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Previous to my retirement I had accumulated 25 days of vacation per year. So we found ourselves going out in the spring or fall for at least a 3 week tour. In addition to that we'd go local more than a few times a year for long weekends, usually late fall through early spring. Retirement has...

That is one fine basecamp, now I know how to spot you when we are out and about. !!

These are all great points and well taken. I would add the necessity of purchasing overseas extraction, health and hospitalization insurance. It is not very expensive compared to that $50,000 bill you'll get from Botswana or Australia for services rendered. In all reality, once one has...

One thing for sure, this time of year you'd have a lot of trails all to yourself and any other hardcores that can take the heat. We prefer the NP trail systems. A stock 4runner with lockers can get down through Elephant Hill, provided one has an excellent spotter. Continue south of there...

This is hilarious ! My # 745 is still looking good. I have it mounted just above my Expedition Portal decal in front of the drivers door. It has garnered a bit of patina over the years, but I like it. It is aging quite gracefully.

I've been down the steel rack route before. I bought into it because of the world class powder coating, etc etc etc. After only 10 years of use I ended up having stainless steel hoops fabricated to replace the rusted out ones, front and rear. It was literally caving in upon itself. The...

Agreed, I went from 255/85s to 285/75 - 16s. Mistake # 5,289. LOL I'll be going back to the 255s when these iron clad BFGs wear out. Andrew St Pierre White has an excellent video on tire choices, Mud, versus AT, skinny versus wide. He has strong opinions on the matter of width and backs...

Yup, it depends.. we have a very simple dual battery system and the 2nd battery is for back-up only. Together they are about 100 amp hours. I also use a 120 watt solar panel. We have a fridge/freezer, camera battery charger, phones, laptop and water pump. That set up seems to be plenty enough...

I've used mine every time I have used the winch. The last time out, and I'm not afraid to say it, I made a mistake while spotting my son in law through SOB hill in his bone stock 4Runner Trail. The rig was high centered on the right side frame. We hi-lifted the rear right corner up, piled...

Yup guys - there is a local farmer here selling a set of 24 disks for 5 bucks apiece, one of em, or all of em. Use even a high priced fire source such as the MSR Dragonfly, a tiny bit of ingenuity, just a tiny bit, and you've built yourself a skottle. (er disk cooker), for half the price of the...

Hmmm,, interesting, I've always been more concerned about theft while I'm at a grocery store or in a hotel parking lot. I do keep our pair of jerry cans and our propane bottle locked as they would be easy pickins for anyone wanting fuel. Our trailer has a soft top which is easily removed or cut...

4th or 5th vote for pett toilet. Pack it in, pack it out.. We go nowhere without ours. Be cautious though on the high desert, Jackrabbits love to watch.. LOL . When we are backpacking? We try our best to hit the plastic bag, not really , we carry a small shovel and dig deep. The baby wipes are...

Wow 20 week wait for Gobi? In my humble opinion that kind of wait time is inexcusable. It isn't a Tesla. However i did consider Gobi, ARB and Frontrunner . I ended up choosing the Frontrunner racks and a few accessories. If I had it all to do over, I'd buy the Frontrunner again. I went with...

Nice trip you have planned- If it is your first time out to Moab, prepare to be amazed. We easterners find it difficult to grasp that the Moab region is much larger than the state of NJ. We have been to the region 6 or 7 times in the past 10 years. The first time out we spent nearly three...

OK then. I have read conflicting information. I read somewhere on my club forum that if one does not tie in to a repeater and is only talking vehicle to vehicle on the trails then a Ham license is not necessary.. It seems to me that I would need at the very least a "beginners" license to...

We have Oztent's Jet Tent 25X. Plenty of room for a basecamp tent and I'd purchase one again if ever needed. I'm pretty sure my grandkids will get it when I am long gone and they too will get several decades of use out of it. We have stayed warm in 10 degree weather with the aid of a Mr Buddy...

Hey, I started driving when gas was 32 cents or so a gallon and people were complaining about it then. Considering our annual average incomes are 10 times what they were in 1970 we are paying less for gasoline now than we did back then. I used to go up to Canada two or three times a week and...

Trips only, as the pair are mounted on our trailer. Before we leave home I fill them and several canisters up with non-ethanol gasoline to be used as fuel for our cookstoves. Then if needed I'll empty them into the tank. If not needed I'll bring it back home as non-ethanol gas is really good...

whoa,,, that's a $3,000 kit.. Hmmm, guessing you are attempting to do the same as I attempted to do with 2 jeeps over the course of 12 years. Make them cruiser like. That IS a nice rig, but is it street legal? It sure wouldn't be in most states. BTW,, even the best suspensions cannot...

Interesting question.... Years ago I had a TJ Rubicon and when loaded down with gear and trailer it sagged, a lot, an unforgivable amount. We bottomed out a lot on even the slightly rugged trails. I tried spacers for only one trip, finally bit the bullet and installed an Old Man Emu "Heavy"...