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Good day, all! Getting new tires tomorrow and after much deliberation, decided to keep to stock size on my Jeep WK. I deemed it excessive to make the needed changes to my Jeep to squeeze in larger tires given that I don’t do any rock crawling or anything like that and it’s my daily driver and...

Just a quick question, in CA due to some recent drought, I was wondering if the state has imposed restrictions on the use of camp stoves and lanterns that use white gas. I think I remember having been in areas where that had been the case due to the serious drought, not certain if state imposed...

Ok, so I am in the early stages of working up my 06 GC — my daily driver — as an overland vehicle, too. I’ve just added in the last week my roof rack — a 61.5” x 49.5” Front Runner and next up are tires/shocks/springs and a bit of a lift. Tires are getting tired and likely need replacing this...

Ok, so I am in the early stages of working up my 06 GC — my daily driver — as an overland vehicle, too. I’ve just added in the last week my roof rack — a 61.5” x 49.5” Front Runner (can be seen here in a quick test drive: ) and next up are tires/shocks/springs and a bit of a lift. Tires are...

Good evening, all! And thank you all for being out there for us! At Any rate, I have a Jeep Grand Cherokee WK. I'd like to mount a CB Antenna to it. I don't have any bull bars or steel bumpers to mount to, so this isn't an option. I ordered one of these mounts...

Hey, all! Have what may seem like an unimportant question, but I just want to make certain I am thinking of things right. I am just wrapping up building my own roof rack and wanted to obtain a bit of advice from anyone who is willing to share. The rack I have is 5.5 feet long by 4 feet wide. As...

Finally, after a long time, about 6 months or so, I finally got to get away from home and do a little traveling. So this past weekend, headed to the southern part of the state and cruised from the Bay Area, through Bakersfield, through Tehachapi and then headed north to Red Rock Canyon. Last...

So, after having watched Michael's video (https://www.overlandbound.com/forums/threads/creating-overland-routes-in-google-earth.4185/) on how to create trails in Google earth I had to try it...in fact trying it immediately after watching the video and as a result was up until 1:30 AM - and I had...

Self Driving Off-road Rigs? Maybe someday as this article discusses - https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/pictures/going-off-road-in-land-rovers-prototype-autonomous-vehicles/. After reading this article it made me think about how this could impact overlanding in the future. With things moving along...

Saw a LA Times article discussing how Mammoth Mountain is to receive up to 20 feet during this recent storm and thought some on the forums here would be interested. Here's a video from the article: http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/92259748-132.html And here's the link to the article...

So the iPad was giving me some issues recently -- crashes, hang ups, etc -- so it was time to do a restore to it. Now it looks good onscreen, and added a new-to-me app called Topo Maps. For $8 seems to be really good, and Topo downloads are free from USGS, too! Nice! After I get some...

Question for y'all: I have a Jeep WK that has the factory aluminum 17" rims. In the future, a year or so when it's time to replace the tires, I was thinking of changing my tires to 32" or 33" and lifting it up 1.5" to 2". Nothing too outrageous. At any rate, I had heard that maybe for off-road...

Though mild right at the present, we did get a decent amount of snow in the Sierra Nevadas recently and it had me thinking as I have heard all sorts of rumors and such about when you should or when you are required to use snow chains on a few of the California highways. I have heard the...

So, the other day I received my Overland Bound emblem in the mail. It's really quite impressive! Looks really cool and has a good amount of weight to it! Now, to figure out where on the car to put it. Seeing as how I can't make up my mind as yet and the fact that for the last several days we've...

Came across this image from the archives...Butte Lake, California back in 2012. It was much higher than 2015, last time I was there, as a result of the drought here in CA.

Hi, all! I'm not certain where to put this question, so if it needs to be moved, let me know. I have an '06 Jeep Grand Cherokee. In my previous Jeep (ZJ) the key location for the ignition was on the steering column. This WK has the key location on the dash, low. As a result of this combined...

Hey, all! I need some assistance to either find something I can't or maybe make something custom for mounting my cargo rack to the top of my car. I have a 2006 Jeep GC with the factory installed rack. It looks like: Sadly, the design of the rack only allows cross members to be spaced no...

Good afternoon, all! I have a probably stupid question re: Jerry cans. While I like the concept of the RotoPax, they won't work in my particular situation. As such, I came across these 2.5 gallon cans from Wavian: However, living in California, are they, 1) Legal, CARB approved? 2) As this is...