not at all, when I could only get out for short local trips I ran MTs. Now that I run a lot of interstates to get out west, and use my rig as a daily driver ATs work better. I belittle no one, however I sometimes suffer organizational skills when it come to phrasing my sentences. Long distance...

very true about any dark colors... the sand color is very easy to maintain.

Thanks Micheal, everything you mentioned has been, and will be discussed at the drivers meeting, self sufficiency, 4x4, CBs are required, safety gear, extraction equipment, safety kit, etc etc. (it's a TLCA event so many rules & regulations are not only implied, but written as well) even so...

I have used one product since the mid 70s with great satisfaction and with great results. For a while the product was really hard to find here in the east, so when I did find it I bought an entire case. I've one can now and when it is gone I'll just buy another case, should last me the next...

Ronny, Andrew and Roothy are a plethora of great ideas, information & entertainment. But I am sometimes in need of sub-titles for Ronny and Roothy (lol).. However, I find I am drawn more to Andrew as his view of the outback travel is more in alignment with my own, ie, my wife and I...

The time has finally come for me to put money where mouth is. Years ago I wanted to move west and as a part time encore career become a part time tour guide working for some one like NAVTEC. 4 years ago I promised my wife that we would not leave her octogenarian parents to fend for themselves...

Tractor supply special, long bolts with 1/2" hex-head, 1/2" head nyloc nuts, fender washers, and wing-nuts, all on 5/16" thread--- maybe.... 5 bucks.. This has served me well for years and multiple thousands of miles upon my FrontRunner racks.

We've used these for 35 plus years.. We have a red one too, but we did learn early on to not get the really large eggs. They work a lot better with the small eggs..

good old fashioned paper maps, good old fashioned straight up booze, we carry a flask of Bulliet Rye and a flask of Woodford bourbon, Gin and Tonic for my wife. Just in case we get seriously injured, we promised our kids to always carry an up to date PLB. Oh and coffee - black, and Earl...

I along with a lot of others trust Superwinch. Warn does have great name-brand recognition and an excellent support staff. Superwinch has the same and provides the same for several hundred dollars less than Warn. I very rarely consider price point when purchasing camping, expedition or...